Brought the 914 home from my friends shop today. Three weeks of hard work and it is roadworthy after 12 years. Okteenerfest here we come!

Though the Audi did well a few years back, it will be good to see your 914 on the twisties

Cleaned my wheel wells.

Brought the '75 out of the body shop and into the light!!

All set to go to Calf Pasture Beach car night to show it off, and the alternator light was glowing..... So I didn't go.

I disconnected the battery for the night and will run it over to Tony's Auto Service in the afternoon...

Well, I will try to get it over to Dragone's for their Friday Night get together and see how it is received there....Click to view attachment

Since I have three events coming up where I can show my 914, decided to design a "car show" poster for my LE

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Oh, and, no, that is not my LE at the top... thanks to "Johnny Blackstain" for the photo of his gorgeous, all original Creamsicle which will be used as the source image for a portion of the Okteenerfest shirt design.

Passed by the 'BB' several times in the past couple of days, and wondering when I'm gonna get to drive it again

Had a friend come by and help dig up a bevy of large magnolia tree roots and installing a sprinkler system in our front yard. Tough work in the blistering sun, so we're taking a break and will continue with constructing the distribution manifold and installing valves on Monday. I 'might' try to take a little drive on Saturday if feeling up to it

I like it, but one could argue that I am biased. After 9 years my Optima 34R has taken a death dive & I had to order a new one Can't really complain because 9 years is a good long life for any battery. Still, no wet cell in this car as long as I'm alive. The time for getting the car ready for Okteenerfest is now.

Absolutely gorgeous.. great job!!

Drove 2 of them today. Needed to get NICE 914 in the garage and the race car in the trailer.

Well so far I've installed an inline fuse and under dash cutoff switch to my fuel pump, I've got a battery cutoff switch to install, then hook up the axles, change the oil and take it for a

Can't wait to see how this motor runs, and if it's going to make it to Moab.

My car was dirty so I decided to run through the automatic car wash... I got washed and waxed through the top side seals pretty well.

Went for an evening cruise. My first extended drive in the dark! Fun as hell as usual.

I'm almost tempted to do the same - the 'BB' is really dirty

What's the matter? ... your shutter release finger broken?

Fabricated and installed brackets for the rear sway bar.
Welding over head is such a pain in the neck - literally.

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That dash top looks sweet! How do I go about finding one for my car? I'm on the other side of town in Northern Peoria and would like to do this mod while my windshield is out as well. Would like to know more about this option.
Best Regards,
Cesar
623.225.9817 anytime

914 rubber has those dash pads

http://shop.914rubber.com/914-Dash-pad-vin...-pad-914BPV.htm

pretty good price too

Took my 914 to the Porsche owners club of UK today and Mat Je Blanc was there having a walk around ,really nice guy

Danke Africanhijinx

Replaced a leaking valve cover gasket and Also fixed some lights that weren't working. Also played with some new parts I got in for my other 914.

Drivers door stopped opening from the outside handle.

Ordered some plastic cam parts.

Well, it wasn't today actually. It was last weekend. A friend was visiting from Colorado and we took the 914 down to Cars and Coffee in Tigard (tie-gurd), Oregon. It was a pretty good turnout. Lots of other Porsches, mostly of 911 ilk. A single mid-60's 912, and one other 914. It had a slant nose kit, wide fenders, wing, etc. Several of the steroid style late model 911 versions. I don't know what they call them anymore. Nine-Ninety somethings I am sure. There were four Volvo P1800's. More than I have seen in a single place in a long, long time.

Matt Hardigree was apparently there. He is a writer for Jalopnik.com and posted photos of quite a few cars. But not mine. Bastard. It rained after we had been there for forty-five minutes or so and many of the garage queens beat feet for home and soft buffing towels. Good show all around. Matt's photos can be found here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/questionlp/se...57647033924491/

I put a pool in the trunk..... talk amongst yourselves.

Went through the carbs today, started from scratch, reset the dwell and timing, set the carbs to basic settings then synced them and adj the mixture till the popping went away.

Finally got it very drivable, went on a few short drives.
Driving to McMarks in the morning to let him fine tune it then should be good to go.
Felt good to drive my car again, been a few months.

Scrubbed the bottom of the car with a wire brush and a shop vac.
Replaced the rear soft lines.
Pulled my fuel tank, found it full of goo. and 8 gallons of 14 year old gas.

Only found about 4 gallons in mine. I had no idea gas could turn that color

Original plan was to burn it in the lawn mower, but even my crappy lawn mower deserves better...

Gary

Went to Supercar Sunday yesterday. Some dude with a VW bus t shirt on asked if I was selling my car.

Does anyone with a 914 (other than something rare) ever say No to this question?

So he asks me how much and I pull a number out of the air; upper atmosphere...13

He says "oh, no, more like 10"....really 10? I think I would be happy with 10. Is he low balling at 10?

So I looked a little put off and he gave me his card. Says give him first shot when I decide to sell. He needs to take a closer look at the rust spots and drive it.

hmmmm..........10k......I could buy.......?

Thought I had the carbs somewhat dialed in, started driving to Marks shop this morning, it started running crappy again. Ended up limping it back home, runs good at high RPM, but really stumbling at lower. Guess my RRC trip ain't going to happen, but with the time off I guess I'll get my 2.7 tore down and in the machine shop.

Took a quick peek at 105mph, today while passing on a two lane. Damn it happens fast. I need to program my speedo to set 100 as the hi limit until I get all 4 wheels aligned and balanced by Manny the Man. Slits turned me on to this guy and he is the real deal. If you live in SoCal it's worth the drive to Riverside to see him!

Cut to the chase and tell him $11,500.

Put a on new front valance and drove it.

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That is so damn cool!

Got a new Optima 34R for my LE- $215 @ FLAPS or $168 shipped to my door. I think they're too expensive, weigh nearly 40 lbs., don't quite fit right unless you know how to fit them, but they are DRY. No chance for acid boil/spill over or rain mix damage with a dry cell.
Shaved the lips/edges on both sides of the battery using a single end/handle hack saw so it fits the tray perfectly & put it on a charger for 2hrs @ 6 volts high... nice steady, slow charge. I'll be pulling the battery for the winter & storing it inside- this past winter was a killer & I think my previous Optima might have froze, but I did get 8 yrs. out of it.
Now to adjust the valves & see about repacking my 1/2 shafts.

Worked on a traga top and the rear valance.

Received my COA from Porsche UK and took delivery of a late style Überdruckventiel for my GT project! Ok, not an early adjustable one but it will certainly do for now. I love ebay.de

Was not expecting Metalic Green or some of the options as it's currently Yellow and does not have any of them fitted now - long story for another day

Well I thought I'd share a simple "tip" on how to dress up a 914 exhaust

Thanks Dave and Triad West

I just noticed I lost the SS tip that was on my banana muffler

Bummer! well i have been looking for one of these for quite some time- well two, but when Dave from Triad west came posted not toolong ago that he had sourced some that fit the triad mufflers perfectly i was quite excited! He trimmed them down to my desired length, they are about 1" longer than the existing pipes. and the price cant be beat!

Finished the rear valance on NICE 914.

Removed the defective brake light switch from the pedal cluster (wondered why my brake lights were on) then chased down a CEL. Felt stupid at the end. I went thru all the diagnostics re: P0031 when I should have just checked the 02 sensor for continuity to begin with.

Decided to powdercoat instead a silver with gloss clear. Just coming out of final cure

Very nice. I like powder coating on wheels it is a very tough finish.

That happened to me a coupla years ago... Didn't think I'd miss it...