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> Tubeframe 914, Started work on my rear custom uprights
Hontec
post Sep 23 2010, 03:54 PM
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Hi,

My name is Randall, 37 years old and I live in The Netherlands

I wanted to build a classic but not deal with the classic troubles....
My search found me a Porsche 914 built in 1974 and imported from California to The Netherlands in 1999. The car drove for only 1 year and then was sent to the painter, there it stayed for 10 years until it was bought by Europe's largest 914 parts suplier here in The Netherlands and then it was bought by me.
They are notorious for the rust on the right rear and my car was in a very good shape compared to most of them. Mine had repairs done before, but not to my standards.

So the logical step was just to do it again, only better....

I'm going to completely gut out everything inside and build it up as a tubeframe 914. Powerplant is going to be a Subaru 4cil boxer and the transmission for building/setup purposes is going to be the stock 5-speed converted to 2wd. However the roadgoing transmission will be either an Elite sequential 6-speed or a mendeola seq 5-speed....haven't made up my mind just yet.

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Hontec   Tubeframe 914   Sep 23 2010, 03:54 PM
Hontec   The next step was to make it easier to work on, so...   Sep 23 2010, 04:09 PM
Hontec   http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i854....   Sep 23 2010, 04:11 PM
Hontec   http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i854....   Sep 23 2010, 04:13 PM
Hontec   http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i854....   Sep 23 2010, 04:15 PM
Hontec   H After this I could safely start to remove the...   Sep 23 2010, 04:20 PM
johannes   Great job ! This tub seems to be in a very goo...   Sep 23 2010, 04:22 PM
Hontec   I wil replace the original 4 cilinder porsche (VW)...   Sep 23 2010, 04:22 PM
stewteral   Hi Randall, I'm in California with a Californ...   Sep 24 2010, 02:53 PM
Hontec   Bought an engine for fitting purposes http://w...   Sep 23 2010, 04:24 PM
Hontec   Then I installed braces in the doors to prevent th...   Sep 23 2010, 04:28 PM
Hontec   http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i854....   Sep 23 2010, 04:30 PM
Hontec   http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i854....   Sep 23 2010, 04:32 PM
sooba_dave   Holy cows! I can't wait to see the next ...   Sep 26 2010, 07:07 PM
kg6dxn   Wow! Brilliant! :drooley: :headbanger: :...   Sep 23 2010, 04:43 PM
Phoenix 914-6GT   SWEEEEEEEEEEET :beer2: :Qarl: :worship:   Sep 23 2010, 05:11 PM
Thomas J Bliznik   :wttc: Hontec. Beautiful workmanship & engi...   Sep 23 2010, 05:17 PM
mihai914   Very nice work, where did you pick-up such skills ...   Sep 23 2010, 05:32 PM
Elliot Cannon   There appear to be some excellent engineering and ...   Sep 23 2010, 05:41 PM
Tom   Wow, you sure have great skills. This car is going...   Sep 23 2010, 05:42 PM
orange914   :wttc: thats downright increadable work. look for...   Sep 23 2010, 06:32 PM
McMark   <img src="http://www.914world.com/bbs2/sty...   Sep 23 2010, 08:15 PM
Britain Smith   This should be awesome to watch. -Britain   Sep 23 2010, 08:27 PM
plymouth37   Kick ass! Can't wait to follow your progre...   Sep 23 2010, 08:42 PM
flipb   Kick ass! Can't wait to follow your progr...   Sep 24 2010, 08:35 AM
Hontec   Kick ass! Can't wait to follow your prog...   Sep 24 2010, 08:50 AM
bandjoey   UNBELIEVABLE WORK! CLASSIC THREAD NOMINATION1...   Sep 23 2010, 08:42 PM
RobW   Umm.. you win.   Sep 23 2010, 09:25 PM
al weidman   This wouldn't be the first time you have done ...   Sep 23 2010, 10:00 PM
championgt1   Um hella of a first post. :wttc:   Sep 23 2010, 10:01 PM
sww914   Nice lawnmower. :)   Sep 23 2010, 10:13 PM
campbellcj   Wild - the tooling looks like stuff I see in aeros...   Sep 23 2010, 10:39 PM
Jerry   ....damn......pretty much speachless !!...   Sep 24 2010, 12:01 AM
Hontec   Thank you all for the kind words and positive inpu...   Sep 24 2010, 01:13 AM
oldschool   And you own 2 lawnmower. :Qarl:   Sep 24 2010, 01:48 AM
Hontec   And you own 2 lawnmower. :Qarl: Lol..!...   Sep 24 2010, 04:12 AM
Hontec   Finished the rear body shell brace today. next wee...   Sep 24 2010, 07:50 AM
John Jentz   WOW!   Sep 24 2010, 08:39 AM
Brett W   Nice setup. Why don't you tell everyone about ...   Sep 24 2010, 11:06 AM
jd74914   Nice setup. Why don't you tell everyone about...   Sep 24 2010, 11:55 AM
rick 918-S   Very nice work on the fixtures. :sawzall: :welde...   Sep 24 2010, 11:50 AM
Britain Smith   This pictures looks like something you would see i...   Sep 24 2010, 12:52 PM
Hontec   Terry Thank you, The car had been in a paintshop ...   Sep 24 2010, 03:02 PM
