Nice work!!!!!
Feels good to help.

Really nice looking car!!!!!

Very clean. Like the wheels. I have always liked adriatic blue on the 914.

Finally made it out to the shop today, got the tranny and exhuast pulled from the 2056, its going down south next weekend. Took the white car off the lift and moved it out of the way.

Took the new car for a around back roads by the house, 1.8 with a single carb....what a dog. ....quite slow compared to the 2056....but once you get up to speed its all good
Then drove it into the shop and put it up on the lift. Needs the clutch tube welded. I'm going to drop the engine, change out the leaky tranny for a rebuilt one I have, do some clean up, install the missing piece of engine tin, replace the plastic fuel lines through the tunnel, and install a new ball joint......then it should be drivable.

Shop rearranged, new car on lift......the others waiting

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Morning started out pretty bad. Had a radiator hose fitting split on the way to ThePaintedMan's house to help him work on his car. Luckily mine was and easy fix and made it the rest of the way with no further issues. Then helped(couldn't stay the entire time) replace throw out bearing and a wheel bearing.

Didn't do diddly-squat (with the 914s).

Tore a Honda Trail-70 completely apart, unfroze a stuck piston and disassembled the rest of the motor.

Also, stuck the '67 Bug motor on a massive P-201 engine stand (overkill, I know). I used a cheeepo Harbor Freight electric impact wrench and a spritz of PB to get the flywheel bolt loose

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Clutch disc and flywheel look good, needs a shim job, a new rear crank seal and a good wipe down ...

• Reconnected the front turn signals & euro parking lights
• Continued gutting the dash; removed the glovebox (not fun)
• Put on some new bling (targa/sail trim). $hundreds worth of tin foil more or less...

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BTW thanks for the compliments above - had not noticed those posts until just now. I have a build thread going here: http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=133908 It's not nearly complete as I got this car in 2002 and started modding it shortly thereafter, but I'll try to be more active updating it from now on.

The car is now on version 4, which included Tangerine Racing steel flares, bigger wheels/tires (8's and 9's), additional chassis and rollcage bracing, fresh paint, a complete rebuild on the engine, and some rework of the Webers.

I will update my build/mod notes sometime soon and post it in my build thread. Meanwhile here's another pic from last weekend. (I'm still buying and selling wheels to get the right sets I want. Shown are 16x9 Fuchs redone by Weidman and 15x8 NOS Fuchs).

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Brakes and replaced the broken drivers side seat release handle.

Brakes and replaced the broken drivers side seat release handle.

Brakes and replaced the broken drivers side seat release handle.

Brakes and replaced the broken drivers side seat release handle.

Heard you the first time

Must've replaced the Brake Pads at all 4 Corners!

Chad helped me drop the transmission on Saturday since my plan was to do the left rear wheel bearing and had to disconnect the CVs anyway. Replaced the throwout bearing along with the wheel bearing and got it all back together today. Next few days I'll be pulling out the roll cage to paint it and begin finishing all of the other safety stuff (window net, windshield retainers, polycarbonate rear glass, etc). Thanks Chad, for the help buddy!

Chad under the car...
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Pulling the hub..
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What was that we had 3 drops in Dec. 2011. See what you did. It may never rain again. I even heard Jerry Brown say " If it ever rains Again".
It all good with me.

After missing the Hollywood cars and coffee took a drive to the beach.

Put the Detachable MOMO in, started mocking up the Fuel Cell installation and sanded down the 16x8 Fuchs to get ready for Paint

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Welded on a couple of suspension braces.

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I had a blast, and today I made the fresh air block off with the material you have me. Which I think turned out pretty nice.

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Took mine around the block today! first time since I bought it as a roller 2.5 years ago. still need to do some fine tuning, but at least she is no longer on jack stands!

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kept it in a warm garage -- the only sensible place to be in this God-forsaken place

WOW 25 yr's. That calls for a SUPER congratulations.

Control yourself, Kent ... 2 . 5 years

Them little dots get harder to see every year

Regardless, it IS cause for celebration

Discovered that I have one old style and one new style Subaru CV-1/2 shaft. Read a great article on measuring 1/2 shafts.

