I took my car back to the 2nd owner's home so he could see how it turned out. I bought it from him 10 years, 8 months and 1 day ago. I found out he and his soon to be wife eloped in my Six and got married in Lake Tahoe. I met his wife too. They were both blown away with the car and he tried to buy it from me. I told him it was not for sale but that he was the 3rd guy to try.

He was elated to see I did not go back to the original color- just saying.

Here are my brother ad I standing in front of his home with him looking at the car. We had a nice 150 mile round trip to Santa Cruz and back. Top off, windows down, sun shining, 6 singing.... just doesn't get any better.


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Just bought those for my grandkids.

The car arrived today. I bleed the brakes. Starting with the rear and then the front. Then I read the manual which said I had to bleed the front first so I started again. Strangely I couldn't get the brake pedal any firmed. I used a pressure bleeder. Pretty sure I removed all air from the system. Should I of had Mrs B pumping the brakes instead?

Then I changed the oil. It was pretty low. Since this car has sat for a few years. I will run for 100-200 then change the oil again to clean out any crap. I didn't take the strainer off but will do that next time. Less than 3l when in which is strange?

There is a smell of burning oil when the motor is running but I guess there might be some oil in the hear exchangers?

Next I need to get the gears changing but I don't know how to access the coupling? Is it from the black panel between the seat or from under the car?

Welcome to 914world and congratulations owning a 914!

1. Brake bleeding recommend start to rear passenger (upper valve) then rear driver side, then front right and then front left side.

2. Burning oil, yes probably just from Heat exchanger from oil leak or oil inside the exhaust/header.

3. Shift adjustment is just below the shifter base. Unless you need some bushing replacement within the entire shift linkage.

Saturday we took Elwood to cars and coffee at the national Breast cancer headquarters. Then I came home, got the truck and trailer, and drove to Tennessee to pick up the parts car from Perry Kiehl. It will be used to fix Betty's 914.

Two long days of just driving. And I found out something interesting. A 914 with no doors and no front trunk lid is an aerodynamic nightmare. The front bulkhead is a big, flat wall broadside to the wind. The firewall and back window are another big, flat wall broadside to the wind. So SUV with trailer and stripped 914... max speed 80 MPH. It just won't go any faster due to aero drag.

But the body shop is going to get started on the fix.

Worked on cleaning up the rear shift rod, stripping the rust, and treating with Ospho before painting. Then moved on to installing new 914rubber bushings into the shift knuckle. Tough to get started in the holes. Had to add a chamfer on the leading edge.

@Mikey914
On the replacement bushings, are the holes supposed to be oblong? It's noticeable when not installed but I thought they would round out once pressed in, however, the holes still look a little large after pressed in.

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Wanted to get some feedback on this before I finish painting and putting this assembly back together.

After a little over year of taking it apart, painting it and putting much of it back together. We drove it.First drive Lucky for me the monthly Aircooled AZ Sunday coffee only a mile away. The weather is finally cool enough to work on it again.

I received it, from Glenn, after he did a fantastic job of putting all the pieces back together again.

And for the first time since 2005, I drove it. thank you @gms

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Make that a double.

Car looks amazing.

Did a solo drive up to Alice’s for lunch on my day off today. Nice grouping of cars even for a Monday.

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I like white 914s a lot. And that is a nice one.

Shipped the engine case off to European Motorworks to prep for a rebuild.

went out for a drive
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Check out the bleeding procedure on the PMB website. Worked great for me. This was after a complete new parts swap. Lines, MC, calipers and I took apart and cleaned the pressure regulator. https://www.pmbperformance.com/gravity-bleed.html If your car has been sitting and/or the brake system is in unknown shape you may consider a refresh. My rear soft lines were literally plugged up from age.

You have oil dripping onto your heat exchangers. Make sure they are not leaking or you may have a dangerous situation bringing CO2 into the cabin.

What year car? I just went through and replaced all of the shifter bushings in my tail shifter 1970. They were so worn out I couldn't find any gears. No adjustment will help with that.

I painted some 914/6 struts I recently acquired.

Got up at 5.15 and went for a 75 mile drive to nowhere in particular , just to enjoy the 914 on empty roads...

nice!

