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Posted by: DaveB Nov 25 2021, 02:08 PM

I thinks the sales pitch of I drove this a few years ago and it had a shimmy on the freeway was BS...



There's other creative stuff on this car. Push button start with a hot wire switch, broken a trunk mount so a long bolt, 30 washers and screw it into the wheel well, wired in top, etc. Easy fixes just WTF folks do to a car

DaveB

Posted by: Robarabian Nov 25 2021, 02:10 PM

I wanna see more!!!!

Posted by: windforfun Nov 25 2021, 02:29 PM

Cheap shit DAPO!!!

Posted by: Van B Nov 25 2021, 02:32 PM

I'm actually impressed! You gotta try real hard to do a repair that bad lol!

Posted by: DaveB Nov 25 2021, 03:34 PM

OK, How about the fuel tank....



I figure a 45 mile radius. I was impressed that they used a low pressure high volume pump with a separate regulator for the webers.

Then there is the ignition:


Glad they kept the switch cover on this for safety.


And the push button start on the dash. Race ready - lol.

I have more. It looks like a black rattle black paint job. Outlined the bumpers and painted parts of the chrome. Amazing what folks do.

DaveB

Posted by: Van B Nov 25 2021, 04:01 PM

This is amazing!

Posted by: SirAndy Nov 25 2021, 04:16 PM

Posted by: 930cabman Nov 25 2021, 05:10 PM

Might be a bit Rube, but he/she deserves a few points for being creative

Posted by: 73-914 Nov 25 2021, 08:25 PM

When you run out you have an easy can to fill

Posted by: bkrantz Nov 25 2021, 10:00 PM

That's hall of fame PO stupidity right there!

Posted by: Geezer914 Nov 26 2021, 12:16 AM

I thought I've seen it all until this! That trans mount takes the prize!!!

Posted by: wonkipop Nov 26 2021, 12:34 AM

love it!

Posted by: Root_Werks Nov 26 2021, 10:34 AM

Haven't seen a chain to hold up the tranny before, yikes.

Posted by: 914Sixer Nov 27 2021, 01:41 PM

Isn't that a SAFETY CHAIN? There to prevent transmission failure

Posted by: Jonathan Livesay Nov 27 2021, 03:06 PM

I'd sooner drive a car with that trans mount than with that sort of gas tank setup.

Posted by: willieg Nov 27 2021, 03:31 PM

Thank you for posting. I thought my work had been getting sloppy lately but this posting puts me on top of the heap.

Posted by: Chris914n6 Nov 27 2021, 10:58 PM

Actually the push button starter was a common fix before we got repro (affordable) replacement ignition switches.

Posted by: DaveB Nov 28 2021, 02:59 AM

If I have to replace the chain, is the genuine Porsche one $800?


DaveB

Posted by: 73-914 Nov 28 2021, 06:39 AM

YES

Posted by: mlindner Nov 28 2021, 03:51 PM

I'd put a padlock for easy trans removal.

Posted by: Puebloswatcop Nov 28 2021, 06:06 PM

Phenominal, I'd like to meet the DAPO just to congratulate him on surviving. I must admit though when I got my '74 it had the same ignition switch that yours has, only without the safety cover.

Posted by: mbseto Nov 29 2021, 09:13 AM

I guess most Porsche owners never go through a poor student phase. I grew up in a rural little town in Ohio, we bought $400 cars that had to get us home from wrestling practice and to our fast food jobs. We kept a spool of bailing wire in my buddy's VW Bug for wiring on whatever fell off. When the floor pan fell out, we got a piece of steel from another guy who's dad worked at Hess & Eisenhardt - they made armored limousines - and so the passenger was safe from shooters hiding under manhole covers, and the whole car sagged to that side. One friend was either a driver or passenger in 6 wrecks that totalled the car- three were roll-overs and one he had to be cut out of. Never got a major injury. My cousin had so many cars catch on fire, we joked that she could always instantly find her car in a crowded parking lot. No one thought much past the day when we could escape that little town.

Posted by: Root_Werks Nov 29 2021, 09:32 AM

I went through a poor student phase, but my victims where VW's, mainly Bugs back in the 80's. Oh the things a teenager will do to keep a VW Alive....wait, isn't that a book?

Posted by: NARP74 Nov 29 2021, 06:58 PM

That's Roadkill right there! How to do the wrong thing the right way.

Posted by: Mikey914 Nov 29 2021, 08:17 PM

I had a 914 in high school and wasn't independently wealthy, but I did understand that there was a right way, a pretty close to right way, and the bastard fixes.

The last was only to limp home.

Posted by: 930cabman Nov 30 2021, 01:59 PM

Are we sure he/she is surviving??

Posted by: VaccaRabite Nov 30 2021, 02:12 PM

Did the car still shift? Could you find all the gears?

I can't imagine the shifter geometry was anywhere near correct.

Zach

Posted by: Sway Bar Nov 30 2021, 02:22 PM

I don't mind that trans fix, but I'd like to see at least 1-2 threads exposed on that nut just to be safe