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| bkrantz |
 Mar 30 2024, 07:17 PM
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It works!
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| bkrantz |
Mar 30 2024, 07:18 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 7,737 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains
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Closed up for travel.
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| bkrantz |
Mar 30 2024, 07:18 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 7,737 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains
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Progress!
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| bkrantz |
Mar 31 2024, 09:54 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 7,737 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains
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While sorting through garage boxes, I found my collection of personal car "souvenirs". This has some old shift knobs, wheel caps, and some bent valves. It also has the auxiliary gauges and panels I made for my 914 race car in the 1990s.
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| bkrantz |
Mar 31 2024, 09:56 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 7,737 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains
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And the mounting ears that broke off the transaxle of the racecar when I collided with a Miata during an SCCA IT enduro race. That was the end of my car.
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| 76-914 |
Apr 1 2024, 07:52 AM
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Repeat Offender & Resident Subaru Antagonist Group: Members Posts: 13,494 Joined: 23-January 09 From: Temecula, CA Member No.: 9,964 Region Association: Southern California
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Great job and looks great too! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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| bkrantz |
Apr 16 2024, 09:10 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 7,737 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains
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I made a gravel screen from a single piece of .090 aluminum sheet. This was a little tough to bend, and I lent my son all my metal working tools, so the result is a little lumpy. (He recently began his own car project on an old mid-engine, two seater--but not a 914, a 1986 MR2.)
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| bkrantz |
Apr 16 2024, 09:12 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 7,737 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains
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With all the folds, I expect it to be fairly rigid. The last step was tying the folded top panel joints together.
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| bkrantz |
Apr 16 2024, 09:14 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 7,737 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains
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I reinstalled the winch, and should be ready to try loading my 914. Only 2 weeks until we tow to the R66C.
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| Cairo94507 |
Apr 17 2024, 05:44 AM
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Michael Group: Members Posts: 9,719 Joined: 1-November 08 From: Auburn, CA Member No.: 9,712 Region Association: Northern California
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That is exactly what open trailers need. Your car should be nice and safe as it enjoys the ride. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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| bkrantz |
Apr 17 2024, 10:26 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 7,737 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains
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QUOTE(Cairo94507 @ Apr 17 2024, 05:44 AM)  That is exactly what open trailers need. Your car should be nice and safe as it enjoys the ride. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) I hope so. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif) |
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| bkrantz |
Apr 24 2024, 07:55 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 7,737 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains
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I finally had a chance to try loading my 914 on the trailer. I set aside an entire afternoon. It worked out OK, including adjusting the car position to set the hitch weight. The winch certainly made it easy.
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| bkrantz |
Apr 24 2024, 07:57 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 7,737 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains
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And then a short test drive. The 914 stayed on the whole time.
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| FlacaProductions |
Apr 25 2024, 10:09 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,566 Joined: 24-November 17 From: LA Member No.: 21,628 Region Association: Southern California
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That's fantastic. Really nice, thoughtful work.
Basic 914 question - do you use the tow loop under the spare for winching or some other point? |
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| bkrantz |
Apr 25 2024, 07:23 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 7,737 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains
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QUOTE(FlacaProductions @ Apr 25 2024, 10:09 AM) That's fantastic. Really nice, thoughtful work. Basic 914 question - do you use the tow loop under the spare for winching or some other point? No, although the tow loop and floor seem to be fully intact, I don't trust it (or want to deform it). I used the tie down loops I bolted to the front suspension mounts, and a short section of cable across the loops--and then the winch hook on the cable. Sorry I did not get a picture of that. Attached thumbnail(s) 
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