18 years old, 10 month timeline, small budget, But one sweet car. |
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18 years old, 10 month timeline, small budget, But one sweet car. |
clow |
Jun 8 2011, 08:42 PM
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The Kid Group: Members Posts: 164 Joined: 7-September 10 From: Ontario, Canada Member No.: 12,151 Region Association: Canada |
For every one that said I could, three said I couldn't... guess I beat the odds
So the last year I was at every teen's turning point where I was getting through the licensing process. The previous 3 years I raced Provincial level for downhill mountain biking. We would take the chair lift up at a ski hill and race down through time trials. Once the licence was in my hand my thoughts changed towards motors. At the beginning of last summer I sold my race bike. I kept the cash and saved for the rest of the summer. Near the end of the summer I was desperate for another hobby. I found a 914 project on Kijiji (Canada’s Craigslist) and figured, what the hell. I have never taken auto at school, just learned from my dad who was pretty handy. I brought the car home and gave it a shot. The goal was 10 months until my PROM. That was THE UNLTIMATE goal. I knew how to weld and grind so that was the start of the project. I rented a rotisserie from a guy and put the car in the air. From then I sand blasted the under coating and started patching. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net-12151-1307587348.2.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net-12151-1307587348.3.jpg) The only part I expected to have someone else do was the exterior body work anything that could be seen. I stripped to bare metal the car, primed it and sent it out. In 2 months it was back. Perfect, just in time to have the engine rebuilt. With -30 winters and no heat in the garage, it was nice to work on the engine in the basement. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net-12151-1307587348.4.jpg) Mid march I had the engine in the car. About 3 weeks later it was fired up. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net-12151-1307587349.5.jpg) After a huge deal about getting it painted (long story) I settled to have my uncle do the base/clear job in my garage. I think it turned out pretty good. So here it sits. Its 2 days from prom and I just finished it up. I still have some tuning but it runs, it moves, and I think its sexy as hell. I am very happy with it. Its not a concours, award winning car but it was keep close to stock. There was a few shortcuts and lots I would do different next time but I was on a huge student budget and a small timeline. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/lp1.pinkbike.org-12151-1307587349.6.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/lp1.pinkbike.org-12151-1307587349.7.jpg) I am on the right, my friend on the left. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net-12151-1307587349.8.jpg) In the end I have about 1300 hours into it. I am 18 years old. My best friend, Aaron has about 1000. My dad has about 60 hours in it and the bodywork/paint guys have about 70 hours. I just wanted to say this was all done AND funded by MYSELF. I want to give a big thanks to my family, friends, Yves (Memeber Freezing14) Steve (Memeber SWL). Also to the 914WORLD and its amazing members!!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) |
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