The car is now masked up ready for the paint damage to be repainted.

Ordered a pair of seal from Porsche. Ordered new window winder handles and some hardware screws, clips etc.

The targa roof is in pretty good condition so that has had coat of paint adhesive in readiness to repaint.

Diagnosed my speedo failure at WCR on Saturday.
Speedo drive checked out ok. Drove the cable with a drill and, no go.

Cleaned the underside of the trunk.

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Well done Andy

Bob b

Cut off fender # 1

Made plans for a parts run next week.

First drive after 30 years of sitting in the mud.

Did you get a smoking deal on that car?

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lol, it’s cold in Seattle at 6:30am.

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One of the hoses to the front oil cooler burst around 30 miles from home. Dumped all the oil from the engine before i noticed it, luckily very low revs, just above idle.

Managed to fix the hose, refill the engine and limp home. Oilpressure was normal all the way. Will drain the oil this week and look for false gold.... >.<

. Are those your skid marks? Glad it wasn't anything major.

I drove the bug to cars & coffee this morning. Parking next to a shedding + sappy tree with a cool breeze was NOT a good idea. I was on my way up to Newport to go show the car to my dad and take him for a ride to Father's Day lunch. Wanting the car to make a good first impression, I ended up spending 45 minutes on a side street wiping and polishing all of the sap/crap off of the black paint. My poor, lonely 914-6 sits in the garage and waits patiently for me to get over my beetle love affair.....

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That’s a beautiful beetle!

Thought I would see you at the San Clemente car show today. Talked to a guy with a white 76 2.0 who was there.

Made a cup holder out of an ash tray I purchased for 15 bucks delivered on EBay.

Installed French taillights

Lawrence - That is a beautiful beetle.

Wow, crazy clean garage and car. Looks great and love the color!

Ground wire in the distributor was fried do to a bonehead move on my part. Soldered on a new ground wire, and rebuilt the distributor (using Rich's excellent 'how to' thread).
Installed new points, cap, plugs, wires, set the timing and now it's running like a top just in time for the nice weather in Seattle.

While I wait for Mark to make a sub box for an 8 inch sub, I decided I had time and materials so, time to have a little fun....

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Showed my car at the Car Show in Yountville today. I was sandwiched between at '79 Turbo and a really nice '92 964. Lots of nice cars there.

Wow, Steve, that car looks great. The flat 6s are perfect.

Olympic blue?

Enjoyed the best car event in New Jersey, Father's Day in downtown Summit.

Very cool. My dear old mum grew up in Summit, graduated from Summit High School. It's a pretty town.

Got to work on the rockers and fender this Fathers day. Nice and relaxing. You can see my progress here if you want to: http://www.2002and914.com/?p=690

We REALLY need a full shot of your car. All we ever get are small pieces at a time.

Love that small window beetle- now you need a split window...

Played hookie from Rothsport and worked on my own car.

Started with attacking my weeping output shaft seals. In the last year or so a drop was finally starting to hit the garage floor.
Used a combo of the factory seal installer and a disk from my bearing and race installer. This is a before shot. New seal is perfectly flush with the inner lip.
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Then on to changing out the left rear wheel bearing. This time leaving the trailing arm in the car. Pulled the hub with my 5# slide hammer and a fabricated tool.
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Then onto R & Ring the wheel bearing using my SIR TOOLS copy of the factory tool.
Quick & Dirty ...............
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Then the bad news. Started breaking down the half shafts. When I pulled apart the first one I found some pretty serious wear.
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Price Check Porsche Classic for complete shafts.

Another hooky day ...............

Worked a couple hours at RS then drove out to Forest Grove to go thru my 1/2 shaft stash to see if I could build 2 half shafts. Took breaking down 7 half shafts and inspecting 14 CV joints to come up with 4 nice ones and 2 maybes.

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Tomorrow I start bringing Mike Carey's 914 race car back to life at Rothsport.
Pictures to follow ..............

Whilst I was getting greasy Eastside Plating called. My bucket of shiny stuff was ready.
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3 gallon, 60# bucket. $129.85. It will take a couple days to sort. Lots of new Winzer hardware that I couldn't get in yellow.