How well did this work?

I've only pulled one pair of hubs and it was a huge PITA, involving a massive amount of MAP gas, a BFH and a very large socket. After all I had to go through, I'm afraid I would have pulled the car right off the stands using that method

Actually quite well Mark. Took me less than three minutes to remove the hub. It could have been the cold weather, or the difference in machining between hubs - sometimes they're easy, sometimes a real beehotch. A slide hammer provides a great deal of precise force so very little is actually transferred to the trailing arm or car. I'd recommend that over trying to punch the hub out from the backside. Again, ideally one would take the damn thing off and use a press like Eric showed us. But this works for me

Bob, you forgot to take the 4-cylinder mounts out!

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Welded on a couple of suspension braces.

Bob, you forgot to take the 4-cylinder mounts out!
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Crap!!!
Looks like I have no choice now but to put this bugger in...

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Finally got my window net in. Doing the top was a piece of cake. Finding a way to attach the bottom so it was flexible enough to fully drop out of the way was a whole other story. Multiple trips to the hardware store and I finally came up with a solution that works.

Acquired This!!

An S-13 with a hairy engine?

I remember seeing an ad for that one

I called him for his targa only. Got a little more. A-pillars are pretty bad. Going to look at it tonight. My be a much better Chump option then my "74.

Took delivery of these! Props to Chris at tangerine racing for hooking me up with these. All the rest of my brake and suspension parts are here so I should have a productive weekend!

New 5 lugs on, ready to put the shafts in and next are the calipers and
Brake lines!

Brakes are from PMB of course! Thanks Eric!

Took the 'BB' off the charger and took it out for a quick spin around town. Stopped at a bud's BMW repair shop and shot the shit for a while. Asked him to keep his eyes open for a nice 2002tii for me

Need to run by a local VW parts house to pick up some flywheel shims for the '67 Bug ... I think I'll drive the 914 since the weather is so nice

Painted braces

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Transferred flare outline on fenders to cut-out. Sanded and straightened flare edges.

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Sent 25$ to Doc for charity transmission drawing.

Pulled the RCI fuel tank to replace with an FIA compliant fuel cell.

Anyone need a 15 gallon plastic fuel tank that looks like a fuel cell?

Cleaned up the door latch mechanism. Before and after only about 3 min of scrubbing with a nylon brush.

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Looks great Chad! One of those projects I've meant to do but was always too busy with something else..

Replaced 2 fuses after knocking them out. Got my headlights to work again. Drove and looked like a grinning idiot.

Stopped at a local VW shop and chatted about T-1 stuff with the owner for a while. Found out he knows some of my old VW buds from back in the 70's. Also found out one of my good friends from the 'Bug-In' days died about 15 years ago

Removed some polished EMPI wheels with 165s from my wife's car (they're in the classifieds) and replaced them with some 5.5" stock steelies. This is a temporary transition, as I loaded up another set of freshly powder-coated wheels and new 195/65 tires to take to my auto shop tomorrow (we have a SNAP-ON tire changing machine and high-speed balancing machine there)

I need to replace a leaking wheel cylinder on the '67 Bug, but I can't bust the damn lug bolts loose - even with PB Blaster and an air-impact gun!

Figured while I had the door panels off I would go for it.

Installed new brakes on the rear, new rotors from PMB.

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Took out a mortgage to pay Erc for all this stuff

Mated up the trans.... not going to be as long as it has been!

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Added one of McMark's Master Cylinder braces. Fit like a glove, although in my case did not change the feel of my brakes. I suppose I didn't have much flex to start with.

Put these new pushrod tubes and seals in.

Oh, and so everyone knows, yes you can put in new ones without dropping the engine!
First time and I had the new ones in in 1 hour. Will post a more compete list of pictures on my thread

Where did you get the cover?

The engine paneling is finished. As well as all other parts heating pipes u.s.w.
I am waiting now on the new engine which is currently under construction.
The motor in the picture is an old engine and served only to customize the new paneling.

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