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QUOTE(VegasRacer @ Feb 7 2019, 12:04 AM) 
I think I'm done.
Actually, it's more like starting over. 
9 months ago Elvira went in for a motor rebuild. After that, the 'while I'm in there . . .' phenomenon took over. It started with a restored speedometer. Then new battery, tires, brake rotors and pads. Replaced throttle, clutch and speedo cables. Cleaned, tightened or lubed everything I could get my hands on, etc. Not to mention removing the rear wing and replacing the front air dam. Pretty much anything I could find to do that needed love or money.
For the final step, I hired someone to detail the car. Wow. She has never looked or ran so excellent.
In honor of the occasion, I stumbled across this hoodie on eBay.
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I $hould be good for the next 20 year$.
Nice John...
Bought this car in June from a 914 world member in Florida and finally finished the import process in The Netherlands today. Approval was a piece of cake because the car matched the version that was sold in this country.
QUOTE(Jazzy @ Feb 8 2019, 03:12 PM)
Bought this car in June from a 914 world member in Florida and finally finished the import process in The Netherlands today. Approval was a piece of cake because the car matched the version that was sold in this country.
Congrats!
Have fun with it.
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Finished one seat. Almost done the second.
QUOTE(VegasRacer @ Feb 6 2019, 09:04 PM)
I think I'm done.
I just ordered a replacement gas cap seal from 914 Rubber. But now i'm done. Really.
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QUOTE(VegasRacer @ Feb 6 2019, 09:04 PM)
I think I'm done.
I just ordered a replacement gas cap seal from 914 Rubber. But now i'm done. Really.
Yea. Sure you are. And if you believe that, I have some ocean front property in Montana to sell you.
Denial is not just a river in Egypt!
We've been doing a lot of work lately but, haven't kept up with it on the website so, I updated the website with some of the new work.
There's still more to come but, feel free to stop by and look around. http://www.2002and914.com/?page_id=771 Check it out and let me know what you think
There's still more to come but, feel free to stop by and look around. http://www.2002and914.com/?page_id=771 Check it out and let me know what you think
The right outer CV decided to Divorce the V8 on the grounds of abuse!
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QUOTE(76-914 @ Feb 10 2019, 01:17 PM)
The right outer CV decided to Divorce the V8 on the grounds of abuse!
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Stock CV or some other type?
Drove it (on Friday), covered 73 miles and only had to bump/push-start it once 
SWMBO was not impressed...especially after I told her that reliability is the enemy of adventure.
You'd think that after 37 years I'd know better.
SWMBO was not impressed...especially after I told her that reliability is the enemy of adventure.
You'd think that after 37 years I'd know better.
Replaced the weatherstripping on the doors and fixed my horn.
QUOTE(anderssj @ Feb 10 2019, 02:25 PM)
Drove it (on Friday), covered 73 miles and only had to bump/push-start it once
SWMBO was not impressed...especially after I told her that reliability is the enemy of adventure.
You'd think that after 37 years I'd know better.
Time for an Odyssey PC925?? Call next time & I'll be on the way!
QUOTE(anderssj @ Feb 10 2019, 02:25 PM)
Drove it (on Friday), covered 73 miles and only had to bump/push-start it once
SWMBO was not impressed...especially after I told her that reliability is the enemy of adventure.
You'd think that after 37 years I'd know better.
ROFL
Well started to work on cleaning out the seam sealer in the rear trunk floor only to find that it’s likely best to add a Restoration Design rear trunk floor pan piece first!
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QUOTE(anderssj @ Feb 10 2019, 02:25 PM)
Drove it (on Friday), covered 73 miles and only had to bump/push-start it once
SWMBO was not impressed...especially after I told her that reliability is the enemy of adventure.
You'd think that after 37 years I'd know better.
Time for an Odyssey PC925?? Call next time & I'll be on the way! SWMBO was not impressed...especially after I told her that reliability is the enemy of adventure.
You'd think that after 37 years I'd know better.
I recently purchased a PC925 from an ebay vendor for 'HOWARD' (our '71) - for good price too
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QUOTE(76-914 @ Feb 10 2019, 01:17 PM)
The right outer CV decided to Divorce the V8 on the grounds of abuse!
