Pic of the backside too. Roughed up the outside with some Scotchbrite, and touched up the black...






Also, here are the tail lights that arrived with the housings...

We wanted to work on the rear hood, but had to do some touch up on the undercoating we sprayed, so instead, we finished off the front with another layer of the alumi-lead and polyester.


What do you think of the two colors under the rear hood?








The Front hood....

Today, Joe finished up the two hoods, they are to be sprayed tomorrow, after we pick up the sheet metal off another 1.8 we have laying around attached to my (future) Side-Shifter!

Only problem is, it's attached to an exhaust that is rusted through..... nothing a Sawzall can't fix, right?

Found all the (heater?) parts, and sandblasted them. man, did that suck, because they where powdercoated OVER a layer of high temp paint.



These next few shots are from my own little caliper clinic! After reading that how-to by Eric Shea, I leaned and actually completed a little check through, and these turned out to be rather nice




Oh yeah, and the Girlfriend....

Today, we are going to another shop of ours and picking the engine tin off a 1.8 we have there so that it can get Powder Coated tomorrow!

Pics later!

your gonna tease a bunch of lecherous dirty old men with that picture?


cruel little punk!

"Get your mind out of the gutter old man, you could be my father!"

Bwahahahaha!!!!

We are both laughing

As promised.... pics!


We had a little trouble getting the old exhaust (which was wasted) off...




Engine and side-shift bar....





Work area...




New Side-Shift Trans.....



All good sheet metal to go to Powder Coating!


Painted Engine lid... Joe is taking the two hoods to the paint booth!

You know, it's pretty cool when you come into work, and the first thing you see is your hood, trunk, and engine lid all painted beautifully.

Pics in a second....

The painter actually made a make shift paint booth, so I had to move them outside while being careful, as they are still tacky.

A few pictures of the Engine shrowd before sandblasting.... in a few hours it is being sent to Powdercoat for wrinkle black.

Turns out, I get the PCing for free, as we have some sims to send, so it gets mixed in with the batch.











Also might send the Engine bar? Not sure yet if I want it to match the engine shrowd or if I want to do the color of the car, OR something different, like red....

Just dropped all the engine tin off for Powder Coating and I realized I forgot the Engine Bar. Oh well, looks like it's gonna be a dif color.... Yellow? Orange? White?

very nice

I say paint it body color or satin black. Don't go gettin all goddy with it. Just my opinion. Cool project. I can't wait to see it all together.

I know! I'm stoked about it! Probably either of those, but I would think it would have to be high temp paint, right?

I just realized this thread is 9 pages.... Wow.




Got the fuse panel today! Yeah!

Nice! I need to get one of Engmans fuse boxes one of these days!

It is a nice little addition. I really like it for my car, because I want my car to reflect the young part of me, being my first build, and show a few updates here and there.


As for right now, I currently just finished (loosely) installing the right rear suspension, but I'm looking for the two bolts for the other side. A little while back, we totally went through all the nuts and bolts in the entire shop, I've already found a few that where organized with the shop ones, so i think thats where they disappeared to....

Pics later....

Loosely installed Rear Right, everything nice and painted, even the bolts....





Turns out, we had an extra Six suspension, and it was a real hassle trying to figure why certain torsion bars wouldn't fit....




And as the Porsche Gods would have it, we just so happen to have brand new joints laying around

Nice! Well, you have about 64 days until RRC!

Maybe yeah.... It's a long drive to CO, but I've never been so we will see!


These JUST came in the mail thanks to ebay/GPR and Panel Billy! We have a set of new Hella turn signals, and air ducting....

Nice work Rique~ we are enjoying your great progress. Thanks for the freq updates to progress. -Jzn

Thanks, thats cool to hear!

It helps to to hear the suggestions/comments/etc on here as well.

More updates later....

914/6 Suspension with Torsion bars found/sandblasted/painted. Also have all new joints.

I really dig the Satin black. I was thinking of silver, but went with this.

Keep it going; it's all looking fantastic!

Just got the powder coated engine tin back!

Pics in a few mins!

The engine tin before....







And now, in wrinkle black, I really like the texture and how the whole set looks...

Some brand new parts...


Clutch Cable


Accelerator Cable


Speedo Cable


Front wheel bearings


E brake cables

Very funny Jrust....




