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> Finishing A 914-6 GT Conversion Project, Great Start, But The Devil Is In The Details!
Lucky9146
post Aug 3 2015, 10:29 PM
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Bought This car in Nov 2013 and unfortunately it had to sit in my trailer until May of this year to get started on it. The picture is how the car looked the way I got it and how it came out of the trailer. Factory P/N steel flares, nice paint job, a not installed 3.0 close to ready to install, Oh, and an in process conversion. Just some cleaning and put it together and yes a lot of learning/ research. Because (a) I have never owned a 914. (b) never done an engine conversion (built a few). © never picked up where someone left off (you know how its easier to put something back together when you take it apart).

I got the "bug" from a friend who took me up the Ortega Hwy in his 6 conversion and I was hooked.

I decided to share my experiences with the "world" and hopefully along the way gain some insight. I have met some great 914 folks so far at swap meets and parts houses and everyone has been quite helpful. I will tell more of the story of what came with the car and what I have done so far as the days go by. Check in once in a while.


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Lucky9146
post Aug 9 2015, 11:49 AM
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The real elephant in the room for me is the wiring for and under the dash. As I mentioned earlier in the thread, mechanically I am ok but electrical not so much. I have spent countless hours under the dash so far tracking and identifying wires from the fuse panel making some headway. Bought diagram's from Prosperos Garage and if you haven't seen them they are done very well and reasonably priced about $20. There is a lot of extraneous wires from a major bundle that were cut cut to the gone console, wires for a stereo, wires from some sort of long gone alarm system, wires to the electric and heated mirrors, and wires that used to go to the 4 cylinder engine for something(?). Add to that the PO found a 6 cyl tach (no year identified) and a really cool quad guage made both yet to be installed and challenges for both. PO bought and included small aux fuse box intended for the oil cooler fans, electric fuel pump, and whatever else. PO also included and intended to change the old main fuse panel to the modern fuses. Don;t get me wrong I think the harness is OK I think it worked but after reading a post the other day from a guy who fried his wires TWICE! I am just a bit skiddish. First the dash current state.



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Lucky9146   Finishing A 914-6 GT Conversion Project   Aug 3 2015, 10:29 PM
mgp4591   Welcome to the money pit! Lots of good advice ...   Aug 3 2015, 10:34 PM
Lucky9146   Welcome to the money pit! Lots of good advice ...   Aug 3 2015, 11:05 PM
jmitro   looks great so far; look forward to see more of th...   Aug 3 2015, 10:55 PM
whitetwinturbo   :wub: the "great" white ....... I'm ...   Aug 3 2015, 11:04 PM
Lucky9146   the "great" white ....... I'm sortin...   Aug 3 2015, 11:20 PM
whitetwinturbo   ............ I started a build thread "There ...   Aug 3 2015, 11:12 PM
Lucky9146   So as I have found so typical is the jack stand st...   Aug 3 2015, 11:17 PM
Maltese Falcon   Good purchase of MoparRob's white 6/conversio...   Aug 3 2015, 11:50 PM
Lucky9146   [quote name='Maltese Falcon' date='Aug...   Aug 4 2015, 09:38 AM
Lucky9146   [quote name='Maltese Falcon' date='Aug...   Aug 4 2015, 10:22 AM
Lucky9146   So now I learned from Maltese Falcon that since my...   Aug 6 2015, 09:33 AM
