QUOTE(Dead Air @ Apr 30 2006, 08:56 AM)
I already belong to another "purist" site on the internet, It's run by another east coaster!
This looks like an ambitious undertaking, Andy. I hope it doesn't keep you from your other duties on the club.
I'll start...
"why should I be a 914 Purist"
Beacause
1. keeping the stock paint color is easier than painting the whole tub.
2. My girl friend likes the side marker lights.
3. I don't have any money for, Carbs, a 3.6 twin spark, a 911 suspension, or steel flares.
4. The more stock the car is, the sooner it'll be done.
5. My car didn't come with a plaid interior.
6. I only need one chrome washer nozzle, a chrome "2.0" and some aluminum pop rivets for parts bin to be complete.
7. The "stressed" look of a well broken-in interior is hard to duplicate with new parts.
Thought about this post for a while......my remarks - and by now you should all know I AM an opinionated bastard!
1. Exactly
2. I like them too, maybe your girlfiriend & I should disucc further.
3. So, drive the car!
4. My '72 has been "done" for 34 years.
5. Neither did mine - it's not a '75 or '76
6. pop rivets? better be a '75/76
7. take a look at this Forum & check out a "well broken-in interior" They ain't broken in. In particular, look at the '72 cars. See anything "broken in"
Finally, you are free to do what you wish with your 914 - so are we. We prefer (some of us) to keep/make it what it was. To increase our enjoyment. To increase its worth. To have something different, yet original.
See, I kept my emotions in check!