Thanks to you Ian! I am looking forward to driving her to SoCal latter this year. We will see.

ok, work got in the way of my build. 2 weeks in Mass and no 914 world to keep me busy at night.
So, off the car went today.
Much thanks to Robert and Rich. Robert for doing the heavy lifting and Rich for the lifting and the truck.
No, your eyes aren't playing tricks. that is a 6x12 trailer.. close fit!

I cant wait to see some color..

Subscribed!

Great work. Looking forward to watching this build.

ok, so:
Dropped off suspension pieces to get media blasted and powder coated. Should be done next Friday
Dropped off rim centers to get painted. Will be complete with Car. Should be next Thrusday
Car should be in Primer tomorrow afternoon. I will get pictures and post them
Ordered a small fortune of stuff from the Bird for suspension bit. Ball joints, rear wheel bearing, trailing arm bearings
Ordered turbo tie rods and boots

Worked on my cousins Vespa P200 while waiting for my car. Pretty much have it sorted out. I will finish up hammering on the body tomorrow evening. Get it filled and in primer.

Next, book my trip to LA.

got busy with work, so here are a few updates:

after an over night bake...

and running it to the other side of the shop.

and off to final prep.
It was funny to watch 4 guys bust out a piece each..

so, it may go to paint this afternoon or Tuesday morning. It all depends on how much is left to do on the body. From the looks of it, I missed 3 or 4 low spots and the cowl has to be finished.
More pictures when we have color.

missed one.

Cool buddy

Is that Mexico ??

Umm mexeverett is the place together stuff done cheap.

so, the fed ex guy and the mail lady were both at my door.
Look what they brought me! almost everything I need to put the suspension together... to bad I was a moron and forgot to order 2 ball joints....oh well, that will be here next week.

Feel free to swing that all by my place

as long as there are a lot of zip spiffy new suspension pieces in my car when I leave.....

Car is looking great. Just had a quick flick through your pictures.
I don't seem to see any provision for water cooling. What is your plan for this?

Intakes are in the hood and under the car. The radiator will be in front of the motor in the car. There is about 9 or 10 inches there with the shelves cut out.
The side intakes will feed the intake.
Don't worry, more pictures to come!

Purty

I hope so, it is very bright!

back into the garage for assembly...

last for now.

How many coats? I've seen mixed results from Mayco.

Looks like yours was great!

single stage. A lot of guess work was taken out by me doing a majority of the body work. I do have to touch up some pieces as the painter was too short to reach!

Looks good

Thats just the primer right? you're not going to leave it blue.

Silver is the new car color for repaints. Ask Mr 242

Yes it is!

Nice build, despite it being so BLUE.

I could crack jokes there about short painter....


Also I like single stage... how many coats did they do though?

it looks like one coat.

got a lot of stuff bolted on and a very large pile of parts to sift through and get put on. But, the pile is getting smaller one piece at a time...

Its probably 2 or 3. One coat wont give full coverage. 2 might, 3 will.

Nuh HUH! Cream! I hope so anyway, I just picked up two gallons from the local tractor supply...

The blue does look awesome Chris, congrats!

Are you looking at an air/water intercooler? Or air/air intercooler? I was going to use the power stering pump hole to run a water pump for a A/W intercooler. I should be able to find ya something. Call me sunday if you can stop by and ill dig thru the intercooler box.

Call me this weekend

jcl

Hey, I've got a factory top mount intercooler from a wrx taking up space in my garage, if that happens to be what you want to use, its all yours.

(the other) Chris (in Everett)

Nice! I will take it! Pm me your number

most of the suspension in, finger tight
5pt cross bar in
front brakes mocked up

lookin GREAT!

Yeah, nice paint

Looks Great! Must feel good to start putting it back together. Where did you get those side mirrors?

Looking fantastic! Cant wait to see more of your car completed.

Keep up the great work!!

Ok, between work and travel, not much progress.
front suspension:
in, but need to finish tightening all nuts, bolts and so on....

GT Kit in
need to pull it all back apart and do some minor finishing work.

steering almost complete. once done, then some finish work will need to happen

ok, the biggest step is getting the motor back together
fly wheel, pressure plate and clutch installed and torqued.
Transmission mounted
Engine and transmission installed in cradle
Cradle installed
rear suspension hung and pending 5 lug and stub axles

No sway bar?

For the rear?



No.
Front is 911 under body sway.

Looking good my friend

Thanks Ferg!
With the fires up in Estes park, my wife was talking about your white 914. I am still trying to live up to the HP you showed...
my 2.5L 16V turbo motor

while I get some semi gloss for the tail section..