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Ridiculous 914 stories?, You haven't lived if you have never... |
Moneypit |
Apr 24 2014, 11:58 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 195 Joined: 4-January 06 From: Georgetown, TX Member No.: 5,360 Region Association: Southwest Region |
I was just recalling the first time we ever drove our '74 1.8 with Twin Webers. It was the first 914 we'd had after my dad sold his back in the 80's, and we picked her up for $600 dollars after catching it on fire briefly while trying to turn the motor over. When we got it home, we started digging through the car, and discovered two main things: 1) the passenger side Weber was seized up, which resulted in 2) the crappy metal crank that attaches the go pedal to the throttle cable being broken. So basically the gas pedal was non-functioning. After removing the carb, pulling it apart and freeing it up with WD-40, we at least could get the car finally started! After much trying, backfires, and standing around with fire extinguishers, the motor jumped to life!
Not content to just have the motor running, my dad and our friend (a body man who restores old cars & worked at a porsche/bmw/mercedes/audi dealership) kinda looked at each other and said, "wanna take it around the block?". We had removed the rear trunk and engine lid to get better access in the engine bay, which incidentally led to possibly the most ludicdous 914 sight I've seen yet. I want you to picture someone sitting in the rear trunk, manually running the carburetors by hand, while my dad steered/shifted, and me along for the ride. It took a few moments to synchronize driver/throttle man, but soon we were pulling out of the back alley, and cruising along our neighborhood in a backfiring, trunkless 914 with a guy hanging onto the rollbar working the throttle. Needless to say, all the kids in the neighborhood were pointing and following, then ducking and running when it backfired. We did a few laps, and then parked her, victorious! We only did it the one time, and naturally this was before cell phone cameras and even digital cameras being everywhere, so sorry I don't have a pic or video. Soon we got a replacement lever, rebuilt the carbs with a rebuild kit, sorted the throttle linkage all out, and had her driving normally. Anyone else have ridiculous, 914 stories from your restoration, trips to meets, or just daily driving? |
northern chris |
Apr 25 2014, 11:10 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 40 Joined: 13-August 05 From: Sherwood Park, Canada Member No.: 4,584 |
A few years back we took the 914 on week-end trek from Edmonton, Alberta down to Waterton/Glacier National Park in Southern Alberta and Northern Montana (a nice half day drive). Anyway, one of the nice drives there is the "Going to the Sun" road over Logan's Pass, we left the mountain hotel fairly early and drove the nice twisty road over the pass and then it started to rain so we decide to proceed to Kalispell just to look around. Just a few miles before Kalispell there is a loud bang and the front passenger side of the car drops down to the stops. It takes about 10 seconds to realise we have just experienced a broken front torsion bar. Knowing we are many days from finding a replacement part, I swing the car around and we start to drive slowly towards home. I now know you can drive with a broken torsion bar as long as your tire life will allow, I started out with practically new tires on the front and ended up with a very bad spare by the time we made it back home. We had a relaxing time but it was tough that we couldn't really enjoy the return trip on the nice mountain roads. Now I carry a spare set of torsion bars in the tool box that lives in my 914. |
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