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post Mar 27 2017, 05:11 PM
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My name is Brent and I’m new to 914 World but certainly not to 914s. My 1973 2.0L has being lying dormant and neglected for over thirty years now and is long overdue for a resurrection. The path to where I am now has been a long one so forgive me for the long introduction, but some of you might be able to relate.

History

I wasn’t much of a car guy as a kid growing up in NE Kansas. I liked cars, but I didn’t LOVE them. But when I saw my first 914, it spoke to me in a way that no other car had before… or since. My first ride in a teener didn’t come until my senior year in high school when a co-worker took me for a spin in a 914 he had borrowed from his dad’s used import car dealership. The car did not disappoint and I was hooked! I knew I had to have one.

The year was 1981. I was 19 and beginning my second year of college at Kansas State when I took out a small loan to buy my first car. I found a barely road-worthy 1970 1.7L in Missouri for $2,300 and was beaming with pride when I rolled up to the college dorm with my new, but rather shoddy looking, prize. But being as I was 19, and that organ that would eventually become a brain was not yet developed, I managed to shove the nose of my new Porsche under the tail end of a pickup truck at an intersection the very next day. Devastated; I had the car towed to a little one-man body shop at the edge of town. The front left corner was toast. I had enough money left from my loan to buy a partial front clip from AA. I got a call from the body shop the day the clip arrived and was told there was a problem. I went to inspect and saw that AA had sent a wrecked clip. The fender was smashed and the cost to hammer out the panels was 3X the cost of the part. I got in a heated argument over the phone with AA when I was told that sort of condition should be expected with used parts. What a bunch of BS! Surface rust and a few dings is one thing, but this part has been smacked hard enough the turn signal opening was half the width it should have been. Pointing out that their own advertising promised used parts would be collision free got me nowhere. In the end, I had to pay return freight and a restocking fee to get rid of the shitty part. That was the first and ONLY time I’ve done business with AA and I’m still pissed 36 years later. Luckily, a 914 had arrived at a junk yard 60 miles away and I picked up the parts, minus the lid, for a fraction of what AA had charged and hauled it myself.

But my woes of fixing my 914 were far from over. The body shop guy told me he found a trunk lid and that if I prepaid for parts and labor, he could put my car back together, shot with primer, for $400. Like an idiot, I believed him. I took out another small loan and wrote him a check. Every time I stopped by to check out the progress, there was a different excuse. The lid was at another shop getting MIG welded to repair minor rust… things like that. Then the guy just disappeared. I spent a few weeks stopping by almost daily to find an empty shop. Finally, one day a crusty looking old guy was there. “Are you looking for Joe?”, he asked. “Join the club.” Joe had been bilking lots of people out of money and had skipped out of the country. The guy telling me this had recently entered partnership with Joe and had lost thousands of dollars. We would both shortly receive a bankruptcy letter listing us as creditors and leaving us with little recourse to recoup our losses. It was my first hard lesson in trust. The silver lining was that the new guy had another shop and took pity on me and completed the work that was promised at a very reasonable price. I know he lost money on the deal.

My now patchwork-colored teener was back on the road but I wasn’t any smarter at 20 than I was at 19 so my car would again suffer the consequences. It was a cold, snowy, Kansas winter when I was home at my parents for Christmas holiday. I had learned from experience that if I put the 914 to bed in that weather without adding a bottle of drying agent to the gas, she was not going to start. But I wasn’t alone and shop after shop was sold out of HEET. On the fifth stop, I finally found a few bottles and was heading home to my parents when I hit a patch of black ice at low speed on possibly illegal balding tires and wrapped the front neatly around a fire hydrant. Well shit! Here we go again. I was done with body shops and con-men so decided it was time to learn to weld. I found donor parts at the same junk yard as before and set about cutting out the damage and replacing using my brother’s oxy-acetylene torch. Amazingly, I managed to get the car back together in drivable condition. I won’t pretend it was a good repair job, but adequate. I learned a lot about working on 914s because just about every week, something new broke – clutch, torsion bar, struts, and the constant battle with bad wiring in the FI and ignition. I’m sure there is a part on a 914 I haven’t removed and replaced, but I can’t think of what that would be.


