It looks like Greg’s car. The car was professionally built by PMS.
https://patrickmotorsports.com/blogs/news/1...ion-restoration

Wow, what a nice car. Congratulations on the new ride

Went out for a cruise with her sister.

Congrats Oscar on the new acquisition. Glad to hear that it will remain local.

installed new cables yesterday.

Changed oil and filter, topped up transaxle oil, adjusted clutch cable, and gave underside a general inspection and cleaning. Also reattached the rear valance. Wife says keeping that pretty muffler partially hidden is a nice tease…
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Speaking of the new muffler, I’m finally getting used to the sound of it. Compared to the original 2L muffler, this one is just as Ben described it—a little louder, but significantly lower tone. Exhaust sounds a little more cammy/lopey at idle too. Car also seems to accelerate a little more quickly, especially from 2800 rpm on up. Nice.

@andressj - Your car looks real nice; I believe they all need a rear valance to finish them off. That muffler looks perfect.

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Drove it for the first time since october !
and yes it needs to have 10-15% fuel taken out at 2 C ambient temps.

Another picture of the oil cooler progress.

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Hopping to mount the radiators today.

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Went to c&c in OC had fun going around a clover leaf off ramp turning with throttle :

GO HAWKS!

Good eyes Brian!! Yes, once a Hawkeye always a Hawkeye!!

Finished the fit of the air box and fastened it in place.

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Bushings and Bearings and Bilsteins - oh my!

Installed the refurbished trailing arms and new struts.

Thanks again @gandalf_025 for the donor TA ...

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Put the badges on the 75 today. Got the new plastic tray for the package box as well. Took the seat rails and cleaned them up so they can be put in and, if I'm really aggressive, I might still go out here and adjust the back pad.

completed the seal replacement on the motor and transmission, cleaned it up before reinstalling, with some new hardware and new clutch disc, and
added a spacer washer to the transmission mount just above the cupped washer to lower the rear of the transmission and therefore the muffler about 1/4” just enough to stop it from rubbing on the heat shield and the tips on the valance.

Gave it a good wash after it's biggest trip yet. (For a 3-day robotics competition at UC Davis).
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One of my teammates snagged a photo of the car driving to the compitition. Packed it to the brim with supplies for the event. They couldn't believe it when I opened both trunks to unload!
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Not really to but rather for my 914.

Megasquirt upgrade is progressing!!

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Installed a rear view mirror finally--used one made for a side by site UTV and it mounts on the rollbar, kind of cool, I was able to mount it way up high and out of the way without having to bond anything to the windshield at all (the other clip in the pic is the GoPro mount):
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One of the things that drove me nuts about my car was that the only locks that matched (and I had a key for) were the ignition and drivers door.
Bought a full set of locks from @TheCabinetmaker and started the swap out
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Managed to get the rear trunk, ignition done, then got into the drivers door for some "while I'm in there" work--man, cleaning and relubing up the mechanisms made a *HUGE* difference... Also took the opportunity to install the 914rubber vapor barriers to replace the trashbag version that was on there underneath:
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Buttoned that back up and then put the car on the quick-jack in preparation to drop the front bumper to get to my front trunk, to fix the cable and then swap out that lock also...
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Then ran out of time... Still need to get in there then finish up the passenger door, I have a new main window glass piece for that door so I figured I'd save it for last...

I have been hauling around the same (never used) spare tire in the trunk since I acquired Elvira.
I decided it was time to replace the spare (1999 date code) with something that I could safely use, if needed.
A brand new Kumho Ecsta V730 is on the way from Tire Rack.

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I have a 914 in the shop getting a full resto and I needed a cart to move the bare chassis around the shop. These ended up being more like stilts than a traditional cart. I got them back from the powdercoater last week and I finally had time to get them mounted. They put the car at a great working height in order to tackle some of the preliminary rust repair, flare install, etc.

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Made a long strong….

Installed the Mocal. Now I can do some hoses.

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Keeps getting closer. It will be nice to hear all the fans running.

Started the assembly

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I've been doing brakes... rebuilt calipers, new pads, replaced rear braided hoses with fresh rubber. Found some pedal travel but still having trouble with the right front locking up early. Ordered rubber 911 front hoses and noticed the m/c was leaking, so bought that too. PITA job and after a couple hundred presses finally got a firm pedal. Better but still locking up the right front early. At this point hoping it's just the very old tires.