mepstein   So now I learned from Maltese Falcon that since m...   Aug 6 2015, 09:49 AM
Lucky9146   So where does one begin when you have never owned ...   Aug 4 2015, 12:07 AM
Cairo94507   Terrific - Keep up the good work so you can get th...   Aug 4 2015, 06:22 AM
RobW   Everybody was wondering where that one went. Looki...   Aug 4 2015, 07:23 AM
Lucky9146   Everybody was wondering where that one went. Look...   Aug 4 2015, 10:15 AM
eric9144   Hey I'm right up the hill from you, hit me up ...   Aug 4 2015, 09:49 AM
Lucky9146   Hey I'm right up the hill from you, hit me up...   Aug 4 2015, 10:26 AM
mepstein   It belonged to a guy named Rolland who had it runn...   Aug 4 2015, 10:27 AM
Lucky9146   It belonged to a guy named Rolland who had it run...   Aug 4 2015, 10:54 AM
mepstein   It belonged to a guy named Rolland who had it ru...   Aug 4 2015, 11:09 AM
Lucky9146   [quote name='Lucky9146' post='2218658' date='Aug ...   Aug 4 2015, 11:35 AM
Lucky9146   On with cleaning and lerrning here is the left rea...   Aug 4 2015, 10:33 AM
rhodyguy   here is a shot of the cushions/wire protectors i p...   Aug 4 2015, 11:44 AM
Maltese Falcon   Lucky9146, Here is one angle of my '74. Photo ...   Aug 4 2015, 01:16 PM
Lucky9146   Lucky9146, Here is one angle of my '74. Photo...   Aug 4 2015, 01:21 PM
lonewolfe   I'm going to enjoy following this thread! ...   Aug 4 2015, 01:23 PM
pete000   I don't know what it is, but I think there is ...   Aug 4 2015, 04:00 PM
Lucky9146   [quote name='pete000' date='Aug 4 2015...   Aug 4 2015, 04:55 PM
KELTY360   Unlike a lot of guys here, I wasn't in line to...   Aug 4 2015, 04:26 PM
Cairo94507   Hi Pete - I generally do not like the Porsche grap...   Aug 4 2015, 04:43 PM
Lucky9146   This car came with some really nice parts! So...   Aug 4 2015, 04:52 PM
rhodyguy   the shift rod bushing looks a little spent.   Aug 5 2015, 07:25 AM
Lucky9146   the shift rod bushing looks a little spent. Lik...   Aug 5 2015, 09:51 AM
Lucky9146   So I decided to run the oil hoses from the front t...   Aug 5 2015, 09:12 AM
rhodyguy   do em all. the complete 'kit' from pelican...   Aug 5 2015, 10:00 AM
rhodyguy   in this picture the top is the throttle cable. the...   Aug 5 2015, 10:41 AM
Lucky9146   in this picture the top is the throttle cable. th...   Aug 5 2015, 11:09 AM
rhodyguy   73'   Aug 5 2015, 11:41 AM
Larmo63   Great looking engine!!! :worship: I...   Aug 5 2015, 12:19 PM
Lucky9146   One of the things I have completed is the rear bum...   Aug 6 2015, 12:22 AM
lonewolfe   One of the things I have completed is the rear bu...   Aug 6 2015, 12:50 AM
Lucky9146   One of the things I have completed is the rear b...   Aug 6 2015, 09:10 AM
earossi   [quote name='lonewolfe' post='2219478' date='Aug ...   Aug 8 2015, 08:26 AM
rhodyguy   in your favor it's not an LE. then you would h...   Aug 6 2015, 09:47 AM
Lucky9146   Thought I would share some history of the car at l...   Aug 6 2015, 11:02 AM
Lucky9146   Pictures of front trunk as received. Louver was i...   Aug 6 2015, 05:13 PM
Lucky9146   Minimal rust was treated with Pour 15, louver was ...   Aug 6 2015, 05:19 PM
lonewolfe   I like how the spare tire mount was added for a sp...   Aug 6 2015, 05:22 PM
Lucky9146   I like how the spare tire mount was added for a s...   Aug 6 2015, 05:53 PM
SLITS   unfortunately I have no info on the fuel filter o...   Aug 8 2015, 07:31 AM
Lucky9146   Front carpet reinstalled. Under front louver seale...   Aug 6 2015, 05:32 PM
Lucky9146   Have been looking for months for the cir-clip that...   Aug 6 2015, 06:14 PM
Lucky9146   Engine compartment insulation was not installed wh...   Aug 6 2015, 10:47 PM
Lucky9146   Insulation Installed   Aug 6 2015, 10:50 PM
