Best color ever.

This picture highlights the reason I prefer painted sails. There is a graceful sculpting where the kicked up fender meets the end of the sail that is lost when the vinyl and shiny trim is added.

Great color!

To be honest, I didn't even notice that cool curve when there is no sail vinyl.

Wholeheartedly!

I was going to post a question about whether I should add the vinyl or leave it as is. I guess I got my answer. Glad you all like it! Wait until you see the stripe...

Sorry to hear of your loss, Rick. I am certain that your nephew still has a great role model, even though he no longer has his dad.

I think sail vinyl depends a lot on the color of the car. I like it present more often than not, especially when the roof is on. But this color has me undecided. I think it will look great either way.

Tail lights are in and working, headlight motors and lifts are in, windshield is in.

My son Aric is going to continue working on the car while I'm in Toronto.

Very nice; as usual. My heartfelt condolences to you and your family.

Photos from 914 day.

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Awesome stripe.

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At least it's mostly in paint.

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Is that a diss???

It will happen, I looked at it today....
Lots of metalwork left to go....dang.

It will be online by spring...need to start running autox again...

Rich

This is a bump for my friend Gary from Superior WI. He was over today checking the progress on Sandy's car. He has owned his 914 since almost new.

Wrapped the mirrors in Vinyl. The bubble you see with come out in the sun.



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I took some working door handles that we pitted with the chrome pealing off and overlaid them with Vinyl. These handles would have otherwise been discarded.



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Plasti dip would also do the trick there Rick.

This has been a lot longer journey than I expected but life has a way of doing that to all of us. For the most part Sandy's car is done. I have another front lid that I am painting body color and I have a pretty nice front bumper that I am painting also.

Sandy came out to the garage, looked the car over and named her: 7 of 9

So her she was:

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As she is now:

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Looks great but I think I like the body color lids better. The green looks fantastic! Especially with all the black as accents. Excellent work

awesome job! post some more pics PLEASE...

Dude, where is the tape measure?

Looks fantastic , wish I could have been home today to see it in person.

I knocked on the door pretty loud thinking Dan was home but he didn't come to the door. He is either a sound sleeper or he wasn't home.

I'll be back down soon!

For the other interested parties, Sandy and I drove her 7 of 9 about 400 miles today. We brought Irv some engine tin and looked at a 914-6 that needs a little work on the longs. It was a good day in the 914 world!

No Rich....

Double post but still... No Rich....

Haha

So awesome!

My son Aric took her out yesterday and got these shots.

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Perfection!

Now on to the 6 !!!

7 of 9 Tucked away for the winter.

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Well it snowed here today so that's it for the year. I found this photo my son Aric took this fall.

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Is that a bug eye'd Sprite? We have some new neighbors that bought a house up the street and they have two of these covered up in the driveway. I always loved those cars!

I just reread the entire thread Rick. You do such nice work! I think I missed how the hood is black? Wrap? For us California people, how does that shelter work at keeping the weather out?

Thank you! The Hood was painted black as a last minute attempt to get the car rolling. I have a second hood to paint body color but I didn't have it prepped. The black hood is wrinkle finish. I hid a couple small hail dents that I left in it. Can't see any imperfections in the finish. I actually like it enough I may just leave it on.

The shed works but sweats inside. I am going to add some vents you use when you shrink wrap boats to get some weather proof venting. We shall see how it holds up for the winter with the snow around it.

rich, you might consider a couple of notched 2x material propped under the ridge to help with the snow load during a big event.

Ya I'm a little concerned about that but there's no place to do that with the car in there. I think I'm going to add some ratchet straps across the inside to make a triangle out of the top inside.

Thinking about the Route 66 event..... Only 12' of hard packed white stuff in the way.. Anyone got some dynamite?...

Start the car - let it warm up and the get a running start?

Hope to see you guys at Route 66!

Oh yeah, now I remember why I moved from MN.

Get one if these...you'll be just fine.


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Yeah hoping to see you at Route Rick! Kinda suck to be driving your 914 in that weather. We just had a weird snow storm here. I had a good foot & a half at my house. Just pisses me off as we just got most the sand/rocks off the road from December. Now I have to deal with that shit for another 2 months. At least I just replaced my last cracked windshield just in time

Just rent a bobcat.
My wife just weaseled out of rt66 (not that I didn't know all along). Cold as hell all over and it don wanna stop! Still I have new shocks to break in and a CHT to fret over for 3,000 miles so I thiink I better book my room.

Do you want me to come with a garden shovel?

Absolutely beautiful work. I'm so glad I didn't have that car hauled off to the junk yard.

For those that don't remember Bryan offered this car up as a parts cars due to the serious hit in the nose. I took one good look at the photos and knew it was too solid to cut up. Bryan gave me the opportunity to get the car and save it.

There were a couple ways the repairs could have gone. Quick and dirty or the long way around the horn. Because Bryan purchased the car after the wreck with the intension of using it for parts I ended up sourcing stuff from a Minnesota rust bucket and the classifieds here. My goal was to build it to a high standard. I think I was able to get close. Sandy and I are looking forward to our first long distance award!

Thanks again Bryan. I still owe you a turn behind the wheel next time we get it out west.

Is that a challenge?

Bring it on! But you do understand you need to get your car finished right?

Just read the entire thread for the first time. Beautiful work. Wish I had time to learn the bodywork skills or had the $ to pay someone to do it for me.

Love the color. Keep the black hood.