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Stock CV or some other type?
No, they're stock. I think of them as a fuse for the 901 transmission.
QUOTE(wes @ Feb 10 2019, 09:09 PM)
Well started to work on cleaning out the seam sealer in the rear trunk floor only to find that it’s likely best to add a Restoration Design rear trunk floor pan piece first!
I had the same problem but, fortunately, it wasn't a real difficult fix. The hardest part was reforming the panel sent to us by Restoration Design. I have a 75 and the panel is really made for an earlier car.
http://www.2002and914.com/?page_id=743
It just took a little finesse, a bench vise, a round steel bar about 14 inches long and a body hammer.
Giving a shout out to PMB Performance for the excellent job redoing my front trunk.
I had a front oil cooler
installed more than 15 years ago, people that installed the cooler cut big rectangle holes in the fender wells to vent hot air, looked like crap. PMB filled in the holes, installed a new cooler, rerouted the ss oil lines. Mounting a space saver spare.
The front trunk looks amazing...Thank You PMB
mb
I had a front oil cooler
installed more than 15 years ago, people that installed the cooler cut big rectangle holes in the fender wells to vent hot air, looked like crap. PMB filled in the holes, installed a new cooler, rerouted the ss oil lines. Mounting a space saver spare.
The front trunk looks amazing...Thank You PMB
mb
Custom mounted VDO gauges to my 914rubber radio delete panel. I'm happy with the results and now on to laying out the wiring.
Used to work every week on my 914, almost daily, until 2008. Then laid off and moved cross country to PHX. Bought a house and been working on that all the time.
914 - Cleaned it out (it was used for storage) and put it up on jackstands.
The Project RESTARTS!
914 - Cleaned it out (it was used for storage) and put it up on jackstands.
The Project RESTARTS!
Paid for and sorted out the shipping for my new toy. Should be over here (UK) in a month or so... Thanks Don and 914world.com 
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Probably quicker and certainly in better condition than my first 'fourteener', a genuine 914/6 I bought from the service manager at Sonauto in Paris...
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Probably quicker and certainly in better condition than my first 'fourteener', a genuine 914/6 I bought from the service manager at Sonauto in Paris...
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QUOTE(KSCarrera @ Feb 12 2019, 07:20 AM)
Paid for and sorted out the shipping for my new toy. Should be over here (UK) in a month or so... Thanks Don and 914world.com
Probably quicker and certainly in better condition than my first 'fourteener', a genuine 914/6 I bought from the service manager at Sonauto in Paris...
QUOTE(StratPlayer @ Feb 11 2019, 11:42 AM)
Giving a shout out to PMB Performance for the excellent job redoing my front trunk.
I had a front oil cooler
installed more than 15 years ago, people that installed the cooler cut big rectangle holes in the fender wells to vent hot air, looked like crap. PMB filled in the holes, installed a new cooler, rerouted the ss oil lines. Mounting a space saver spare.
The front trunk looks amazing...Thank You PMB
mb
Looks fantastic Jim. That previous cutout looked like an H20 conversion.
Finally added Chris's ( Tangerine Racing ) Pressure Relief Valve. It's been needed since WCR 2017. Saw some 25# pressure on some of the high altitude and high temp hill climbs.
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Then added the 914 Rubber parts stacked on my desk.
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Inner & Outer Door Seals
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New side marker lenses
New front roof latch cups for trunk
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The the shiny part, new fog light grills.
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Desk is all cleaned off of new parts.
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Inner & Outer Door Seals
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New side marker lenses
New front roof latch cups for trunk
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The the shiny part, new fog light grills.
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Desk is all cleaned off of new parts.
QUOTE(KSCarrera @ Feb 12 2019, 06:20 AM)
Paid for and sorted out the shipping for my new toy. Should be over here (UK) in a month or so... Thanks Don and 914world.com
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Probably quicker and certainly in better condition than my first 'fourteener', a genuine 914/6 I bought from the service manager at Sonauto in Paris...
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Where you based? I'm in Monmouth.
Bought a companion for our 73 914... we loved the color and the history of fine mechanic’s who have worked on it. Our mechanic Chris worked at the Seattle Porsche-Audi dealer during the time this car was purchased.
