Reinstalling rebuilt webers on my SIX

Oscar

The plan was to finish by this weekend but not going to happen

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Beautiful beast!

Rebuilt spare steering rack with Quaife quick-rack conversion. Messy but satisfying...

Installed pivot with new bushings and bearing in right the trailing arm.

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Ordered up all new locks with a set of NOS door handles from Curt
Front trunk cable failed so can't get to the gas tank for fill ups until I pull the front bumper, second time it's happened so need to see what's going on there. So for now its in the garage until I pull the front bumper and door panels so I can redo all the locks all in the same go...

Repaired coolant line and installed new timing belt on my flat four.

You have a Suby motor, don't you.....

Oscar, that is simply stunning! Are you bringing it to Rt66?

Packed this wheels heading to PA. Hope I did a quality job! Ooops! my dog is missing! Maybe his inside too! hehehe

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Well. I opened the rear trunk for the first time in 30 years. All after getting the 914 out of storage after a guy I work with who is into 914’s told me I might be sitting on an LE. (I owe him dinner) and it turns out I am. My mom originally picked up this car in the late 70’s and at one point we blacked it out. 30 years ago it was parked. And the cable release for the rear trunk had failed.
I’ll be bringing it back. But it does appear I have some trunk repairs to do.

That is great, post the VIN for the historian. The rear trunk had no cable, just a key and a button. Just a few suggestions, don't put a battery in it, and don't try to start it. Check the electrical system first for rodent damage and other possible shorts.

Thanks. Yeah I was advised of Jeff Bowlsby and we have connected and it checks out. He suggests I get a COA, which I’ll be working on.
Years ago we would go back and forth between the FI and dual webers. The FI was finicky back then. I can only imagine what I’ll need to do now to get it right.
My father and I have a pretty extensive background with VW’s, had many variations and did some drag racing at Bug-In’s and Hot VW drags. We are preparing to pull the motor assy to give it a good once over. During which we will tiding up the body and refresh the interior. If we have one thing in our favor my dad bought a new dash upper pad for it in 1990 and we still have that new sitting in a box.
I want to thank this forum for being a wealth of knowledge. Thanks.
It looks great from 15 feet away dripping wet. But it’s going to need some work

Stripping engine bay upper and lower to clean it up while engine is out. Hope to.have it painted and ready for engine by middle of next week.

Ready for final scrape and cleaning process! Hope to prime tomorrow afternoon and final paint wednesday.

Great story Bill, keep the pics coming

If i dont die from the fumes will do my best! I should do a thread actually on the car. Always doing something to it

I got 4 bells ready to be installed in the housing.

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Tomorrow I will probably get the housing ready to have the holes cut.

Went for a drive in our 73 Delphi 2.0, and after many years of restoration and debugging it has ran without issue twice now 1000+ hours of effort and so far 90 minutes of trouble free driving !

Picture taken a while ago with the mirror off

Moved a few things around, ‘75 back on the rotisserie and ‘71-4 on the lift… gotta prep for sale…

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Worked on the measuring new hybrid axle length for the Subi trans. Subi axle on top. 914 on the bottom. Cut, test fit, and temp weld them together next, then off to the axle guys for final fabrication.
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1970 914-6 #2650 leaving tonight to its new home

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Nooooo!!!!!! You didn’t even drove that car after the upgrades!


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Went on a diet...

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Can't believe it's taken me almost 18 months, but I finally installed the quiet muffler I bought from Ben ( @mb911 ) back in 2020. Workmanship is pretty amazing--you can tell he really cares about what he's making. It's almost too pretty to hide behind the rear valance.

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Thanks Ben!

NICE! Car sits well.

After a year of hunting parts and machine work we started the assembly of our 69 911S 2.0, for a narrow body six conversion.

After 8 months I can finally post to this thread again. I picked up my 914 from the paint shop!

Hoping to get things all back together for Summer.

@anderssj
Don’t hide it behind the valence! It looks awesome just how it is!

f%ck yes.
that muffler is a valence.
(or rear skirt in aus lingo).

i need to hide mine behind a skirt because its so pathetic compared to that.

I finished the air box and fitted the 4 fans. I'm so jazzed, it's been along time coming. I still have to clean up the box and mount the fans. This is a milestone for me. With out the printer it would never have happened.

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Pulled the hub into the right rear trailing arm. It went in much easier than I expected, considering the difficulty getting it out ...

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Another successful and flawless drive. These cars are amazing when they run well!

Pivot shaft (new bushings), bearing and hub installed for the left trailing arm. It was so much faster than the first go on the right side.

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Went to car and coffee in Scottsdale this morning with my daughter, only three 914s today, last month we had SIX! Then picked up my son, went to lunch, made some minor adjustments to the car, and spent the rest of the day working in the 280z he bought a few days ago.

Put a new set of cocomats into the '74 today. Not much but, it spruce's up the interior a bit.

Decided to add some colour to the unpainted lightweight hood...
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I like it!

I'd been toying with the idea of a cupholder for a while--and that large sweet tea was the the last straw.

I found this adjustable/locking 2-drink unit by Spill-master (at O'Reilly's) and cut up a piece of zinc-coated sheetmetal to hold it in place:
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The vertical part of the bracket fits into the underside of the holder:
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Just enough room for the carpet/mat to hold it in place:
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Bracket goes under the mat:
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And the holder goes onto the bracket:
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et voila! ("and walla!")

The base of the bracket (the part covered by the mat) is 9x12-inch, so I don't think it's going anywhere...and I can always take it out if I decide to get a little crazy G-wise. I used the remaining piece of sheetmetal to make a 2nd version of the bracket with a longer/taller vertical part; it allows the cup holder to sit on the center tunnel instead of the floor:

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The holder seems a little less steady there, so I've decided this version is going into my old Volvo wagon instead...

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Groupings of parts ready for assembly tomorrow

Grouped some parts together

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in addition to putting the carpet in today http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=358776, I also installed the front glass and the chrome trim. I had installed glass before but it turned out to be all scratched up so, I grabbed a new one and replaced it today. Fortunately, the butyl came out pretty easy.

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Got the dash into the 71 restoration.

Said goodbye to two, and welcomed a new one.

Thankful, humbled and honored to keep this one in SoCal.

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Good sir Oscar got this beautiful 914-6 conversion!

Drove it on a beautiful sunny day in norther cali. Also got sticker shock when I went to fill up on e85 at 409 a gallon.

Congrats Oscar!! I got to drive it in Petaluma, very nice car!! That was a fun event!

@ValcoOscar - Congratulations on the absolutely beautiful car. If that was Greg's, he definitely put together a terrific car; it has all the right parts.