I will take a piece of passenger side top windshield trim if you have it. Will trade you a slightly mangled piece for a good one.



GOOD MORNING MARY!



p.s. Beware of The Hot_shoe, he is all jacked up on Mt. Dew & 5 Hour Energy & is doing the Buttercup boogie somewhere in Kansas!

Had a little over an hour delay getting out of Denver last night. It was snowing really hard, and we had to wait in the de-ice line. And the snow we left in Denver is supposed to come here by tonight.

I am sitting in the business center at the hotel (and pissed because the hotel doesn't have wired internet in the rooms). I have no idea how to get to where buttercup is, so I guess I have to loiter here until someone comes and finds me.



Cell is 817-360-4067.


I have a surprise for Mary, but it is coming up with Bill and Wayne, I couldn't bring it on the plane.

Very cool guys! I really wish I had been able to make it! I am there in spirit though!

Coming to get coffee - see you in a minute

Great work everybody

Me Too!

Has Shoe been sighted yet?

Just talked to Don. He's in Liberal, KS 66 miles to go!

Just saw an old red bug for sale right outside of Liberal, Kansas.

F-O-C-U-S

You guys are going to have a great day! I'll be thinking about you guys today while I'm working for the man....

ok, I'll double dog dare you to tow the bug back home with the 914

Hey Rob...(from School of Rock) You da man!

OMG! That would be the tail wagging the dog! I say nobody dare Donald to do anything! He's not one to back away from a challenge!

Hey! Don't be short with us Clay.

Does anyone in KS have the 914 manual either in hardcopy or soft? Let me know please as I can remedy that.

do you mean the haynes one, or the factory one? I can bring haynes with me.

Factory

You don't have the hair on your ass to tow that bug home!

We are dying for some pics over here! (YouTube is firewalled at my office so I cant watch vids)

Noooooo.....
He doesn't need a bug......does he??
He doesn't have a dragster come to think of it!!

You guy's have fun.....stay warm!!

Mary you are mighty lucky to have some of the smartest Teener tinker's in the country there to lend a hand.

Ken

Shoe made it yet?

Hot Shoe has arrived!

Car ran great.

Radiant floor heat

"Running a little behind. Had to go back & pick up the pieces of my car that fell off."

I think it should be made a strict requirement that this exact same quote be uttered by at least one participant at any and every 914 event ever held from here on out!!!

.... only because it's happened to me too. Who knew exhaust studs could get hot?!

Definitely a classic!

Wish I was there - what is happening in Kansas right now makes this board what it truely is; a group of great people. Fantastic stuff you guys.

Go Buttercup

In the immortal words of Flounder........THIS IS GREAT!

Rock On, Buttercup Builders

It looks like my box of parts just arrived there. Someone may want to go pick them up.

They are here... thanks Carrie.

We are working away. And we have internet access here too. So we will keep this updated.

Anyone have any teaser photos? The suspense is killin us!

I'm going to send you PM with some links Clay. Need to finish ftp'ing some files.

I should have Ur windshield trim Don. Will bring it up.
How's the weather. Look cold from here. Do we need boots and chains?
(post all jokes here)
Clay do U still need the electrical printouts?

OMG! That's going to leave a mark!

Makin' any progress guys? In case it wasn't mentioned before, we need pics!

Interested parties want details.... lots of details... type like the wind! Post video!

The title says "video posted", but where?

Back a couple of pages.. see post 493

Somebody tell Clay to check his cell voice mail and/or his PM's here on the board.

I'm not going to make it. I still feel crappy enough from this cold to drive through snow/freezing drizzle both ways 700+ miles. I was only going to be there for just Saturday anyway. I'm with ya in spirit gang! I'm going to miss more ginger snaps.

In Oklahoma right now going north past Winstar. Save us a cookie!

couple of Don's pics

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That pic of Clay in the front trunk is priceless. Thanks.

Clay standing in the front trunk.....

Keep'um coming Ed....Is Shoe still sleeping it off?? NM I see him directing traffic in the screen shot pic!!

U guy's are somthin else

Ken

Great! Did you finally get the tunnel straightened out? You guys are the premier build team! WTG!

Are you missing anything that will stop the build?

You guys rock

A big thanks to everyone in 914world that has had their hand in this...

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Clay standing in the front trunk.....

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Remember...

The trunk monkey hits people over the head with a tire iron.

What you guys are doing is simply amazing!

Where's the video? Where's the photos? Your killin us with curiosity..

We are done for the night. The video is uploading. Pictures will be uploaded in the morning.

All of us are tired, but tomorrow is a big day. We are going to get the motor in and hopefully running.

She is looking GOOD!!!

Day 2 Video:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK_v5vthKg8

Freeze Frame #1

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Look at that Hobbit, man!


Mary and family are keeping us fattened up with great eats. So much for my diet Ah well

Left to do:
Finish installing interior
- Gauges
- Finish column in stall
- Lower dash
- Seats
- Carpet
- etc

All glass

Finish doors

Then when we get her on the lift it will be front suspension, rear suspension, stab the drive train, try to start

Really not much.

Ed was instrumental in rectifying the center tunnel issues. The clutch tube was a section of thick walled conduit that the whole cable and sheath could fit in. It was messing with everything. I cut it out and Ed brazed up a great replacement from the remnants of the not so well constructed steel fuel lines that the body guy installed. Ed also fixed the throttle tube.

Big thanks to Chris Foley for the SS fuel kit at this point as that helped out a lot.

Clay tackled the front trunk stuff like the head lights, seals and ventilation system. Anyone who has done the vent system knows what a crappy thing it can be to work on. I was content to let Clay do that.

The seals and cad plated parts are really helping things along as well. Big thanks to Mikey914 and other contributors previously mentioned in this thread. Too many for me to list here.

I am getting tired so I will sign off for now. More tomorrow.