More like - deal of a lifetime

Finished taking the 914 a part for future painting next year. Everything pulled and starting the initial sanding, chip repair, and build primer. Have some work to finish the sheetmetal around the front air/oil cooler; add hydraulic clutch, and a couple other small projects on the car.

Temperature around 50 degrees and raining; someone else will be applying the build primer, primer/sealer, and paint. Ten years and one theft later, the car is finally headed to the "podium" to be used next summer.

. . . . more for the 914 than to the 914.

I ordered a new SA 2015 (Bell K.1 Pro) helmet. Now I will be legal to pass tech and go play on the track.

Why do they say helmets are only good for 5 years from the date first worn?

http://www.smf.org/standards/sa/2015/SA2015releaseNotes.pdf

They get smelly.

$800???? For that, I'm surprised it wouldn't break in half when you hit with the pressure washer!!
Great deal!!! Even if it is a big bumper car!!

Let's put it another way, Jason ...

Alan and Bill each buy a new helmet.

Alan wears his helmet almost every day on his motorcycle commute to work.

Bill wears his helmet five times a year - to AX his car.

Over the course of five years, Alan wears his helmet more than 300 times, whereas Bill only wears his helmet about 25 times in the same period.

Besides the fact that Bill's helmet might smell nicer, it's been used minimally. Alan's helmet has been used 12x the amount of time, so why would both of their helmets be considered unsafe?

I 'snell' a rat

Materials have a lifespan to be guaranteed over a term to be 100% effective. Laminates and adhesives degrade over time.

I have read that the Styrofoam liners can break down from body (hair) oil, but I typically strap on a clean head-wrap before inserting my head into a helmet.


Something I don't quite grasp is this:

"Snell urges everyone to replace their Snell certified helmets routinely no later than five years after the helmet is first worn."

What about this scenario: If a helmet manufactured in 2010 isn't put into use (not worn) until 2015 is it still no longer safe to wear?


It's the "first worn" part of the statement doesn't make sense to me. I would be nice if they would elaborate.

Where did you get the info, Mark?

Every time I had a family member ask what I wanted for Christmas, I asked for a car part, tool or testing device. It seems today was a big day to close out one's Christmas shopping. All for the 914 so related, right? C.

I make the same requests for Christmas gifts every year and not once have I ever received a car related gift. Not even a screw driver. I no longer make any requests. It's never going to happen. I'm totally on my own when it comes to my hobbies.

Yeah, I usually have to buy what I want, then have my wife creatively wrap it so I look surprised when I get to open it on Christmas morn

Awesome. I thought I had a deal. I'll buy it from ya triple your money. 2400

Installed Roth Sport quick release with hub.

I need to find collar to cover up 1" gap.

nuttin ...

Bought a metal case at HF for my MPS adjusting tools.

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While I'm letting the SPI epoxy cure for 24 hours on my rustoration. So I set about rebuilding the door straps on my white car.

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Started with the right side. At the end of the day it still clicked a bit. Built new pin from a long 1/4" bolt, still clicks a tiny bit. Plan to cut a custom sized bolt with the die set so I can use a nylock nut to keep it tight. A couple threads say this does the trick.

Both sides are getting new scrapers.
http://shop.914rubber.com/914-outer-window...f-2-914ODS2.htm

Both sides are getting new end caps.
http://shop.914rubber.com/914-Late-door-en...ght-914LDEC.htm

Drivers side is getting a new inner fuzzy.
http://shop.914rubber.com/914-Inner-door-f...of-2-914IDF.htm

Well i didn't do this but i had the want and the $$$$
914 almost done with 1st phase of going 6
Work done by PMS

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Got the front turn signal housings ready to go in tomorrow, and finally took the tape off of the wring from when we painted the trunks. Time to get the car going.

I looked at all the parts I have to install!

Installed my 944-esque emergency brake handle in the -6 and washed the toys. It was 70 today in Atlanta!

