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> Resto-Thread: '73 Marathon Blue 2.0
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post Apr 21 2017, 01:28 PM
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I have been on 914 World for just a few weeks and with the knowledge and support of everyone was able to get up to speed quickly on values and things to look out for. when considering a vehicle to purchase.

I just acquired this matching numbers '73 Marathon Blue 2.0 up in NorCal on Wednesday. Straight car with a strong motor and minimal rust issues. Fuel lines and pump have already replaced and rear suspension and brakes were done about 5,000 miles ago back in 2012.

The required rust repairs of significance will entail a partial front trunk pan and minor hell hole repair so in the grand scheme of things a great starting point.

My plan is to get her tuned up, fix oils leaks and anything else of concern while I drive her over the summer. Once fall/winter hits I would like to do a full repaint down to the metal.

Special shout out to Arne as well as Craig from Camp 914 for the behind the scenes consults. Also shout out to John at Hayes European in Santa Cruz for the PPI!

Wish me luck!

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Calvinator2016   Resto-Thread: '73 Marathon Blue 2.0   Apr 21 2017, 01:28 PM
914 7T3   Was able to piece together an early '73 tool k...   Mar 31 2018, 01:28 PM
914 7T3   Out of the Booth and ready for Color Sanding ...   Apr 16 2018, 05:03 PM
bbrock   :drooley: :drooley: :drooley: :drooley: :drool...   Apr 16 2018, 05:37 PM
Phoenix914   It looks amazing! :wub: If you could, pleas...   Apr 16 2018, 05:51 PM
914 7T3   It looks amazing! :wub: If you could, plea...   Apr 16 2018, 06:14 PM
914-300Hemi   Looks great.   Apr 16 2018, 06:45 PM
PanelBilly   Looks great. Now for some sanding.   Apr 16 2018, 07:20 PM
burton73   It's is looking like it is coming along nicely...   Apr 16 2018, 10:00 PM
raynekat   Snazzy!   Apr 16 2018, 10:29 PM
Maltese Falcon   Great project and I dig the Marathon Blue !   Apr 16 2018, 10:37 PM
914 7T3   Slight change in direction away from the 96MM P...   Apr 21 2018, 04:25 PM
914 7T3   Had the Opportunity to finally see my car out of p...   Apr 25 2018, 05:29 PM
914 7T3   And These too, spamming my own thread!   Apr 25 2018, 05:33 PM
tygaboy   Beautiful! :wub: You have to be happy with t...   Apr 25 2018, 06:36 PM
burton73   Jeffery, Eric at PMB Performance wraps the cars i...   Apr 25 2018, 09:11 PM
Mueller   wow that paint job is pretty.   Apr 25 2018, 09:18 PM
Lucky9146   Nothing like new paint! Congrats! Looks g...   Apr 25 2018, 09:31 PM
914 7T3   Appreciate the tips & suggestions along with a...   Apr 25 2018, 10:09 PM
914 7T3   Long Block is fially back together. Top end will ...   May 12 2018, 12:09 PM
bbrock   That looks sweet. Was there a reason you opted fo...   May 12 2018, 12:18 PM
914 7T3   That looks sweet. Was there a reason you opted f...   May 12 2018, 01:34 PM
bbrock   That looks sweet. Was there a reason you opted ...   May 12 2018, 07:34 PM
914 7T3   [quote name='914 7T3' post='2608701' date='May 12...   May 12 2018, 07:55 PM
bbrock   [quote name='914 7T3' post='2608701' date='May 1...   May 12 2018, 11:02 PM
914 7T3   Finally had the car picked up today from the body ...   May 31 2018, 11:13 PM
914-300Hemi   Finally had the car picked up today from the body...   Jun 1 2018, 05:53 PM
914 7T3   Finally had the car picked up today from the bod...   Jun 1 2018, 06:53 PM
burton73   That is a sweet ride. Bravo It did not look bad w...   Jun 1 2018, 02:43 PM
914 7T3   That is a sweet ride. Bravo It did not look bad ...   Jun 1 2018, 06:55 PM
arne   Still shooting for Werks Reunion in late August...   Jun 2 2018, 06:25 PM
914 7T3   Still shooting for Werks Reunion in late August...   Jun 2 2018, 06:50 PM
arne   [quote name='arne' post='2615312' date='Jun 2 201...   Jun 11 2018, 08:33 AM
CHIZ 914   Nice looking car! Still working on mine and l...   Jun 1 2018, 03:03 PM
914 7T3   Nice looking car! Still working on mine and ...   Jun 1 2018, 06:48 PM
saigon71   Your car looks awesome. Nice work! :beer2:   Jun 1 2018, 06:22 PM
914 7T3   Here is an update from Suspension Swap Saturday. ...   Jun 10 2018, 02:18 AM
billh1963   Those pictures are awesome! The car looks lik...   Jun 10 2018, 05:11 AM
914 7T3   Those pictures are awesome! The car looks li...   Jun 11 2018, 01:43 PM
Cairo94507   Great job guys. :beer2:   Jun 10 2018, 06:46 AM
burton73   Great group of 914 Bros. My only suggestion is t...   Jun 11 2018, 03:51 PM
ValcoOscar   Great group of 914 Bros. My only suggestion is ...   Jun 11 2018, 04:25 PM
