what do you think of this 914-6? [I bought it!], back to original Irish Green now Options

[siverson]

(UPDATED with comments below)

From the photos, this is what I see that is not correct. Anything I'm missing?

Not correct / things to fix:
- outside mirror
- speaker boxes
- after market front air dam
- 80s radio
- white valve covers
- rust (?) spots on carpet
- painted (?) headlight motors
- 4-cyl center console
- color change back to Irish Green
- wheel center caps need to be anodized or something
- incorrect jack
- black plastic threshold plates and carpet cleat should be aluminum

Not right but no reason to "correct" (IMO):
- Euro lenses
- Euro driving lights vs USA fog lights
- 15x6 Fuchs (was originally steel)

May or may not be correct:
- horn button is not correct
- center seat fabric should be smooth (Center cushion could be the Colgan aftermarket item, period correct)

questions / not sure:
- antenna may not be right... ?
- repro rear trunk carpet (missing grommet). or might be orig.

-Steve

[sixnotfour]

studs on lower covers and get SC lowers , as they are aluminum and look stock,.air cleaner should be plastic. plug wires? no biggy consumable
Irish Green .....

[bcheney]

What a cool story and project. I hadn't seen this thread until today. I did notice something IMPORTANT...at least if you want your valve adjustments to go well and not have to include dropping or lowering the engine. The turbo valve covers must be machined down about one half inch on the rear half or they will not be able to be removed once the engine is in the car. Some folks say only the right side needs to me machined...I didn't take the chance and just had both covers machined down. I've attached a couple of pics that Rich Johnson sent to me when I was making this mod to my car. I took the covers to a local machine shop and I think they charged me about 1/2 hour labor or approximately $30 to do the work. Additionally, some years ago I found a photobucket from "RJ Wilmoth" that has quite a lot of great pics of his fairly unmolested 1971 Silver 914/6...It's a beauty...I have used these pics to help understand what things look like for parts of my car which is a -6 conversion. Here is the link to his photobucket pics. Some great shots of the engine and engine bay along with many other areas of the car. Hope this helps!

http://s199.photobucket.com/user/rj968/lib...975035906505395