About a year later, my then girlfriend and now wife of 30+ years needed to replace her aging Honda and a nice looking 914 appeared for sale. It was a ’73 1.7L and looked much prettier than mine. We shouldn’t have bought it because it had been wrecked and not put back together right. It had a barely detectable sideways crab as it rolled down the road that a 4-wheel alignment couldn’t fix. But it made a good daily driver and was nice enough that when Elizabeth and I were married, her cousin hid the car for us so my original patchwork 70 got the traditional “Just Married” treatment.

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Around that time in 1984, I spied an ad in the college paper for a 914 for $500. Always needing parts, I thought this was my chance to get a big pile of parts at a bargain price. After talking with the owner, I discovered this was a 1973 2.0L. (my dream model and year). It had suffered the dreaded hell hole and the RR suspension console was dangling free. The PO (the car's second owner) couldn’t get a shop to even quote her a price on fixing it, and I was welcome to go have a look. I found the car in a parking lot next to the local import car parts shop. I couldn’t believe what I saw. Not only was it my dream ’73 2.0, but it was metallic silver with 4-spoke Fuchs, center console but not appearance group (black bumpers and no targa vinyl). This is exactly the car I would have ordered at the dealership. I knew that the wheels alone were worth the asking price. From 30 ft., the car looked gorgeous. From 10 feet, it looked really good but you could see it had been repainted, and not well. The interior was complete and clean. The only thing wrong with this car was a rotten battery tray and suspension console. And even that rot was limited and hadn’t spread to other bits of the hell hole. I finagled another small loan and didn’t quibble on the price. THIS would be my car.

Back at the junkyard I found a console from the same donor I had taken the front for my 70 from. I spent a weekend in my parent’s garage welding it in and spent the next several years enjoying the hell out of that car. In the meantime, I rebuilt the engine on the old 70 to donate it to a VW bus and sold the chassis for parts. My wife’s ’73 became my project car and I earned my label as a DAPO botching an outer long replacement by overheating the weld and using poorly placed door bracing. The result was an increase in the sideways crab and a passenger door that didn’t close as cleanly as it should. I continued my assault on the car by stripping it down to respray in black lacquer – a purposeful choice to reveal all of the flaws. It was a lot of work and there were many goofs to be redone, but the end result was actually quite stunning. It didn’t last long though since I didn’t have a garage at the time and black lacquer is no match for the Kansas sun. But it did convince me that I could prep and spray a car with respectable results; better than the job on my 2.0L anyway.

I don’t remember the exact catalyst that caused me to tear it apart, but as much as I loved driving the 2.0L, it didn’t always love me and I was frequently stranded – and this was pre-cell phone days. The problem was almost always some damn thing with the FI. Plus, the car was leaking oil badly and there were rust issues that needed repair. I convinced myself it was time for a complete tear down and rebuild, and I commenced to do just that. I was in my mid-twenties and Reagan was President.

Restoration Begins… and Stops… and Stops Again

I made a rookie mistake and started with the engine. I did a complete teardown and had all the bottom end parts machined and balanced at the local machine shop. Although I am kind of regretting it now, I decided to ditch the D-Jet that caused 95% of my reliability woes and opted for dual 40IDF Webers. Carb conversions were all the rage back then and I had lost patience with the FI. If I were to start this today, I’d probably keep the FI which I still have in storage. But to complement the carbs, I installed a “street grind” cam from Automotion. I’ve tossed my old Automotion catalogs and there are no other specs on the invoice. I only remember that the folks there recommended this grind to get the most from my carbs while staying close to the performance of the FI. The other mod I chose for the engine was a new set of OEM euro spec (8.0:1) Mahle pistons and jugs. I’ve always had this crazy idea that the euro spec cars were how Porsche intended and American spec was a compromise. As part of that rebuild, I stripped and repainted all of the tin with high temp paint and replaced the little hardware. Heads had not yet been touched, and Reagan was still the President.

