See Post# 7151, Mike

And people wonder "why are these cars always rusty?"
Kidding - almost nothing more fun than flat tracking in low traction conditions. I bet you were laughing out loud most of the time!

Nutt'in honey! I'm at the race!!!

24 hours of Daytona!

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Corvette-powered prototypes and Corvettes are doing really well. The #911 and #912 Porsche 911s were doing really well yesterday but #911 had halfshaft issues over night. #912 is still the current class leader.

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#912 Porsche ultimately got beat by 2 Corvettes in the last 20 minutes.

I fired mine up and discovered a fuel leak at the carb lines. My new top priority. Leak=fire=bad.

Baby got a new set of shoes. . . Magnesium is a bitch to paint if you want it to stick and to last. .
$200 for proper primer, and another $125 for paint. . that's just the materials. . Blasting the old factory paint and primer took 1 hour per rim. . I don't know what Porsche used but it's really hard stuff. .

Powder was not an option. . after lots of research, magnesium has large pores and makes bubbles in the paint when powder is baked. . plus if you every want to remove it you're up the creek.

I finished the 5 lug conversion.

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Thanks. So, about $3,800 for a bare bones version. That's a great price. It comes all assembled, and you just shoved it over a graveled area?

Anyone know any sources in San Diego area for something similar? Every option I have looked at is significantly more.

Installed refreshed hand brake parts, and original carpet.

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Finished the filler work on the drivers side. Slicksand tomorrow. Takes me forever because I'm an ameteur. Not looking forward to the trunks, cowl and engine bay.
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Finished preserving my original floor pans (de-tar, de-seam sealer, wire wheel everything, ospho, 2 coats rust bullet). I may brush on some new seam sealer this week.

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Those wheels really look nice, especially with the black car. Even though my car is yellow, black is my favorite color on a 914. Mike

Those wheels look perfect on your ride. Well done sir.

How do you like working with Rust Bullet? Are you going to top coat over it? When I restored my LoCort I used RB with good results but the purists frowned on it.....I just said it's my car and I'll do what I want with it and that was the end of that.

I went on a drive with the Death by VW club on the south side of Mt. Baker then had a late breakfast there. Always a nice drive in that area....lots of twistys. Oh, I was the only air-cooled there.

Finished up loading the first trailer load of stuff (including some 914 parts) going to AZ (on Monday) ...

So far, so good. I haven't had great luck with POR-15 (and neither have many others), so I figured I'd try RB. The pros recommend epoxy primer, but I'm not really set up to spray. My floor pans were in really good shape to begin with. Arizona/California car and I don't intend on ever taking this out in winter or rain here.

Brushing RB on was super easy. I applied 2 coats. No topcoat. I'll be putting dynamat-type stuff over most of the floor pans to replace the tar.

As I understand it, the Ospho is what does all the work with stopping rust. The RB just seals the metal and prevents moisture from getting in. Let's see how it holds up.

Thanks for that! Have fun with your progress.

Finally built up the courage to pull the rockers of a newly purchased 75 2.0.

Not too bad

Enlarged the air inlet opening in anticipation of summer temps coupled with the addition of AC. Also, added an aluminum pan to improve airflow. Previously, it just stepped up appx 2". Now it slopes.

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First drive of the year on a sunny 70 degree mid-cal winter morning. Top off of course.

Put the bushings in the front drop links for the stabilizer bar.

These were at the front door (I unpacked them for the photo op) when I got home today. Bilsteins with collars and springs. Fully adjustable.

BTW, I can't say enough good things about Clint at Rebel Racing!

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What size did you get? I have there 175 lb springs on the rear of my car.
Seems to work nice with my 21mm torsion bars up front.
I need to go to an autocross to know for sure
I adjusted them for a 1/2" rake front to rear

The car sits a lot lower now…..

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Took five steel wheels to be blasted and powder coated.

Doing a little "cleaning" for Concours in the Hills on Saturday in Fountain Hills. Will be over 500 cars around the fountain.
Local PCA chapter will have a big selection of P cars, a '73 bahia red 914 among them...

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Concours in the Hills today at Fountain Hills, AZ. One other 914, yellow '73 1.7. Lots of good eye candy including a nice replica 550 next to me. I assume it was a Beck but the guy who drove it in had no idea what it was!

Out with the four ....

Drove 50 miles round trip to the movies. Saw the movie, Deadpool.

You can see from picture I am in the back forty. My baby doesn't like parking lot rash!

Where's Waldo, 914 style.

Changed the oil, installed Mikey's new side-shift end cover and strap, and replaced a broken accelerator cable
If all goes well I will do a few more fixes tomorrow and be off the jack stands for Tuesday

And jawja, I'm sure when you came back out, some POS was parked RIGHT next to you and no one else was anywhere close... never fails!

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We stopped there for a photo-op during the RT-66 Run in 2008 (up to Winslow).

Ain't that the Damned truth. Back in the '70s Ford was running a commercial that showed people "accidentally" trying to unlock a Mercedes that they had parked next to. The idea being that this Ford looked so much like a Mercedes one could not tell the difference. Right. And just as my luck would have it, I had purchased a MD 300D. I could not park that damned thing far enough away in the mall parking lot. Once I came out and there were Zypher's (Mercury's lable) on both sides of my 300D. Evidently, some people believed those adds.

Refurbished the pedal cluster with bronze bushings. What a difference. There was not much left of the old plastic bushings...

Drove it

Also lifted the front end up on the torsion bars, now it doesn't scrap when leaving the drive way and have less bump steer. Still looks good. I think I had it too low.

finally nice enough with no rain in the forecast to drive it today- has been under a car cover for the past month, no battery tender, started right up this morning, made the 25 mile drive to work, ran like a top- I do like my heated seats, glad i ordered those from 914rubber when i re-did the seats recently- trying to enjoy this spring weather before having to put the car up on jackstands for the long repair, which will not happen until after we move(have not closed on our house yet-another delay, now pushed back to next week!) - cheers1 finally nice enough with no rain in the forecast to drive it today- has been under a car cover for the past month, no battery tender, started right up this morning, made the 25 mile drive to work, ran like a top- I do like my heated seats, glad i ordered those from 914rubber when i re-did the seats recently- trying to enjoy this spring weather before having to put the car up on jackstands for the long repair, which will not happen until after we move(have not closed on our house yet-another delay, now pushed back to next week!) -

Put it back under the car cover since it's supposed to rain this week ...

Took mine out of the garage and drove it since it isn't supposed to snow this week.

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Love that color! (Of the car, not the snow)


Also, i see some front wheel spacers in your future ...