Giggy's Progress Thread - Build on the cheap, This may take longer than I thought Options

[Gigamight]

*** Edit to remove whiny-ass diatribe ***

I am doing this build to keep me busy while I deal with a bunch of life crap (divorce, dad died, lost house, etc etc etc...).

I came across this one day on CL:


and I jumped on it since I knew I could sell the rims for close to what I was spending on the car, in case I couldn't save it.

Well, the car was worse than I thought, breaking in half and worse fire damage in the engine bay than I saw at first. So I decided to start parting it out. Then I came across another ad on CL, a guy was giving away his entire stash of 914 parts!!! I borrowed a truck and FLEW from Ohio to Mich and got there before anyone else and drove home with a truck filled to 5 feet over the sides of the bed and the cab filled as well. The guy had bagged and tagged every part of a restored 75 and then gave up on the idea of ever using it all and just wanted it gone. Included in the stash:

almost new:

doors (complete with new mirrors and rubbers)
hoods
center consoles (2)
handles (2 sets)
gas tanks (3)
Bilstein shocks front and rear
Bursch exhaust (2)
Braided SS brake lines (still in the bag)
CV axles (still in the plastic wrapping)
bumpers (from a 75 so I don't want em)
headlights and motors
rebuilt calipers front and rear
completely rebuilt side shift tranny
professionally upholstered seats (black of course)
brake lights, side markers, heater ducting, boxes of rubber gaskets, boxes and bags of electrical and what not stuff......

FOR FREE!!!!! It was like Christmas.

So the project was back on, but I still had a crappy car to start with. Then I saw this on CL:


The PO had begun the process and never finished. The car had sat in his (dry) garage for over 20 years. I quickly brought her home.

And the project begins..... many many more pics to come. I started already, and have been documenting as much as I can. But I will warn you all, I will need MUCH help as I go. Even though I have a big stash of parts now, I am still missing a lot of stuff, and I have very little idea what I am doing. Many of you have provided help already and for that I submit a big THANK YOU for all of you here on this great site.[s]