Looks great !

Your six is looking great! Love the dark green!

Thanks guys. This has been a long, long time coming. I realize more and more how fortunate I am to have met the Justice League, (Jim, Kent, Andy and Bob) without whom, this project would have certainly died. Once I spoke with Kent and then saw Andy and Jim's cars, both benchmarks in their own right , I decided to stick with my Six come hell or high water. Kent received my car in bad shape . Kent was able to take my chassis and in 14 short months, turn it into a perfect, metal finished chassis with no bondo . It looked so good bare metal that I wanted to just shoot it in clear and put it together.

Kent tackled my car with zeal. I can not express how it felt to see my car with all of the bodywork done and ready for paint. Then to see it in Irish Green on Saturday, (11/3/18) was just awesome. I do not believe they looked that beautiful when they rolled off the assembly line.

I am already looking forward to the next trip down to LA , hopefully before Christmas , as the exterior will be Irish Green and it should be a "roller" and likely at Jim's by that time. Speaking of Jim, this guy is unstoppable. He has most of my parts already ready to go back on my car and is itching to get going on assembly.

Andy, (Sandy, Mandy, Candy... ) remembering when his car was at this stage, 6 years ago, was as excited as I was as he looked at it. He commented, "With all the metal and body work done, from this point forward it is very exciting as you begin to see the car come to life with shiny parts."

We had all met up at the Cone Zone in Seal Beach and last count was 21 914's. It was cool to see them gather in the wild like that. I got to meet Lawrence (Larmo63), Oscar (ValcoOscar), Marv (Marv's3.6Six), Taylor and several other great guys- all of whom are active members here. They were all very supportive and glad my car was out of the metal and bodywork stage.

Kudos, cheers and beers to Kent for getting after this and making it an honest build with all of its ugliness laid bare for all to see before it became the car it is now. The bad juju is behind me and the fun stuff begins really soon. Stay tuned as my car starts to be reassembled.

Looks great.. Can't wait to see it get it's wheels under it.

Looking at my last post now.....I may have gotten carried away with the animated emoji things. Sorry.

Here is a pic I really liked:Click to view attachment

Wish I'd have made the trip up.

Michael, I think these are the key words from your post "Kent was able to take my chassis and in 14 short months, turn it into a perfect, metal finished chassis with no bondo" Not many can say that. Metal work is truly an art IMHO and you have a very fine example. Looking forward to assembly. Cheers to all!

Better than new!! very exciting!

Your car is in a league of its own and its great that you stuck with it. This is such a great build!

This build continues as one of my favorite threads. Although I'm a bit partial to FAT 914's this narrow body 914 is one super sweet machine. Can't wait to see it in person someday soon.



Oscar

Thanks everyone- I appreciate the support and comments.

We’re getting it ready to come off the rotisserie and on some wheels

I really appreciate the pictures. I look forward to seeing my car as a roller again. Thanks Andy for posting those.

Beautiful but I'd be as nervous a a "whore in church" working around a pristine shell. One slip of the wrench and .......well you know. This project has gone from a "suspicious build" to a work of art.

Can I just say...

WOW!!!

Won't be too long....

Oooooh.
That green is beautimus! Like it!

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Really?
You are going to drive that?

Buy another one and put that under glass in your living room!

Yes I am going to drive it.

If you saw Michael's shit eatin' grin at Kent's shop the other day, you would know he's going to drive it.

He's going to drive the crap out of it!!!

Well said and that is the way it has to be after all the hassles and BS ,go well its getting close Micheal good luck mate.

Michael,
It looks great. Andy and Kent are working quickly. How long before it moves to the assembly house? In anticipation, I’m trying to get my trailer emptied, but the contractor is dragging his ass.

Thanks Lawrence- you are correct.

Hi Dave- I really appreciate that. I believe as soon as we get some wheels on it, it is going to Jim's. I am hoping w/in 2 weeks.

Right now we are dealing with a front strut issue. I bought a set of '79 SC struts for the larger 3.5" early S calipers and then had the spindles raised by about 17mm. I also bought a set of Bilstein inserts for the front struts and apparently they do not fit. The Justice League is presently trying to sort that. I am hoping when I bought the struts they just shipped me inserts for a stock 914-6 and sort of lost the part of the conversation that I had switched to SC struts. If we can sort that, it will be a roller very soon.

God bless you Michael. You deserve to enjoy it to the max. Drive it hard, wipe the rubber specs off the rear panels, and drive on.

Do you have a tentative date or event? I would like to see it.

We do not. As the build moves along we will keep pictures posted. I would like to get it back home by this summer. I am pretty excited about seeing parts go on. I believe the wiring harness, fuel and brake lines may go in this weekend. I have an NOS Six wiring harness so that should not present any problems. I also have Tangerine Racing SS fuel lines and a complete set of new green brake lines from PMB as well as a new 19mm master cylinder and restored proportioning valve.

Great to see it coming together

@Cairo94507
What struts do you have ? Bilstein or Boge?
Strut inserts should be the same for 911 and 914 up to March of 1983. The struts then changed from internal to external thread.
What exact part number insert did you get ?
Bruce

Hi Bruce - Thanks for thinking about this. I have sent you a PM.

Just ordered the sail panel vinyl set from Mark (914Rubber.com). I really think that is one of the defining features of our cars and can't wait to see it on the car.

Yes! Omitting it and painting the sails dramatically changes the look of these cars.

Back at it today. NOS harness is fun

Fun ....OK...Go Andy

More later, back to work

wow

Man, just looks great!

Swing

Almost ready to get put on the ground