 Dad finally gets his 914, How my brother and I restored a teener |
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| goberserk |
 Jan 1 2006, 01:14 PM
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Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: 26-November 05 From: Columbia, MD Member No.: 5,193  |
This is how the story goes: Soon after our dad graduated college (1978) he had the opportunity to buy a 914. His dad, however, talked him out of it; saying something about how it wasn't practical, yada, yada, yada. Well as we were growing up, whenever he saw a 914 he would tell us the story (again). "Yeah, dad, you already told us that one."
Well, dad turns 50 this January so my brother and I thought it would be a cool idea to get him a 914. After a little research it became clear that we'd need some time to work on the car to get it ready. We wanted to give him a car, not a project. We found what we thought was a pretty decent white one in NC (where my brother works). His work is semi-seasonal so he was able to take a couple months off and live with me in Maryland so we could work on the car. We were able to land a garage for free for a couple months to do the work. It worked out that we would be able to have the car ready for Christmas. We would have waited until his birthday but we both have to go back to work this week. We started right at the begining of November, but had a puase for 10 days while my brother went out west for Thanksgiving. Things went pretty smoothly barring some missing parts, parts shipped to the wrong place, and the whole doing-this-for-the-first-time thing. We didn't actually get her done for Christmas - but the day after. We were going to go up to New Hampshire (where the folks live) to present the car. But we were working pretty hard core the last week and we didn't make it up. So the parents came down and we did it here. Anyway, what follows directly is a video of us giving the car to dad. I'm the shorter son, in the blue sweatshirt, Jake. And my brother Adam, is the taller guy in the hat. His ID on the forum is Adammtb. (IMG:http://i1.zvhost.com/1/x/x06j3bdz.jpg) Video of giving 914 to Dad I'll post some pictures of the restoration directly on the forum here, but you can find all of the pictures here: Photos of 914 Restoratoin As it worked out, they're in roughly reverse chronological order at Photobucket. I just wanted to thank a few folks before I put the pictures up. Obviously, thanks to our Dad for being so cool, the Forum, Josh (on the forum here, kept us from blowing ourselves up), Peek Performance, Restoration Design, and EBS Racing. Thanks for all your help! |
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| goberserk |
Jan 1 2006, 01:26 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: 26-November 05 From: Columbia, MD Member No.: 5,193 |
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention some of the things we did to the car. As for the engine: It was originally a 1.7 and had 34 ICTs when we bought it. We rebuilt the engine. New seals, bearings, conrods, crank, 1.8 pistons and cylinders, cam, lifters, valve guides, had the valve seats machined, head machined to accept 1.8s. We kept the ICTs but rebuilt them. We also completely redid the fuel system. When we took the tank out of the car, it sounded like a maraca - yeah, a bit rusty. So we had a local radiator shop rebuild it for us. We also got a new fuel pump, filter and ran a new fuel line. We kept our stock heat exchangers, but welded the outer portion back the the pipe becuase it had come loose. The car also had an aftermarket exhaust, we think it is the Monza, it's super loud. We also installed new plugs and wires, new coil, new distributer cap and a 5800 rev limit rotor.
As far as the body is concerned. There as the standard hell hole rust. There was also a little rust on the doors, rear trunk, under the fuel tank, under the pedal assy, and in the vents behind the door handles. We replaced the rear floorpans, inner and outer firewalls, the right jack post and cover, repaired sections of the right long, we replaced the battery tray and engine shelf and rebuilt the right engine mount. Was also had to weld in new jack donuts, engine lid hinge bracket, and a trunk hinge bracket. We POR15ed all the new metal. We also had to do random things like replacing the front shocks, ball joints, shifter bushings and whatever else I forgot. OK!! onto the pictures |
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| rick 918-S |
Jan 1 2006, 01:26 PM
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Hey nice rack! -Celette Group: Members Posts: 20,441 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Now in Superior WI Member No.: 43 Region Association: Northstar Region 
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Great story! That's the best! Be sure he finds us!