arkitect   :worship: My hat's off to you, excellant job. ...   Sep 25 2010, 07:39 AM
roadster fan   This is going to be so fun to watch! :popcor...   Sep 25 2010, 10:10 AM
Maltese Falcon   Randall, top quality work and skills ! I know ...   Sep 25 2010, 10:53 AM
Hontec   Thanks guys, your inputs are appreciated! @ M...   Sep 26 2010, 10:54 AM
Maltese Falcon   Thanks guys, your inputs are appreciated! @ ...   Oct 6 2010, 08:38 PM
Hontec   Have some AST airjacks left over from a previous p...   Sep 26 2010, 11:43 AM
Britain Smith   Thats a lot of work to prove a point...but very ni...   Sep 26 2010, 11:59 AM
Hontec   Thats a lot of work to prove a point...but very n...   Sep 26 2010, 12:04 PM
KELTY360   The ultimate 914 option.......built-in jackstands...   Sep 26 2010, 03:59 PM
ripper911   I love the Netherlands :toke: , I've only been...   Sep 26 2010, 04:57 PM
URY914   Please explain to me again why you need to build s...   Sep 26 2010, 07:05 PM
Hontec   Please explain to me again why you need to build ...   Sep 27 2010, 02:17 AM
phillstek   Please explain to me again why you need to build...   Sep 27 2010, 06:11 AM
Hontec   Hoe gaat het met u...echt goed werk op uw auto...   Sep 27 2010, 08:34 AM
Phoenix 914-6GT   Hoe gaat het met u...echt goed werk op uw auto...   Sep 27 2010, 03:10 PM
scotty b   You and Dana and Rick need to have a master build ...   Sep 27 2010, 06:25 AM
rick 918-S   B)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE...   Sep 27 2010, 07:43 AM
Hontec   I like your fixture. I have a Celette Bench but n...   Sep 27 2010, 08:39 AM
Hontec   B)-->
QUOTE(scotty b @ S...   Sep 27 2010, 08:30 AM
draganc   Randall, That’s some great engineering you are ...   Sep 27 2010, 12:22 PM
Hontec   Randall, That’s some great engineering you are...   Sep 27 2010, 03:01 PM
draganc   Cool! I live in Princeton NJ, just about 45m...   Sep 27 2010, 03:17 PM
Hontec   Cool! I live in Princeton NJ, just about 45...   Sep 27 2010, 04:03 PM
Phoenix 914-6GT   Eh, just let the locals know you are coming and th...   Sep 27 2010, 03:04 PM
Hontec   Today was a very productive day. Started off with ...   Oct 1 2010, 01:36 PM
Downunderman   A serious outbreak of a new strain of DWD. Buy s...   Oct 1 2010, 02:04 PM
d914   between this and anklebiter I'm not posting an...   Oct 1 2010, 02:10 PM
Krieger   :agree: but this thread can't be real. I thi...   Oct 1 2010, 03:47 PM
Hontec   Finished the right schock/tower positioning jig: ...   Oct 2 2010, 11:18 AM
Borderline   WOW! You have more effort into your fixturing...   Oct 2 2010, 02:07 PM
Hontec   WOW! You have more effort into your fixturin...   Oct 2 2010, 02:26 PM
Dr Evil   I love this thread :popcorn:   Oct 2 2010, 02:56 PM
Hontec   Thanks! few more jigs to construct and then I ...   Oct 2 2010, 04:03 PM
FourBlades   Do you position the jig attachment points to match...   Oct 2 2010, 04:31 PM
Hontec   Do you position the jig attachment points to matc...   Oct 2 2010, 05:03 PM
J P Stein   The 2nd worst point of the 914 (with the chassis b...   Oct 2 2010, 05:09 PM
Hontec   The 2nd worst point of the 914 (with the chassis ...   Oct 2 2010, 05:17 PM
FourBlades   Thanks for the answers. I would love to make a ji...   Oct 2 2010, 05:32 PM
John   I've been toying with a similar idea but was p...   Oct 2 2010, 06:40 PM
Hontec   I've been toying with a similar idea but was ...   Oct 3 2010, 04:34 AM
Zaney   +1 for the AWD 914! :beer2: Awesome build...   Oct 2 2010, 11:05 PM
Hontec   +1 for the AWD 914! :beer2: Awesome build...   Oct 3 2010, 04:27 AM
J P Stein   Thanks, the awd will involve some serious desig...   Oct 3 2010, 07:46 AM
RJMII   +1 for the AWD 914! :beer2: Awesome build...   Oct 3 2010, 09:50 AM
Hontec   [quote name='Hontec' post='1378664' date='Oct 3 2...   Oct 3 2010, 03:51 PM
Borderline   I think making a 914 into a rear engined vehicle i...   Oct 3 2010, 11:52 AM
Hontec   I think making a 914 into a rear engined vehicle ...   Oct 3 2010, 03:46 PM
Hontec   Major bummer today......spent a lot of time talkin...   Oct 6 2010, 04:02 PM
kg6dxn   Major bummer today......spent a lot of time talki...   Oct 6 2010, 04:55 PM
Britain Smith   I am very interested to see what you come up with ...   Oct 6 2010, 07:11 PM
trojanhorsepower   Damn it man post some more pictures!!...   Oct 6 2010, 07:15 PM
Krieger   So what about registering/insuring it somewhere el...   Oct 6 2010, 08:00 PM
plymouth37   How do you think they would feel about twin engine...   Oct 6 2010, 11:54 PM
majkos   How do you think they would feel about twin engin...   Oct 7 2010, 08:12 AM
Sleepin   How do you think they would feel about twin engin...   Oct 7 2010, 12:14 PM
Hontec   Been thinking all day and there is only one soluti...   Oct 7 2010, 04:41 PM
Zundfolge   Keep in mind that the 914 was originally designed ...   Oct 8 2010, 10:09 AM
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