After sealing the new metal with Herculiner, I installed the front and rear suspensions and bolted on the wheels... I've got some fender adjustments to make.
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Got the bahia red '73 running this AM after a transaxle rebuild and various touch ups to the engine while it was out. A friend who is a long time Porsche mechanic helped with carb tuning, timing etc.

Now that is finally starting to "cool" down the AC'ed cars can come back out to play.

Got some torsion bar end caps from Stoddard recently, super nice reconditioned, look totally new and were like $15ea... They were missing on my car

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Also got some super cool SRC 50th Anniversary 914 slot cars
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Then started trying to sort out my spare tops to try to get one good one as a 'stock' spare for my car vs the body colored one that's on it... Turned out, out of the 3 I had two were/are early, thankfully the late top is the best one and the right one for my car, so I started prepping itClick to view attachment Click to view attachmentClick to view attachment

Where did you purchase them? I checked the other day and they had gone up about 40% since a little over a year ago it seemed.

Started an Instagram account to post my 914 (and maybe a few other) exploits... Sad part is that I had to have my 14 year old daughter coach me through it. Man I’m getting old!

@mccmotorracing

@djway found them on eBay, they were out of Spain

I'm a slot car junkie

The 50th anniversary cars are "hot rodded" so they're a little more expensive, there are also quite a few 914-6 GT cars that aren't anniversary models and they're quite a bit less money.

took it to cars and coffee today, perfect 60 degrees this morning , just 70 as a high , hello fall! - here’s a picture of a rare car at c&c, who knows what it is?- hint: Italian, and there were only 11 made, 7 still exist.

Siata 208 CS....??

LOL I looked it up...very pretty car...beautiful lines!

Same here. 300 HOs and no clue about 1/32.

Siata yes.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siata_208_CS

I'm so envious

Good day today! Terri and I took part in our local PCA region's "New Member Rally." We had the only 914, and one of only two cars from the last century.

Cold temperatures to start, but the day warmed up and it was really comfortable with the top off the car and the heater barely cracked open. Clear skies, good roads, very pretty scenery, and the car ran great.

Best of all, we took first place in the rally, even though we were a completely analog driver/navigator team.

Total of 259 trouble-free miles door-to-door. Hopefully have a picture or two later.

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^ Your car looks great, congrats on rally.

I needed a gasket so I figured I'd dust off my laser which I have not used in about a year it seems.

I am eliminating the water heating port in case you wondered why the gasket did not match all the features.

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@Mueller

Huh, what? Laser, CNC? Tell me more please.

It is a cheap sub $400 CO2 laser. I've had it for a few years and have not used it much. Decided to get back to learning how to use the thing and make something with it.

I don't find much sub $3k...

If you look long enough though. https://www.omnicoreagency.com/best-laser-c...hines_Under_400

The cheap ones like mine come with PITA software and the only way to control the power of the tube is by pushing a button. The more expensive unit can control the power via software.

(I have the orange and white Ten High brand which I paid $600 now that I look at my Amazon orders) After I bought mine the price really shot up.

Yeah, I spent some more time looking around. Something else to put on my list.

After bolting on the newly rebuilt front and rear suspension plus the wheels and tires, I clearanced the fenders and dropped it off of the rotisserie. Bolted on and aligned the doors then reworked the clutch/brake master cylinder assembly and flipped the support bracket so my clutch pedal now pushes the clutch m/c directly in front of it.Click to view attachment Click to view attachment

Installed a reservoir for the clutch MC.

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Backdated the rear, got some help aligning the holes.

My wife finally drove the 914 to work today - trouble free and fun she said. Now need to start getting it ready for the west coast gathering in a couple weeks.

Paid the annual registration fees to the DMV and attached the new 10 2021 decal to the upper right-hand corner of the license plate, as instructed. .

@jim_hoyland

Very nice ... you filled the holes but are they chrome caps or bolts ?

thks
Dax

Those are 1/4 20 x 1/2" Chrome Stove bolts. Bought them at Hillco Fasteners in Garden Grove ( they have everything ! ) The bigger plug is metal..
@dax1969

Looks good Jim!

Huge difference! Love the look and the French taillights.

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Those are 1/4 20 x 1/2" Chrome Stove bolts. Bought them at Hillco Fasteners in Garden Grove ( they have everything ! ) The bigger plug is metal..
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Thks, can find the bolts here but not as shiny as yours. They match your bumper pretty well. Well done

bye
DAx