914 7T3   Ready to bring the Powder coated tin and periphera...   Jun 16 2018, 10:54 AM
914 7T3   Started off by inflating the tires that were low f...   Jun 30 2018, 05:41 PM
914 7T3   Spent the the morning working on the car with Valc...   Jul 21 2018, 02:09 PM
Philip W.   Spent the the morning working on the car with Val...   Jul 21 2018, 05:57 PM
Cairo94507   Very nice. :beer2:   Jul 21 2018, 02:37 PM
914 7T3   Special thanks to Sled9146 for hooking me up with ...   Jul 21 2018, 03:44 PM
914 7T3   More Wiring Harness Clean Up & Taping Today wi...   Jul 28 2018, 05:18 PM
Philip W.   looks so awesome, wish i could have done mine to t...   Jul 28 2018, 05:33 PM
burton73   Do not get MEK on your paint. You should use a res...   Jul 28 2018, 06:17 PM
73-914   IIRC the flash-point is around 80F   Jul 28 2018, 06:47 PM
raynekat   I've always used 3M general purpose adhesive r...   Jul 29 2018, 04:35 PM
ndfrigi   Looking great sir Jeffrey! Hope you will able ...   Jul 29 2018, 05:41 PM
sb914   Jeff, thought you might want to see, as Here's...   Jul 29 2018, 05:41 PM
914 7T3   Jeff, thought you might want to see, as Here...   Jul 29 2018, 05:51 PM
ValcoOscar   Way to go... :beer2: Keep it up. Oscar   Jul 29 2018, 05:55 PM
Freezin 914   Great project! I am sure all of us like to see...   Jul 29 2018, 06:01 PM
arne   Looks like it is coming along nicely, Jeffery. Sor...   Jul 29 2018, 08:57 PM
914 7T3   Looks like it is coming along nicely, Jeffery. So...   Jul 29 2018, 10:59 PM
arne   Don't think I'm going to make it to Werks ...   Jul 29 2018, 11:14 PM
914 7T3   After several weeks, finally done cleaning up the ...   Aug 12 2018, 05:58 PM
914 7T3   Bonus Project-New Gas Cap Seal   Aug 12 2018, 06:00 PM
bbrock   Fantabulous work! I hope I can get where you ...   Aug 12 2018, 06:06 PM
Dion   Your car is coming along beautifully. Marathon Bl...   Aug 12 2018, 06:09 PM
simonjb   Looking great ! A suggestion - you may find i...   Aug 12 2018, 08:19 PM
914_7T3   Distracted with Monterey Car Week, but had the cha...   Aug 26 2018, 10:31 PM
Eric_Shea   :trophy:   Aug 29 2018, 03:26 PM
burton73   :trophy: I see you and raise you!! :tr...   Aug 29 2018, 04:30 PM
914_7T3   :trophy: I see you and raise you!! :t...   Aug 29 2018, 07:09 PM
Larmo63   Actually, there have been a ton of discussion abou...   Aug 29 2018, 08:01 PM
914_7T3   Actually, there has been tons of discussion about...   Aug 29 2018, 08:54 PM
914_7T3   Also part of the brake restoration: ATE 19mm Mast...   Sep 2 2018, 11:15 AM
914_7T3   Heads have been finished and motor is complete awa...   Sep 14 2018, 06:03 PM
ndfrigi   One more week and this car should be on the road a...   Sep 14 2018, 06:05 PM
914_7T3   This restored set of rear calipers arrived today f...   Sep 15 2018, 12:04 PM
914_7T3   Front Drop Links are now complete with new bushing...   Sep 25 2018, 09:06 PM
914_7T3   Got the set of 5/73 date matched Fuchs Refinished ...   Oct 9 2018, 03:24 PM
ValcoOscar   :willis: :willis: :willis: :willis: :willis: ...   Oct 9 2018, 03:33 PM
tygaboy   Wow... You'll have one of THE nicest cars on t...   Oct 9 2018, 04:33 PM
burton73   Wow... You'll have one of THE nicest cars on ...   Oct 9 2018, 05:24 PM
914_7T3   Wow... You'll have one of THE nicest cars on ...   Oct 10 2018, 10:43 AM
porschetub   Wow 100 point show car here,be interesting to see ...   Oct 9 2018, 10:30 PM
914_7T3   Wow 100 point show car here,be interesting to see...   Oct 10 2018, 10:39 AM
pete000   Who is doing your cad plating, looks really good.....   Oct 9 2018, 11:10 PM
914_7T3   Who is doing your cad plating, looks really good....   Oct 10 2018, 10:39 AM
914_7T3   Sunset Porsche comes through again. Truth be know...   Oct 11 2018, 03:12 PM
arne   Sunset Porsche comes through again. Truth be kno...   Oct 11 2018, 08:46 PM
mepstein   [quote name='914_7T3' post='2656514' date='Oct 11...   Oct 11 2018, 09:09 PM
914_7T3   [quote name='914_7T3' post='2656514' date='Oct 1...   Oct 11 2018, 10:43 PM
914_7T3   Spent some time cleaning misc parts this afternoon...   Oct 14 2018, 05:33 PM
914_7T3   Some progress on getting the motor completed, but ...   Nov 17 2018, 07:50 PM
cuddy_k   NIce to see the great progress! Congrats!   Nov 17 2018, 10:34 PM
914_7T3   NIce to see the great progress! Congrats...   Nov 17 2018, 11:10 PM
cuddy_k   [quote name='cuddy_k' post='2666495' date='Nov 17...   Nov 18 2018, 08:55 PM
rstover   The fan housing looks great. Is it paint or powde...   Nov 18 2018, 11:09 AM
914_7T3   The fan housing looks great. Is it paint or powd...   Nov 18 2018, 01:29 PM
914_7T3   Paid a visit to @bdstone914 earlier today to pic...   Nov 20 2018, 09:25 PM
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