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

[siverson]

> I think a Porsche engine rebuild is about the same no matter the power.

It actually would have been cheaper for me to rebuild the car as a 2.2 or 2.4 with a little more horsepower, but that would require machining the heads and making it more non-stock.

My thought was it's going to be a slow car compared to my 3.6 no matter how I build this engine, so I'm trying to keep it very near stock, or at least 100% reversible. And so far I'm pretty happy with my choice. The engine sounds awesome - just like an early 911 - imagine that! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

The engine does have E cams now, because that just seemed like a better choice (S is too peaky). But if someone really cared in the future they could go back to T cams.

And I have decided to paint the whole bottom of the car body color (rather than the gray/white/overspray debate) because I just don't feel like it makes sense to try and copy the factory's imperfections. All body color looks better to me, and probably protects a little better too.

-Steve