"I knew the tank would be bad. 20 years of sitting would do that to any tank but I think the rest of the car will be ok. I told Scott I don't want to do it if it needs major work. No long replacement, major panel work, ect. If it needs that, I'll put it away and buy a car that's already been redone. I don't think its worth putting big money in these cars when there are good ones available for less than cost of good restoration."

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i got mine here, although my trans has not been modified, i just drive it like it was

http://www.nirvanamotorsports.com/porsche-...ed-shift-knobs/

That's awesome

We live in a free country, and you are free to change your mind, Mark.

God knows I have when it comes to my 914s.

Timothy's gauges

They look perfect"

What lays behind it looks perfect!

Looks like the rear fender of a 962.

The gauges look even better in person. I had sent him old, crappy gauges so when I pulled them out of the box, I was blown away. The LEDs are just icing...

Thanks I wasn't sure where to set the controller to switch to red,so I set the threshold around 5800 rpm.

The engine builder said the redline is 6800. I'm sure we can make some adjustments.

No adjustments needed, this controller has a built in rev limiter which will keep the engine from exceeding 5800rpm,,,kidding! Yes, this is a easy adjustment.

Mark's rust repairs will be done this week, then BIG RED is off to his shop

Wow, I enjoy seeing work like this, Scotty. I know Mark will be happy.

Time for him to pick up another car

My boss just picked up a '65 - 912 that I'm determined to get from him.

Nice! I guess a problem is only really a problem when it's, well,...a problem.

No problem!

Nice work (as usual) Scotty!

Looks Fantastic!

Scott - I think there's a reinforcement piece for that floor pan from RD floating around some where. If you see it, throw it in the car.

Just received 3 sets of door cards from 914 rubber.

this little guy bumped my pickup of big red from scotty b's by a couple days.

But my boss let me play with this as a consolation.

Tough life there in Delaware Mark! Break out your Miami Vice soundtrack:-)

As cliche' as it looks it's actually a really fun.

sure has a long nose....and we make fun of crazy 914 style attempts Haha...I bet it will be great to have your 914 in control..

Pulled the dash pad and cleaned it up. Still looked good. I don't think it was ever perfect when it went in the car but it's one of the few things that 25 years of storage didn't hurt. I'm going to pull the sub dash to weld in the restoration design piece that puts the key on the left side of the column and then strip the tub to get it ready for media blasting.

RD make a piece to restore the key to is proper location?

914-6 switch dash piece

Never knew that, thank you Mark

Very cool.

One of the fun things about having 3 project cars and 2 motorcycle builds going is coming home each day to the parts fairy.

I haven't forgotten about big red. Since the 3.2 engine and trans I planned on using went to the blue narrowbody, I decided to do something different. So we are going cableshift 915 transmission on the back of a 3.6 engine. The engine is a big chunk of money that I don't have yet but I was able to pick up a core trans.

It needs some work where the clutch cable mount is broken. Now who do I know who welds mag?

I purchased the trans as a core since it had "issues".
I found a "tooth" and a pin sitting inside the case.
Looked a little more and found the gear with the missing tooth.
All in all, not bad.
Fix the case
Send to machine shop to flip the diff.
Find a gear, add a LSD and rebuild.

My dentist might be able to do a post and crown on that broken tooth......