My next 914 project !?, Help me out with your Knowledge Options

[ClaussStudios]

Now that I have got the lenses taken care of for the most part Thinking about the next 914 item I will tackle. I look for items made of plastic or rubber the smaller the better I cannot handle large items like the bumper rubber (at the moment). And way too expensive. So when I start making them and sell them for 1/2 the price I get some interest and can recoup my costs fairly quickly. I was thinking of the plastic crome front foglight grills or the plastic speaker grills,,,What do ya think any other nla items in big demand?
Greg

[StratPlayer]

Reproduce those rubber holders in the trunk that hold the targa roof in place, the ones on each side at the rear of the trunk.

[Jenny]

Yes, those targa brackets are always cracked. Almost every non-CW car I see has one gimpy one. Plastic chrome foglight grills would be great. They're hard to come by. As are speaker grills.

Jen

[rhodyguy]

the plastic covers on the headlight motors. the rubber straps that hold the stock jack, with the correct ribbing

kevin

[seanery]

Wasn't someone looking for a certain knob that was NLA?
Darker colored knobs would be nice IMHO.

The fog knob glows a bit too bright and the reflection is distracting in the windshield.
A dark blue would be nice.

[914werke]

How about this, not a stock Item but necessary one (i think) nonetheless: the engine lid grate has a rain tray to catch water and diverts to a funnel/tube araingement on either side of the eng. bay.
NOT that tray.. but the small grates on either side, especially the one over the battery, are open to the elements!
If a piece could be fabbed to catch and run water to that same funnel we'd all have a lot less rust, needles, dirt ect.
I'd be a tight fit just over the hinges but do-able.
I started screwing around with this by cutting up the early style center tray and plastic-welding it but never got it to my liking.

What do you think. Small Cheap. USEFULL!

[Qarl]

Not, small, plastic or rubber... but find someone to remake the sun visors....

Regards

[Bleyseng]

Sun visors or dashes. Those targa holders are around new for pretty cheap. maybe if you made them out of better rubber so they didn't break the second time you used them would be cool.

Chrome plastic parts:
Fog grills
Letters-PORSCHE
914, 914/6

not rubber or plastic but the alignment shims! in 1,2,3,4mm thicknesses.



Geoff

[seanery]

You'd make a million if you redid the visors.

I think just about everyone would buy a set if the price was right.

[ClaussStudios]

Now the question is ,,,Would anyone be interested in sending me a Mint pair of front fog light grills for reproduction
they need to be perfect no scratches cracks pits ,,A mold is taken from an original so what you start with is what you end up with.. It would be a 1 month loan and will not hurt your original.... you can be the first to have a new minty pair or I could compensate you with lenses i make if ya need some (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) .

[Bleyseng]

I can loan you a set of NOS ones as soon as I get them. I also have a set of prefect speaker grills sitting on the shelf.

Geoff

[GWN7]

When you can do bumper tops, I'd be interested in a couple sets.

[boxstr]

I have a set of front foglight grilles, new from the dealer. They run about $96.00 each. So that gives you a price point to shoot for.
Where are they to be sent?
Craig C. Laughlin CAMP 914
PS Maybe some 916 clear body remote control cars??

[meursault]

Here's an idea:

Make speaker grills that can accomodate speakers with decent-sized magnets or 5 x 7 speakers.

Make foglight grills with cutouts for more modern fog/driving lights that you can sell with the grills as a package deal.

And somebody needs to make the various rubber pieces for the type 4 motors. Intake boots, vacuum hose elbows, oil pressure/ head temp sensor surrounds, etc., etc.

[Demick]

As far as the fog light grills go, remember that you can buy new primered ones for around $35 each. The silver plating on the grills is what adds the $$.

So currently, anyone can go buy a pair of grills, and paint them with shiny silver paint themselves for about $75/pair. So if the idea here is to mold new ones that you would paint silver (as opposed to plating), you need to be able to sell them for roughly half that if you want to sell a bunch.

Demick
'74 2.0

[Demick]

As for the rear trunk targa rubber latches, those run $17 each. And for some reason, they did not design them symmetrically, so there is a left and a right. Seems like they should easily be able to be redesigned so that a single part can be used on either side, and sell them for $17 for the pair.

Demick
'74 2.0

[Aaron Cox]

this would be so, if the targa was flat, but the top has a graceful curve on the back edge, thus needing R, L side parts (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

[ClaussStudios]

oh so the fog grills are available new?
They woud be simple to make and Plastic plating is not a problem they would have a real nice crome finish on them.

[Demick]

Yeah, I understand that, but I think with a little ingenuity a universal part could be done. Not like it's a real exact fit anyway. Heck, I'll design it if someone will reproduce it.

Demick

[Aaron Cox]

yeah i see what you mean...i need a pair anyway? Hey clauss, whats porsche/hella say about your new lenses?