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| jet1 |
Jan 1 2006, 01:28 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 311 Joined: 16-June 04 From: Accord,NY Member No.: 2,213 Region Association: North East States |
NICE WORK! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif)
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| goberserk |
Jan 1 2006, 01:31 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: 26-November 05 From: Columbia, MD Member No.: 5,193 |
Here are some random shots of the shop
(IMG:http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d141/Go-Berserk/029Workingfulltilt.jpg) Welding Rocks! (IMG:http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d141/Go-Berserk/030WeldingisAwesome.jpg) (IMG:http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d141/Go-Berserk/032TheGarage.jpg) (IMG:http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d141/Go-Berserk/035preppingforpowerplant.jpg) It's cold in Maryland in the Winter (IMG:http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d141/Go-Berserk/042DecemberinMarylandyeahweneedheat.jpg) All the stuff we welded (IMG:http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d141/Go-Berserk/044StufftoWeld.jpg) The Wall (IMG:http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d141/Go-Berserk/039MorePartsaroundtheShop.jpg) Chemicals and a Fridge is all you need (IMG:http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d141/Go-Berserk/041ChemicalsEntertainmentandaMicrow.jpg) |
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| goberserk |
Jan 1 2006, 01:38 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: 26-November 05 From: Columbia, MD Member No.: 5,193 |
POR 15
(IMG:http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d141/Go-Berserk/090RepairedPOR15edhellhole.jpg) (IMG:http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d141/Go-Berserk/092por15floorpans.jpg) Under the pedals (IMG:http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d141/Go-Berserk/096LeakyMasterCylinderFix2.jpg) (IMG:http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d141/Go-Berserk/105BottomofPans2.jpg) Getting ready for paint (IMG:http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d141/Go-Berserk/107maskedandready.jpg) Painted Engine Bay (IMG:http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d141/Go-Berserk/113enginebaydrivers.jpg) (IMG:http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d141/Go-Berserk/115enginebaypassenger2.jpg) |
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| goberserk |
Jan 1 2006, 01:40 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: 26-November 05 From: Columbia, MD Member No.: 5,193 |
Engine Parts
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| goberserk |
Jan 1 2006, 01:41 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: 26-November 05 From: Columbia, MD Member No.: 5,193 |
Engine Assembly
(IMG:http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d141/Go-Berserk/133halfofcase.jpg) (IMG:http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d141/Go-Berserk/134shortblockfromtheside.jpg) (IMG:http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d141/Go-Berserk/135longblockimpellerend.jpg) (IMG:http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d141/Go-Berserk/139assembledlongblockfromflywheel.jpg) (IMG:http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d141/Go-Berserk/143assembledpowerplantpassengerside.jpg) |
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| goberserk |
Jan 1 2006, 01:42 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: 26-November 05 From: Columbia, MD Member No.: 5,193 |
Engine Installation
(IMG:http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d141/Go-Berserk/145engineinstallation1.jpg) (IMG:http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d141/Go-Berserk/147engineinstallation3.jpg) (IMG:http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d141/Go-Berserk/153engineinstallation9.jpg) (IMG:http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d141/Go-Berserk/160installation17.jpg) |
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| goberserk |
Jan 1 2006, 01:44 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: 26-November 05 From: Columbia, MD Member No.: 5,193 |
Giving the Car to Dad
(IMG:http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d141/Go-Berserk/165HappyDad.jpg) (IMG:http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d141/Go-Berserk/163DadGettingIn.jpg) (IMG:http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d141/Go-Berserk/169Laughing2.jpg) (IMG:http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d141/Go-Berserk/169notstarting.jpg) (IMG:http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d141/Go-Berserk/175FrontView.jpg) |
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| goberserk |
Jan 1 2006, 01:45 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: 26-November 05 From: Columbia, MD Member No.: 5,193 |
Fired up for the first time, breaking in the cam.
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| goberserk |
Jan 1 2006, 01:46 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: 26-November 05 From: Columbia, MD Member No.: 5,193 |
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| 736conver |
Jan 1 2006, 01:55 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,117 Joined: 25-May 03 From: SE Wisconsin Member No.: 736 Region Association: None |
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| bondo |
Jan 1 2006, 02:00 PM
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Practicing my perpendicular parking Group: Members Posts: 4,277 Joined: 19-April 03 From: Los Osos, CA Member No.: 587 Region Association: Central California |
Holy crap! you guys are fast and do excellent work!
Do you make house calls? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif) |
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| StratPlayer |
Jan 1 2006, 02:05 PM
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StratPlayer Group: Members Posts: 3,270 Joined: 27-December 02 From: SLC, Utah Member No.: 27 Region Association: Rocky Mountains
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Great story, great job, DAD should be very proud. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif)
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| Katmanken |
Jan 1 2006, 02:06 PM
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You haven't seen me if anybody asks... Group: Members Posts: 4,738 Joined: 14-June 03 From: USA Member No.: 819 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Great Job! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif)
Takes most people years and years to get a teener to that point.... It isn't too late to adopt you and yer brother is it? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/happy11.gif) Ken |
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| jim912928 |
Jan 1 2006, 02:08 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,485 Joined: 8-January 04 From: Granger, IN Member No.: 1,536 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
So, how happy is dad now?....Great work by the way and what a great thought!
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| TravisNeff |
Jan 1 2006, 02:09 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,082 Joined: 20-March 03 From: Mesa, AZ Member No.: 447 Region Association: Southwest Region
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Great story and great job!
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