British 75 Rustoration, Bringing my 75 back from the dead Progress 22-8-11 Options

[veltror]

Well more progress now car very nearly stripped, not sure how to take out the metal dash frame but found a thread so Ill do that tomorrow. Welding (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welder.gif) starts next week. Here are some progress shots.

I hope it is of interest. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smash.gif)

Roman (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)

[horizontally-opposed]

Lotta work to do here, but it sure looks like you took it to the right place!!!

This is exactly the kind of 914 that makes me say: do whatever you want with it. I'd be tempted to convert it to RHD if I lived where you did. Now is the time. I'm not one for modern yellows on old cars myself (maybe try Summer Yellow, a very good mid-year 911 shade), but I am all about five lugs. I'd be tempted by black GT bumpers, flares, lids, and tie-downs if I was in it this far, too. Black top and vinyl sails. 15x7s and 15x9s in RSR finishes with Michelin TB tires and other period details would make your car a standout, too. A take on the GT interior would also help defray the costs of RHD conversion. Well, that and an older RHD 911 or 912, especially a 1978-on SC or Carrera 3.2.

As for aesthetics, the more "factory" or "period correct" you go, the more marketable/valuable the car will be in the long run. Even if you don't care about that (as I don't), I think this route usually helps create more "timeless" modded cars than many other approaches. Pick a factory theme and stick with it. That said, there's a lot of people who do their own thing and end up loving the end product for a lifetime. And I dig that, too. There is room for all of us.

In the end, it's your car. Hopefully, enough of us will offer enough ideas to help you pick and choose your way through to a great final product. The only piece of hard and fast advice I'd give you is this: Think hard about that and then write it down in pen and do NOT deviate from that plan. That's how things get expensive(er).

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Cheers!

pete