Met up with @ClayPerrine , @Betty , and @K.T. to head to Cars and Coffee this past Saturday. A huge turn out of cars including the son of 914

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the 914's cousin that's seen better days

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the 914s brother who is a little backwards about somethings

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We also met the Chet the Unicorn killer! Funny enough, the owner lives right down the road from us and we'd never met till to day.

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Clay made a new friend,

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and made sure everyone knows that 914s are the best Porsches!

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Even though there was Cappuccino there,

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we decided to go get coffee and brunch.

We didn't leave as quickly as these guys though

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All in all, a great time!

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GREAT C&C in Richmond this Saturday too! TONS of cars of all types, several hundred.

Mine was the only 914 as Rick Berkowitz drove his 911, leaving his mint 914 and FiberFab 356 at home. So my 914 got a lot of attention. Maybe cause I replaced the black EMPI's with nice newly-powder-coated Mahle's?

No pics, so here's one from a previous C&C with Rick's '72 outshining mine:



Worked on headlights tonight - right one was high in front, low in back - think I've got it corrected.

GN

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I got a tracking number today! More to come.

I had to remove my front valance so that meant the front bumper had to come off too. I took the opportunity to clean and wax the front nose and lights. I have a GT oil cooler in the trunk, that is why the 5 rubber plugs are not installed. Looks really nice and clean so I will feel better once the valance and bumper go back on.

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Fixed a leak.

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Raised the front 1/4" so it now sits level. I know 1/4" is not much, but I wanted to see if I can tell a difference when driving. BTW, the adjustment bolts are pretty sensitive when raising and lowering. Like a 1/8 turn makes a noticeable difference. Took me about 4 times to get it exactly where I wanted. On and off the lift, drive down the street and come back and measure. Repeat until perfect. Fortunately it is only 95 degrees outside.....

Changed ignition switch – the OEM part is dirt cheap as it's common to many VAG cars into the 1990s. The old switch had started to play up – usual problem of the engine wouldn't fire unless you wiggled the key at the same time as operating the starter. A dead easy job and 20 minutes well spent!

BTW, the two blue wires are part of the electric washer conversion.

Took apart and cleaned the distributor internals - for perhaps the first time in 48 years?

AND - with this 50th post, graduated from Newbie to Member! Hurrah!

Getting the case and internals ready for assembly. Cleaned oil passage ways, cam follower bores, .... Hoping to get her rolling soon. Crank/rotating assembly are out for balancing.

Curious: how far out of balance could these be from the factory?

Found her a big brother

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Nice looking donor car.

Nice looking wide body Targa

My eldest son is a former C5 Corvette owner - when the C5 was still the newest model. He appreciates both shifting gears and a fine handling car. He likes driving my Cayman S.

But until last night he'd only driven my 914 around the block.

Last night I encouraged him to drive it, and to push it in the twisties - I live in the country in Virginia where twisties are the norm everywhere except on the few major highways.

He absolutely loved driving the car and was blown away by its performance in all categories, but especially the handling. Loved the cornering, ride, comfort, how it handled bumpy roads (a lot in our county), seats, and even interstate driving at 70+ mph.

More than anything, he loved shifting...."I've been driving a Honda Accord and Toyota 4Runner for so long!" But he was even surprised (as I was, and am) at how strong the little, 46 year-old 2.0 L engine pulls with the IDF-44s. At 3 grand and above, the sound is so sweet, and the engine could not be smoother.

Told him the 914 is one of the automobile world's best hidden secrets that only its owners really know.

I was delighted to see how much fun he was having - we drove about 25 miles on all kinds of roads, ending up on interstate.

I offered the car to him for dates with his beautiful wife anytime he wanted - and he not only agreed to do it - as soon as he got back here to our house, he made her the offer - and she said she can't wait!

Made my day!

Now, if he can just learn that 1st to 2nd shift........yes, my linkage is exceptionally tight.........

GN

Very nice Alfred....

914
911
+Ducati



Enjoy!!!!

Oscar

Received our new rims from Al Reed.

Very Nce!

Put my "914 2.0" decal from Auto Atlanta on my tail. Now my 914 is legit.

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?s=&...t&p=2934551

Thanks George......

GN

My 914 just turned 64,000 original miles. Had 60,600 when I got it. Yes - I just take it out for drives just to enjoy it.......often.......

Rick B. (full restored '72 914 w/new engine, stunning paint & more, '96 911, '90 FiberFab 356 repro) & I spent an hour my 914 yesterday with Rick driving & flogging the car, which both it and I loved. Could not be running better.

Rick's 356....



GN

Replaced all the shift linkage bushings, including the shift selector seal and o-ring. Waiting for the plastic disc that goes under the shifter “console” spring. Hopefully will have it back together in a few days.

Ordered a timesert kit and studs from Bellmetric to fix a stripped exhaust stud...

Got time to wax our 75 Palma 2.0

I generally don't favor green cars, but yours look fabulous.




I nominate @Jett 's car for Car Of The Month.

A thing of beauty.

Thanks, that is very kind!

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We’ve decided to open our home to some needy parts. They do have a sadness about them, but we’ll brighten them up. Thank you Mark for the extra goodies I found in the tub I didn’t expect.

