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Big Len

Oct 19 2015, 03:06 PM

QUOTE(thieuster @ Oct 19 2015, 01:59 PM)

I installed the ignition key switch and housing that I received from fellow forumite Cabinetmaker. Things went smooooooothly with the aid of the Pelican Parts' 'How to...'

I took an iPad into the garage and followed the step by step guidance.

One advice though, not mentioned on the Pelican pages: behind the steering wheel, there's a cover holding all electrical parts. It's secured by a allen screw. The housing itself can slide forward and aft for about 8mm, 1/3 of an inch. When securing the allen screw, do a trial fit with the steering wheel to be sure that the contacts of the s/wheel and the housing touch each other.

The car as it was this morning:

I'll be adding side decals tomorrow: matt orange 'PORSCHE' with a 'Heuer Chronograph' decal in the same matt orange color. The car needs a respray in the future. Until that day, I am going to make use of the car's flaws and adapt an 'outlaw'-ish' style.

Not sure about the front and rear bumber, though... body color or also matt orange...

Menno

I have to tell you, I wouldn't do anything to this. It looks clean and pure. Great looking car.

thieuster

Oct 19 2015, 03:59 PM

QUOTE(Big Len @ Oct 19 2015, 11:06 PM)

QUOTE(thieuster @ Oct 19 2015, 01:59 PM)

I have to tell you, I wouldn't do anything to this. It looks clean and pure. Great looking car.

Thank you for your positive comment. Point is that the paint on the car looks good from at least this distance! Come closer and you can see the orange peel, the sanding marks under the paint etc.

So for the time being, this is how I want to use this 'disadvantage' as a vantage!

Menno

thieuster

Oct 20 2015, 01:19 PM

Now with matt orange side decal - until the respray is up (can take a few years)

(The black stripe near the wheel arch is a left over piece of sticky tape ;-) )

Menno

JRust

Oct 20 2015, 04:36 PM

I walked by mine in the garage & said damn that looks good

lonewolfe

Oct 20 2015, 07:23 PM

QUOTE(thieuster @ Oct 20 2015, 12:19 PM)

Now with matt orange side decal - until the respray is up (can take a few years)

(The black stripe near the wheel arch is a left over piece of sticky tape ;-) )

Menno

Looking good Menno! That's a great looking car. Clean and simple!

Cairo94507

Oct 22 2015, 07:39 AM

Click to view attachment Thought about driving it one of these days soon.

bandjoey

Oct 22 2015, 05:43 PM

Engine lid new paint after what seems like 3hours of sanding and prep. No wonder body guys are grouchy.

DRPHIL914

Oct 22 2015, 06:54 PM

Had a great day for a drive. On the way home I had 5 "thumbs up", and several more rol down their windows to say nice car and one more who pulled up next to me to say nice car and "what year is that", and another who pulled up to tell me great 914, and he races 944's come by the shop some time.
I have not had the car draw that much attention before in one day! Must be because I put the W.A.S. Top on

SirAndy

Oct 22 2015, 07:55 PM

rangrbob

Oct 29 2015, 05:01 PM

Took it out for a spin through the foothills. Other than being totally gutless on the hills, it was pretty fun on the twisties through the canyon.

Now, I'm thinking of sending to the guys at Patrick Motorsports for a 3.6L conversion!

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SirAndy

Oct 29 2015, 05:21 PM

cary

Oct 29 2015, 05:31 PM

QUOTE(SirAndy @ Oct 29 2015, 04:21 PM)

Must be time for an oil change ........

euro911

Oct 29 2015, 05:51 PM

Thanks for bringing this thread back to page 1 (from page 6)

A friend came by the shop to help fix some broken stuff

He welded a set of new rear stabilizers on my trailer (the PO must have driven off with the original ones in the deployed position ... can see where a set used to be)

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... and fixed a tear in a 911 rear engine mount bar

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I also had a set of 912 J-pipes extended by a local muffler shop a few days ago, so since I had the grinder handy, cleaned up their [uh, not-so-perfect] welds

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I'll try to paint these with 2000° paint tomorrow and hopefully installed on the motor ...

anderssj

Oct 29 2015, 05:58 PM

drove it (but only for an hour . . . or two)

Coondog

Oct 29 2015, 05:58 PM

Dropped it off at Patrick Motor Sports for some 911 upgrades......