Box seems a little big for my nuts....

even the, um, bag seems a little too big for your nuts.

keep your chin up - you're young, maybe they'll grow.

Guess I should be spending less time with my car and this progress thread, and more time with the girls, huh?

As for the pictures, I had to add them, Jrust really helped me out and he demanded I add them, can't say no.

Well, some girls yes. But some can actually make them smaller. Govern yourself accordingly.

oh, and your nuts aside, keep it going - this build is looking killer!

I was sending those out & thought that might be worth a laugh! I forgot about it until he sent me a pic with a NICE . I laughed for a good 5 minutes driving down the road. Make good use of those nuts dude. NO vise grips okay

Nope only Snap-On for my nuts.

you might go blind

Well, now that the rear suspension issue is to be solved by tonight, the next order of business is the front suspension, of course, I have to wait for the torsion bar adjusters that should be here tomorrow.

Already have the tires for all four out of my Dad's infinite stash. I'm thinking 6's and 7's?

After that, the new cables go in, as well as the new bushing for the Side-shift.

The car is back up on the Snap-On lift, and I plan to have it rolling next....

For now, alot of pics...

Setting up the suspension. Came off a Six....



What's this? It looks to be a treasure box?



It is!!!!



Assembling the suspension....



Touched up the hubs


Parts to go on tomorrow...



2 cool pics....



While it's up there, a few pictures of the undercoating we did, but never got a chance to see...

That bar is going to be Silver....



I really like how that separation turned out...


I will NOT have rust on this car...

Got a package in today from The Cap'n. Torsion bar adjusters for a 6. Also, going to be putting on a bump steer kit....

A while ago, I also picked up some new bolts that bolt in the headlights. They are black and treated and just look better overall.

Today I made great progress. I installed the front suspension completely. It was completely aligned, and set really well. I also was able to find a place to get my brake rotors turned.

However (there's always a however) the steering column didnt go though the hole that leads to the inside of the cabin, so I had to take the whole front susp. off This completely discouraged me.

Oh well, start again tomorrow on the trim. Also, I have to wait for the steering bushing to arrive from Pelican Parts.

You can see here where I scratched the undercoating while putting in the front suspension






Rubber liner for the engine bay, scratched the holding part a little bit, but I'm not as concerned, this is under the car and is going to get really dirty/scuffed/dented anyway....



Dug these old things out of storage 16 x 7's all around.....

Don't know if I posted this yet, but these are the brakes I'll be using on the front. I already have the whole setup including rotors, struts, upgraded Master Cyl, etc.


I'm thinking red?

everythings looking great, man i've been slacking off out of money. gotta go to palmdale tomorrow and buy the adapter plate.

I'm simply astonished at the work and detail you are doing. Looks great. Jealous indeed.

Yes! I found the steering wheel bearing! Front Suspension going on in 4 hours!

For now, it's soaking in penetrating lubricant, and I'll re-grease it before it goes in.

Also, called Pelican and had to order new wheel bearing clamp nuts for the 914/6 fronts that I have.... $180 bucks for those, hub to rotor screws, caliper rebuild kits, and 2 thrust washers..... Gay

Yay for eBay!

I'll be working on bearings alot right now, I think there will be a short section in here on how to properly load/grease bearings, as I have make a mistake in trying to do this before.

Should I do this and if so, should I make it here or a separate thread?

Again, I might or might not take pictures, because I want to get this done AND still have it for the this summer, now that I'm 21.

Your working way too fast! I need for you to take a few days off so I can catch up to you.

Looks like you're working late tonight billy, because my Suspension is on!

To sum it up, I have a 914/6 front end. In the last week of hunting parts, I've learned that this is basically a 911 front end, as I have Bilstein struts with Carrera A Calipers and rotors, and the Torsion bars and adjusters are that of a type 911. Also learned that I NEED a steering wheel bearing and that torsion adjusters of a pre 69 911 will not work on this setup..... wish I knoew that before buying them on eBay.

Pics.....


Steering boot with bearing. Before I put the bearing in, cleaned it with penetrating lubricant, and re-greased it. Also, before you lock it in there, be sure to put a little grease on the half moon bracket. Cuts down on squeeking....





The suspension, look good?





Painted the caps silver, thought this was a nice little touch...






The ones that WONT fit.... Any buyers?

Started painting the brake calipers, decided on Red. Pics to come.