Temporary until I have room in the workshop.

Early flat Fuchs are pretty light. Later ones are ~1lb more
Minilites are cool but not light. (6 1/2 fits stock 914)
6" Cookies are cool and cheap.
4 1/2" stock steelies aren't that heavy.

Very cool project.

Cool project Mark
Good luck with it Came with some choice parts
The engine is a '68 ? That crank pulley looks air pumpish

Had a 67’ 912 once upon a time, miss that car a great deal. Happy for you, looks great Mark!

We are getting hip replacement surgery.

Old ones were patched but even worse in person than pics.

Adding lightness...

Yea. I’m over 300lb weight savings on paper. Nothing radical, nothing too expensive but enough to make a difference. But first I need a solid chassis.

Sold the 616 engine. Now the plan is to do a 3.2 short stroke.

Metalwork is ~85% done.

Well now, that is going to be fun! I had a 3.2 short stroke in my SC track car way back when. 320 hp @ 7500 rpm. In a light narrow body, short wheelbase car, it’ll be a hoot!

Charlie

I'm not chasing HP because it's going to be enough no matter what it puts out but I do have a goal for it to rev to 9K. I'm getting help from a very experienced engine builder to make it work. The sound should be amazing.

In this order:

Came back from chemical dip and e-coat. Mocked it up just for fun. Headed out to paint soon.

Looking good!

How did the ecoat and overall condition come.out?

Cool project!

Antoine

Nice looking tub!

Charlie

This will be a fun one. Like where you’re going with this Mark.
I need to drive down to see this. 9K rpm!?

Nice to compare the photos of the yellow tub to the pics now!

Really good. The chemical dip removes everything, rust, seam sealer, etc. then the Ecoat penetrated all the spot welded seams. A previous owner had started a restoration, replacing floor pans and some other pieces and let every overlapped seam get rusty. This cleaned and sealed everything. Ecoat is really needed if you chemical dip. Otherwise, all the spot welded seams are left bare but not accessible to conventional primer.

Is that an aluminum engine lid ? Mmmmmm

Yes. My friend has a real one and once I saw it, I could not unsee it. Under 5 lbs and shaped really well. In fact, when I received the glass hood, I decided I didn't want glass and ordered a Dansk aluminum long hood. Unfortunately, they are 2X the price from when I sold them in 2016.

Mark - very cool build, thanks for sharing the journey.

Sounds like you'll be needing a green 10K tach....?! (to complement that 5 gauge dash)

- Tony

Thanks. I know you are the go-to guy for the 10k tachs but I’ve changed my engine plans. Keeping the motronic with some upgrades. I have a green 911S tach. 8k with a 7200 redline. That should do it for now. Too much money in the build to go crazy with the engine right now.

love the 13 on the bonnet.

just like the "devils number monaro" that won bathurst in 68.