Home  |  Forums  |  914 Info  |  Blogs
 
914World.com - The fastest growing online 914 community!
 
Porsche, and the Porsche crest are registered trademarks of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG. This site is not affiliated with Porsche in any way.
Its only purpose is to provide an online forum for car enthusiasts. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
 

Welcome Guest ( Log In | Register )

4 Pages V « < 2 3 4  
 Reply to this topicStart new topic
> 916 restored @ Canepa
mepstein
post Nov 22 2019, 03:32 PM
Post #61


914-6 GT in waiting
***************

Group: Members
Posts: 19,334
Joined: 19-September 09
From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE
Member No.: 10,825
Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
QUOTE(Steve @ Nov 21 2019, 09:09 AM) *

QUOTE(SKL1 @ Nov 20 2019, 08:28 PM) *

I didn't think it looked that bad when I saw it at Rare Shades but I didn't climb all over it... in all honesty I thought the "Brutus" lettering was a little tacky.

I’m not an expert, but the only things I noticed was the rubber trim around the metal top. I could tell they did the best they could with what they had, since this weather stripping is unobtainable. There was also a gap on the top of the rear fiberglass bumper.
I don’t know how you could fix that without damaging the one of a kind bumper.

On the high end restorations, the unobtanium parts are reproduced, one of a kind parts are repaired. There are places that our shop uses that will make or remake anything. It’s just a matter of writing the check.
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
larryM
post Nov 24 2019, 03:11 PM
Post #62


emoze
***

Group: Members
Posts: 891
Joined: 1-January 03
From: mid- California
Member No.: 65
Region Association: Northern California
QUOTE(mepstein @ Nov 22 2019, 01:32 PM) *

. . . unobtanium parts are reproduced, one of a kind parts are repaired. There are places that our shop uses that will make or remake anything. It’s just a matter of writing the check.


pictures from at-factory resto that gms posted long time back

Attached Image
Attached Image

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/evilgrin.gif)

User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
Racer
post Nov 25 2019, 08:09 AM
Post #63


Senior Member
***

Group: Members
Posts: 787
Joined: 25-August 03
From: Northern Virginia
Member No.: 1,073
Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
Sometimes its EGO and name dropping too.. restored by "AA" or restored by "Canapa" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
Besides, if you can afford a million dollar car, surely you can afford to have it re-restored too.
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
sixnotfour
post Nov 25 2019, 11:03 AM
Post #64


914 Wizard
**********

Group: Members
Posts: 10,440
Joined: 12-September 04
From: Life Elevated..planet UT.
Member No.: 2,744
Region Association: Rocky Mountains
I believe this is Brutus..


Attached image(s)
Attached Image
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
dr914@autoatlanta.com
post Nov 26 2019, 10:31 AM
Post #65


914 Guru
*****

Group: Members
Posts: 7,912
Joined: 3-January 07
From: atlanta georgia
Member No.: 7,418
Region Association: None
Brutus was certainly a 914 that was 'through the mill" and if any other 914 would have been scrap.
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
Bleyseng
post Nov 26 2019, 12:11 PM
Post #66


Aircooled Baby!
**********

Group: Members
Posts: 13,035
Joined: 27-December 02
From: Seattle, Washington (for now)
Member No.: 24
Region Association: Pacific Northwest
QUOTE(dr914@autoatlanta.com @ Nov 26 2019, 08:31 AM) *

Brutus was certainly a 914 that was 'through the mill" and if any other 914 would have been scrap.


Do tell! What is the history of the car??
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
speedy914
post Nov 26 2019, 09:05 PM
Post #67


Newbie
*

Group: Members
Posts: 14
Joined: 27-September 07
From: Delaware
Member No.: 8,166
QUOTE(sixnotfour @ Nov 25 2019, 12:03 PM) *

I believe this is Brutus..


Not Brutus (unless they put 4 bolts hubs on car during restoration) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon_bump.gif)
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
speedy914
post Nov 26 2019, 09:07 PM
Post #68


Newbie
*

Group: Members
Posts: 14
Joined: 27-September 07
From: Delaware
Member No.: 8,166
QUOTE(Bleyseng @ Nov 26 2019, 01:11 PM) *

QUOTE(dr914@autoatlanta.com @ Nov 26 2019, 08:31 AM) *

Brutus was certainly a 914 that was 'through the mill" and if any other 914 would have been scrap.


