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vintage914racer

Aug 21 2015, 01:16 PM

QUOTE(iwanta914-6 @ Aug 21 2015, 10:44 AM)

QUOTE(vintage914racer @ Aug 21 2015, 01:35 PM)

QUOTE(iwanta914-6 @ Aug 21 2015, 07:23 AM)

Where in Minneapolis? I'd love to stalk, I mean see it in person.

Minnetonka area

Going to the Porsche dealership next week when Magnus is there?

Possibly. I have a conflict right now. The new facility is beautiful. I was there last week.

vintage914racer

Aug 24 2015, 09:22 PM

Fixed the tranny leak tonight (I think), adjusted the clutch cable and gave the car a bit of a polish tonight. I'm looking forward to driving it to work tomorrow.

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JRust

Aug 24 2015, 09:56 PM

Nice! Congrats man that looks great. The drive to work should be an excellent one

rick 918-S

Aug 24 2015, 10:03 PM

drive it like you stole it!

vintage914racer

Feb 27 2016, 03:37 PM

It's close to fifty degrees today and sunny. No better reason to pull the 914 out of hibernation. Quite an early start for MN, it's inly a short window. They're saying it might snow tomorrow ...

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mepstein

Feb 27 2016, 03:57 PM

QUOTE(vintage914racer @ Aug 21 2015, 10:15 AM)

And she's back on the road. Drove it to work today. I had to renuild a rear caliper and replace a brake flex line on the other side. Lost a lot of skin on my knuckles doing the latter.

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I still have a few loose ends, but nothing serious
-steering wheel is off about 30 degrees. Easy 2-minute fix
-transmission is leaking from the square plate at the very back. My plate is presumably warped beyond seal ability so I'll have to grab on from a spare tailshifter I have laying around.
-need to chase a valve cover and sump plate leak
-install passenger seat belt
-drive it a lot

I hope to put some miles on it this weekend. I'll post a few more pictures and perhaps a video

Great looking car. Just finished blasting a set of cookies today just to get that look.

Cairo94507

Feb 27 2016, 04:00 PM

Cookie cutters look good a 914 for sure.

Larmo63

Feb 27 2016, 08:20 PM

I was never a fan of cookie cutters in the past, but man, those look good!

Adriatic Blue is the best 914 color.

Can we take up a $ collection and get "iwanta916-4" a car? Poor guy.

vintage914racer

Feb 27 2016, 11:51 PM

QUOTE(Larmo63 @ Feb 27 2016, 06:20 PM)

Can we take up a $ collection and get "iwanta916-4" a car? Poor guy.

It seems he keeps missing out on the local cars here. First a yellow one that one of my employees bought last year and the tangerine Craigslist special from a couple days ago here in Minneapolis.

falcor75

Feb 28 2016, 03:50 AM

Glad to see someone else giving the cookies some love. I had mine plastidipped to a twotone gold/silver combo but I might actually make it permanent with paint.

vintage914racer

Feb 28 2016, 09:20 AM

QUOTE(falcor75 @ Feb 28 2016, 01:50 AM)

Glad to see someone else giving the cookies some love. I had mine plastidipped to a twotone gold/silver combo but I might actually make it permanent with paint.

They've grown on me. I wasn't a fan for a long time, but it seems something has changed my opinion in recent years.

SixerJ

Mar 20 2016, 05:37 AM

Fantastic build, wish I had found this earlier!

SixerJ

Mar 20 2016, 05:43 AM

QUOTE(sixnotfour @ Feb 4 2014, 11:34 AM)

There is a new inner long for the right and left being made in Germany that appears to have more of the factory details formed into it.
maybe even OG dies ? HESS , is a VW parts supplier

To answer Ricks question & for completeness Patrik Hess in Germany carries them. eBay is more expensive than his direct shop. I've just ordered a few bits from him so let's see what happens in the next few weeks

http://914er-shop.de/en/index.php?coID=5&a...mp;mobile=false

http://www.914er-teile.de/en/index.php

http://stores.ebay.com/der914erteilelieferant/

rick 918-S

Oct 12 2017, 07:25 PM

Ben's thread "Am I losing my mind" thread prompted me to bump his build thread. Anyone thinking about trying to talk him out of this car needs to know how special it is. Enjoy the read.

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