I have had my 914/4 -72 one year by now. It was completely stripped and rust fixed in 1987 and has been sitting since then, next spring it will be on the road again!
Have been fixing with lots of bits and pieces during the last year (will publish fixing thread later), the car has been painted in Bahia Red (good paint job!) still waiting for the doors and hoods. Interior, seats etc are mainly original and in good shape despite the car has had 12(!) owners before me.
Took her out when cleaning up the garage last week...


/Lars S

This is my 73 which Rich has helped me build. Currently turning about half the parts of my 71 and about half the parts of Rich's garage and parts cars into this one.
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Lars, your car looks amazing!

Many thanks championgt1 , doors and hoods will hopefully perfect the creation...will recieve them any week....


/Lars S

UGMOOOOOOooooo

If I remember correctly, UGMO is a very solid 914 and a good platform to build a driver from. Good luck with the project and hope to see UGMO at some local events!

Here's another one of my "73 1.7. I spent hundreds of hours cleaning this thing & getting it looking new inside & out. The car now has 100 lb springs in the rear.

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Here is my previous 914. 75 1.8L. Wish I hadnt sold it considering all the work I did to it.

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Of course after a few years of going without one, I got an itchin to get another. Thanks to Brad M in Illinois for this car. It drives great.

Yellow 74 2.0


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Also, a big Thank You to Garold S. for finding and sending me the original owners manual for the yellow car. THANKS!

Found some old pix of mine & scanned them..
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Here's mine. Almost finished.

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Maybe a few more later...

My Cool top...
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Here's mine. 74 2.0 with 96mm cyls, cam, chrome bumpers, bursch exhaust, center console with oil pressure, voltage gauge and a dead clock. Aside from that, everything works, for now.
Some suspension issues to address, but still, driving it is the most fun you can have in public without getting arrested.

A '71 with a 2.0 4 cyl soon to be replaced by a 3.0 with Webbers. Has Side shift, and Elephant suspension (street-track hybrid).

Finally got the PITA flat paint done. Hard to clean, but here she is in her street shoes. I think the car looks much better on it's track rubber, and after this weeks AX I'll post some of those. It began life as a 76 2.0 I got about a year and a half ago, and this is what it became. A Turbocharged 2366 Daily driver with regular auto-x trips along with as much track time as I can get.

Gotta say Wow! to Lars S

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Perfect weather here in the SF Bay Area today. I finally took a picture of my 1973 2.0 with the Canon EOS 7D.

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1972 2.3 turbo air to water intercooled sds injection. I have had the car twelve years and just love it. Its a driver not a queen. It is a father and son passion project. Its not the pretiest car on the block but it sure is fast. Right now we are running 15lbs of boost and it is a rocket.

Running a 1.8/20 exhaust not the 1.7. No muffler, or heat exchangers. The turbo is the latest project. Right now it is a supper sleeper. The Fuchs always bring the question is it a six.

Here is my little project so far. 1974 1.8 only options are tinted glass and center seat pad. Engine recently rebuilt to 2.5 liter. No rust, 2 owner Southern Ca car. Purchased new at Wilmington Porsche.I will post more as it comes together.

November 13, 2010 Alameda Naval Air Station....beautiful day

This '75 was purchased in july. I've got early '70's Fuchs heart wheels and these boxter wheels, hoping to mount track tires on one set or the other. Brad Mayeur rebuilt the 2056, the brakes and replaced the floor. I got a good deal on the car and have it spread out over the garage floor. This winter I'll finish cleaning out remaining rust, stiffen longs, respring and bush the suspension for track use and sort out the new webers. Next winter, I'll crack it open again and pour more money on it, but I gotta be realistic for the moment. I'll post more grizzly pix later, or maybe make a build thread.
I'm glad You all are here! 914 4-ever! David Wegeng

Here is my 75' 1.8. It originally came from California. The Hell Hole, and body in general, are in excellent condition. With a bit of badly needed maintenance, it runs very well. I'm still running stock fuel injection.
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Is that the original color? Looks like Sahara Beige ...

....Looks real Cool
(75' 1.8)

Unfortunately, no, the color is not original. According to the color code, the original color was Palma-Metallic Green (L-95K). The current color may in fact be a Porsche color, given the tastes of the previous owner who painted the car and reworked the interior.

BTW, thanks Drums66.

Here is mine,9140432188. Older restoration

wow ... that's a nice car

show us more pics

rear suspension with PMB goodness

Here is my 73 1.7. I can't wait to stuff my new 2056 in it and see how it goes!

Skid, great color. Welcome!

laflaur... skid... beautiful 914's

of course orange 914's rule

I must say I agree. This is the second 914 that I have had, and both have been orange. Thanks guys

My newest purchase!

Here's the '73 2.0 carbed 914 I bought last August. It's in really nice shape with no rust. There's some cosmetic improvements that can be made but mechanically a very solid car. Earlier I had some wheel issues and now I'm in the middle of a sound reducing quest. Removed the drilled brake rotors recently and the bursch exhaust is getting replaced with OEM next. This is my 2nd 914, had my first back in the early '90s. A great deal on a 911 caused the first 914 to go, the 911 was replaced with a TR-6 followed by 5 Alfa's and then 3 Lotus's. All in all I'm glad to be back with the 914.

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Wine tasting on a nice day....

Aahhh, I can almost smell the grapes. But tasting the wine would be nice too.

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Putting my 70 to work
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The XP car aka Moby (sold in spring 2010)
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And lastly the newest addition, a 71 that will be built up as a SCCA DP AX car. Needs some &
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my 3 owner '71 1.7. plan to someday put a small block in but, house and marriage put that one on the back burner... current wife's promised to let me indulge! really like some of the clean conversion cars i've seen on the site. no flares for me.

in the meantime, dogs totally love riding in it. interior's already ruff (get it?) so, who's worried about some mud and hair. after using her to haul landscaping rocks and tall trees, i've found she makes a decent "work truck" too!
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My 6 since 1983
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1971 Converted to electric, 0-60 in 11.5 sec, 106 MPH top speed.

very cool can you share some close ups

1974 Zambezi Green 2.0. This picture is from the first time we owned it, summer of 2006. Sold it in spring of 2008. Bought it back in October 2009.

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Old pix, chicks kept getting in the way..

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Here's my modified instrument cluster after my restoration. Moved odometer to 0 since it wasn't working at all when purchased

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Close up of modified "gas gage". I haven't put gas in it in a year! 950 miles so far as of this date. "0A out" gauge counts amps in and out of batteries. I see up to 500 amps under max acceleration. Bars indicate empty or full. I had to put some "sci fy" labels on it just to have fun.

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Our 914-6
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Electric motor bolted to original clutch and transmission:

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Transmission overhauled by Dr. Evil.
Motor / transmission installed:

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Front battery pack, charger, 12v aux battery:

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Rear battery pack mounted above electric motor:

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Range on single charge is over 132 miles.

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Too much fun!

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I got lots of help from the folks in this forum. Thanks!

So cool. I love the idea of electric conversions. Can you start a build thread and go through what you did? How much power does your motor produce? Regen braking or just the original friction brakes?

Someday...