Had a fatality


Started painting the new wheels. Went back to square, 225/45 on 17x7 from the staggered 16s. Heavier than the 16" 205 fronts, lighter than the 16" 225 rears. 21mm spacer front, 21+5mm spacer rear.

Why does the crankshaft have a bluing Color and looked like it got hot?
Matt

Assembly lube the red, and yes it looks like it got hot at some point.. but the balancing is ok! No issues. And now the whole thing is balanced with flywheel and all.

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I did a video on the process so far on the last 4 months, what I got on my project.

Its my first video so be kind with the developer…

!Saludos de Mexico!

https://youtu.be/uow_y-61hxc

Looking good lots of shiny new parts ,looks like a great build ,I did a small bore build for a customer late last year and really enjoyed it,1.8 L based on 411 carb case and NOS euro pistons and cylinders with 36 DLRA's so pleased with how it ran.Click to view attachment


Anyway I digress ,just getting over Covid 2.5 weeks later and feeling heaps better but still weak ,pretty shit thing to have really !! had stopped other projects to recover but today pulled the cover of the 914 and had to get it running as sitting for too long.
Topped up a bit with fresh fuel,checked fuel lines and primed to 3.2 psi and bingo the baby six fired up after 3 throttle pumps,always amazes me how well these motors start.
Ran till oil temp up enough then shutdown as I can't drive it due to REAL bad rear wheel bearing.
I have again proved the starting power of my AGM small battery,not a charger near it in 12 months and only 4 starts from the 2.2.

Yes! Lots of new parts, it’s a great, great, hobby…

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Yesterday, I moved HOWARD to the front yard with the Parkit motorized dolly so I could get the 912 out of the back yard (also using the dolly). Great tool

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Next on the to-do list, I need to get AAA over here to transport the 912 down to the restoration shop.

Then, in the afternoon, a couple friends on their way to AZ stopped by and helped push HOWARD back up onto the mid-rise lift. HOWARD will have to stay there until I can find a body shop equipped with the requisites to straighten out the driver side's trailing arm mounts. Been hitting a brick wall finding anybody to perform that task

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While my friends were here, good fortune struck again ... we loaded up my Smithy lathe/end-mill/drill press and my soda-blast cabinet onto a box truck heading back to AZ, since there's no way they'd fit in the back of my truck. They'll unload those nifty tools in my workshop there. Freed up a lot of room in the CA garage as well

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Yeah, all minor progress, but forward progress nonetheless

Drove the car for the first time for pleasure after electrical melt down last summer. Alternator started electrical issues which lead to new engine harness, alternator, starter, CDI box. Work was done by Rolf at Don’s Autowerks and they did a fantastic job. After the drive, I replaced the ripping drivers seat bottom. Happy with the results.

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Bruce and I helped sir Oscar for a 5 lug conversion. Beautiful car!

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Thanks Bruce and Noel

Shout out to Chitown for providing tech support

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That's a work crew there for sure.

Good guys to have on your side Oscar! Are your fenders pulled at all? One picture almost looks like you've got Tangerine flares welded in.

Ok. The engine looks great. Well done

Matt

If you're gonna replace it, get the metal one

Put the battery back in the car after a long winters nap. Fired it up an took it for a spin.

A little rust repair and reinforcement……one side down, one side to go.

Added metal.

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It was many days effort, but today was the first time a replacement panel went on.
Feels good to post on it.

Left side jack post:
As I bought it 20+ years ago(was covered with a riveted piece)
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Finally fixing this well. Cut out the bad:
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Ready for Wurth coating:
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Got my muffler back from Bursch and installed it. She is off Jack stands and running again.
On a side note Bursch offers a life time warranty on there mufflers.
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@ValcoOscar @ndfrigi
Guys thats so awesome i wish we had a group of guys here closer together to be able to do that for each other, i am jealous!.
a couple questions, did you do the 914-6 hub in rear with drilled 914/4 rotors and same in front with modified 914-4 rotors drilled for 5 lug? for the conversion, or 9144 front?
Phil

Doc Phil @DRPHIL914 you have to move here in SoCal. hehehe

Well...this was last Saturday: lead for the vintage group at our local region's latest "fun run."

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That's Richard Hanes ( @gatornapper ) is in his 931 three cars back.

A great day, with nice sunny weather and about 130 trouble-free miles...

...until it came time to put the car away, then "G" light on bright and steady, and no charging.

Spent the last couple of days rounding up the usual suspects (between honey-do's). Hope to have the newly cleaned and tested relay plate and VR back in the car this weekend.

Did I mention the "honey-do's"?