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| Big Len |
 Mar 14 2017, 04:02 AM
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Look's terrific....enjoyed reading the story.
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| Minerva's 914 |
Mar 14 2017, 07:36 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 378 Joined: 24-December 15 From: Chapel Hill, NC Member No.: 19,489 Region Association: South East States 
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QUOTE(Big Len @ Mar 14 2017, 06:02 AM)  Look's terrific....enjoyed reading the story. Thanks, she was smart enough to keep her first Porsche, only WISH I had been as wise. My first Porsche;  1966 911, Sept 1965 build date. Bought it in 1975, guy was asking $3,300 for the car I bargained him down to $3,000. Drove it 7 or 8 years and sold it for $4,000 and thought I had knock it out of the park! Shhhhsh. |
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| Chris H. |
Mar 14 2017, 07:52 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4,030 Joined: 2-January 03 From: Chicago 'burbs Member No.: 73 Region Association: Upper MidWest
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Fantastic work on the restoration. Even better story. Nothing better than giving a loved one back a car they bought new - and it looks new again! Good for you man!
At least you made money on that 911. We all have one that got away (1969 GTO black with red interior for me. Sold for $2000 back in the 80's due to engine issues (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif) ). |
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| Dave_Darling |
Mar 14 2017, 11:11 AM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 14,986 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California
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QUOTE(Minerva's 914 @ Mar 14 2017, 01:40 AM) Interesting. Your car is a 73 (has the correct firewall hole for the side-shift) but the transmission is a tail-shifter. Was an early transmission swapped in? Was it converted over to side-shift but the TS end cover left on? Alan Caldwell bout an early 73 2.0 new, and it had a side-shift transmission with a tail-shift end cover. --DD |
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| Minerva's 914 |
Mar 14 2017, 11:22 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 378 Joined: 24-December 15 From: Chapel Hill, NC Member No.: 19,489 Region Association: South East States
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QUOTE(Dave_Darling @ Mar 14 2017, 01:11 PM) QUOTE(Minerva's 914 @ Mar 14 2017, 01:40 AM) Interesting. Your car is a 73 (has the correct firewall hole for the side-shift) but the transmission is a tail-shifter. Was an early transmission swapped in? Was it converted over to side-shift but the TS end cover left on? Alan Caldwell bout an early 73 2.0 new, and it had a side-shift transmission with a tail-shift end cover. --DD No, the photo you're looking at has a dummy early tarnny case installed to facilitate the engine installation while waiting for the clutch package to arrive. The next day when the clutch, pressure plate, TO bearing, and disk arrived we had the engine ready to go, supported the engine, popped out the dummy trans case which is lighter and easier to handle, installed the new clutch package, installed the original trans and we were off to the races. Good catch though! |
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