Great project...keep the pictures coming.



So what engine are you getting?

John

I think I might have fallen victim to my Dads bribe, and I'll go Orange and get the 2.2 (he wants two Orange 6's).

Either that, or a 2.0

I'm excited!

My plan is to have it done by April 20th, my bday

Nice Job

what seats are they?

How do you open the photo bucket pictures?

I'm wondering the same thing. A lot of them say its been moved or deleted. Sad cuz I would like to see all the progess of the work and not just part of it.

Unfortunatly, Photobucket is being a jerk. I had all my pictures of my project in a general folder. Deciding that I wanted to be more organized, I put them in a specific folder, this caused them to be seen as 'moved'. I'll post them back.

For now, here's more...

Joe adding some primer to the front, I hope to get the front portion under the bumper covered in Rubberized undercoating.

Painted trunk, I want to do Rubberized Undercoating here too, and leave it black, despite the color of the car.

Forgot to add these from Friday.

Got under the wheels, took off the front suspension, and got at that old undercoating!

Pictures of the 2.0L that was came with the car. Totally rebuilt with alot of new goodies, came with the car...... Anyone need a 2L with all paperwork?

The new Engine that is going in it. I think it's a 2.0L-6?

I'll know tonight when my Dad gets back.

More pics to come tonight, as for now, gotta run to the Airport.

Some pictures of the polyester application...

So as of today, I have One month until I hear

I really have to haul ass in the next thirty days so I can get this done!


Moving on, the end result of the Polyester on the back fenders and top...

good luck! i hope you finish on time!

I like this guy, spring break and he's humping on his teener. Keep up the fine work, it should be a great car.

Haha, yeah. My 914 is def the important Girlfriend.

Well, we started on the doors yesterday (sorry I forgot to update yesterday). Brief overview. We took the doors off our 75 Sim project, and slapped them on mine. They turned out to be really good with little paint and great primer, so much so that we used this as a base.

Also, I'll have pictures in a bit of a one of my favorite parts. Took some of my Dads 911 mirrors, and plan to put them on the 914. Used the old doors as a mock up, and found a different way to do it, atleast from what I've seen.

Ok, so, the mirrors.



I've never really liked the stock ones, so those are out. Grabbed some of Dads 911's and did a mock up on the old doors, and Joe welded the original holes for the stock ones shut.











Took of the bottom supports, and I plan on doing this a little differently than I have seen. Me and my Dad did a dry run on the old doors....

Todays list.

Polyester-ed the front Driver fender/Door. Looked AWESOME, so awesome, that I brought out the old tires (which are being replaced by 6's and 7's) just to see what it looked like.











Also, got the rear suspension off, and it will be ground down tomorrow.




Oh, and of course, can't forget when the doro decided to ever-so-slightly open, and just barely touch the Forklift.

Moving on, started taking apart the Rear suspension. The Haynes manual wasn't much help, so I kinda had to figure it out.

Oh, and of course, the Compressor isn't turning on for some reason, so bead blasting the Rear Suspension is out of the question....

Finally moving again....

We are SANDBLASTING today kids!

Joe is so happy, he thinks my lid is a Guitar!






More pictures to come in a few min!

Our.....um...... "Sandblasting Booth" ... thank you Waste Management...










A little repair.....




Oh yeah, we took out the windshield....

Your door had a small flat area where the forklift got to it anyway. I feel sorry for that poor guy in that closed area sandblasting with no air movement. He must like you a lot.

Huh?



He has a mask. He'll live. Lol.

Again, we thank WM!

LOL...keep up the good work. Lets hope we both finish in time for WCR!

Haha, we'll race to finish FOR WCR, and then race AT WCR.

By the way, this is what I look like...

So we finally headed out last night around Midnight. Fortunatly, we still have the sandblaster here, so I think I'll accidentally forget to return it and hit the engine bay.


I know, I know, I should have done this in the first place, but really, we are only hitting the REALLY hard areas, like that space between the front fenders and the windshield, or inside the air vent just below the windshield. But I really wanna smooth out the sanding I did in the engine bay and make it look just that much better, even though I'll be doing RU in there.

