Sounds great!

I have the Getty FG lids. Don't use stock springs. They'll bust the lid when you try and close them. I haven't come up with a solution for mine yet. I was thinking of getting long lighter springs for the front. I've seen guys use air shocks from camper shell rear windows or SUV rear windows. Some prefer older 1/2 worn out ones to stress lid less. Prop rod is also an option. I'm hesitant to use prop rod unless it fastens securely. I'd hate to see the wind whip it open and rip off the car.

Craig at Camp914 has a nice solution...

Oi! Not sure how I wind up always being the car McMark Prototests on but I gave him the go ahead to reassemble my 915 transmission with the torque biasing unit with the intension of testing his cable shift ideas.

This means no WEVO kit for me if it works!

Plans for fall, winter, besides McMark reassembling the 915 from my Carrera with a torque biasing unit and doing his cable shift prototyping include a top end rebuild. I suspect the guy who sold me the 3.2 motor was actually wanting to upgrade to that 3.6 INSTEAD of doing the needed top end rebuild.
But, I am getting some detail work done as well...
You can't use the 4 cylinder tach with the 6 cylinder motor unless you can do math really quickly. So I trolled the Pelican 911 classifieds until I found a full set of 87 Carrera gauges. These are the same year as my engine so I know they are compatible. However, I have one of those amazing quad gauges assembled by our member John and I had him do a silver button early mod on it. So these Carrera gauges, while they'll work, need to get with the esthetic theme! So off to North Hollywood Speedometer for restoration and silver buttons...
They came back last night!

Here is another Original Customs Innovation. Anyone can buy a fiberglass GT style bumper from the usual suspects. I wanted more protection though. This is another case of me not knowing I wanted something until McMark told me I did!

It looks great though! All the protection of the stock steel bumper but the cooling duct of a GT bumper.

Damn that looks even better on the car.

Rob that looks terrific! Please post a picture head on if you have one. McMark - That looks perfect. Thanks,
Michael

I know right? I stood and stared for 10 minutes!

Here you go Michael, Kind of an awkward picture to take. My 240Z is sitting right in front of the 914 so I only had a few feet I could get back to take it...

Thanks Rob. This is a terrific fabrication to the steel front bumper when you have an oil cooler up front. I have never really cared for the fiberglass bumpers. At least here in the SF Bay Area a lot of inconsiderate fools believe bumpers are actually for just that, Bumping when parking. I just hope if they hit my Six when it is done they are heavily insured.....

I know what you mean! I work in the Bay Area!

So due to a bizarre accident, I find myself home instead of working. So, I saddled myself into my garage office chair and supervised while my daughter's boyfriend who loves working on cars did a bit of bolting and unbolting for me...

These are the Getty Design Fiberglass GT Replica lids with the balsa reinforcement. Obviously, they'll have to be refinished but this is a start.

Here's a question. I just looked at Stoddard and AA. AA is selling the Porsche VW 914-6 rear Euro emblem for $175, Stoddard for less than half of that. But it seems to only be available in gold? I want the bright chrome. Anyone have a source?

All early badges were gold, so I doubt it.

Boo! Eric's aren't. Of course any sense of originality went away when he put that Garvey light on the rear!

Shut up Mark! Don't you think I've had enough demeaning looks?

Sets appointment for eye doctor for next week...

My 356 hubcap thingy is gold trimmed too. I just don't think the gold would look good with the silver...

Just went to pick up dinner for everyone at home with the 914. The roller girl at Sonic did not ask if it was a Fiat. She did not ask what kind of car it was. She simply said "that is the best looking 914 I have ever seen!" I was stunned. "How did you know what it was?" Her dad is our local region prez...

I haven't seen her but I'm pretty sure I her...

Well besides the whole jail time for her being 17, I can say that you do her...

Um....ah... what a great kid.

Get the Stoddard one, and a can of silver spray-paint. Done!

(Or talk to McMark about the chrome-like finish he was looking into at one point. Was it powder coat? Or get some shiny chrome-like vinyl wrapped on the Stoddard one.)

--DD

Yeah, Dave's right. Search for a local place that does 'spray chrome'.

Hmmm... Good idea.