Lucky9146   To continue on with the front trunk, oil cooler, a...   Aug 8 2015, 12:29 AM
Lucky9146   The PO installed oil cooler and card board mock up...   Aug 8 2015, 12:41 AM
Lucky9146   So I started with the mock up and some spare galva...   Aug 8 2015, 01:09 AM
mepstein   Very nicely done!   Aug 8 2015, 06:57 AM
RobW   Very nicely done! :agree: :agree: Very ni...   Aug 8 2015, 07:08 AM
Lucky9146   The real elephant in the room for me is the wiring...   Aug 9 2015, 11:49 AM
porschetub   The real elephant in the room for me is the wirin...   Aug 9 2015, 12:46 PM
Lucky9146   I can't help but laugh @ your comments ,I...   Aug 9 2015, 01:13 PM
Lucky9146   The Tach is a 911 641 303 03 which is for a 78-83 ...   Aug 9 2015, 12:04 PM
Lucky9146   Next up is the very cool quad guage custom built f...   Aug 9 2015, 12:23 PM
Lucky9146   The "elephant in the room" continues by ...   Aug 9 2015, 01:37 PM
porschetub   The "elephant in the room" continues by...   Aug 12 2015, 02:05 AM
Lucky9146   The "elephant in the room" continues b...   Aug 17 2015, 11:27 AM
Mike Bellis   Your other thread sent me here... There should be ...   Aug 9 2015, 10:03 PM
Lucky9146   It is my understanding that from '73 up the ve...   Aug 22 2015, 10:07 AM
tp_reading   It is my understanding that from '73 up the v...   Aug 22 2015, 01:36 PM
Lucky9146   [quote name='Lucky9146' post='2227015' date='Aug ...   Aug 22 2015, 09:14 PM
tp_reading   [quote name='Lucky9146' post='2227015' date='Aug...   Aug 23 2015, 07:23 AM
mepstein   99% sure those connectors plug into a seperate (sm...   Aug 22 2015, 10:38 AM
SLITS   You found the center console connectors. Sent a P...   Aug 23 2015, 07:18 AM
Lucky9146   Anybody with a 74 take a look at my newly installe...   Aug 24 2015, 01:19 PM
rhodyguy   Pm sent.   Aug 24 2015, 01:21 PM
Lucky9146   So learn as you go. Seems the lower bracket for m...   Aug 24 2015, 02:10 PM
OllieG   I wasn't sure what that bracket on mine was fo...   Aug 28 2015, 03:10 AM
R8CERX   Jim Link to the seats you were looking for... any...   Aug 28 2015, 08:53 PM
Lucky9146   My last post was mid August so it has been very sl...   Oct 29 2015, 10:25 PM
bcheney   You're doing some nice work. Keep up the momen...   Oct 29 2015, 10:41 PM
whitetwinturbo   Gas tank looks REALLY nice :stir:   Oct 30 2015, 10:24 AM
jkb944t   This is some awesome work! Jeff B   Nov 4 2015, 06:39 AM
Lucky9146   Thanks to those who responded to my last post with...   Nov 4 2015, 10:47 AM
whitetwinturbo   Cool gauge! :beer1:   Nov 4 2015, 11:22 AM
Lucky9146   Put power to the chassis recently for the first ti...   Nov 4 2015, 11:43 AM
rhodyguy   Wow! Clean. Nice work.   Nov 5 2015, 10:40 AM
Lucky9146   Unfortunately I have not been able to devote much ...   Dec 4 2015, 11:45 AM
Justinp71   :popcorn: Looking Good! I hope to redo my fr...   Dec 4 2015, 12:10 PM
Lucky9146   :popcorn: Looking Good! I hope to redo my f...   Dec 4 2015, 01:22 PM
MJHanna   Nice work on the bumper :Qarl: It's one of t...   Dec 4 2015, 12:13 PM
siverson   Nice work! Makes me want to get my orange car ...   Dec 4 2015, 12:35 PM
Lucky9146   Nice work! Makes me want to get my orange car...   Dec 4 2015, 01:27 PM
Mueller   Very nice....yep, attention to detail makes a huge...   Dec 4 2015, 02:24 PM
Cairo94507   Wow! Excellent attention to detail. Your car...   Dec 4 2015, 03:10 PM
moparrob   I was the prior owner of this car and must say tha...   Dec 3 2016, 10:39 PM
forrestkhaag   At your convenience, can you post a picture of the...   Dec 4 2016, 12:07 PM
mb911   I am just so impressed with the build. The bumper ...   Dec 4 2016, 12:45 PM
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