Get to install these finally. @mepstein

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Speed hillclimbing. Missed a gearshift (who the heck shifts from second to fifth?Never done it before!) but still set a PB in the 914 on that run...

https://youtu.be/PGhbM650nYk

Cool, looks like a blast. Congrats on the PB

@Jett Wow! That is a beautiful 914. Very very nice.

Thanks!! After a few long drives and a year of tweaking, the car drives better than new and with the BlueTooth attached to the DIM even the music is pretty good.

Here are a couple of more shots.

Looking at the picture we are going to replace the first gen 914 rubber visors with an NOS set.

Reconnected the linkage arms with new cone screws. Filled the transmission. One question: how the heck does one get the rubber boot that goes over the front/rear linkage knuckle joint onto the firewall? I fought with it for 30min then ended up splitting it at the rear end.

Waiting on a couple more brake lines from PMB, then I start putting these all back on.

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Followed by these. Glenn did a great job.

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Competed in speed hillclimb last weekend. Another meeting this weekend coming...

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Looks great

i managed to rebuild the caliper this evening and came inside to find out that my new pads will be here in the morning. also found a horrible wear on the hub washer

Parked her in her trailer for the night. The drivers side rear disc is dragging, I may have to adjust the venting clearance.

Drove the 74 about 80 miles tonight. I live out in the boonies and I took her to the gym.
I love the raw drive the car gives me. Every once in a while I'll drive my wife's S5 and it's a sweet ride but, even though it's a 6 speed manual, it's still very very refined. The 914 lets you feel what you're doing, and it feels SOOOOOO good.
I can't wait to get the 75 finished. We're doing the final wiring of the lights and dash right now. Then the interior and it's done.

https://youtu.be/-74V7QfJOgw

A little slippery after the rain, so had to take it easy. Fun, though.

Been grinding down the 8 small rust spots where the sail meets the body and one on the front right corner of the panel in front of the windshield.

Met with expert restoration body shop owner to evaluate his painting my 14 back to Malaga Red - he is backed up for a year, so I got my name/car in line.

He looked at my ground down rust spots and gave me very good news - the rust is not deep, and not from underneath. Very shallow he said. Really good news. While he will take care of it all in the restoration painting, I want to get all the rust out now so it doesn't continue. Even tho the car will never be in the rain and is always garaged. I'm gonna do temporary repairs to each spot with Eastwood's Rust Converter and thin layer of bondo, sanding smooth and hitting with L31M Scarlett Red touch-up paint that I have just to keep the car looking decent until next year's paint job.

Also glued back on the button for inside rearview mirror that had come off......need the real glue - Super Glue does not hold for long.......

GN

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P car C&C in old town Scottsdale this AM. Took the bahia red '73. 2 914's there. Pretty toasty on the way home but oil temp stayed between 200 and 210 max. Didn't hit 200 on the way there but the sun was barely coming up!

(might have enjoyed the AC in the spyder on the way home more, but had to do the air-cooled cars proud this AM!!)

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Second day of hillclimb meeting. Weather hasn’t improved!

Put the /4 in the air and finally had the opportunity to change the trans fluid and swap out my speedo drive with the upgraded double O ring version from 914rubber. Then went for a quick drive through the twisties for quality control and to make sure there were no leaks afterwards...not a drop!

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Been using Dremel to grind down small rust spots behind molding that goes at bottom of sail. Seems the spring clips (4) that hold the molding in are prone to rust themselves and start the rusting process from the small holes then downward.

Wish the clips were stainless, but not so. Seems with the design, rust at these holes is inevitable with enough time.......

GN

Took it for a drive after replacing all the shift linkage bushings and seal/ o-ring where the linkage goes into the transmission. Adjusted the shifter. Shifting is MUCH better. Did not nick reverse a single time. Also no blue spots under the car after sitting for a while - I have Swepco in the transmission and have been haunted, until now, by blue drops on the floor that appear whether I drove it or not.

Fixed the driver's side trunk hinge attachment using the J West mod. Not exactly a piece of cake but not because the kit was an issue - just a lot of work but it all worked out.

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Off work this week for Monterey Car Week but wasn’t planning on driving in until Tuesday for the week. Nolan starts school this upcoming Wednesday so I decided to take Kathy’s Bumblebee to the Monterey Porsche car week kick-off event. I will be camping at the track for the week but not taking the 914 for the rest of the week. My 914-6 is still at the shop with electrical issues. My son Nolan (16 years old), drove the Bumblebee home from Monterey to San Jose via hwy 17 thru the Santa Cruz mountains.

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Replaced melted brake light switch, installed new throttle and clutch cable ...

Took her for a testdrive and got hit by low flying bird... hate bird poop but the car drives fine

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Saturday, Ted ( @913B ) came down off the hill and helped get HOWARD's front right replacement strut reattached to the ball joint on the control arm. It wasn't cooperating, even with the two of us working on it, but we finally got it all back together


Monday, Noel ( @ndfrigi ) stopped by to visit and helped get the brake system working again

Need to put some air in the front right tire and re-mount it, then I can winch it on to a trailer and transport it to a friend's restoration shop for evaluation

I filled in my holes and am planning on mounting the strips with double sided tape. Those holes always rust!