Ordering paint today too! Yeah, I FINALLY decided on a color!



Some pictures to keep you busy when you should be WORKING!

Still got a ways to go... but keep up the good work!!

Update of todays work:

Broke out both the front and the rear hood, Joe is working on them as we speak. We decided to spot weld the beams on the undersides, as this makes it much stronger and harder to cause a crease lest someone push down on my rear. Also, put a ton of aluma-lead on the top of the trunk for the same reason.

I hate it when that happens.

Joe is beating out the front hood and gonna seal up those emblem holes, though I plan on making more later...

Keep up the good work

Well, I don't know if it's GOOD work, hahhaha!

26 days until 21st Birthday....

Some pictures of the Engine Lid, and the Hood. Deleted the *cough* crooked *cough* holes made by the PO, addes Aluma-Lead and Bondo to both....

Apparently, I may need a new front hood. Atleast since my Father is a Porsche freak, we don't have any shortage, but still.



Stuff is getting done, bondo sanded. As for tonight, I have to help the JDM guys down the way do some vynl for their cars, their going to Willow tomorrow.

why a new hood? damn we need to catch up, we havnt even started our drivetrain yet, then theres the wiring we gotta tackle. im still working on striping/painting the trunks. havnt even started to bondo/prep the exterior for paint.

Yeah, I'm here at the shop all day, and when I'm not working on the car, the body guy is.

The support that is under the hood caused a ripple, and I might need a lot of bondo if we cant straighten it out more. Things might be looking up though, I'll know in a few hours.


I'm avoiding the wiring. When I was originally taking out the tar from the cabin floor, I was using a Blow torch, before I discovered the magic of Dry Ice. I'm pretty sure I passed over the harness a few times.

As for the trunks, I would just recommend getting about a gallon of painted rubberized undercoating, and spraying the trunk, I think it looks really nice. But of course, thats only if your sure there's no rust.

It's lookin very good!

Be sure to invest plenty of time in that wiring harness. None of the four 914's I've owned were without some wild and crazy re-wiring tricks by the PO's. That would make an interesting post - What was the craziest electrical mod made by the PO?

I must have spent nearly 12 hours on the engine harness for my SHO V6 conversion. And that's the smallest of the three harnesses I need to go through.

Enjoy!

I'm starting to slow down. But I plan on putting this back into the gear I was in.... tomorrow, lol.

Primed the rear hood today, it looks really good.

Tomorrow, Suspension is getting painted and put back on. As is the Rear Suspension. All this, while Joe finishes the door, both hoods, and engine lid, and seam seals the jams and the trunk. I'm not compromising, that all will be done tomorrow.

Oh! Helped out some of the JDM Guys down the way with some vinyl, check it out! But first, the Hood!







Some of the vinyl that I whipped out, I did it mirrored, so it looks like you are looking through the car.....

I know I shouldn't, but I really must brag and tell SOMEBODY! Apparently, the Porsche Gods decided to give Enrique an early Birthday present.

Bilstein Shocks
911 SC Calipers
911 Steering

Painter didn't show up yesterday.... and today he's 30 min late and still no show.....

I needed to get under the car, but I didnt feel like being on my back all day....

Also, got under the car to finish off the spots with bad undercoating...





Before









After

Painted under the trunk, will do undercoating as well!

Also got the bottom of the Lid!




Things where so much fun, the Girlfriend wanted to get into some Sandblasting!

very sweet.

gonna be a nice car too.

I hope so, I've been putting in 10-12 hour days on it to get it ready.

3 weeks!

Finally, an update.

i've been super busy with school, hopefully, I'm only a week away from a minor Political Science degree.

Now, onto the important stuff.

Car is painted, as is the engine bay undercoated along with the trunk, etc.

One side is wet sanded, and the engine just need the tin put on it.

Looking awesome dude! Can't wait to see more progress.

Stuff is coming together! And all my sandblasted and repainted parts are really looking good!