Then life intervened. Elizabeth had put her college on hold while I finished mine, and it was while she was finishing her degree that I tore the car apart. Then it was my turn to go back for a graduate degree so the project went on hold. Time was in short supply. Clinton was President by the time I got my grad degree. Now neither time or money were as much of an obstacle, but having adequate shop space for the restoration was. All I had was an open carport that was not up to the task although I was able to turn it briefly into a makeshift plastic spray booth for the last car which we had since given to our nephew (kicking myself now). So, Elizabeth and I set about building a two-story barn with plenty of space for a large woodshop, mechanics shop, and spray booth. When I say build, I mean we picked up hammer and nails and built the thing. I must say; the thing was a work of beauty. All that was left was to install windows and then my restoration project could resume in earnest. And then I got offered a job in Bozeman, Montana which had been a long-time dream for this wildlife biologist. So without so much as ever rolling a car into the new shop, we packed up and headed to the mountains. That was 13 years ago and I’ve gotten a lot of grief for hauling my little project 1,200 miles across the continent. And she has weathered through many Montana blizzards sitting neglected in my driveway; waiting for me to come to my senses.

And Now…

Maybe I am having my mid-life crisis but the itch to get this car back on the road had gotten too strong to ignore. Over the years, I would periodically cruise the Web for 914 news, but would quickly put it aside with the resignation that I’m back where I was with no good space to work on the car. But then I read Darren Collins’ amazing odyssey on this forum. Not only is it inspirational, but it also gave me an epiphany. The bulk of the work in a restoration is in cleaning and refurbishing small parts. I don’t need a big-ass shop for that. In fact, we do have a 2-car garage but half of it is filled to the gills with woodworking tools and the other half has to remain open for the daily driver so we don’t have to scoop and scrape several inches of snow off every morning, and to protect the car at least a little from the horde of deer mice that plague every vehicle parked outdoors in the mountains. But I have a plan. I purchased a set of 10” pneumatic castors at HF and will build a rotisserie on them. That will allow me to roll my chassis over my gravel driveway and in and out of the garage as needed. That will still leave the challenge when it comes time to paint (I don’t have the means to farm out a $10K paint job). But it will get me through strip, patch, and primer. We have planned on building a detached garage since we built our house. Maybe I’ll figure out how to fund it.

Determined to make progress, it was time to take stock of what I have ahead of me. The car had been mostly stripped prior to our move, but many of the parts that had been carefully stored in sheds wound up strewn haphazardly in the trunks and cockpit during and after the move. The old pitted windshield had been removed long ago and donated to the other car. The plexi I had installed to seal out the rain had cracked to shards and only the tarp over the car kept out rain and snow. The old tires turned to dust years ago, leaving the belly of the car only a few inches above the damp earth. Not the treatment I intended to give my car but it is what it is. I was prepared for the worst last week when I began excavating to survey the damage of years of neglect. The car wreaked of weasel piss and I actually found a weasel skull in the front trunk. But that weasel piss probably accounts for the surprisingly low amount of rodent nests found in the car. Considering the abuse, things could be worse.

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Thirty years ago, I had all kinds of plans to modernize this car. But history gains importance as we age so now I want to keep it mostly stock. That’s also the easier and cheaper route given that the car is disassembled, but nearly complete. My rule for mods is to do nothing that can’t easily be reversed to original stock. The biggest sacrifice is that I won’t be blanking out the side markers as originally planned even though I really hate them.
Mods planned are:
Engine: These have already been done. Otherwise I might rethink them.
  • Euro 8.0:1 compression pistons
  • Weber 40IDF carbs
  • “Street” cam grind for carbs.
  • Dizzy – I have an unused 050 on it now, but will probably replace with an SVDA 034. My carbs already have vacuum ports.
Chassis
  • Euro lenses
  • Black windshield and targa trim. I already sanded and painted my dinged-up trim when I tore down the car. I like the look so will keep it for now.
  • Relocate fuel pump to front and replace fuel lines.
  • 2-stage paint on exterior. Still not completely married to this but think it will be easier to do and less maintenance than 1-stage. Open to comments though.
  • Modern radio or retro radio with modern BT module.
  • Hand throttle lever to operate carb chokes.
Workplan
  1. Stabilize engine – It has been stored in an unheated shed. Checked on it last week and was horrified to find the pistons stuck. Luckily a half hour soak of the pistons with PB blaster and some light taps with a softwood drift freed them up. Cylinders had a little rust crust at the bottom where the rings were sitting. I pulled the worst looking cylinder. Rings look fine. A few seconds with a hone and the bore was shiny like new again. Will do the same with the remaining cylinders and will refresh the assembly lube on cam lobes and lifters. I have a 3-arm engine yoke from VW Alley arriving Wednesday and will move the engine into my heated garage where I can keep a better eye on it. Once inside, I’ll clean it off and brush the case with tectyl, spray Stabil engine fog on the piston tops and cylinder bores, and bag it. I’ll turn the crank once a month to make sure it doesn’t seize again. Open to suggestions on how to protect it until it is ready to go back in the car. I’ll probably go ahead and get the heads rebuilt sooner rather than later so I can get the engine completely assembled and not have a bunch of loose parts laying around.
  2. Build a rotisserie and start on rustoration. Here’s what I know I need to do:
    1. Replace front trunk tub.
    2. Repair rear trunk lid.
    3. Repair both door sills.
    4. Repair lower sail panels.
    5. Repair or replace RH engine tray in hell hole.
    6. Replace RH outer long. Won’t know about inner until outer is cut off.
    7. Misc body sheet metal patches, mostly lower edges.
  3. Inventory and clean parts. I’ll develop a plan of attack after I have a better idea what I’m dealing with. But this will keep me busy for a while.
Thanks for reading.
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Ah, the Automation catalog and annual swap.
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@mbseto
LOL It really is that different from what you were doing with foam. Just think of it as a climbing wall for tiny little climbers.



