Acceptable signs of use, or, if it's perfect, it lacks personality..... |
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Acceptable signs of use, or, if it's perfect, it lacks personality..... |
1970 Neun vierzehn |
Aug 15 2010, 08:56 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,199 Joined: 16-March 06 From: cincinnati, ohio Member No.: 5,727 |
personality, or in today's vernacular, "patina".
If it's too perfect, too original, too clean, too showroom perfect, it loses something that "use" imparts......the current operative word these days being "patina". Some imperfections, or flaws, I would personally loathe. Door dings imparted on the side of my 914 by careless, lazy, or spiteful people would really piss me off. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ar15.gif) Minor stone chips on the nose and/or valence, or on wheel well openings, while not desired, do show use of the vehicle. Similarly, modest wear of interior components (not tears, rips, cracking, etc.) point to a car that is driven and used, rather than put on a pedestal as an icon. What precipitates this thread is my decision to forego any further pursuit to abolish my 914s' individuality, while yet still embracing the (mostly) EOM ethic. Examples that will remain as-is as signs of use. Attached image(s) |
Tom_T |
Aug 16 2010, 07:31 PM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California |
Hey Paul - I hear ya on that one, since the perfection monster keeps eating at ya as you go along on the car - any older car!
I'm debating how much to redo vs. just "clean-up" & maintain on my 73 2L, & if something needs to be taken down completely, then do it right. This inevitably leads to "scope creep" - "...well, since I'm doing this, then I may as well do that, & that, & this, & etc...."!!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) IN total I have 4 cars under my care which ostensibly qualify as "classics" - 2 `88's, 1 `85, & my `73 914-2.0 - all will be (914 again) or currently are driven & the other 3 "non-914's" are current family DD's. So I try to rationalize what is upkeep/maintenance vs. pretty looks, then definitely do the former & some of the pretty-up stuff that makes sense. One factor which my working on the resto/repair of the 914 has taught me, it to get the parts needed on the other 3 cars now - before they go NLA &/or jack-up the price to cost a mint!!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) In your 914's case, if it were me - I'd repaint the seat handles & dipstick handle to prevent any future deterioration &/or rust on those parts, but might not be so anal as to change the steering wheel & might just touch-up the gauge rings with a black marker to not offend the CW eye! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) Of course, you & Pat go back a long way, & he hasn't weighed in yet, so I think I feel a lecture coming! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
Bleyseng |
Aug 17 2010, 05:07 AM
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Aircooled Baby! Group: Members Posts: 13,034 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Seattle, Washington (for now) Member No.: 24 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
yep, I have the 76 914 2.0L and the 77 Westy to keep in restored condition not that either is Concour shape.
Paint the damn handles and those dashfaceplate screws that are always chipped... I would paint the dipstick too... |
tod914 |
Aug 17 2010, 06:10 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,755 Joined: 19-January 03 From: Lincoln Park, NJ Member No.: 170 |
Paul, I agree with Jeff. Definetly refinish those items. You put so much effort into the car already, those minor little touches will be a plus. I didn't realize the 1.7 dip stick had grey paint on it. Figured it would of been yellow zinc or cad. A car with too much "patina" usually makes it way to a sawzall party. Another option, is keep your original pieces and replace them with nos or refinished ones.
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Pat Garvey |
Aug 18 2010, 07:11 PM
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Do I or don't I...........? Group: Members Posts: 5,899 Joined: 24-March 06 From: SE PA, near Philly Member No.: 5,765 Region Association: North East States |
Of course, you & Pat go back a long way, & he hasn't weighed in yet, so I think I feel a lecture coming! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
[/quote] Yes we do! 30 plus years! And I still can't figure Paul out! Sends his car to Stoddard for a complete physical. F & R everyting mechanical & structural, and now he's worried about "patina"? Give me a break! Hey Paul - the "patina" is gone! Get over it - take 'em off & redo them (you DO have a wrench?). They are inconsistent with the rest of the car. Fix 'em. Pat |
914werke |
Sep 20 2010, 10:48 PM
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"I got blisters on me fingers" Group: Members Posts: 10,037 Joined: 22-March 03 From: USofA Member No.: 453 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
What !? The Dip stick is supposed to be Grey?
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dcheek |
Sep 21 2010, 06:35 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 691 Joined: 30-May 06 From: Westfield, New Jersey Member No.: 6,103 |
FYI- The factory wasn't perfect either. I get points off for excess glue oozing out from the dash. I refuse to take it off. The factory put it there- it stays. Also, some paint runs in the trunk(s). There are others that escape my mind at the moment. There really is no such thing as perfect, we just try to achieve it.
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Cap'n Krusty |
Sep 28 2010, 01:44 PM
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Cap'n Krusty Group: Members Posts: 10,794 Joined: 24-June 04 From: Santa Maria, CA Member No.: 2,246 Region Association: Central California |
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McMark |
Nov 17 2010, 07:02 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 20,179 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 419 Region Association: None |
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) I doubt the painted dipstick. Never seen one that looked original. Always seen zinc plated ones.
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Pat Garvey |
Nov 17 2010, 08:17 PM
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Do I or don't I...........? Group: Members Posts: 5,899 Joined: 24-March 06 From: SE PA, near Philly Member No.: 5,765 Region Association: North East States |
Patina shmatina!
Repaint those adjusters! They look shabby! The dipstick is a connundrum(SP). Never seen one blue before. But.....you and I both know the original owner, and we was not likely to do that as a personal item. I'd either repaint & try to ecplain it, or scrape it down to the zinc level & not have to answer questions. You have become the Vegan of 914 owners. Make it right. Pat |
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