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I know. I marvel every day at how much harder these things are to put together than they are to take apart. I drove Bill Dunster's '71 six today. Awesome car. Great motivation to get off my butt and get the silver car back on the road.

Figured out the wring and installed the side markers and front turn signals housings, etc.

Put air in the tires and drove over the 74 to meet my parents at the Texas Roadhouse Steakhouse in Murrrieta. Nice drive!! Car ran great.
Yesterday drove my car in the Laguna Niguel Christmas Parade.
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installed the new front trunk gasket... and adjust the latch and if you can believe this went for a drive today in Massachusetts on December 13th

Changed the oil. Any excuse to use the new lift.

What lift did you get, Kent?

I made a video with my New Build 914


http://youtu.be/YOK90DRsmE0

Greatings from switzerland

Max Jax and I'm loving it. Found them for $400 less than the best advertised price I'd seen at Costco. Go figure. You taking your's to AZ?

Beautiful car and great video!

super looking teener

Cool video

At this point in time, 4-post to AZ ... mid-rise staying in CA.

Nice car.
Now all you need is your dash top.

Let the insurance company know that i put it in storage til Spring.

Are these a swappable part on the 914 or did you recondition a standard part? Looks nice, mine basically disappeared in a cloud of rust powder when I whacked it with a mallet a few times.

I got a call from PMS and was told my 914 is done......

Awesome!! Love there work. Please start a new thread on everything they did.

Tell me more about your dash. It appears that it is glassed and possibly the gage panel fold into the dash top?? Or maybe I need new glasses.

Four of these mysteriously showed up, and I couldn't blame Santa….

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PMS sent me a pic of my new back dated, suspension upgraded 914. I will pick it up next Monday. Hopefully by summer it will have a 6 sitting in it.

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Drove it to cars and coffee Hilton head, saw a nice '69 911E signal orange. Owner has a handful of 911, and a sunflower yellow 914, 74 appearance group car, ver nice but he is convinced it is a rare "s" model
Wanted to argue about the validity of that claim, so I asked if his coa confirmed this, and that was the end of that, btw he has boxes of parts, and I asked if he had any good h.e's. He didn't know what that was , so. Offered to sort thru his stash.

Wow.

Beautiful car. I love white.

Ready to tear mine apart for the front end changes after the first.

Dropped the engine. Time to do some maintenance -- replace clutch, replace fuel lines, replace battery tray, clean/blast/repaint engine tin, replace leaky oil cooler, replace vacuum lines, and whatever else I might find "while I'm in there".

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Nice video!

Ran the Ortega, saw a nice black 356 convertible on the side of the road. Pulled over to ask if needed help. It's not every day that you see a 914 pulling over to offer assistance. Said he was waiting on the wrecker. Back home and on the lift again to continue measurements on the new exhaust system.

Working on making a horn button...had a buddy turn a domed wood disc, which is in a 914rubber.com button...and laser engraved the logo.

The rest of the wheel still needs some refurbishing before it's all done...but that's what winter is for!

Very cool one of a kind horn button. I love the grain of the wood!

Worked on deck height and shim selection.

Tedious, got one side done.

Opened up 2 043 mps units, one just needed new seal, but the copper diaphragm was fine,
But second one was not holding vac, had never been opened, so the rivets were removed and the diaphragm was torn, so it got a new seals, paper gasket and diaphragm. Now holds vac! Tests out o.k. electronically so it will get road tested to.orrow. the epoxy seal was not touched, and I left it alone, so that the depth of the inner screw would be the same.
Thanks to Chris Foley for producing these!.
One thing, the one with a good diaphragm had been tampered with by a p.o. the inner screw was turned quite a ways out or counter clockwise, and I measured the depth it had been set was about 3 turns further out than the one that was untouched. So no wonder it would not work for us.for anyone who has messed with one of these you know that even a quarter turn will make a huge difference., so this was way off I hope now it's close enough that I can make a minor adjustment and get it set back to where it should be. My