The backstory is I got tired of having to rebuild these frog vivaria every few years after any wood put in them rapidly decayed so I made a fake tree out of concrete. Nothing weird about that... right? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

@rudedude
Thanks so much for the compliments and your thoughts about Niaquq and the new guy. We are rapidly approaching the one year anniversary since we lost Niaquq which also happens to be my wife's birthday which is going to be rough. I don't expect ever have another dog like Niaquq but the new guy, Kalluq has settled in nicely. He is dumb as a stump and has a disgusting habit of eating his own shit, but is quite entertaining. Here's a video of something he usually does at least once a day. In fact, I just made a weekly run to town for grocery supplies and he sang half way there. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/screwy.gif)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxWyyP_LzQ4


The next time you are out this way, feel free to stop by! We are only 3 miles off I-90 so a very convenient stop. A coupe member have visit and all are welcome. Our guest room will be open for stopovers again after the zombie apocalypse pandemic is past. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

Dang, that dog's as big as a pony! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)
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post Dec 13 2020, 09:26 PM
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Continuing on. Sorry shiny little horn grill but you are just too bright for me. After media blasting.

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A small task from the Belmetric parts. Usually a guy welcomes a stiff hose.

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But sometimes soft and supple is what you need.

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I know Phil has been waiting in anticipation all day for the tranny day report. Actually it was tranny weekend. Nothing much to report though but I don't want to disappoint Phil. All that happened this weekend was to clean it up.

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I wanted to rent a steam power washer to make it easy but none of the rental places around here have them. Instead I used Awesome degreaser from Dollar Tree, an assortment of brass brushes and elbow grease. I wasn't going for a shiny case and this case spent too much time in the Midwest to ever be shiny again anyway. Just a clean gray will be just fine. It's a work in progress.

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I'll leave this for a few days and let the shiny spots dull out and then spray with Boeshield T-9 to protect it and finally coat with Tectyl. Now I need to place an order for seals and other tranny bits.

This is the first time the engine, transmission, and chassis have been this close together in over 30 years.

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One last thing I did this weekend was spend a little "together time" with the dog in the car. Niaquq was the perfect travel companion and I'm certain he would have even been happy to ride on the center cushion between two passengers for short hops. The new guy is nicknamed "The Wrecking Ball" so I'm optimistically trying to train him to just sit or lie quietly in the passenger seat. We have a LOoong way to go... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)

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QUOTE(bbrock @ Dec 13 2020, 07:26 PM) *

Continuing on. Sorry shiny little horn grill but you are just too bright for me. After media blasting.

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And done.

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A small task from the Belmetric parts. Usually a guy welcomes a stiff hose.

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But sometimes soft and supple is what you need.

Attached Image

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I know Phil has been waiting in anticipation all day for the tranny day report. Actually it was tranny weekend. Nothing much to report though but I don't want to disappoint Phil. All that happened this weekend was to clean it up.

