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> 1971 Gold Metallic Project, The Turbo 1.7
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post Jun 7 2013, 01:12 PM
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I picked up this car late 2012 with the intention of flipping it. But never got anything done on it until I tore apart my Marathon Blue Metallic 73 to prepare it for WCR 2013, which of course didn't happen. So now this Gold Metallic 71 is my new driver.

Starting off at the beginning. Trekkor found the car and had it for sale. I picked it up from him without the engine, front bumper, rocker panels or wheels pictured below. Otherwise this is how the car came to me.


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I tried at sell the car a few times since it was just collecting leaves in my parking lot. But most people I showed it to found it a little too big of a project for them. So we pulled the rotten battery tray and patched a small section in the hell hole. We pulled the crazy sway bar setups off (see rear underside pic above) and ripped out the wood grain dash. I also swapped the lids to a better set. Both trunk lids had crazy scratching on them, and both were rusted in the usual places (under the lip). The rear reflector got the axe as well.

With WCR approaching and the Blue car still on the rotisserie, I realized I needed a new plan and settled upon getting the Gold car operational.

At first I was going to rebuild the suspension, brakes, etc. But my pragmatic employee, Tim, suggested it would be smarter to simply swap the suspension and brakes off of the Blue car instead, saving us hours of work. DUH! So we had a roller with good brakes in an afternoon. We also installed the gas tank and fuel pump off the Blue car as well because those parts were known good.

The engine was undecided at first. I had a known good 2.0 with stock FI ready to go in and that was the plan the whole time, but when the day came for the engine to go in, somehow the Turbo 1.7 project ended up there instead. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)
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post Jun 7 2013, 01:13 PM
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For those of you the haven't seen a gold metallic 914, here's a shot. I expect some day it will go back to original. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)




This is not my car!


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post Jun 7 2013, 01:13 PM
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I got the MicroSquirt FI setup up and running, and tuned the car without the turbo in place. I'm still working on tuning the turbo in. I've got a few more days yet before I have to drive 12h to WCR. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

In between working on the engine I decided to color sand the paint. The yellow respray was one of the absolute worst paint jobs I've ever seen. There was so much texture in the paint that you almost couldn't call it 'orange peel'. I'm happy with how it turned out.


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post Jun 7 2013, 01:13 PM
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Long term plans are to install the 2.4 six I picked up awhile back and do a detailed six tribute.
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post Jun 7 2013, 01:19 PM
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Goldie Lock (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving-girl.gif)

I have never seen a rear Addco swaybar installed that way (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif)
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post Jun 7 2013, 02:16 PM
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Nice project car. I'm surprised you didn't get any bites on that one.
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post Jun 7 2013, 02:27 PM
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Yeah, me too. But I'm glad it worked out how it did because the couple times I did try to sell it, I was asking WAY too little.
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post Jun 7 2013, 03:13 PM
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Yeah, me too. But I'm glad it worked out how it did because the couple times I did try to sell it, I was asking WAY too little.


That's a fact , if it doesn't sell in a week raise the price= sold (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)
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post Jun 7 2013, 04:51 PM
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Chimp Sanctuary NW. Check it out.
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we're both racing the calendar mark. how are you going to keep the clutch and speedo cable from melting together?
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post Jun 7 2013, 06:05 PM
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Drive faster. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
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post Jun 7 2013, 06:10 PM
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Gold.....that is what my red car was originally.
I just can't like that color...tried, kept thinking about it, but nahhh

Funny, all you pictures have a different shade...some look yellow orange, the first ones look butterscotch, which is actually kinda cool, but the interior shots have that gold paint...

It's rare, so keeping it gold will make it unique, but also most likely a tough sell
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post Jun 7 2013, 09:13 PM
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Yeah, the first post pics are from Trekkor's sale ad. Different camera, different colors. I think as a six 'replica' gold will sell.
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post Jun 7 2013, 09:32 PM
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Hi Mark

Boy that Gold is a super rare color...... It's rare because it was not very popular back then (IMHO). I just asked my wife about the gold and she slapped (figuratively) the shXX out of me and said, essentially, No.

Good luck with the car though; it is good to see one on the road in that color.
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post Jun 7 2013, 09:46 PM
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Yeah, the first post pics are from Trekkor's sale ad. Different camera, different colors. I think as a six 'replica' gold will sell.


(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) But I would totally own that car as a 4. Wife say's (IMG:style_emoticons/default/slap.gif) no more cars until I catch up with the ones I have now. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)
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post Jun 8 2013, 05:48 AM
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Hi Mark

Boy that Gold is a super rare color...... ehhh can't pull it off even as a joke. It's rare because it was unpopular then and still is (IMHO).


I think she's beautiful. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Jun 8 2013, 07:07 AM
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QUOTE(McMark @ Jun 7 2013, 11:13 AM) *

For those of you the haven't seen a gold metallic 914, here's a shot. I expect some day it will go back to original. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)




This is not my car!


That gold metallic is stunning in the sunlight......my first 914 came to me with a crappy white respray...when I removed the rockers I was greeted with the gleam of the original and put it back to the gold metallic...loved it, like the song by Willie Nelson & Julio..."All the girls I've loved..."
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post Jun 8 2013, 11:20 AM
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post Jun 8 2013, 05:03 PM
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QUOTE(McMark @ Jun 7 2013, 11:13 AM) *

For those of you the haven't seen a gold metallic 914, here's a shot. I expect some day it will go back to original. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)




This is not my car!


That gold metallic is stunning in the sunlight......my first 914 came to me with a crappy white respray...when I removed the rockers I was greeted with the gleam of the original and put it back to the gold metallic...loved it, like the song by Willie Nelson & Julio..."All the girls I've loved..."



I have to agree! Here is a picture of your old car - I am still loving it..


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post Jun 8 2013, 07:37 PM
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That looks fantastic!
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