Let the tall tales begin...

...as with any Tall Tale, time is of no concern.....

From the Python-esc inspired "The Adventures of Baron Von Munchausen"

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My 76' 914 with "Pristine No Rust Metallurgy"



...at least Scotty won't have to see this one anytime soon. Of course, there's always the flare install at a later date. And, the 70' I have WILL require his lifesaving techniques at a later date

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Mr. Miagi has already given up his former soul - "Danielson"

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...the saga continues

It's about time! What is the plan?

Plan?

There's no PLAN

...it's all about the journey

Gotta pick up that rebuilt Ginzu plasma cutter I bought off HSN!

Received a long sought after wish list item from CFR and Chris's Team

I sourced the 911 E-Stop system a while back (brakes) and sent to Chris.

One of our brethren here sold me an old set of trailing arms for the rebuild.

5-Stud kit was sourced from Eric Shea at PMB a while back, with a nice set of his rear calipers from a Friday buy being readied as the main stopping power. She'll get brand new Bilsteins in the rear with 90 or 100lb springs initially (NOS), with new rubbber from Mark at 914Rubber and re-popped metal from Eric.

Bruce Stone, aka "Big Dawg" is working on some sway bolt swag for me as well:-)

I'm torn between putting this setup on "Blackie" the 70' 914 in this build, or the jacked and stacked 76' in the Dungeon - aka, the garage

I'm in a 4 week employment "lull", so I have time for more ruminations

I asked CFR to "sign" these beauties for me

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P.S. - ALL parts sourced HERE from our vendors or members - Buy local, especially 914World whenever possible

...picking up a motor and assorted parts this Saturday in TN:

1- Subaru 2005, 2.5 Liter NA w/o turbo - approx. 100K
2- 5-speed tranny with flywheel and clutch, still attached to engine
3- FI harness and ecu (brain)
4- Complete vehicle harness
5- A/C compressor and dash control pod with dash condenser
6- What's left of gauge pod for speedo, temp, etc
7- Cruise control pod or stalk with associated valving and subassemblies complete out to motor
8- Fuel tank accessory plate with sender, pump, etc (including sub-harness)
9- Complete stub axles and CVs out to wheel
10- Rear differential (not needed - FS later)

Maybe I'll get lucky and score something else I can clean up and sell here to our membership.

I also purchased a Subie motor and tranny mount from Ian over at Coldwater914. Real honest guy I have been corresponding with for a while. Ian's torch skills are outstanding, and I was tempted to leave the steel bare.

What I did was had the cradle lightly sand blasted to eliminate much of the heat discoloration at the joints, although the joints were impeccably finished prior to shipping. After blasting, the steel takes on a nice milky flat tinge that can be left as is, but I wanted to powder coat it to further preserve the work while not blinging it out too much.

I had them apply a clear powder coat with product from nic industries. I think it will stand out on its on against any colors I later apply to the motor or tranny pieces.

Ian is supplying his custom components specific to this conversion, with the coupler, Sway-Away half-shafts, fwd block off plate, and accessories.

More build details will be added as I sort through the project details

Coldwater914 Cradle - 4 or 6 cylinder capable

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does the engine have an immobiliser?

Awesome, Dave! Looks like you have a plan

I think it was standard on the Forester (?), optional on the 2005 Impreza.

Always upgradeable.

I'll have a chance to verify tomorrow as I'm taking a factory electrical diagram with me as well as a CD. Also taking my Torque OBD Checker and cables with me, just in case I get to download the error codes:-)

If it has a immobilizer,get the unit and key that goes with it!!!

Got the box and the key:-)

Frikkin Cheby-Burbans

I could have loaded 4 of these little boxers in the back of her

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...and the best for last...



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Time to make some space by clearing out some stock

Well done!

Now you just have to install it!

Nope, I can still see the garage floor.

Need more grease:-)

If you need help with the wiring PM me. I just went through the process with my
conversion installing a 2007 WRX in my car.
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way to go Dave!!!!!
great to see some work going on that, hate to see a rust free car sitting there for so long when it has so much potential!
aren't you goint to paint it first?

Dave has lots of plans for his car....let's see if he actually works on it or just accumulates parts (so says the resident 914/TR6 hoarder... )!

Hey wingnut:Wow, thats a nice car.I made an offer, on this one.Glad to see it went to a club member.It was a real clean shell, from what I rember.Wish, I would have gotten that one.If I had seen it in person,things might be different.Well good luck with the project.Jaymann from PA

I hate to disappoint, but I just figured out that drill in the last image can power my whole car.

Still looking for batteries that will fit in the tow behind trailer

Sold some hardware the last weekend.

