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maddin
post Mar 4 2015, 06:53 PM
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Hi everybody,
time to introduce myself after reading through the forum for over a year.
My name is Marty,born in Germany, living in Australia since 2002.
Been on the hunt for a 914 since mid 2013 and after a few set backs and heart breaks I finally managed to purchase bill1963's beautiful 6-conversion sans engine.

The car arrived after almost 6 months last tuesday and the smile carved in my face since then is starting to hurt.( and yes... I'm aware that smile will probably turn upside down once i start working on the car )
The process of importing the car has been extremely painful,I guess my choice of importer was not the best and I had a hard time extracting any information about anything from the guy who did the job but in the end the car arrived.

A few weeks ago i bought a 3.0l out of a 1978 911SC (Japan Import)
and my friend is currently taking it apart.

Looking very much forward putting the car together,there have been a few changes recently for registering modified cars here in Australia and i hope it won't be too much of a hassle to get it on the road.

I'm lucky to have fellow 914world member edwin and my friend Christian helping me with the task,don't think it would be possible without their help so thanks in advance!

Also a big thank you to bill1963 who was very patient and understanding!

I absolutely love reading through all the threads here and am amazed about the knowledge and the enthusiasm you guys have for those cars.
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post Mar 4 2015, 06:56 PM
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post Mar 4 2015, 07:05 PM
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post Mar 4 2015, 07:08 PM
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post Mar 4 2015, 07:08 PM
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Welcome (if I haven't already said so in the past). I too, am doing a 3.0 in my car, so I hope that all the Threads of questions will benefit you too.
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post Mar 4 2015, 07:54 PM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/welcome.png) and good to see another 914 in Oz. Nice looking car.
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post Mar 4 2015, 08:12 PM
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Good on ya m8, If you flip the ring gear you wont have to convert, Litle squirlly at first driving backwards down the road but at least the steering wheel will be on the right side. Where u from in aus
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post Mar 4 2015, 09:27 PM
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post Mar 4 2015, 10:09 PM
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Looks like you have a nice car there and a 3.0 is a terrific engine. Have fun with your project.
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post Mar 4 2015, 11:07 PM
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post Mar 4 2015, 11:19 PM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/welcome.png) Your in the right place! Good luck turning your car into your vision. What fun you have to look forward too. Lots of smile along with a few scratched up knuckles (IMG:style_emoticons/default/evilgrin.gif)
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post Mar 5 2015, 03:29 AM
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Good luck with it all… I've just imported a 3.0L conversion from the US to the UK - what a headache, I feel your pain. Now to get it on the road…

Look forward to watching the progress. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Mar 5 2015, 05:52 AM
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Thanks for the welcome (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

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Good on ya m8, If you flip the ring gear you wont have to convert, Litle squirlly at first driving backwards down the road but at least the steering wheel will be on the right side. Where u from in aus


no way,no need to covert to rhd. I'm in Geelong/VIC
Pretty sure I've seen an early white 914 in Geelong a few years ago.

OllieG:
I don't think I'll ever import a car again!
Was very keen to buy a local car (well..850 k's up north) which ticked all the boxes but the gentleman couldn't let go which i totally understand.He has a beautiful orange -4 and a green -6 as well.
After that I didn't want to wait anymore and was lucky enough to score the car I have now in my garage (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Mar 5 2015, 11:13 AM
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post Mar 5 2015, 11:23 AM
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Hey, I know that car!! In fact, I just mentioned it over on the Bird board... I remember when it got converted. It's a 70, right?

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post Mar 5 2015, 01:22 PM
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Hey, I know that car!! In fact, I just mentioned it over on the Bird board... I remember when it got converted. It's a 70, right?

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Hey Dave,it's a 72. Tim was the guys name who owned and converted it...do you know when that was?
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post Mar 5 2015, 02:16 PM
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post Mar 5 2015, 02:22 PM
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post Mar 5 2015, 02:50 PM
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post Mar 5 2015, 03:11 PM
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Hi Marty, Nice looking 914. If you think you love it now, wait until you drive it. They are a lot of fun and your smile will grow from ear to ear.

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