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I wanted to rent a steam power washer to make it easy but none of the rental places around here have them. Instead I used Awesome degreaser from Dollar Tree, an assortment of brass brushes and elbow grease. I wasn't going for a shiny case and this case spent too much time in the Midwest to ever be shiny again anyway. Just a clean gray will be just fine. It's a work in progress.

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I'll leave this for a few days and let the shiny spots dull out and then spray with Boeshield T-9 to protect it and finally coat with Tectyl. Now I need to place an order for seals and other tranny bits.

This is the first time the engine, transmission, and chassis have been this close together in over 30 years.

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One last thing I did this weekend was spend a little "together time" with the dog in the car. Niaquq was the perfect travel companion and I'm certain he would have even been happy to ride on the center cushion between two passengers for short hops. The new guy is nicknamed "The Wrecking Ball" so I'm optimistically trying to train him to just sit or lie quietly in the passenger seat. We have a LOoong way to go... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)

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Does he like to sing at people while you're driving? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)
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Does he like to sing at people while you're driving? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)


Ha! Last week I had to drive into town and he was in the back seat just singing away for about half the trip. It took him awhile to figure out he needed to lie down because the first couple times he sang in the car, he was sitting up and would bang his head on the roof every time he threw his head back for a good howl. He's dumb as a stump but pretty entertaining.
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I'll leave this for a few days and let the shiny spots dull out and then spray with Boeshield T-9 to protect it and finally coat with Tectyl.


I never thought I'd say this but that Tranny looks great (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif)

How many hours did you spend to get it to that state?

Before you start tearing apart your garage looking for that old can of Tectyl, don't forget you donated the remnants of your Tectyl to me for the 911 case. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)

Can send back to you. Just PM me and remind me of shipping address. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/santa_smiley.gif)




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QUOTE(Superhawk996 @ Dec 14 2020, 08:18 AM) *

QUOTE(bbrock @ Dec 13 2020, 10:26 PM) *


I'll leave this for a few days and let the shiny spots dull out and then spray with Boeshield T-9 to protect it and finally coat with Tectyl.


I never thought I'd say this but that Tranny looks great (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif)

How many hours did you spend to get it to that state?

Before you start tearing apart your garage looking for that old can of Tectyl, don't forget you donated the remnants of your Tectyl to me for the 911 case. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)

Can send back to you. Just PM me and remind me of shipping address. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/santa_smiley.gif)


(IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) I already have another can of Tectyl on its way. I forgot all about the tranny when I sent that can off with you but still glad I did. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/santa_smiley.gif) Enjoy it and think fondly of me whenever that gooey crap rubs off on your hands (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) Actually, it's not that bad and eventually dries to a hard waxy surface.

I have a good eight hours into cleaning that case just over the weekend but probably spent another 4-8 hourse when I first pulled it out of the car 30 years ago. A steam power washer would have been nice!
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I hope that fire extinguisher has a home that's not in the front compartment. It looks to be halon and just remember, as I recently found out, you have a maximum of 2 seconds of discharge. Hope you never have to use it.
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I hope that fire extinguisher has a home that's not in the front compartment. It looks to be halon and just remember, as I recently found out, you have a maximum of 2 seconds of discharge. Hope you never have to use it.



I think purple K are the ones to have? Thats what @coondog suggests.. I am going to install one in the cabin on my car
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QUOTE(rudedude @ Dec 14 2020, 10:06 AM) *

I hope that fire extinguisher has a home that's not in the front compartment. It looks to be halon and just remember, as I recently found out, you have a maximum of 2 seconds of discharge. Hope you never have to use it.



I think purple K are the ones to have? Thats what @coondog suggests.. I am going to install one in the cabin on my car


That one is a Purple K following Coondog's recs. It is just laying in the front for storage right now.
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The Badger

I'm a Seinfeld fan so this post is pretty much about nothing but does speak to the life of a restoration project in 2020. I'm pretty much held up on progress waiting for parts to arrive.