Do tell! What is the history of the car??


https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2019/01/28/br...ts-car-history/
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
SirAndy
post Nov 27 2019, 01:38 AM
Post #69


Resident German
*************************

Group: Admin
Posts: 41,707
Joined: 21-January 03
From: Oakland, Kalifornia
Member No.: 179
Region Association: Northern California
QUOTE(speedy914 @ Nov 26 2019, 07:05 PM) *

QUOTE(sixnotfour @ Nov 25 2019, 12:03 PM) *

I believe this is Brutus..


Not Brutus (unless they put 4 bolts hubs on car during restoration) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon_bump.gif)

Pretty common to just slap a /4 suspension under the chassis to roll it around the shop while restoring.

No need to get real /6 components and wheels all messed up while doing surgery ....
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
sixnotfour
post Nov 27 2019, 03:23 AM
Post #70


914 Wizard
**********

Group: Members
Posts: 10,440
Joined: 12-September 04
From: Life Elevated..planet UT.
Member No.: 2,744
Region Association: Rocky Mountains
Way more to the book than the cover....


Attached image(s)
Attached Image Attached Image
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
Bleyseng
post Nov 27 2019, 12:05 PM
Post #71


Aircooled Baby!
**********

Group: Members
Posts: 13,035
Joined: 27-December 02
From: Seattle, Washington (for now)
Member No.: 24
Region Association: Pacific Northwest
QUOTE(speedy914 @ Nov 26 2019, 07:07 PM) *

QUOTE(Bleyseng @ Nov 26 2019, 01:11 PM) *

QUOTE(dr914@autoatlanta.com @ Nov 26 2019, 08:31 AM) *

Brutus was certainly a 914 that was 'through the mill" and if any other 914 would have been scrap.


Do tell! What is the history of the car??


https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2019/01/28/br...ts-car-history/


46,000 original miles and it had all that rust work done on it? Sheesh, must have been stored sitting on wet grass under a tree.
Some people treat their cars like shit....
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
dr914@autoatlanta.com
post Nov 27 2019, 12:56 PM
Post #72


914 Guru
*****

Group: Members
Posts: 7,912
Joined: 3-January 07
From: atlanta georgia
Member No.: 7,418
Region Association: None
this thing was a rusted many times wrecked may times color changed and interior changed vehicle. All we really know is that it started as a Black 71 914-6. At one time it had elephant hide in it. Corina Piech used it as here personal car, and changed interiors to match her current outfit. Tony Lapine finally got tired of redoing the interior so shut her down after this red striped one
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
rhodyguy
post Nov 27 2019, 01:01 PM
Post #73


Chimp Sanctuary NW. Check it out.
***************

Group: Members
Posts: 22,116
Joined: 2-March 03
From: Orion's Bell. The BELL!
Member No.: 378
Region Association: Galt's Gulch
Can't see those images Jeff.
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
sixnotfour
post Nov 27 2019, 01:44 PM
Post #74


914 Wizard
**********

Group: Members
Posts: 10,440
Joined: 12-September 04
From: Life Elevated..planet UT.
Member No.: 2,744
Region Association: Rocky Mountains
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) I looked at a grey market 914-6 in 1978..it was rusty, i also had a euro 78 sc, it was rusty..


Attached image(s)
Attached Image Attached Image
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
larryM
post Dec 1 2019, 03:10 PM
Post #75


emoze
***

Group: Members
Posts: 891
Joined: 1-January 03
From: mid- California
Member No.: 65
Region Association: Northern California
QUOTE(Bleyseng @ Nov 27 2019, 10:05 AM) *


46,000 original miles and it had all that rust work done on it? Sheesh, must have been stored sitting on wet grass under a tree.
Some people treat their cars like shit....


