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My Porsche fascination began back in the early 70's racing 917 Can Am slot cars in the basement of my house when I was 7 or 8 yrs old...When I was Freshman in college (1982-83)I began a searching for a 912. I couldn't find one in my price range. I met a woman taking some college courses and after studying on campus one evening I walked her out to her car. When when she stopped at a yellow 914 with For Sale sign in the back window I said "is this yours?" She replied..."no it belongs to my husband...he bought it new in 1975 at the dealer in Sarasota, FL. and he just ordered a new 911SC so this is up for sale". I asked her for the price and she told me she would have to let me know the next day. Within three days I purchased the car for $4750.00 with a loan from my dad. I drove it for a the balance of my college years at the University of Florida. Much fun...many autocrosses and few DE's with PCA. The car sat on jackstands in my aunts garage from 1988 until 2001. It had battery tray rot and needed an inner wheelhouse, rear floor pan etc. I began working on its restoration. About two years ago I decided to convert it to a six after picking up a motor and many conversion pieces from a guy who had planned to convert his 75 914 to a six...Within about a month I found out that another local guy here in Orlando by the name of Rick purchased the 75 roller from Jim.. the guy I bought the conversion bits from. After meeting him through PM on this site he told me he planned to convert the roller to a six as well ! The world of 914's is crazy...Here are a few pics of the car. I will begin posting more as the project progresses. Today I rough installed the RJ bulkhead mount.

Can't wait to see more pictures.

I am in Melbourne doing a Raby 2270 in a rusty wreck.

Let me know if you need parts, I may have some rust repair stuff for you.

John

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Hey Brian it's about time you get going on that conversion How did the Rich Johnson mount install go? As you stated you purchased all the /6 conversion parts and I bought the roller.........................small world. Your car looks good and soon we'll drive them over to Tampa and give TC a hand with his " dealership of 914's " he has If you need anything just holler.

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Thanks Fourblades and Rick! I really want to get this thing done. Here is a list of a few parts that are sitting in my garage awaiting installation

1. Powdercoated front suspension with M-Calipers 911 vented rotors and Bilstein
Sports
2. Powderoated 5 bolt conversion rear trailing arms compliments of Eric Shea at
PMB with 914/4 V-Caliper kits, vented 911 rotors and Bilstein Sports
3 GT engine lid from "Sergio" PCA7GGR on this site
4. 4-6x16 Fuchs
and many, many more

I want to be done before Rick. So, I really need some encouragement from my 914 brothers...carr914, URY914, SMG, rfuerst911sc, Glenn at Pelican Parts, 914rrr, and watsonrx13. Rick says he'll be done by Christmas.

Nice car and don't take this the wrong way but that hood crest is riding a bit high.

Brian Git-R-Done. I took a ride over to URY's house today for the 1st time with the Mega-Phones sticking out the back. Afterword, I had two young chicks that wanted rides. I gave a ride to the one that I knew was of age.

T.C.

Brian, looks great....Glad to see you working on the car... I've finally figured out the FI on my second project car and hopefully will have it drivable (insured) soon. The weather should be turning cooler so I'll arrange another TBB. Let us know if you need some help in the near future...

-- Rob

Will do Rob. Glad to hear about the FI. Keep pluggin away!

Brian,

what color is that
(name or code)

it looks great
I like!
keep up the good work
brant

Keep posting pics of the progress, looks like a nice ride!

Jim

B,

Wow, now you've advanced to posting pics and thinking about your car stage of the -6 conversion. Maybe another 8-9 years it will see the light of day.

Keep up the hard work. I know you'll git 'er done before Miller gets his Vette running.

Thanks for the compliments guys. The paint code is L13K Summer (Sunflower) Yellow. Millers vette will never run again....

Pics of refurbished suspension, M-Front calipers (V-Caliper Rear Kits) with new strut inserts and vented discs

Pics of refurbished suspension, M-Front calipers (V-Caliper Rear Kits) with new strut inserts and vented discs

Here are some BEFORE pics of the rust issues...Battery Tray and Inner Wheel House

More BEFORE

AFTER...

Now how bout a new rear floor...first some BEFORE pics..

Wow!

Beautiful work, you are doing a first class job.

I'm going to follow this closely, keep posting lots of pics as you go along.

Let's cut that bad floor out!

Big escape hatch!!

Time to close the gaps...

Here is how it turned out on the interior side..

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WOW, Nice work.

The front floors were not as bad as the rear...surface rust only...So, I stripped them down to the metal and used POR Metal Ready treatment and final coated them with POR15. It turned out very nice.

The front floors were not as bad as the rear...surface rust only...So, I stripped them down to the metal and used POR Metal Ready treatment and final coated them with POR15. It turned out very nice.
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Nice Work!

What size motor are you going with?

Just a freshly re-built 2.2 with E-cams and Webers. It's an original six case.

B, great job.... I love before and after pics....

-- Rob

Well I got my 6 headers back from JET-HOT this past week. They really look nice and are supposed to do a great job of holding heat inside the pipes giving the engine and tranny get a little break from the temps.

Had some time this afternoon...So, I installed the front suspension and steering rack.

Nice work in restoring the car

Brian, Paul and I are thinking about starting a Lottery to see who picks a date closest to the completion date of this project.

I'm thinking around your daughter HS Graduation She's the one on the left in Pink

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Your buddy, T.C.

Great progress! You're doing some really clean work.

TC..you are right that is my daugther in the pink. She traded off turning in FTD with my other daughter the day that pic was taken at the Porsche Parade in Charlotte this past summer. Thanks for stirring the pot...I continue to need that so the car gets done. Dan, I appreciate the kind words. I am really trying to do a nice job. It won't be a concours car... I am not much for garage queens. Definately want to catch up with you on how to wire this car up as I am using a internally regulated alternator and a MSD box.

Brian, is that you in the background with the bald head?

No...that's a guy trying to calculate how many more months it will take me to get my car running so I can come over to Tampa and do donuts in your front yard!

OMG, I'll be retired and living in The Villages by then.

Here is a picture of the holiday progress on my 6 conversion....If you look closely on the far left you can see the fresh 2.2 under its red blanket sleeping peacfully....Someday I will drive this car...


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Where's the car?

I'm back on this project....It has been a long year with many distractions. I'm awaiting an engine wiring harness from Patrick Motorsports....it should arrive just after Christmas! That will allow me to get moving on the engine install. My sideshifter shift rod is being modified by Rich Johnson as we speak...I have a set of headers that don't allow use of the stock shift rod without some slight changes. I installed the sleeves for my elephant bushings the other day. Front suspension is ready to bolt up. I hope you all have a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Keep up the good work!

Today I got both control arms installed with the Elephant Poly Bronze bushings. Here is a picture of my "freshened up" Leistritz Sport muffler with Wurth Zinc coating for that OEM look! I then went to work on cleaning up my front hubs...got'em ready for install tomorrow with Zimmerman discs and rebuilt and plated M-Calipers.

Looking good! I know how it is to have these projects stall-out. I just got back to work on my -6 conversion this past summer after it basically sat for 3+ years.

Keep us posted on your progress!

Brian if you're not careful you might finish your car by 2012 !!! Looking good keep going.