I ordered a windshield for the car from Speedy Glass, the only glass shop in town that would even return my call after being told what I was looking for. That was back in April and COVID had really slowed things down so I knew it would be a several months wait. Through periodic checking, I learned when the shop had enough glass orders to place a shipment order from the distributor, the distributor had mysteriously deleted their account and they were having fits getting it re-established. Weeks went by and still no progress. Last week it got even worse. The account issues are apparently straightened out, but the distributor in Spokane, WA is not shipping east of Idaho. WTF? My shop tried to set up an independent trucker to deliver the glass (it is a half-day drive) but the independent companies don't want the liability of shipping that much glass. WTF again? So the wait continues.

Then there are the valve adjusters that have been stalled in Frankfurt for over a month. Finally earlier this week there was finally movement on tracking. They had arrived in San Francisco and then moved to LA which is where they need to go so I thought the bugguy would soon have the adjusters and be able to send my rockers and all back to me. However, as of this morning, the tracking showed the adjusters were in Seattle. WTF, WTF, WTF? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)

I also need to install a manifold vacuum tube into one of my carbs to run vacuum retard. I have the tubes in hand from Pierce Manifold but need a 5mm drill which I can't find locally and there isn't a fractional inch equivalent close enough. Said drill bits were ordered, arrived in Billings at 1am yesterday, and were scheduled for delivery today. Checked this morning and apparently the bits were tired from their travels and decided to spend an extra night in Billings so won't arrive until Monday. Another task I can't do this weekend.

Finally, I have transmission seals and misc. bits on order through Sunset Porsche that will probably arrive next week. Those aren't delayed, but just more on the list I'm waiting on.

All this spare time has allowed me to obsess even more over a conundrum that has haunted me ever since I got the chassis painted - to badge, or not to badge?

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Every time I look at this silvery bastard I think that hood is too much blank canvas and would look so much nicer with a jewel. On the other side, I have this originality bug and like to honor how the car came from the factory. ALSO, I'm a CSOB and those badges have gotten ridiculously expensive. The issue was resolved in my brain to save my nickles until I read that damn 50 Years: Porsche 914 book and in particular, this passage:

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"In addition, as well as this lettering on on the rear, it was decided to investigate whether the use of the Porsche crest on the front hood could be approved.

This proposal already appeared as a recommendation on the agenda of the 24th program committee meeting on 20 March [1970] and was now agreed. This solution did not last long however, as the two models were released to the world as VW-Porsche 914 and VW-Porsche 914/6 shortly before the IAA."


It would seem the 914 development team wanted the cars badged but the somewhat dysfunctional marketing relationship with VW kept it from happening. So what honors the car more here? Follow the wishes of the development team, or stick with history. Not that my little car gives a flying fart about honor but you know..

Then this morning I'm looking at the car again thinking about what I can accomplish this weekend and started thinking badge... no badge. Then a strange thought came to my psycho brain. My last name means "badger" in Old English which I always equated with the animal because they are bad-asses and cool which fits because I'm... well NOT (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) And then I thought, hmm, badger could mean "one who badges..." Right, right? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) So which kind of badger am I? Heck if I know. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

I know this. If I did get a crest on the car, I will not be drilling the hood. Instead I will cut the posts of the crest (I will cry doing it because did I mention they are ridiculously expensive?) and apply the badge with 3M trim tape. I guess I'll just have to keep obsessing.

There you go. Another long and screwy post and absolutely nothing happened... not that there's anything WRONG with that...
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QUOTE(bbrock @ Dec 19 2020, 12:13 PM) *

The Badger

I'm a Seinfeld fan so this post is pretty much about nothing but does speak to the life of a restoration project in 2020. I'm pretty much held up on progress waiting for parts to arrive.

I ordered a windshield for the car from Speedy Glass, the only glass shop in town that would even return my call after being told what I was looking for. That was back in April and COVID had really slowed things down so I knew it would be a several months wait. Through periodic checking, I learned when the shop had enough glass orders to place a shipment order from the distributor, the distributor had mysteriously deleted their account and they were having fits getting it re-established. Weeks went by and still no progress. Last week it got even worse. The account issues are apparently straightened out, but the distributor in Spokane, WA is not shipping east of Idaho. WTF? My shop tried to set up an independent trucker to deliver the glass (it is a half-day drive) but the independent companies don't want the liability of shipping that much glass. WTF again? So the wait continues.

