The return of project Scarlet, Back at it Options

[AndyB]

As the title reads this is my build off thread. First this is what the car looked like when I picked her up in 2011, she was on conceinmeent.




Oh she was beautiful in her 1.8 glory. The car had 4 owners and all the paperwork to include the window sticker. Since owning her I have put over. 30k miles on her. That is more than the previous three owners combined. I have driven her through snow and rain. Earlier this year the engine went from 0 r.p.m. To turned off the ignition when it climbed past 7k, it was too late. I spun the bearings and made some round holes oval.

Andy.

[Tom_T]

Hey Andy -

I resemble that remark by Paul ... he & I are both "another 914 owner" .... or are we just dog meat unless we (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) our own 914s to your house!> (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

.... for me, not a likely chance of doing a sunny SoCal to Frostbite Falls NY in my 73! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

Just (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif) ya!

Apparently Michael has been out in sunny NTC all this time - just got a text this past weekend that he's leaving CA for Carson! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif) He thought it would only be 2 weeks.

PS - Tip: get some zinc primer rattle cans (Wurth, Eastwood, etc.) & flash coat the bare metal anytime it's going to sit for more thean 12-24 hours - especially back there in the high humidity, to prevent that surface rusting after you've taken off the paint to bare metal in areas. That stuff can stay on with the repaint, be welded through it, or quickly sanded off or sode/media blasted if need be - but in the meantime you won't get all that rust restarting. I did that with the pair of early-beamless `73 doors I got from Beach914 a while back, the PO before him had sanded them & left them to rust, so I sanded off the surface rust & Wurth zinc primed them til the can be worked on with the rest of the body work, so far good for 2+ years! The zinc goes sacrificial to oxidation, instead of the steel to rust!

Cheers! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
Tom
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