Most of you saw the ABM car for sale a few weeks back. 800 miles later its new home is here in Pleasanton. Exceptional '74 chassis with steel flares. Project car - needs finishing... going to take it slow and assemble things right.

Starting with the interior, then connecting controls, electrical, oil lines, etc. May put LSD transmission in. Will post pictures as I go.

Everywhere I stopped on the way home drew people looking at the car....

Here it is at home with its new garage mate.... Dad's car.

Details matter..

Polished the seat rails before installing the reconditioned seats. New fasteners.

That's one of the nicest "project" cars I've seen. Should be fun putting it together.
Nice score Rob, didn't think that car would last

Very Nice !!! Love that color. Looks like a pleasurable project that you can really enjoy.

That is a beautiful looking car…and a real steal if I remember rightly. Is that Alaska Blue?

This will be fun to watch!

John

Dumb question: What's the "ABM" mean in this case?


EDIT: Whoops, I got it. Alaska Blue Metallic. You'd think I would remember--my first 914 was that color!!


--DD

Atrophic Bi-trunk Moneypit? No, you got it.. Alaska Blue Metalic...

Wow, what a great "project" car! I'm used to things pulled from the bottom of the heap. Where was it advertised?

Here. I was bummed because I missed out for a 2nd time for Alberto's car and it came up. The seller is a super cool guy too!

Nice!

You've got the 914 blues, two of them

Putting new bolts where no one will see them, installed the rear targa pad including the black tabs...

I'm excited for you Rob! Your the right guy to finish the project.

Nice car, looks very clean

Putting the pillar pads on...

Restoring a couple parts you'll never see (thanks Rick!) and installed the sun visors.... not stock sun visors but I like them...

Super fun "assemble and enjoy" project. Enjoy every moment of it.

Awesome Rob! Absolutely killer car bud. Congrats

Thanks guys!

Working on the passenger door panels. These are killer nice and FG is so much better than cardboard.

I need to custom make a vapor barrier to protect the inner doors which have been sound proofed and the window regulators powder coated.

What do you recommend for the glue on the vapor barrier, silicon or window butyl?

Beautiful car Rob. Keep the pictures coming. Are those Marks FG door panels?

I think so. Very nice quality. Better than stock. I used new rivets on the brackets.

plain old 3m 2 sided tape will hold the vapor barrier in place. easy to remove the plastic in the future if you have to.

Perfect. Thanks! It turns out 2 sided tape for the whole length was way expensive at my local HW so I just used black silicon instead.

Process on the door....

All done.

Looking Goooood !!!!!!

Shining up things no one will see continued

I just mask off the edges of the door and use spray glue. Stick the plastic to the door. Your method worked just fine though.

The other side is prepped and ready to go...

Connected a new clutch cable... what a PITA this end was..

This end was much easier!

There is a sizable gap between the back of the transmission mount and the Dansk muffler. Do I have the wrong stub extension on the headers? What is the right way to do this?

Slow to no progress except installing the rear flared valence thanks to MSDS. Came in primer. Test fitting took most of the time. Fits tight just like it should. Shot it with bed liner. The flared part is subtle so it looks good with anything. Nice part!

Hi Rob - That car is looking good. What size are the tips on the muffler? My last Six had the same set-up and it sounded very nice. You are in P-town and I am in Alamo. I really want to come over and check out your cars.
Michael

Wish I had bought that ...looking great!

Is anyone making a rear valence to work with the Triad?

Michael,

You're welcome to come for a visit any time. I'm 0 for 2 for running 914s right now. Maybe in a month or so I can get one up and going. The muffler is a Dansk.

FG rocker done. Hopefully done right!

The flared rockers look great!

Beautiful /6.

Thanks goes out to Mike Bellis for his help with the Renn Linkage! Next issue, the wiring.

Lookin' great. Just the engine wiring?

Where's the pic of the rod installed?

Looking good!

Thanks again! Awesome job!

BTW - I flipped the car over to take the pict!

Seems like a lot of work just for a picture. But, thank you.

The rod looks dirty. I might need to make you a new one...