Got the tub back on Friday, minus hoods. Body shop man apparently worked till 23:00 on Thursday to make sure I would have it for the weekend.
Weather has been awful, and this morning was the first time it stopped raining long enough to pull the car out of the garage.

Front passenger quarter:

Note that I did have time yesterday (Saturday) to start assembly. I put the wiper motor in and got started on the fresh-air ventilation system.

Right rear quarter

Door gaps are better in person than in the pictures.

Overall view:

Driver side:

Engine bay left

engine bay right.

I did weld in some anchor points for the dog-ear reinforcement, as per another thread:

And a preview of a future thread: home-made GT-style head light mechanism:

Sweet! I can't wait ot see this one come together. I love that color.

beauty, eh?

k

Nice!

Looking great!

Welcome to the flared 1970 /6 club!

Now about that 2.2, wouldn't you rather have a 3.2 ...

How bad is that . Nice job

Wonder if Jon Lowe is following your effort? Hope he is enjoying as much as I.

Really nice!!!

Love the color.

Lookin' good Michel! Keep the assembly reports comming.

really sweeeeeeet!!!


looking forward to your GT-headlight post

Actually, the engine that is going in is a high compression, twin plug, 8,000 rpm, short stroke 2.5. Built on a late 7R case. 40 mm PMO carbs.

Should make between 225 and 250 hp, and be plenty of fun.

Michel

AWESOME!

That color is the best. I was very close to going Viper Green on mine.

Looks fantastic, keep up the good work and keep the pictures coming.

Thanks guys.

I will keep updating the thread.

Michel

Got most of the fresh air system installed this afternoon. Had to take it apart a couple of times, because I initially put it together wrong. Then I saw there's a couple of drawings near the end in the Haynes that shows the connections.

Does anybody have a real close-up of the vent controls, on the dash, of an early car. I can't seem to get the controls to fit right. There's a gap around the little chrome piece and the basket-weave material.


Michel

like so:

Michel,

I have the 8 volumes factory repair manuals covering both the 914/4 and 914/6

I can look if you want and scan the sheet showing the set-up if you want.

LMK

Steph

I am sure that would be helpful.

Merci.

Michel

the dash facia material is glued to sheet metal that goes over the black steel . the chrome piece then snaps over.
since you glued the basket weave to the dash , thats how it will look

Absofrickinunbelievablygorgeous. Enjoy it.

Michel, check your PM's.

--DD

Damn, that's a great color.

Are those glass or steel flares?

-Rusty

Very nice Michel!

Absolutely beautiful !

Is it the car's original color?

If you need an extra set of hands to re-assemble the car, I'd be glad to lend my pair. Let me know...

Dan

Looks great Michael, that color really screams!

Aftermarket steel. Butt welded.

That GREEN is awesome. Cool project!!

Good job


B

Absoloooootely stunning!!!!



Hmmnnn, 15x7s and 9s in RSR finishes, old-school racing tires, GT bumpers with painted silver lower sections, vinyl sails, Euro lenses, black lower rockers etc., GT interior...

Oh wait, it's YOUR car. I can't wait to see what YOU will do with the most amazing blank canvas I've seen in a while.

pete

knowing Michel... that's not too far off

Got quite a bit of stuff done over the weekend:

I assembled the brake system, from the fluid reservoir to the hoses at each corner.

Here's the master cylinder. Jon Lowe sold the car to me with factory-bent brake lines, which really makes for a neat look:

and:

I then installed the steering gear. It's now done from the steering wheel to the tie rods. I'm using an alloy crossmember.

and: (Ok, can't see much here)

From above:

The other thing that I did is install fuel lines. I'm using steel all the way through the cabin. I'll post other pictures later, from within the engine compartment. I'll also be using twin fuel pumps.

In any event, the front looks like this, at this point. Once the sway bar is done, I believe the gas tank will be ready to go in.

Moving on.

The trim around the roll-bar has to be installed before the oil tank, on a /6' because there's one trim nut that sits above the tank. So I got started on said trim.

Driver's side so far:

And passenger side. There's still some fine-tuning to do.

I must say, I'm pretty happy with the weekend's progress.

Michel

Michel awesome job!! So is that the beaut you will be driving to the Ramble? Hope to see you soon!

My best,
Mike D.

wow! Nice!

What color is that, face ripping green?


M

Okay, a lot of progress since the last update.
I lost my camera, and had to buy a new one, hence the silent period.

In any event, the car now sits on its wheels. Most of the suspension and brakes are done. I have to change the ball joint on the passenger side from an early one to a late one, because of the struts I am using. I also need to do a little more work on the rear brake discs.

This is what the rear set-up looks like today.