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QUOTE(Jett @ Feb 12 2019, 06:32 PM)
Bought a companion for our 73 914... we loved the color and the history of fine mechanic’s who have worked on it. Our mechanic Chris worked at the Seattle Porsche-Audi dealer during the time this car was purchased.
QUOTE(Stoddy @ Feb 12 2019, 11:15 PM)
Where you based? I'm in Monmouth.
These days Cornwall, but get around quite a bit thanks to magazine stuff...
I blocked up the front foil about 2" off the floor just to see it. In the picture the foil is tilted at 10°. I like it and will try to get it to sit 3" off the ground mounted on the car. I have ordered 4" wheels and will put them on the pivot point for the foil. They should keep the nose off the ground. I have a color in mind and may paint the foil before mounting it.
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Well I haven't been posting much, or working-on or driving my cars, but I am getting back into some 914 projects. Last weekend, new Momo steering wheel and Dansk muffler.
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QUOTE(Stoddy @ Feb 12 2019, 11:15 PM)
Where you based? I'm in Monmouth.
These days Cornwall, but get around quite a bit thanks to magazine stuff...
You know my mate Dan Trent then?!
QUOTE(914 Ranch @ Feb 13 2019, 04:32 AM)
I blocked up the front foil about 2" off the floor just to see it. In the picture the foil is tilted at 10°. I like it and will try to get it to sit 3" off the ground mounted on the car. I have ordered 4" wheels and will put them on the pivot point for the foil. They should keep the nose off the ground. I have a color in mind and may paint the foil before mounting it.
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QUOTE(mb911 @ Feb 4 2019, 02:44 PM)
Assembled my steering column today with the 914 rubber clam shells and the switches I got from Mark Epstein.
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Do you have 911 switches and not 914/6 switches?
The 914/6 switch levers are flatter and are closer to perpendicular to the column. They are shorter and don't have the double curve of later model 911 levers. The lever functions are sticker graphics on the clam shells, not the lever ends.
Compare yours to the pictures below.
The first picture is a salvaged steering column assembly from a 1971 914/6, VIN 9141430335.
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Picture 2 shows the straight levers and the function graphics on the clam shells.
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links to scrapped 9141430335:
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?act...mp;viewid=12206
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=52138
NOTE: clam shell on the left is 911.
QUOTE(mb911 @ Feb 4 2019, 02:44 PM)
Assembled my steering column today with the 914 rubber clam shells and the switches I got from Mark Epstein.
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QUOTE(mb911 @ Feb 4 2019, 02:44 PM)
Assembled my steering column today with the 914 rubber clam shells and the switches I got from Mark Epstein.
For some reason the right stalk is very very close to the steering wheel.. No idea why. Click to view attachment
Do you have 911 switches and not 914/6 switches? The 914/6 switch levers are flatter and are closer to perpendicular to the column. Compare yours to the pictures below.
Pictured is a salvaged steering column assembly from a 1971 914/6, VIN 9141430335.
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links to scrapped 9141430335:
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?act...mp;viewid=12206
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=52138
NOTE: clam shell on the left is 911.
Oh that could be the issue.
Fixed my wire feed so I can do some welding. Now I can drop the front of the car and finish mounting the wing. Working on the front suspension now. Moving the spindle up 30mm.
Adjusted the hook of the engine lid, after it popped open three times today. One of the easiest work I have done to my car, but it fixed an annoying problem.
Have to wait to drop the front suspension I'll keep going forward with the wing.
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Picked up some brake components from StopTech r/d dept. for trial fitting to the JRZ front struts (shoe is not being installed)
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Worked on fixing the backup lights gremlins
QUOTE(Maltese Falcon @ Feb 16 2019, 09:33 AM)
Picked up some brake components from StopTech r/d dept. for trial fitting to the JRZ front struts (shoe is not being installed)
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took it to cars and coffee today- lots of fun meeting people , lots of love for the 914.
met a new local owner of a recently rescued car,
took a few pictures, looking pretty good!
met a new local owner of a recently rescued car,
took a few pictures, looking pretty good!
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