Dion

Oct 29 2015, 06:04 PM

QUOTE(thieuster @ Oct 20 2015, 11:19 AM)

Now with matt orange side decal - until the respray is up (can take a few years)

(The black stripe near the wheel arch is a left over piece of sticky tape ;-) )

Menno

Menno that looks sweet! Very nice car.

Dion

SirAndy

Oct 29 2015, 08:26 PM

QUOTE(cary @ Oct 29 2015, 04:31 PM)

QUOTE(SirAndy @ Oct 29 2015, 04:21 PM)

Must be time for an oil change ........

Wait, you have to change the oil?

euro911

Oct 29 2015, 08:53 PM

I just filter it through an old sock and reuse it ... doesn't everybody?

ndfrigi

Oct 30 2015, 04:34 PM

drove it and parked beside this very classic car! Was not able to sneak on it since all windows are open and If something was stolen, they
may blame on me. See there is even a police car parked infront of us. Is this grandpa's car is a bait for someone? hhhhmmmm

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euro911

Oct 30 2015, 05:00 PM

Be careful around those big, old, heavy, thick-metal cars. One similar to that one killed James Dean

abes914

Oct 30 2015, 07:05 PM

QUOTE(euro911 @ Oct 30 2015, 04:00 PM)

Be careful around those big, old, heavy, thick-metal cars. One similar to that one killed James Dean

dont worry--he got BUB

one of the reasons i keep my bub
ok-not really. i am still gathering parts for backdating my beautiful bumpers

eric9144

Oct 30 2015, 09:58 PM

Changed out my red top Optima after trying to do a Friday drive into work...she had a pretty good run, sticker dates on the top say I put that battery in, in 1998

kkid

Oct 30 2015, 10:04 PM

Finally got the rear trunk shox installed today.

I was kinda scared to put the torsion springs back in there so this was the only solution.

I don't have to carry my grandma's bloom in the trunk anymore...

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kkid

SKL1

Oct 31 2015, 07:50 PM

Put away for a long winter in Iowa... looks lonely off in the corner...

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euro911

Nov 1 2015, 01:08 AM

Still tying up some loose ends here ...

Helped my new tenants move in ...

Installed a new starter motor & bushing in the Westy (this task took a bit longer than anticipated - feel free to ask why) ...

... and celebrated Halloween (handing out candy to the local kiddies) ...

SirAndy

Nov 2 2015, 07:25 PM

cary

Nov 2 2015, 11:40 PM

What song are you singing ?

What weight oil did you put in it ?

76-914

Nov 3 2015, 08:15 AM

QUOTE(SKL1 @ Oct 31 2015, 05:50 PM)

Put away for a long winter in Iowa... looks lonely off in the corner...

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Burglar Bars in IA! Say it ain't so.

Cuda911

Nov 5 2015, 12:50 AM

Had the starter in my '74 replaced today with a high torque starter. Hoping it will fix the hot-start problem I have been experiencing. The "original" starter turned out to be a Bosche rebuilt starter.

falcor75

Nov 5 2015, 01:20 AM

QUOTE(kkid @ Oct 31 2015, 05:04 AM)

Wait what....wasnt the upper shock mount supposed to go onto the hinge part?

SirAndy

Nov 5 2015, 12:32 PM

kkid

Nov 5 2015, 04:17 PM

QUOTE(falcor75 @ Nov 4 2015, 11:20 PM)

QUOTE(kkid @ Oct 31 2015, 05:04 AM)

Wait what....wasnt the upper shock mount supposed to go onto the hinge part?

Well, I was able to close the hood w/o cutting the corners.

kkid

Nov 5 2015, 04:39 PM

Changed the head light relay since the 40+yrs old one(date stamped 2 72) has been dead since last year. The new relay from the bird has an extra contact(#30) so needed a wire mod. Also added a fog light flasher module I guess it's from J-west. This is so cool! Now the fog lights can be used no matter where the head light switch position is. Furthermore, it can be flashed with the hands still on the steering wheel.

