Looks great Jim.
It Will look incredible when you backdate those bumpers....

Looks fabulous, Jim

Is Al's backlog shrinking? ... or are you just really close friends there?

You can walk in and get 2 week turnaround easy. I did’t notice the usual stacks of wheels waiting to be done.
And:was it you who had a pair of painted steel bumpers FS ? I’m looking to take the weight out of the ends....

No, I got rid of all my 'spare' bumpers a while back, Jim.

The only bumbers I've recently seen in the classifieds are these: http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=347193

SOLD my Marathon blue Raby powered wide body to another member here.

New home is in the Bay Area (NorCal)

Renumbered to #58.

I still have three running 914's, two sixes and a V8, plus my 3.4L 911 RSR. I'm still in the game...just freed up some $$ and garage space.

Oscar




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Nooooo! or should I say congratulation sir Oscar!
well maybe good also so you can drive others more!
For sure you will missed that car!

Can't believe I'm the one! Thank You Oscar for making me proper!!

Congratulations Mark!

Congratulations to Mark and Oscar.

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Oscar now that you have some spare $$$$ and garage space I see this in your future...
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One of my favorite cars. Glad it’s staying in the family.

Congrats, Mark

Will always be in the family..

the kitten is on to me.. busted!

That’s one mean looking cat!

a little chicken an she's a schnuggle bunny

Mark stopped by in his new ride today.

It.
Is.
AWESOME!!!

Great looking car. The pics simply don't do it justice. And that motor... it's wonderful!

Quite a motivator to get mine going.

Jim,
backdate to chrome, you know how good a copper metallic car looks with chrome bumpers!!

We’ve had two cats (21 and 22), both were stray kitten’s... after feeding them a bowl of milk and tuna, they never leave

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Cats are kinda like that. You don't adopt them. They just show up one day and suddenly you are a cat owner. You don't get a choice.

My House, Not My Cat

Oscar was kind enough to let me drive that car for WCR. It's awesome. Jake Raby builds the engines that Porsche should have.

Bumper back dating my 75 project now completed. Fog lamps and rebuilt horns installed
Special thanks to Rich at 914werke.com / also tracked down a electrical gremlin for me too!

Swapped Maxilite Fuchs reps for new Group 4 Torq Thrust reps.

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Took both AC'ed cars that are running out early before the temps hit triple digits...and worked on '73 engine.Click to view attachment

Took it for a spin

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Began straightening a warped door panel and repaired drivers door storage box. The lower 3 screws had pulled thru the cardboard so I added some aluminum reinforcement shims. Needed to flatten out those areas before applying the metal strips. I used a small steamer a seam pliers to do this. On the door panel I used clamps, cinder blocks, boards and the little steamer against a flat surface. I'll need to strengthen the cardboard with some fiberglass epoxy once it is dry or it will just do it again.

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So much of the floor, tunnel, and the rear bulkhead had been rotted away that since I was going water cooled, I opted for some different approaches to my repairs. We see lots of great restorations and some incredibly inventive custom work on these pages and threads that are worthy of .... mine is more of a Roadkill Garage edition. Hopefully more like the Millennium Falcon - It may not look like much Kid, but she's got it where it counts... Click to view attachment Click to view attachmentClick to view attachmentClick to view attachment

Whatever it takes Mike. Get'er done. No one will be the wiser when completed. As a matter of fact, no one will pay any attention once they realized it's been converted to a water pumper. Welcome to the dark side.

In a similar vein, lower bulkhead and floor repair just completed.
Before and after - bulkhead panel made from scratch, floor repair panel from Restoration Design...


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While Chucky is at paint I placed an order for some interior parts and lenses from 914Rubber!!!!

Hope to have it back assembled by end of summer.

Oscar

Bonneville fan ?

More done lately but not all will be in this reply.
Got my double rapped wheel back on after a bit of leather recoloring and sorting the hockey puck.
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Mounted spare wheel @ the rear only cause I like the extra room in the frunk and have to weld a patch over the OP's attempt to fit a front oil cooler ,unsure about adding extra weight over the rear wheels .
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Added a second fuel filter in the engine space and retimed the engine as wrong mark on front pulley by PO honestly have no idea why I didn't pick it up before as I thought my dizzy was a tooth out...fail,new found power .
Gave the A6 Audi some attention with new Varta battery and coolant change which isn't a routine service item as I found out from the service schedule "lifetime coolant" what BS.

Love that wheel with the hockey puck...

Continued some work on the '73 2.0 engine while waiting for the transaxle- adjusted valves (pretty easy when it's on an engine stand )

Put in the new 123 distributor.

looks great, what color is it? looks like you are doing base and clear? how many coats?

i would love to learn how to do a good automotive paint job, maybe that will be my next project- different car though .

We went to the bank and deposited the check from the insurance company, and got the down payment for the body shop. We are going to the body shop tomorrow to swap wheels on Betty's 914 so the good ones don't get messed up doing paint work.

We are finally moving in the direction of getting it repaired.

Visited the Delphi car at the body shop getting the second round of post renovation tweaks. I think this will be the last of the shakedown tasks, can’t find anything else to fix

I painted my car, it was the first time i had done so.

This year i've noticed cracks appearing accross the car in various places. Today i had a guy who works in a major body shop come and take a look at it.

It seems i've put the paint on too thick. I will need to rub it back and just put the correct amount on. Oh well.

Today I brought my Alpine radio back to life. It came with the car when I bought it 5 years ago but it didn't work at all. It was stonedead. So I took it to the radioshop but they said they couldn't repair it. Last week I felt I had to give it a try and I took it apart but It still didn't work. So today I had a look on Youtube and tried again. Took it apart completely , used a lot of contact spray , a toothbrush and a Q-tip and slowly it came back to life. And it plays really well actually. It's an Alpine 7510. Does anyone know what year it could be from? I couldn't find any information on the internet. Click to view attachment

If you don't try something you want to try, you would chastise yourself for not trying later. This is not a failure. You learned something, and you will only get better at it. Good job.

Greg W.

I believe they're from the early/mid 90s.


EDIT:

Found it in Alpine's 1994 catalog ... http://antique-autoradio-madness.org/alpin...1994-cata_3.htm

I bought one of those for my 914 back in the early mid-80s. Still have it somewhere along with an equalizer.

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Not quite sure this qualifies as 'what did YOU do to your 914 today' but close enough. Was at the Red Barn today and Chris @Tygaboy noticed the newest member of the stable needed some block off plates for the tinware. 15 minutes later and fresh off the plasma table! Thanks Chris!!

Went to speed week in 2016. Would love to get involved with that..

Finished sanding and priming the deck lid. Next step....going to Matte it out with black paint and eventually cover with 3M Matte Black Vinyl. Then reassemble with new welting and seals.....sans the badging.



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Thank you for the really interesting link! Can't get enough of it. And surprisingly the brochure of the 7510 is in Dutch , wich is my native language. I also have the impression that the old Alpine plays better than my new one.

Robin

Added tires and wheels to match the rears and some meatballs for the obvious torque gains.

Oops! Here we go...