Doug, you ready ?

Seems like a bargain. The sorting out is another story..

I got under my 1970 garage find today and was rather happy that the acid hole in the engine compartment looks minor from the bottom. The longs are in great shape. 15 years in LA did not screw up this car too much. Lover the mess under the driver’s seat. Broken driver’s window. Pulled the seats and trashed them for Garolds Tan 70-71 interior.

Need a new interior light.

Funny that these match books and recites are from places that I went to in the 70s. Living in L.A.

Bob B




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Yesterday I got up early and pulled the transmission out of Betty's car to replace the rear main seal. Got it all put back together by 2pm, and drove it to the gas station.

It only has one leak now. The speedo drive is leaking. Ordered the part from 914 rubber to fix that leak.

Gotta get her car ready for the trip to Helen, GA for Okteenerfest.

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Hey Bob...that TM (tune masters) card...they actually predated Motor Meister...TM stood for Tune Manglers ! Sportsman Lodge still going strong today , don't know about that El Acapulco Club on north San Fernando Road tho Do you recall The Palomino Club and Filthy McNastys ¿
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painted my gas tank today! trying to get the last few things in order before i pick up the car from paint next saturday. - cleaned sanded primed, sanded, cleaned , painted!
going to be a busy week,
i took the whole week of july 2-6 off from work, i hope to get the motor back in my car, but so much more to do to be ready for Okteenerfest!

I just swapped the PMS fuel cell for a stock tank. Installed the charcoal canister next to the battery where the 4 banger comuputer normally goes. I also installed a stock 3.2 fuel pump. Much quieter than the gt3 pump.

I looked at the Patrick's style fuel cell....then found out it only holds approx 10 gal Stock is best for the street and a bit of track work in my opinion

Finally got to test fit my suby engine that I bought from jrust. Nice fit. Did the lower car over engine method. Mounted casters on cradle to roll it into position. Worked slick.

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Installed the new collector plate and by coincidence... we obviously like the plate.

1st time playing in the garage for almost a month and it wasn't even my 914. Had a good time wrenching on it, a little nervous with the brand new paint job!

Yes, this is a real /6, not original motor however....I think he said a destroked 2.7? Fun to drive and shifts perfect. Took it to redline a few times today.

Work done? New Porterfield brake pads up front, had problems with rear which I will be making another thread on.
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Well not today but on Friday. We cleaned the seat belts in the 1970 Garage find 4 that I bought. Bruce stone told me how to clean the old belts. Interesting that the seat belt receivers are dated 1969 and 1970. Car date is 6-1970

The water was very dirty. Soap up and wash twice or in till the water is not black, then rinse twice. Hang till try.


Bob B
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Sent my car off today Click to view attachment to the painter for some rust repair and a full exterior, trunks and engine compartment respray. Should see it again ready for reassembly in a couple months. Time to finish my order list for replacement rubber. Will also need to post a few WTB's for a few misc. parts.

Yup, washed them that way! You can crank up the spring tension on the retraction before you rewind the belt too!

Early cars, up to (I believe) half-way through '72 with the non-moveable passenger seat had non-retractable belts. I'll have to try Bob's method on our '71's belts at some point in time

After a few weeks putting my new (old) bug around, I decided to drive the /6 around to knock the cobwebs off of it.

WOW. Fricking rocket ship.

Got the ignition lock for Elwood out of the car and had the locksmith cut a new key from it. I also had them make a key with only one side cut. That key is for making new keys, and it will never wear because it won't work in the car. They also cut the two new Porsche blanks I bought.

Still waiting on the engine mount so I can pull the motor and replace the seals.

Also waiting on the driver's window track. It's in transit.


On the Igor project, I found the flywheel I need to work with the clutch. Now I just need to order it.


Finished the oil leak repair project on Betty's car. Everything is dry... for now.

Waiting on the CFR oil pressure boost piston kit.

My being unemployed has been good for the 914s....

You my friend are a driving machine.

Bob B