Then there are the valve adjusters that have been stalled in Frankfurt for over a month. Finally earlier this week there was finally movement on tracking. They had arrived in San Francisco and then moved to LA which is where they need to go so I thought the bugguy would soon have the adjusters and be able to send my rockers and all back to me. However, as of this morning, the tracking showed the adjusters were in Seattle. WTF, WTF, WTF? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)

I also need to install a manifold vacuum tube into one of my carbs to run vacuum retard. I have the tubes in hand from Pierce Manifold but need a 5mm drill which I can't find locally and there isn't a fractional inch equivalent close enough. Said drill bits were ordered, arrived in Billings at 1am yesterday, and were scheduled for delivery today. Checked this morning and apparently the bits were tired from their travels and decided to spend an extra night in Billings so won't arrive until Monday. Another task I can't do this weekend.

Finally, I have transmission seals and misc. bits on order through Sunset Porsche that will probably arrive next week. Those aren't delayed, but just more on the list I'm waiting on.

All this spare time has allowed me to obsess even more over a conundrum that has haunted me ever since I got the chassis painted - to badge, or not to badge?

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Every time I look at this silvery bastard I think that hood is too much blank canvas and would look so much nicer with a jewel. On the other side, I have this originality bug and like to honor how the car came from the factory. ALSO, I'm a CSOB and those badges have gotten ridiculously expensive. The issue was resolved in my brain to save my nickles until I read that damn 50 Years: Porsche 914 book and in particular, this passage:

QUOTE
"In addition, as well as this lettering on on the rear, it was decided to investigate whether the use of the Porsche crest on the front hood could be approved.

This proposal already appeared as a recommendation on the agenda of the 24th program committee meeting on on 20 March [1970] and was now agreed. This solution did not last long however, as the two models were released to the world as VW-Porsche 914 and VW-Porsche 914/6 shortly before the IAA."


It would seem the 914 development team wanted the cars badged but the somewhat dysfunctional marketing relationship with VW kept it from happening. So what honors the car more here? Follow the wishes of the development team, or stick with history. Not that my little car gives a flying fart about honor but you know..

Then this morning I'm looking at the car again thinking about what I can accomplish this weekend and started thinking badge... no badge. Then a strange thought came to my psycho brain. My last name means "badger" in Old English which I always equated with the animal because they are bad-asses and cool which fits because I'm... well NOT (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) And then I thought, hmm, badger could mean "one who badges..." Right, right? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) So which kind of badger am I? Heck if I know. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

I know this. If I did get a crest on the car, I will not be drilling the hood. Instead I will cut the posts of the crest (I will cry doing it because did I mention they are ridiculously expensive?) and apply the badge with 3M trim tape. I guess I'll just have to keep obsessing.

There you go. Another long and screwy post and absolutely nothing happened... not that there's anything WRONG with that...



You forgot waiting on your muffler.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) oh and why not just do the GT style badge sticker? That would fit??
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The Badger

There you go. Another long and screwy post and absolutely nothing happened... not that there's anything WRONG with that...



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QUOTE(bbrock @ Dec 19 2020, 03:13 PM) *

The Badger

- to badge, or not to badge?



Ferrari didn't put a Ferrari badge on the Dino. One of the most beautiful cars Ferrari ever built.

Porsche didn't put a Porsche badge on the 914. One of the best handling cars Porsche ever designed/built.

Good enough for me. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)

You might want to consider one of those Calvin characters taking a leak on a 911 though! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/calvin.gif)
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QUOTE(bbrock @ Dec 19 2020, 01:13 PM) *

The Badger

There you go. Another long and screwy post and absolutely nothing happened... not that there's anything WRONG with that...



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Drill bits too tired to leave Billings? I can’t imagine being too tired not to leave Billings. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)

Maybe a badge would spiff up your front bumper. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)
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"Badges? We ain't got no badges! We don't need no badges!
I don't have to show you any stinking badges!"
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Maybe a NARP badge?
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I'd just add one of these decals (that's what I did).
If it's good enough for a 73 Carrera RS, "should" be good enough for your beauty....
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I'd just add one of these decals (that's what I did).
If it's good enough for a 73 Carrera RS, "should" be good enough for your beauty....
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