Well, keeping out of trouble and staying busy moving more stuff out of the shop to AZ ... making the third trip on Tuesday

The 16 y/o kid from Manhattan Beach picked up his new toy the other day. This is going to be a nice father/son project. Good kid, with a 3.4 grade average, and really knows his SWB 911s and 912s too.

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... so with the '67 912 gone, the shop is starting to look a little emptier. The building owner asked if I would be interested in selling him the D7 lift. He offered me $2k for it, so it's his now ... I can have a brand new D8000 lift delivered to AZ for less than $2k when I get all settled in

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At home, we tore down the 20 year-old Arrow metal shed that was sitting on the slab behind my garage a couple of weeks ago and bought one of these tanks to replace it. They dropped it off on Friday and we got it into it's final position just minutes before it started raining

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We moved some of the car parts (that need to stay here in California) into it this w/e ... still have a bunch more to move, ... but looking good so far.

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I even tried to make it look a little more 'neighbor friendly' on Sunday

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I'll feel happier when I get everything moved so I can get back to a normal life (if that's even possible) and start working to get some of these cars in running condition again ...

Cool. Removing the stickers and painting it to match the house might help disguise it too and go a long way towards neighborhood harmony.

Actually, the neighbors are OK with it ... it looks nicer than the old rusty shed. Most of them were aware it was coming too.

Some of them thought we'd never get it squeezed into the spot though. Two of my neighbors and my wife and I got this behemoth positioned after the driver rolled it off into the alley ... we utilized the pipe roller method to move it into place



It's freshly painted, but we weren't expecting the sticker on the door. Maybe I'll get some magnetic PORSCHE &/or HARLEY stickers to cover it up

I did a little work on my headlights today……

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I see some rust on your valance

Pulled the gas tank last weekend and put her up on jackstands.

Finally after sitting on my workbench for a while now, install:

1. Turbo Tie Rods

2. Finalize the fresh air controls and rehab.

3. Stock sway bar install.

Hopefully done in a week or so.


Thanks Jason at Parragon for the expedite..... nice guy and 914 guy all the way.

This should take care of the suspension for a while.

Then.....2056.

It was slow today so I knocked off early and went for drive on my little back road twisty. As I came around a sharp left turn a Mountain Lion ran across the road about 200' in front of me. I stopped immediately to take a pic but could not spot him. I know that I was within 50' of him but simply could not pick him out in his natural surroundings. But I felt him looking at me so I moved on. Screw the pic. I had my top off.

He was looking for Koala

LOL, inside joke. A SoCal Lion is accused of midnight snacks at the Zoo for those not local to the area.

new distributor cap, rotor, Beru plug wires, plugs . . . then drove it. Can't beat an Irish Green car on St. Patrick's Day

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Those are probably my favorite aftermarket wheel for a 4 lug setup- just looks cool!
Oh yeah, and Irish Green on St. Pattys - Nice!

I bought a spare roof for the 914 a month ago with the intentions to paint it and match the car. All the while keeping the stock black textured roof as a back up for originality.

subjected it to hauling duty! new to me plastic storage shed.

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I updated my bulbs in all light fixtures on the front end went to Cars and Coffee this morning....

Thanks! The AM Racing wheels will soon be replaced with a set of Pedrinis . . . these are a VW offset and really limit my choices when it comes to replacement tires.

I did my monthly full temp drive out in the country!!

You have yellow bulbs in those headlights? Are those Hella H4's?

Sent many parts out for restoration, blasting, powder coating and ceramic coating. Plating next week

A PCA region friend found this picture from an old PCA tour back in 2002 or so... my son had scared the crap out of his girlfriend driving my red '71 (real) 914-6 while I tried to keep up with my '71 silver car in the background...
I know, I know, should have kept that car!!!

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Well, not my car but... Installed flares and test fit a custom by Harvey W. "deep 9".
It comes right to the edge of the flare and looks sooooooo nice!

Not out since December. Too much work and no play. Decided to visit Winstar (they say) the worlds largest casino to win my fortune. Netted out 0.01 cents but had a blasting half day of driving!

Where's Waldo?

Abuse! Abuse!

That's a classy way to use your 914. Ha ha! That actually looks like my car except for the wheels. I have an Irish Green '72.

