Front 914 is the new acquisition, a '72 1.7, it's supposed to be tangerine but who knows? The paint is Delfleet (PPG) code 31200, single stage polyurethane, I have almost a quart that Mike gave me.
This 914 was a bucket all welded up using RD parts, inner long kit and outer clamshells, full GT kit, floors, etc. All the metalwork is done right, but the welds could have been cleaned up better, gaps are perfect except for top of passenger door and rear hood needs adjustment.
All the rust was fixed, plus all new suspension, brakes, tires, seals, Evil clinic trans, etc, etc. The car has less flex than my car, which is as close to perfect as a factory body 914 gets.
The bad. Mike didn't have any patience, the final body and paint is brutal. It's definitely a 10 foot paint job...maybe a couple feet extra.
That said it has decent quality paint, full coverage in and out.
Here's Mr Hyde's restoration thread
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=113553For now my wife is going to use it for her summer DD, she works at a mental hospital and minor vandalism has been known to happen. So I don't give a crap about the paint. We live in the country, I bet she'll put 10K miles on it a year for the next 4 years till her retirement. If she still has love for the car I'll repaint it after she retires.
She's driven bugs, busses, a T3 squareback and 914's since she was 19. My 914 is really her 914, she told me to buy it after she drove it, but she's always been pissed with me because I made it too powerful and I didn't want her to drive it in the rain.
Now she gets her very own stock engined 914 and it's a total driver.
My 914 (rear, '74) is an 80's respray on a VGC white car. Looks like the wife's 914 colour, maybe a shade darker. The paint was fairly well done, things like the hoods the respray wraps around the lip. Everything was well masked, no overspray, they did the doors and jambs, but my trunks and engine bay interiors are white. It is what it is and because the trunks are so well done every non-p-car person thinks it just the way Porsche did it.
It's was a no sway bar 1.8 Ljet, it's a 3.0 conversion now.