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Aussie 914 Restoration |
barrym |
Oct 26 2014, 04:05 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 88 Joined: 12-October 14 From: Australia Member No.: 18,008 Region Association: None |
First time post of lurking here for a while.
I bought a '75 914 a couple of weeks ago that had already been partly pulled apart to restore- its mostly complete but needs to be further pulled down to repair the rust & make mods to it for my intended purpose. it already came as right hand drive and has an amazingly good condition dash board. I have no history with the car so cant tell who or when the conversion was done. I don't even know if it was a US or European import, or if it was an aussie delivered car ... how can I tell ??? it has a scallop out of the right hand side chassis rail for the handbrake, but not the left hand side ... it used to be viper green and has had a poor respray in red - it's going back to viper green (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) I have some garage space with a couple of chaps who has worked on 14's before which is a HUGE help to me, very lucky as i'm new to Porsche having owned lotus's for years (and still do). the plan is to restore it for partial road use but mostly track & tarmac rally. in the short term I plan to drop a 3.0 Subaru engine in while I build up funds & parts for a 2.7 Porsche engine. Its been in dry storage for at least 11 years than I know of, and possibly more before that. anyway, am documenting my rebuild thread here. I've made a start on removing the hacked up loom & vacuuming all the loose rust out. Its better than expected (as I bought the car only from pictures) it needs; new hell holes back of floorpan & bottom of firewall boot and that's about it - the rest of it looks (at this stage) like only surface rust - the suspension consoles are solid as is the majority of the front boot - again, only surface rust there ... the windscreen will come out next to get access to pull out the dash so I can continue to remove the loom. i'll be making up a new loom for it. question though - how do I remove the left hand seat ? the lever at the side does nothing - possibly broken ? and there is no handle at the front to slide the seat forwards to get at the rear bolts ... stumped on this one ... Attached image(s) |
barrym |
Nov 6 2014, 04:47 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 88 Joined: 12-October 14 From: Australia Member No.: 18,008 Region Association: None |
Thanks Dale - i shall investigate them, although have not been particularly impressed with the conversion so far - the pedal box extension & other parts is somewhat primitive ..
anyway, have some good progress over the last couple of days although 'things' always seem to take longer than you expect them to take. I've now cleaned all the tar like insulation off the floor pan - floor is in generally good condition all over, little surface rust here & there but nothing that cant just be cleaned up. I had to cut out a couple of inches of the bottom of the firewall & couple of inches from the back of the floor pan, have been busily making templates & cutting / welding. right hand side floor pan will be dropped a few inches to accommodate my height with a cage - i'm 6'2" with arms like some kind of simian ... need all the space i can get ! the cross brace will also be moved forwards about 6-8" to give some adjustability to the seat so the wife can drive it if she feels like it. the seat in my lotus (Exige V6) is fixed position, she can only drive it with a number of pillows stuffed behind her so she sits on the edge of the seat ... not ideal ! There was a small hole in the left hand side floor where the RHD conversion people had cut the handbrake guide out. removed section & welded in a new piece. Right hand side hell hole looks like its already been fixed before - need to investigate that area more when i get the battery box out - the battery box has been replaced at some point in the past - it needs to go - its WAY too big anyway, i'll be installing a much smaller battery when the time comes. 'hell hole' on the left hand side needs some work - chassis section looks good with only surface rust but inner wheel guard & some of the shelf in the engine bay needed to go. a question; what tool to use to cut out the inner guard - its a very restricted area to get an angle grinder in there ... ?? finished removing all the gunk from the windscreen & removed the rest of the air vents from the gas tank area. removed the shock absorbers from the fenders. pedal box is removed & a fair number of small holes have been welded & cleaned up from the floor & pedal box area. seam sealed where i needed to. recently arrived stuff; a box of steel arrived from maddogmotorsports - thanks, v quick shipping. it contains the full strengthening kit for chassis. new fuse box & harness - went with a 'universal' 22 circuit harness - i can work electrical stuff no probs - not phased with this at all. Picked up a couple of Sparco rev plus seats for a song - but i struggle to fit into them. i'm about a 33" waist and they are TIGHT ... considering splitting the base to make them an inch or two wider ... hmmm more work ... arriving soon should be; tail lights, indicators, Headlights, engine bay cover, window cranks, boot floor, targa roof, floor mount pedal box (dual brake circuit 0.75" M/C) need to order; new brake lines - what flares do i need & what fittments to 'soft' lines steering wheel adapter & wheel gas tank (when i have finished the front mount radiator) roll cage ... the list expands ... Attached image(s) |
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