A Texas Sized Project - 1975 2.0L, 12/8/20 - Wiring & Interior Update |
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A Texas Sized Project - 1975 2.0L, 12/8/20 - Wiring & Interior Update |
aggiezig |
Jul 13 2016, 03:31 PM
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Porsche Wannabe Group: Members Posts: 319 Joined: 13-January 16 From: Los Angeles, CA Member No.: 19,557 Region Association: Southern California |
Hi 914World,
New(ish) member with new project - a 1975 2.0L. It's certainly a project, but I think it's a great starting place. The seller is extremely knowledgeable about the car and helpful with local contacts who are in the 914 scene. It's been on the local CL for a while for more than I wanted to pay, but was recently able to strike a deal. Here are some specs about the project:
2055cc "build" project in pieces currently (with matching numbers)
Looking forward to this one! |
aggiezig |
Jul 9 2017, 10:54 PM
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Porsche Wannabe Group: Members Posts: 319 Joined: 13-January 16 From: Los Angeles, CA Member No.: 19,557 Region Association: Southern California |
Wow long time, no post. Life has gotten in the way of working on my 914, but I am still pecking away every now and then. I've also been dreading updating this thread as photobucket has decided to limit my image hosting bandwidth unless I want to buy some absurdly expensive hosting plan (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif). I knew I was going to have to make a switch, so now using IMGUR to host pics. If for some reason my previous pictures in this thread don't load, blame the greedy bastards at photobucket.
The engine is assembled and tucked away on it's test stand, ready for first fire and break-in. Side note -- how crucial is removing pushrods when building oil pressure? Seems like a lot of extra work. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i.imgur.com-19557-1499662438.1.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i.imgur.com-19557-1499662438.2.jpg) Pretty much all of the "big" metal work is knocked out on the body. I started stripping down the car today. First, I roughed up the surface with my DA sander. Then, I applied chemical paint stripper. After scraping all of the paint off, I neutralized with water. I roughed over all of the stripped areas with 80 grit on the DA. Lastly, everything was coated in Picklex 20 as it will likely sit for a few weeks as bare metal. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i.imgur.com-19557-1499662439.3.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i.imgur.com-19557-1499662439.4.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i.imgur.com-19557-1499662439.5.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i.imgur.com-19557-1499662439.6.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i.imgur.com-19557-1499662439.7.jpg) There were a few dings and dents I beat on as I worked on stripping. Also found a hole by the rear passenger taillight corner when wire wheeling some rust spots under the paint. All in all, this is a very honest car with just the one (factory?) layer of paint on it. Pretty neat to see her back down in her birthday suit. I needed to do something to get the motivation started again... The original plan was to sandblast everything, but I'm now making an analysis of what will be the best / easiest / quickest way to strip different areas of the car. I'm going to strip / sand the big flat areas that would otherwise take a while to blast. This will hopefully just leave me with seal channels, jambs, inside trucks and under the car to blast. Staging it this way will also let me keep working until I am set up and ready to blast. I'm also thinking through now what will be the best way to stage the body work, primer and eventual paint. Pretty soon I'm going to have to commit to a color. I'm really leaning towards Adriatic Blue... |
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