'way long ago in 2007 - "Jürgen Seyffert" a 914-6 sportomatic owner in Germany wrote me that there were almost no old 914's left there 'cuz they "use salt on the roads" -

(which is why the market for usa export shells to europe was lively)

same is pretty much true of any 914 or 911 or japan car of that era that lived & was driven routinely in the usa midwest or rust belt

the simple rust test for any porsche of the day was to put a jack into the lift point and see how badly the body deformed around the jack point -

914Ltd did a great biz in longitudinal "clamshells" for that

during my IA & KS & autobody days i worked on & saw LOTS of those flexible hulks - today many have been aka "restored" if they didn't go early to the junkyard

- in 1972 i briefly had a '67 911 that deformed that way (it had lived as a daily-driver on the Chicago-Milwaukee milk run) - it was a "fast car" that i got rid of fast

- plenty of pics on this site of similar "rustoration" 914's over the last 10 yrs that require large checkbooks or understanding spouses

. . . . time was, the only old porsche worth considering to buy was one that had a documented life in CA-AZ-et al

i personally junked out two 914-6's of that ilk - both VINs are in the database (allegedly one is now on another chassis)

. pic: this Oregon car's entire floor pan was rusted out & i cut the car into pieces; & later i acquired a similar one in NV that came from AK with new floor pans in boxes (it actually ran, & got sold as a "project" for the ebay price of the parts) - "rustoration" 'way beyond my teacher's paycheck

Attached Image
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
twistedstang
post Jan 5 2022, 05:25 PM
Post #76


Member
**

Group: Members
Posts: 220
Joined: 9-January 06
From: Port Huron, MI
Member No.: 5,395
Region Association: None
Ooops
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
jkb081
post Jan 5 2022, 06:11 PM
Post #77


Member
**

Group: Members
Posts: 78
Joined: 24-October 21
From: San Francisco, CA.
Member No.: 26,018
Region Association: Northern California
QUOTE(Steve @ Nov 17 2019, 04:47 PM) *

When it was at the shades event, there was a bunch of stuff wrong with it. Lots of poor fitting parts. i.e. bumpers, trim, seals, etc. Funny, but there were several people nit picking what was wrong with it. At the event they said they were going to take it apart and redo it.


looks great from here!! Is that a tribute to Brutus? Well done.
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
jkb081
post Jan 5 2022, 06:22 PM
Post #78


Member
**

Group: Members
Posts: 78
Joined: 24-October 21
From: San Francisco, CA.
Member No.: 26,018
Region Association: Northern California
QUOTE(SKL1 @ Nov 20 2019, 11:28 PM) *

I didn't think it looked that bad when I saw it at Rare Shades but I didn't climb all over it... in all honesty I thought the "Brutus" lettering was a little tacky.

I believe that was original. The dash should have the name Corina, the women it was built for.
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
wndsrfr
post Jan 5 2022, 08:57 PM
Post #79


Senior Member
***

Group: Members
Posts: 1,430
Joined: 30-April 09
From: Rescue, Virginia
Member No.: 10,318
Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
QUOTE(jkb081 @ Jan 5 2022, 04:22 PM) *

QUOTE(SKL1 @ Nov 20 2019, 11:28 PM) *

I didn't think it looked that bad when I saw it at Rare Shades but I didn't climb all over it... in all honesty I thought the "Brutus" lettering was a little tacky.

I believe that was original. The dash should have the name Corina, the women it was built for.

Take a close look at the photo in post #36....does look like Corina on the glove box lid.....
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
« Next Oldest · 914World Garage · Next Newest »
 

4 Pages V « < 2 3 4
Reply to this topicStart new topic
2 User(s) are reading this topic (2 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members:

 

Display Mode: Standard · Switch to: Linear+ · Switch to: Outline

Track this topic · Email this topic · Print this topic · Subscribe to this forum

- Lo-Fi Version Time is now: 26th June 2024 - 02:08 AM
Invision Power Board v9.1.4 © 2024  IPS, Inc.
All rights reserved 914World.com © since 2002
914World.com is the fastest growing online 914 community!
We have it all, classifieds, events, forums, vendors, parts, autocross, racing, technical articles, events calendar, newsletter, restoration, gallery, archives, history and more for your Porsche 914 ...