what do you have planned to do over the deep freeze?

i am going to:

fix the short in the temp guage

find a new roll bar pad

adjust doors and windows so i have a good seal to the top

put in the pointless ignition (finally)

fix the short in the horn

find a good place to get after market targa seals

put in a subwoofer

fix the windshield trim

and whatever else i can think of.... until it's too cold I DRIVE!!!!!!!!

Hmmm, I've got lots of ideas.
Get the seats and back pad recovered,
lower the front and install a bump steer kit,
pull the engine and clean it up and paint the tin, maybe rebuild the tranny,
re-carpet the front trunk,
fix the trunk and targa seals,
install a stereo (MP3 player and speakers)
maybe rebuild the door panels

and probably many other things that I'll think of. This is all dependant on time and money, of course. I'm sure my girlfriend would rather me doing house renovations instead, but there's plenty of Mikey to go around!

all new front suspension - RSR big-brake Bilstein struts so i can use my aluminum 'S' calipers, 23mm master cylinder, Mueller's A-Arm needle-bearings, new ball joints, big hollow torsion bars, big hollow antiroll bar (like most 911E's, mine has none ...).

all new rear suspension - monoball trailing arm bearings, aluminum bananas, big hollow torsion bars, bit hollow antiroll bars, Bilstein dampers.

POR all the floorboard rust.

the uprated brake lines and disks, new pedal bushings, motor mounts, and replacement speedo cable should be done this weekend.

the Targa top i'll send out for overhaul - a man's gotta know his limitations...

Oh, I love Florida!
There's more going on in the next few months than the summer. Now I get to drive it.

Paul

Well if I have Time; wait a minute, I just retired, I got all the time in the World!!!
1. If my 1.7 checks out O.K.,replace progressive carb with fuel Injection.
2. If 1.7 is bad,replace it with a 2.0 ,
3. Stip and paint my wheels, or have them polished.
4. When eather engine is out. detail the shit out of it ,
I want the coolest loooking engine around.
5. Anything else I can think of.
That will keep me busy untilll the end of April,in time for the Hershey Pa. meet. I,lll start after Sean's meet Oct. 18th Dave

i went to Hershey last year, kinda disappointing turnout what with the rain and all...
i'd be there next year except it's the same weekend as the RennSport Reunion in Daytona; can't miss that...

he paul.... nothing personal but....





hehehehehe....

i will overnight you a snowball in january.....

I can't wait. But don't do it during the Super Bowl, I'll be watching the Buc's win again.

Paul

I'll be lurking here. Asking those who live in more temperate climates to post pictures of their cars near palm trees and with girls. And thinking of getting on a plane to go somewhere.

Unless I find a garage to rent, as the Impalla won't be finished this year and it has taken over both bays in my current garage.

This is my list of fall and winter projects:

FALL
Send 16x7's to Al Reed for Polishing & Refininshing
5 Lug Conversion
Replace POS aftermarket mirrors with 2 NOS or 2 used factory mirrors

WINTER
Get Interior (Seats, BackPad & Door Panels) Redone in Leather with new foam
PowderCoat Manifolds same color as other carb goodies (White)
New BumperTops
Install Porsche CDR-220

I gotta make a decision on where I'm going with this car. IF I decide to go full race, I'll prolly just sell or part it and buy a GT3 914. Semi tube, glass body, 3.0L,915 mit LSD, slicks....yada, effin, yada

1. pull dash top and lower pad
2. r&r windshield
3. remove ugly dash vinyl
4. clean dash face
5. paint dash face with correct color match silver
6. install cd player from the white total
7. pull tar from int floor panels
8. weld in replacement panel to fill a/c condensor hole.
9. get medication for dwd relapse, insert at top
10. find the rattle in the rear that happens @4000 to 4500

kevin

1.\ Start it up once a week and use a feather duster to keep it clean.

LMAO!!!!! three years of hell have come to a end!!!!!! WoooHooo

Sell 'em both and begin the search for a clean 3.0 or 3.2 conversion.......

EVERYTHING

and redo the interior on the MGA (new leather kit $$$$)


Todd
1960 MGA
1973 914 1.7L (soon to be in pieces)

Replace throttle and clutch cables, fix small (1/4") rust spots on doors. That's it! Last winter was the big project season, now I'm reaping the benefits.

Boxing up for the move to Vegas

I am seriously going to look into making a 914 pickup
ala Troutman. To start with, I know enough about cars
to change oil & rotate tires and that's it. But I like the
idea of a 914 pickup. So the research begins......
and of course I have to convince the wife that it's a
good idea

-Garold

Hope your going to do that to a different car than the one you have now?

An S10 backend might be the right fit.......

the list is so long it's depressing... and we only get about 3 weeks of winter

Rennshift.
get the damn thing running right
replace all of the pedal and shift linkage bushings
get the damn thing running right
complete brake job, 320i calipers, late-style PBhandle
get the damn thing running right
carpet
por-15 the floor board
get the damn thing running right
replace the dash and other interior with parts from the "other car"
drop the gas tank, clean out and replace the fuel lines
GET THE DAMN THING RUNNING RIGHT!!!!

strip everything off the car.
replace the rear clip
remove the rust off the front trunk rubber seal channels
strip the rest of the interior
pull ALL the wiring
start disassembly of engine

5 lug conversion- bodywork, carpet, paint....dash recovering. oil pump

Rebuild Suspension
Replace fuel lines in center tunnel
Repair rust
Repair rust
Repair rust
etc
Get trigger wheel built for DIS
Install sensor to trigger ignition
Design circuit and build circuit so I can sync the ignition to piston position
Build either UltraMegaSquirt or another Megasqirt board to handle ignition timing
Install the above
Tune above
Try not to get the wife too pissed

Dave