DavidSweden

Nov 7 2015, 12:21 PM

Started the modifications to the rear swing arms to mount 911 E brake.

Dion

Nov 8 2015, 08:50 PM

Met up with Bob "Saigon" and Dave "914Dave" for some excellent BBQ at Divine Swine located near Manheim,PA. A grey Saturday but a good run for the 914's. Great food and friends

Bob, the green machine is lookin' good!

oldschool

Nov 8 2015, 10:16 PM

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euro911

Nov 9 2015, 01:28 PM

Finally finished dismantling my wife's 1.7L. Got all the parts boxed up and ready to go to the machine shop

SirAndy

Nov 9 2015, 01:42 PM

Java2570

Nov 10 2015, 10:47 AM

Started fall project of replacing control arm bushings and installing turbo tie rods. I actually removed the control arms over the weekend, along with crossmember. I finally
got the driver's side inner tie rod removed from the steering rack. I'd like to beat the engineer who designed that tie rod with said tie rod! In the end, a big ass screwdriver was the king.....

.....only one more to go!

1stworks

Nov 10 2015, 11:05 AM

Installed new momo.

Super happy with it. IPB Image

ndfrigi

Nov 10 2015, 06:59 PM

did a google search on our place.

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bandjoey

Nov 11 2015, 12:00 AM

Fresh paint started and polish up some chrome

993inNC

Nov 11 2015, 09:31 PM

Added some simple and inexpensive LED lights to my gauges and what a difference it's made. So much brighter than the factory bulbs.............even the new ones I bought.

euro911

Nov 11 2015, 11:17 PM

Took yet another detour ...

Last night, I dug my Yamaha out from under the cover and was disgusted with how it looked ... so I started dismantling it.

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I don't know how the discoloration got into the fenders, but they wouldn't come clean no matter what I tried on them

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So today, sanded the rusty head-pipe and hit it with 2000° black BBQ paint, then sanded some of the plastic body parts and painted them with Rustoleum Sunburst Yellow (white was too boring)

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Painting the rear fender tomorrow, but the last item, the fuel tank, is going to take a lot of prep time before it gets painted.

Then the motor will come out, the frame will get stripped, reinforced and repainted (low-gloss black)

MoveQik

Nov 12 2015, 09:18 AM

Grabbed my better half and took a quick trip to Jerome, AZ and checked out all the ghosts :-)

tygaboy

Nov 12 2015, 02:08 PM

Rolled her outside to enjoy the beautiful day! OK, so I needed to do some shop clean up...

lonewolfe

Nov 12 2015, 02:21 PM

QUOTE(MoveQik @ Nov 12 2015, 07:18 AM)

Grabbed my better half and took a quick trip to Jerome, AZ and checked out all the ghosts :-)

That's a beautiful car! What size wheels & tires are you running in the rear?

ndfrigi

Nov 12 2015, 02:40 PM

QUOTE(lonewolfe @ Nov 12 2015, 12:21 PM)

QUOTE(MoveQik @ Nov 12 2015, 07:18 AM)

Grabbed my better half and took a quick trip to Jerome, AZ and checked out all the ghosts :-)

That's a beautiful car! What size wheels & tires are you running in the rear?

another picture Mike's car taken last March 2015 Route 66 event.

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naro914

Nov 12 2015, 03:47 PM

Cleaned up Huey for the SCCA Time Trial this weekend...

Last week took Papa Smurf up to Dawe's Motorsports for the engine rebuild.

r_towle

Nov 12 2015, 07:06 PM

QUOTE(naro914 @ Nov 12 2015, 04:47 PM)

Cleaned up Huey for the SCCA Time Trial this weekend...

Last week took Papa Smurf up to Dawe's Motorsports for the engine rebuild.

Enjoy racing again...it's why you do all the work.

Please tell us that Dawes is not the guy who started your saga..

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