Just read this 5 year thread from beginning to end. Michael you my friend have the most patience I have ever seen. But I guess perfection is worth the wait.......

Hope our 914-6s can meet someday...

We never hear from Scotty anymore. I hope all is well w/him. Has he had some issues w/his back and had to take time off or did you guy's run into other problems? I'm sure this six is going to be spectacular when it is finished. Anticipation

I saw him not too long ago and he said he's just been really busy working on cars.

Back, lack of a good full time helper at the shop, other stuff...
Not on here much because he's got tons of other stuff and work taking up his time.

If anyone knows a good person in the paint/bodywork trade, send them Scotty's way. If he had 2 people with his detail eye it would be able to work on as many projects as there are people who want him working on their projects.

I may have these guys ( Fuchs Restoration ) do my wheels for my 86 targa when it comes back from engine work. The RSR look is sweet!


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Thanks guys. Yeah, Scotty has been busy. That's just what happens. Hopefully we are now back on track and will hit the 2017 completion target.

Man, I really like the RSR finish, but I want the car to look stock, especially since it is remaining narrow bodied. What do you guys think about the RSR finish on an otherwise essentially stock bodied Six? My wife actually just voted for the RSR finish......

OK -noodled it through, the wheels will remain the stock factory finish.

Yes, there have been a couple years of health and employee issues, but as of right now the backlog of work is almost done ( except for one small job ) I am looking to have 2 big resto jobs that came in around the same time as Michaels car gone by the end of April and will be back on Michaels car pretty heavy.

As we started with, stripped and polished to go to the platers, and the pile after it came back, then 5 hours later of sorting

Harvey sent one of the wheels out so I could test fit the spindles for a 19mm drop. Without actually having it on the car and full weight on the suspension I am concerned enough about clearance I am dropping two sets. One at 17 and one at 19. This way when everything is together and on the ground, if the 19's don't clear well, I can just swap out for the 17mm struts.

Not sure if I posted this before or not, but we now have button

Thanks for the update and thanks for posting Scotty. Hope all is well... you and your posts are missed around here.

Looks great!
Scotty - how much work do you do on the parts before they go to the platers?

Good to see all is well Scotty. I hope it stays that way for you !!!!

What is going on with the wheels?
The Stock finish...got that.
What sizes are you using?



Rich

a LOT. I stripped everything in an acid bath, then run through two different tumbling processes. The first is a wet messy solution to clean any pitting out, and further neutralize the acid bath and begin the smoothing/polishing. That mess then has to be rinsed clean and dried, then it goes into dry media for the polishing.

It's only worth the hassle for irreplaceable pieces like latches etc. I won't be doing this on nuts and bolts in the future unless it is a very picky job that requires original head stampings.

Having done this all the way through, and seen the price from the platers, it is WAY cheaper to just buy all new nuts and bolts. Latches, backing plates etc will still have to be done

I'll take, and put up, a few pics later this week of some of Michaels individual pieces to see how awesome everything turned out.

Michael had a set of deep sixes he sent to Harvey to get them widened on the backside so we can get some rubber under there

Very cool/trick wheels. Is that R offset or even more than that?
Custom wheel offsets are very neat to have a stock look with more tire!

Thanks a lot Scotty for taking the time to post these update photos. I appreciate it.

Also, those are factory deep six wheels. The front of the rim remains stock. The 1" widening was done on the rear of the wheel to keep the stock look on the front. They will now all be anodized like stock to keep the illusion of a mostly stock appearance.

I had to have the hockey puck horn for my steering wheel. It just looks so cool. Again, I deviated from stock, but just a smidge.

....in a very good/tasteful way

Dear God....

I think there's several car's worth in there...including a '72 911T

Looks like my shop I just sandblasted everything from my car nuts bolts,hardware,latches etc and gave them to the platers. They charge about a buck a pound.. or a case of beer if you know them well

I guess I better get to it.

Indeed. I never thought I wold say this, but I really could have used a meth head that night

That was nuts, bolts, latches for 3 cars. Still have another batch or two for backing plates, fuel rails, and some of the parts that didn't come out well the first go-round due to rust pitting. Good thing I hoarded " lovingly preserved " all that shit over the years from all the cars I parted

These last few posts having me starting to wish I was more organized when I disassembled my project... I've got crap everywhere in my garage and above it.

I'm in the same boat as you.

You been hanging with the Doc too much Scooter...



I'm pretty good at labeling and bagging parts, wish I had spent more time labeling wires/connectors.

That's a couple parts you got there.......

memory weekend Bump

Thanks for the bump....I miss my car. I am hoping to see major progress pics soon as Scotty promised me all metal and body work finished, blocked and primed by June. I can't wait to see the pics!

Any updates?

Hi Bill - I have not spoken with Scott for a couple months. He assured me that come June my car would be all metal work completed and blocked and primed, ready for paint. I am out of the country until Monday, but plan on speaking with Scott shortly thereafter. I am seriously hoping for some terrific new. Thanks for checking in with me and my car.

Bump to see if there's an update. Just curious!

Nothing new for now.

You have the patience of a Saint,can't believe your car is still not in paint

Hmmmm.... Saint Cairo.... has a nice ring to it. I could use my real name, Michael, but I think we may have a Saint Michael already But, thanks for checking on my build.

OK - So this will mark the end of this thread. I picked my Six up along with almost all of my parts on Saturday, July 22, 2017, from Scotty's shop. I have to do a full inventory and provide Scotty the list of missing items, (should not be a lot) and he will locate and ship those.

So, please keep your eyes open for the new thread, CAIRO's SIX, Part Two, The Road to Completion. PS - Here is the new thread: http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=313869

Thanks for tuning in and have a great day.