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> Bosser 914 Build Thread, Factory Ice Green Metallic Barn Find!! Pictures!
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post Feb 5 2011, 07:56 PM
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Ok, As a preface, I have part of the 914world site for about a year and a half, but had owned my porsche for 5 years or so before I found this amazing resource. I figured that It was about time I started to document my work like everyone else on here seems to do. I'm not doing anything especially spectacular, but it will be nice to look back on this in a few years and have the whole journey in one spot! So enough of that, Hrere goes!

I bought the car in 2003 at the ripe old age of 14 for 900$. It didnt go, didn't stop, no electricals worked, the paint was peeling, and it had just been hit in the quarter panel by a forklift. But what can I Say, I was in love!
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After a few years of polishing contacts to get the electricals to work I went to work stripping the car down for paint in 2005
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I was able to get a great deal on the paint job, the only caveat was that it ended up being in the paint shop for around a year!
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While the car was at paint I went to work rebuilding the engine:
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post Feb 5 2011, 08:03 PM
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While the car was off at apint I had some more time to do more research on my 914. I had somehow ended up with a 1973 914 2.0L with frond and rear anti-sway bars, koni classics on the rears, foglights, and the appearance package interior. I also had some fun 5-lug fuchs look alikes and an aftermatket grant steering wheel.
When I finally got the car back from paint in 2006 I was very happy with how it looked!
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I immediately went to work putting the car back together:
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post Feb 5 2011, 08:05 PM
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Test Drive 2006:
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Some images after It was cleaned two years after paint:
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post Feb 5 2011, 08:06 PM
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post Feb 5 2011, 08:11 PM
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in 2009 I sent my rear koni's off to TSM Enchanced in AZ to have them rebuilt. After I recieved them back I primered and painted them. During this time I also bought new Koni adjustables for the front.
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post Feb 5 2011, 08:12 PM
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post Feb 5 2011, 08:14 PM
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in winter 2009 I decided to take some artsy night photos back in NM:
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post Feb 5 2011, 08:14 PM
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That's the money shot right there.

As someone who loves the 70's colors (Orange, Yellow, Green) on these things, that looks gorgeous in black.
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post Feb 5 2011, 08:15 PM
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That's the money shot right there.

As someone who loves the 70's colors (Orange, Yellow, Green) on these things, that looks gorgeous in black.
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post Feb 5 2011, 08:18 PM
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In the spring of 2010 I joined in on one of the good Dr.'s transmission clinics in denver to rebuild my flagging 5 speed. What an experience! On site I discoved the tranny I brought was essentially useless as a core and had to buy a new core on the spot. made that cost back however by selling parts off my old transmission!
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post Feb 5 2011, 08:19 PM
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post Feb 5 2011, 08:20 PM
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I just had to take it for a spin up in the mountains after I put the new transmission in. It ran like a dream!
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post Feb 5 2011, 08:22 PM
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In the summer of 2010 I bought a 500$ parts car and found that theough the body was rusted rotten, nearly every piece of rubber on the car was in perfect condition! Score!


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post Feb 5 2011, 08:23 PM
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post Feb 5 2011, 08:24 PM
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After the summer I brought my 914 back up to school in colorado with me and was able to take it our for a couple of laps at one of the local tracks:
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post Feb 5 2011, 08:25 PM
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I also found some time to make a few more custom shift knobs
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post Feb 5 2011, 08:26 PM
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I also did a bit of engine dress up.
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post Feb 5 2011, 08:32 PM
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The past few months it has been too cold to want to do much driving without heat exchangers, so I started working on some of my small pet peeves. I installed the engine bay light, the liscence plate lights, fixed my odometer, fixed my console clock and made a custorm horn.
I had a spare butterfly center lying around so I bought a porsche insignia on ebay, cut a hole to fit and fitted a small momentary pushbutton from radio shack behind it.
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it works great and at a fraction of the cost of all the correct horn equipment. I also dont have to worry about accidentally hitting the horn button during turns.
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post Feb 5 2011, 08:34 PM
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and the finished product:
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