Having recently removed my motor mounts I can vouch for what a pig of a job it is. Well done!

Saturday’s project while listening and occasionally glancing at the 24hr at Daytona:
Addressed the hole in the floor that made me give my 914 the U-boat moniker.
It’s not pretty, no finish sanding or primer yet.
Just wanting to fill that split. It must have occurred due to an improperly
adjusted jack. That whole was filled with pure undercoating when I was removing it from the interior floor.

Interior/ exterior near jack donut.

Exterior repair

Some primer:

Closed the holes on the console piece that were under the extra steel plates.
Those plates are for strengthening the console.
I do enjoy the welding. Hopeful I will get more proficient the more I do. And there’s plenty to do!

Primer pic

Looking good Dion!

Attempted cleaning up the right engine mount area. Had a few holes to weld up
and a rather large one along the edge of the console. Some small holes were from the
spot welds holding the mount. Making progress.
Still need to reattach the brake line/hose bracket. Wanted to get some
primer on the bare metal. I’m getting flash rust showing up. It’s been raining and the
garage is a bit humid.

Top pic is primered.
Bottom pic just welded holes up.

Gap/hole on bottom of console edge/kick up.

Rough finish with primer.

Out of work early today to take advantage of good warm weather, tackled a small job.
I can finally tic that off the punch list.
Made a panel for the access panel in the firewall. Using a firewall provided by Garold
I cut a piece out oversized so it could lay on top of the contours of the existing firewall
in the car enabling me to use two sets of rubber weatherstripping.
One will surround the cut out and another will wrap around the larger cover.
So noise and any water (unlikely) will be stopped. As well as flames (ha, never know with carbs). I still need to weld the nuts to the engine side. Take care of that this weekend. Cheers all.

double post, sorry

Pic

Front engine access panel

Very nice!
Just a minor suggestion: you may want to round the corners of the opening in the firewall. That'll eliminate the likelihood of a crack developing in that area.

Keep up the great work and progress and you'll be on the road before you know it.

Thanks Chris. Ok will round the edges. Thanks for the suggestion. Never thought of that happening.

Took Chris advice and rounded the corners slightly of hatch opening.
Welded the nuts on the panel. Primered the cover, wanted to do more but the temps are
dropping quickly so no further primer today. Come on spring!

Nice!

I need to do this as well.. Need to either find a panel like you did or weld a flange all around..

Ben, a panel might be a good idea for your /6 conversion parts

Very true..

So for a change of pace and not having a lot of free time for sanding/painting I did a
a small project for a bit of fun. I modified the horn bracket to accept a banjo horn like
a few of the real GT ran. I was lucky to stumble upon this one for a
reasonable price (to me). The prices on these horns can be ridiculous. Found it on a Sweden based car parts site. Tested and functions as it supposed to. It certainly sounds different from the stock horn.
I need to modify the “flat” area on the chrome bumper where the rubber spacer meets the body. I will make a slot on the bumper bracket for the trumpet end to slide through. Shouldn’t be too bad to do. Wel’ll see :-)

And here it waits...... Placed the Webers on.


If anyone needs some Zeniths from a 911T ,I’ll be posting them soon on
here as well as Pelican.

Began digging into the front left fender.

Cleaning out the bad metal.

Next weekend I’ll make a patch and weld it up. Made sure I had clean metal to weld to
and no further perforations. Certainly going to be a challenging area to sort out.

I'm going to be hitting that same spot on both sides of mine soon. I think I'll sit back and wait while you show me how it's done first.

Pretty

You are too kind sir!

I will do my best.

BTW, I have serious engine envy!

It will be extremely nice to wrap this project up and drive it out your way Brent.
To cruise about Big Sky country would be awesome. I only had a taste of it
exiting Yellowstone near Roosevelt’s Arch.
Be more than happy to let ya have a go!

Deal! Our house is only 1 hour from Roosevelt Arch and you are welcome to stay in our guest room. A cruise over the Beartooth Hwy is a must!

Dion - Your engine is BEAUTIFUL!

Dion,

Those are interesting cam covers what are they from?

Ben it’s a 1967 aluminum case.

I must have missed that. Those cases are very pricey these days.

Great, now I can be more nervous. Thanks Mark hehehe.

If thats the case you just hit the lottery.. I would really consider cashing out on thay engine and buy another..

Heheheh sweet. Didn’t know they’ve escalated. I’m trying to cash out with Mark right now on the Zeniths! Heheh. Fingers crossed Mark!

Looks like 8-9k for a case..

???

Wow. Well I appreciate that news. I spent 7k originally for the engine,carbs & an oil tank! Thanks Ben. Now the paranoia can set in! Heheheh

Hi mate,love the engine tucked away in the corner crying 'bolt me in' I found having a built engine inspired to get on with the job,hope it works that way for you.
Wow that's a nice engine I notice an early cast iron dizzy too ,these work really well with carbs I have read.
Best of luck and keep knocking away @ that bloody rust

I did see one of these cases listed for 15k a while back .
I think Dion bought this a while back.....just guessing .

Thanks Dean. Yes the clean motor does inspire, as
well as Dave’s completed beauty! I purchased the engine in 2015. I guess before all the 911 speculation took off.
Cheers mate!

Here’s 914Daves:

Happy Easter from the guy working on this project.
I worked on the front lower left fender today. What a treat this was.
Made some cardboard templates and then cut my shapes.
Bending the one piece was tricky as I don’t have the proper tools for this so
some pipe of different diameters and a vice helped me shape the curve.

Shapes

Placement

Curved outer piece mounted, welds ground & sanded.