1- Set of 1.7 Tins and Fan Shrouds - Tins were Black Powder Coat, Fan shrouds were Triple Coated Silver and Baked at 500° till HARD in the middle
2- 1974, 2.0 GC Short Block
3- New Mellum Pump
4- $600 in gaskets, sensors, valve covers, shims, chim-chim-churee (it rhymed), and tons of other NOS and original restored stuff
5- 1970 Running 1.7 block, er, till I stored it

Sorry Phil, BillH1963 bought my original Weber Italian IDF-40s for a song (dance comes later)

Next frame if you please

Early Christmas from PMB arrived 2 days ago

I hate scratching this shit up when I mount them, but it cuts down on the road tar and dirt a good bit if they look like this to start:D

Now If I can just find all the shit that I bought from Cary (A&P Girl) the last 3 years or so I'll be happy. Probably hid it away with the NOS 96mm pistons I couldn't sell with the 96mm Jugs this weekend, or maybe the Weber rebuild kit for the IDF carbs

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For those with blurred vision, I give thee MANA from Eric

NOTE: I'm not really giving these away, it's a play on words

Yes - there are bits and pieces from a 911 rear E-Stop that are shown in here. I forgot to ask Eric for the actual E-Brake pads, so now I have to wait to assemble it all up to Tangerine's rebuilt trailing arms above...

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More to come...

Sweet!

Eric, Got any stickers?

...the parts had little "Tootsie Roll" stickers all over them. And the brown sticky grease is everywhere;-)

That does look like a fun project. 160-70 horsepower in a 914 will kick ass. Modern FI... sounds like a nice combo to me.

What you guys think, kind'a purty?

Powdered set of 911 E-Brakes for my 914 trailing arms built by Tangerine

These are actually called "Candy Apple Red", a powder coat series from NTS(?)

I then fitted them with the proper bling or re-bling from Eric's shop of elves at PMB.

I got the hats late, so had Tangerine go ahead and mount the other 911 E-Brake hats I sent them to my rear trailing arms they were building - seeing these in full bliss, makes me wish I had waited. I may have to sell these hats

Bling stays with me

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Still working on nest steps

Sweet! You got the engine and trans together from the same car?

I did.

But, the 2005 5-speed is being swapped out with a 2007 unit prepped by Ian.

As soon as it arrives, I'll offer the 2005 up here 1st.

fast forward 6 months

...and then Scott went BAMMM!

And Mr. Miagi has some new Ninja Skirts up front

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Scott needs a bigger shop for all his bidness

Indeed. Or, he needs more people to pay for their work so he can move stuff out!

Think you are right, I was gonna give him a flared tub, er rustbucket and he said he already had enough crap laying around...

...nice.

I'm thinking we just take her down to bare metal and clear coat her like Anklebiter's build

Fuch it, drop the wheels and add skis, we'll sell it to the next bond flick

..NO Billh1963, Miagi'San is NOT for sale!!!

Looking good!

I want my flares back

looking great!! , is that the one you going to cut up into pieces last year?

and this is going to be the suby car, Dave?

Nope. You haven't seen this one. I purchased it a while back from "FastHonda" on our board

"Miagi'-san" is 89.9% rust-less

...added some additional hardware. Fiberglass dash with modifications to support the Subaru dash cluster. Hand made by one of our members here on the World. Craftmanship is on the par with DaVinci or DeLorean with his GTO

He used a textured paint similar to undercoating or on a truck bed. I like it me-self, maybe in Chevy crinkle red or the new faux CF dip coatings they can do, in a royal blue stripe maybe

Thanks Mike

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Wingman, I think you need to paint that dash "Candy Apple Red", with the rest of the car.
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You nut, it's "Gamecock" garnet... well, close as we can get it:-)

That's the color you will paint the car Yea!
I have two quart cans of L822, Garnet Red Poly and one big question?
One can Is single stage the other is base for 2 stage, I haven't made up my mind. I thought, I may paint the engine bay... with the single stage and the outer body with the two stage but they may be too different for that.
I know you have the best working on it. What's the plan?

That dash looks pretty bad-ass. Originally, I'd thought of doing a 911 dash, but with the rest of the Subie conversion, I'm thinking it may be real cool to have the dash cluster as well. Especially with that big-ole tach in the middle.

Very cool.

Get the STI one...it has the tach in the middle. They are sub-$100 on e-bay.

Yeah Mike is one of the most talented fiberglass/carbon fiber guys in the community...he just doesn't brag about it enough!

Hmmm... I need to change my search criteria. I'm finding a few that are over $300, and none under $150.

I will see if I can pull the cluster off of the WRX that I'm getting the engine from. My assistant's husband had his 03' WRX wrecked, so I've got access to any of the parts I need from the donor car. I'll look tomorrow at the car, so if it has the right cluster, I may be ok.

Oops my bad...WRX, not STI...there's not a huge difference aside from the lighting which you probably won't care about.....

Here's one:

WRX Gauge Pod

Sorry for the total hijack wingnut86!

Nice build, Hey, how close is that gauge pod to the windshield, looks pretty deep.
Lots of nice little details in this build!