Just saw a WTB in the Classifieds for a single trunk spring and it made me think of this... McMark told me I may have a problem using the original front trunk springs with the Getty Design GT replica lid. I thought I would give it a try first so I put both springs on the lowest tension setting. Perfect. No bending or cracking from the lid just a nice smooth close...

So happy Memorial Day to all! Yopu and I are going out later. This morning we all went out for brunch then Samantha (daughter) and I went to the gun range to shoot. That was exciting as one of the range gals got hit with a ricochet in the stomach and Sam and I got to dress and treat it before taking her to the ER for some more definitive treatment.
Yopu had some business to do this afternoon so I settled in to the garage and decided to do some work on the 914. I had gotten Spoke's LED tails and turns a while back but hadn't taken the time to put them on yet. His instructions on the Group Buy thread are pretty good so this took only a half hour... Big improvement! Very pleased. Nicho wants me to ask Jerry if he will do them for the 944!

Here are some pics...

This is what I love about the Porsche crowd. Bullet wound in the abdomen completely overshadowed by LED tailight discussion. I guess the only thing to say is rock on! Just like our small pca chapter.

Is there really a west coast ramble license plate? They don't mess much with what you wear in front here, but they seem to care about the rear plates! IGod that looks nice. As does the McMark front bumper.

Front plate not required according to Nicho. So I'd take that with a grain of salt. He's 17 and 'knows everything.'

There was a WCR license plate. We haven't done one in years though.

Hi Rob,
I know someone (me) who has an extra Rear Fog Light Assembly if you want to join the Kool Boys Club for you beautiful 914 rearend??? Riding & Styling in the 914-Hood
Send me a PM if interested.
Tom

TBlizz! Love it!

And the fronts are in too!

Ive seen an awful lot of bullet wounds so... Eh... Samantha not so much. That's why I had her handle it. She was great. Brand new RN.

Sometimes I'll shoot myself in the leg, just to get his attention.

I'm sorry. Did you say something Mark?

Nice weather here in Northern Nevada. After breakfast with Rand, and an hour or so at the shooting range, I drove it!

As usual, she purrs like a kitten, and roars like a lion! That 3.2 is music!

The way the shadows are hitting the asphalt there, I can tell it's sitting 3mm higher, which means it's only got a four cylinder in it. Can't fool me using old pictures!

Next time we do breakfast, bring her. I still need a ride with the 3.2.

I think you took this picture Mark. None-the-less, insert demeaning look here!

Will do Rand!

The primered fenders gave it away for me.
H

Oh now even Harvey has turned on me!

Ok, I'll go drive it and take some pictures today...

Your car is coming out great! I love those 8.5" rear wheels .. How s the performance of it with the 3.2 compared to the Datsun? Those Z cars can be wicked fast...

Hi Jeff,
The Z car is taking a year off to have an engine built. It is getting a 3 liter stroker with MegaSquirt EFI. It should be wicked fast. These two cars are very different animals. Mostly due to my development. For all those years I've owned my 914 with the 4 cylinders, I developed the suspension pretty much as much as I dared with it being a street car. The Z however, has all polyurethane bushings and wicked huge sway bars. The difference is like comparing a ballerina to a running back. The 914 handles like a dream and is so gentle to drive fast. It dives into corners like it was born to it. The Z requires brute inputs and is all noise and sweat. I love them both and surprisingly, my run times are pretty equal in both of them. After the new engine goes into the Z, I'll try and tame the suspension so it is more ballerina and less running back.

That's me in the front and my good friend Bill Madamba chasing. He was filming me and giving me the same kind of demeaning looks for not hitting my lines that McMark gives me...

Ok, so since both McMark and Harvey Weidman noticed I was using old pictures, I pulled the top off of her and drove her all day. In the evening, when the shadows were getting long, I remembered, I needed to take some pictures.

Here is a little Rock Park on the Truckee River fun...

You have a nice stable ,both the 914 and Z look great They both sound very different but also wonderful.....I was on a track with an early 911 ,I pushed myself to stay with him just so I could hear that 6 scream...

I love that sound Jeff. I love that with the stock DME I can reach in, turn the key, start right up, idle like a champ, then get in and have her take off like she was shot from a cannon. That, is a rush!

Decided to do something good for the spirit tonight. Took a drive...

That mountain sunset was beautiful.

Nice pic!