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> L97H, a tribute to Metallic Gold
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post Sep 27 2014, 07:39 PM
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The stance is really nice as well.
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post Sep 27 2014, 07:49 PM
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A lot of Metallic Gold posted around here lately! I can't get enough. I see little patches under the peeling white on my car, and fell in love with it. Just gotta make it happen. Your car is stunning!
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post Sep 27 2014, 08:15 PM
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You beat me to it. Mine should be done next week! It's been a two year ordeal.

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post Sep 27 2014, 08:17 PM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) BTW you car looks fantastic! We should try to get all the Gold cars together for a photo some day.
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post Sep 27 2014, 08:32 PM
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Your car looks terrific. Both of these gold 914s look terrific. I also like the RSR finished wheels. I was just talking about taking my wheels to Harvey in the next few weeks. I know he has a serious lead time to get them finished.
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post Sep 27 2014, 08:49 PM
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post Sep 27 2014, 11:41 PM
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QUOTE(altitude411 @ Sep 27 2014, 03:28 PM) *

Where did you get the sixer rear valance? I'm looking for one.


It's the stock rear valance from a 72. Be careful the 4's and the 6's had different placement for the exhaust.
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post Sep 27 2014, 11:43 PM
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QUOTE(porbmw @ Sep 27 2014, 04:32 PM) *

Hope to see it in person some day....

And may ask a question or two, later on, re your restoration....I am just NOT getting things finished off in my neck of the woods.

Paul


You're welcome to see it any time you're down, just let me know. Always happy to meet other teeners.
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post Sep 27 2014, 11:45 PM
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QUOTE(rhodyguy @ Sep 27 2014, 04:42 PM) *

REAL nice. The swell wheels finish the package.


Thanks Kevin, couldn't have done it without you! Literally, that's your 911 front end holding those wheels on!

Plus that nice fresh air box you sold me, much better than my old one w/ bad gold overspray all over it!
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post Sep 27 2014, 11:48 PM
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QUOTE(db9146 @ Sep 27 2014, 06:39 PM) *

The stance is really nice as well.


Thanks, the stance has been a lot of work. I couldn't do it with my old 4 lug struts. Of course it's easy to get the rear down low!! But getting the front to match is a whole other story.

So when I got the 911 struts I sent them to Elephant and had the spindles raised. When I picked it up at the body shop Mark had it sitting just right, then I went to get the alignment done and they raised the front back up!! Complained and took it back in to get it set the way I wanted it. I guess the camber is off a bit, but that's the price of riding low I guess.
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post Sep 27 2014, 11:50 PM
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QUOTE(rangrbob @ Sep 27 2014, 07:15 PM) *

You beat me to it. Mine should be done next week! It's been a two year ordeal.


Wow Bob, looks great. I did the front and rear trunks but looks like you one-up'd me by doing the interior too. I'm sure it'll be awesome when you get it, but if you're final 2 weeks go like my final 2 weeks, don't count on having it back until Christmas!!

If you don't mind, I'd love you to PM me when you post some picks. I'm kinda sporadic with my visits to the forum and I'd hate to miss it!
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post Sep 27 2014, 11:58 PM
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Wow, thanks everyone for the kind words. I'm a bit surprised actually. I've read all the gold metallic threads on the board and there are a lot of "yuck" comments in there. Honestly it really made me second guess my decision on a number of occasions. I'm really glad I stuck with my original plans though, because I love it

A small clarification on the wheel finish, they are RS finish, not RSR. The RSR finish has satin painted paddles, the RS finish leaves the paddles the standard anodized finish. This set was the more common later finish where the entire center is black. Weidman knows what he's doing. And I didn't think the price was bad at all. $300 per corner for full reanodization. They probably didn't look this good back in the 70's when they were leaving the factory.

If you're thinking of having Harvey do your wheels call him now and get in line. He allowed me to get in line w/o actually sending the wheels to him. I delivered the car to the body shop before finishing the wheels, they did the fender clearance work and then I sent the wheels off. Given all I'd read online I was afraid that the wheels might take MUCH longer than the paint, but that wasn't the case at all. Harvey answered the phone maybe 2/3rds of the time when I called but it was enough. Had them back with plenty of time to spare.
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post Sep 28 2014, 12:06 AM
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Here's a pic from 4.5 years ago when I first got the car that shows just how flat and mustard-y the bad respray was. One advantage of the old paint was that I never really worried about where I parked it!

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post Sep 28 2014, 05:27 AM
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QUOTE(Cairo94507 @ Sep 27 2014, 07:32 PM) *

Your car looks terrific. Both of these gold 914s look terrific. I also like the RSR finished wheels. I was just talking about taking my wheels to Harvey in the next few weeks. I know he has a serious lead time to get them finished.

I'm on the list too. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)
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post Sep 28 2014, 05:31 AM
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Congratulations on the paint and color! Porsche knew what they were doing and now you have one of the most unique stock colors for a 914 on the planet. I love it!

As a bonus, gold hides dirt, doesn't show dirt rather, and is visible at night.
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post Sep 28 2014, 07:12 AM
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so who did the re-assembly? and how long was this process from give it up to get it back?
not knowing your car--what engine?
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post Sep 28 2014, 07:54 AM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) Congrats, it came out excellent!!!
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post Sep 28 2014, 10:27 AM
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Infinitely better than the old respray!

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post Sep 28 2014, 11:11 AM
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so who did the re-assembly? and how long was this process from give it up to get it back?
not knowing your car--what engine?
Gary


Eurotech Bodywerkrs did all the work, soup to nuts. They came well recommended, they're close to my house and the owner has a 914 and lurks here from time to time. He's been doing various rust repair for me since I got the car. It was probably 5 months total.

I currently have a 1.7, but one of the nice features of this round of work was the installation of a Patrick motorsports mount for a 6 someday. Gotta let the wallet recover from this first though!!
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post Sep 28 2014, 01:49 PM
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looks great!
And the chances of another 914 in the same color pulling up next to you at a light is pretty slim.
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