Projekt: 914 GT4, Everyone needs a build thread... |
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Projekt: 914 GT4, Everyone needs a build thread... |
Todd Enlund |
Oct 22 2008, 04:41 PM
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Resident Photoshop Guru Group: Members Posts: 3,251 Joined: 24-August 07 From: Laurelhurst (Portland), Oregon Member No.: 8,032 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Everyone needs a build thread, right? Here’s mine. I am going to post the first part of this retroactively, and then I’ll try to keep it updated.
I got the car as a trade for services. A guy that I knew had 5½ 914s, and was getting married. I agreed to photograph his wedding in exchange for a 914 and a 901 sideshifter. Barter is good. My plan was originally to do a Subaru conversion, but I decided that to do it right would cost too much, and I had just been forced to retire from the Air Force two days before my 43rd birthday. The budget will be tight. I considered a 2.7/6 conversion, but again, the little things would add up to be expensive. Over the last year, my plan has evolved. I decided to stick with a Type IV, and rebuild it myself. The factory color is L21E Tangerine, and I plan on an updated M471-style GT look. Small parts will kill a budget, so many of my decisions will be based on NOT buying or restoring parts to factory condition, but still having a solution that looks like I did not compromise. My goal is 1900 lbs, 150 HP and LOTS of fun. Here is my inspiration: |
Todd Enlund |
Oct 23 2008, 11:45 AM
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Resident Photoshop Guru Group: Members Posts: 3,251 Joined: 24-August 07 From: Laurelhurst (Portland), Oregon Member No.: 8,032 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
9 June 2008
I bought some 1989 911 front suspension parts from a guy on the bird board. Spindles/rotors/hubs/struts/calipers for $350 + $50 shipping. Edit: As of October 2008, all I have received is the rotors/hubs/calipers. The guy’s name is Mike Hogan from Bethesda, MD 301-706-2896, mhogan@umd.edu |
OU8AVW |
Jan 7 2009, 10:31 AM
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Yacht Rigger Group: Members Posts: 1,803 Joined: 1-October 08 From: Granbury, TX Member No.: 9,601 Region Association: Southwest Region |
9 June 2008 I bought some 1989 911 front suspension parts from a guy on the bird board. Spindles/rotors/hubs/struts/calipers for $350 + $50 shipping. Edit: As of October 2008, all I have received is the rotors/hubs/calipers. The guy’s name is Mike Hogan from Bethesda, MD 301-706-2896, mhogan@umd.edu I'm in Annapolis if you need me to go after the parts for you. P.S. I'm 6'3" and a third degree blackbelt (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) Just kidding, but if you need someone on the ground let me know..... |
Todd Enlund |
Jan 7 2009, 10:50 AM
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Resident Photoshop Guru Group: Members Posts: 3,251 Joined: 24-August 07 From: Laurelhurst (Portland), Oregon Member No.: 8,032 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
9 June 2008 I bought some 1989 911 front suspension parts from a guy on the bird board. Spindles/rotors/hubs/struts/calipers for $350 + $50 shipping. Edit: As of October 2008, all I have received is the rotors/hubs/calipers. The guy’s name is Mike Hogan from Bethesda, MD 301-706-2896, mhogan@umd.edu I'm in Annapolis if you need me to go after the parts for you. P.S. I'm 6'3" and a third degree blackbelt (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) Just kidding, but if you need someone on the ground let me know..... This guy shouldn't be too much trouble, then... he's a skinny little punk. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) I just tracked him down on VW Vortex, and he's apparently moved to Boston. I think he goes back and forth between the two. He's trying to feed me a bunch of sob stories and tells me that he's shipped the struts three times, and thought that I got them because I never contacted him, but he's had loads of trouble with UPS singling him out and holding his shipments. He stopped checking the bird board, and doesn't answer e-mail. He's got 1121 posts on VW Vortex to my 1, so he's trying to discredit me. I wish I had a valid address for him. |
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