Watched my odometer turn over 200,000 miles.

Tygaboy- That wheel is rolling art. Harvey is the best.

Had a designer do race version on my car.

Looks like a pikes peak car...

I finally got my motor back in after having a rod bearing go bad, ended up adding a web 46 cam, high flow oil pump and oil pressure ball valve. Have to break it in, but driving slow in a 914 is still better then driving a modern car!

Congratulations!

drove it today with my daughter. i dropped her off to her grandparents house on the other side of town.

i tend to drive with a little more spirit when i drive the 914 so
i also learned how to drive patiently when i ride with my daughter.

Installed my powder coated fog lights with updated H-7 bulbs retrofit to the original housings - 3+x light output / I will align tonight when it gets dark around 9pm....

Two things: 1) Installed a new lifter (Hi Volume Lo Pressure) pump for the Hi-Pressure system; and 2) Shipped the LS3 to...Cali! Both good things to cross off the list.

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I installed new fuel pump, got the car off the jack stands after 17 months of upfixin', and went for a drive!
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See, it really is on the ground again

After a day at the track (Thunderhill in the Cayman) ... got home and my super deal wiper switch was waiting for me .
Took off the steering wheel, pulled the turn signal and wiper switches , swapped the "runners" . figured out horn connections, re assembled and EVERYTHING on the stalk now works ,
Horn, blinkers, and wipers ... totally stoked !

Figured I had better some comment since I have been working on the car since getting painted. The "March Madness of College Basketball" helps me to work on the car. I have been going through the time consuming process of putting everything back together for the up and coming 2016 WCR in Medford. It does take time and the basketball keeps me in the garage working while watching basketball. Not bad for enjoying two items together.

The car is mostly put together with remaining items to complete such as checking electrical systems, connections, working, etc. I need to finish up some items such as the side valences but probably will not get to them until after WCR.

Now to see if everything works!!!

Steve

Last night I machined down one of the center caps I got from Vegas Racer (thanks John!!!) which had disappeared after a long drive last October. Needed to take off some .20 off the diameter to get it to fit.

Oh yeah, put some green loctite on the set screws this time...


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Thanks to Rob for the tip on setting the badge orientation

Congrats!

What other high mileage 914s are out there? I figure there should be some 300k and maybe 400k stories out there...

Started it!

After not running since Christmas Day, I thought it might be time to give it a shot. Been reluctant since tearing my Achilles (a different thread) but figgered, what the heck.

It's been on a Battery Tender all winter. Klock kept perfekt time. Got in, turned the key, and she kicked right over.

As I type, she's out in the driveway, purring like the proverbial kitty...

Ahhh, the little things in life. Driving can't be too far off.

Oh, and I do believe that throwing a couplafew mothballs under your car during storage is a good thing. Vermins hate that.

Great suggestion on the moth balls. I never thought of that!

My wife doesn't like the thought of mothballs laying around because our dogs might eat them, so we use urinal cakes (the ones with the plastic 'splashguards')

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Even better!

Oh, don't use those things. Elyut says they taste terrible.

Pikers....

Betty's car is at 370,000 plus miles and is still a daily driver. We take it to get groceries.

Installed helper springs on my Rebel Racing Coil Overs. I got tired of them hanging up every time i put my car up on the lift.
Problem solved!!
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a bit of this!
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Oh...flywhreel porn.


Nice.

Yesterday, this arrived.....

And inside was this!

and here is the teaser....

I drove it from the truck to the garage.. Hopefully I can play with it some more tomorrow.

Damn! I was hoping it would be a fast car...

PS: Congrats.

T

Finishing the final shop closing bits and pieces ... one trailer load of parts to go

Will be moving the 'BB' home tomorrow or Thursday, and trying to carve out some time to get the hydraulic clutch thing happening.

Dropping off my wife's '71 at the body shop on Friday ... minor body reshaping and then new paint. I removed bumpers, all the lights, the mirror, the trunk lock and 914 emblem this evening. Still need to remove the windshield trim, wiper assembly, squirters, door handles and the sail trim ... and horns and all them little round rubber thingies in the bottom of the bulkhead behind the front bumper.

I disassembled the motor earlier in the year and have the parts staged to go to EMW for evaluation ... maybe next week