Went by Ray Stephens shop today to take a look at a members car to see how it was coming along. I walked out with a woodie touching my ankle. He has it up in the air on a lift getting ready to restore the underside. The top and inside have already been painted and it is absolutely gorgeous. I think you will agree. The owner is a member here and is away in Japan for a year while his car is being rebuilt. Here are a few pictures for you porn guys. I hope you like green, if you dont, you will after seeing this.

Can you see that shine???

Underside where the 6 goes. Yes, it is an original 6

The other side

It was so purdy, the paint was awesome. I dont even think it looked this good when it was new.

The other side, notice, factory front sway bar.

Another one he did. Its immaculate.

The wheels ready to be sent out for clean up.

Ray's other love, Race cars.

The lot outside the door. Ray was the one on the left by the way. He is a factory trained Porsche mechanic and was trained on the 914's when they were new. He is one of the best.

very cool......
PS nice rental car (limp wrist smiley)

The rental has been returned, I am back in the screaming yellow zonker again. I love my truck!!!!

QUOTE (skline @ Dec 23 2004, 06:09 PM)

The lot outside the door. Ray was the one on the left by the way. He is a factory trained Porsche mechanic and was trained on the 914's when they were new. He is one of the best.

teener in this pic too

Yeah it's looking kinda good Scott. I'm stateside for a few days and stopped by Ray's to have a look. Must have just missed you.

The underside cleaned up better than I thought and there were no surprises. Painter did a great job. So far so good.

Wheels are on their way to the refinisher. I have 195/65 tires now but am thinking of 205/50s. I'd go totally retro with 185/70s from Coker but really miss driving the thing, hope to put 5K miles / year when I return. Suspension will be 140# rear springs and stock front t-bars.

Hopefully the engine won't need much work, ran great before paint. Definitely need a tranny rebuild (noisy main bearing). Then reassemby and new interior, keeping as many original pieces as possible.

And here's a challenge for Ray... As much power as possible from the stock 2.0L! I think that will mean close to Honda Civic 1.6L A/T. BTW, if there is anything wrong with the engine I'd be extremely tempted by the 3.2L and upgrading to 16" wheels. That must be like a drug.

Pete
914-6 Irish Green

I'm trying to load some pics but no luck. Thanks for pics and comments above Scott, that may be it for awhile!

Beautiful 914 Pete. That Irish Green looks really nice.

Man you guy's got it good out there. It's cooler than cold here. The car is looking very nice.

Beautiful car.

One question... is that copper tubing used for a fuel line?

If so, it's not a good idea. The gas will flake the copper off inside the fuel line and clog anything downstream of it, like carburetor fuel screens. BTDT. Learned it the hard way.

No, Those are not copper lines, they are very discolored plastic factory lines. I am not sure if Ray or Pete are planning on changing them or not. They are only discolored, not cracked or broken. However, it is down this far, I think I would be changing them out. That car is going to be the prettiest I have ever seen. Sorry I missed you Pete, I would have liked to meet you. Maybe next time.

Beeutiful car Pete.
Though I dont think that Anti-swaybar is stock.

Green with envy...that is a great lookin paint job....

COOL... Im looking to get my car painted also and I want to change colors...I got a quote from a place called coach works near sports arena in San Diego for 2500 for just the regular stuff and they do a very good job. How much would a job like that cost from Ray(a job like that green six...awsome by the way)

Thanks,
Drue

Thanks Drue. Ray is the mechanic on the project. I had the paint done at Advanced Automotive Refinishing in San Juan Capistrano. I found them on the Pelican board. No one seems to know AAR in OC and LA which is a shame. They do great work and are easy to deal with.

Jeff the owner did most of the work himself and uses Glasurit paint.

If it's just a repaint and no major body or rust work you can get a top quality job for $4 - 6K. The problem is that fewer and fewer places want to do this kind of labor intensive work. So if it needs to be taken down to bare metal fewer shops will be open to the work. Those that are will usually require a wait.

I don't have any experience with the shop you're looking at. Look at some of their recent projects still in the shop to judge their work. $2.5K is a great price if their work is good.