Just arrived in the garage: 1971 914-4 1.7 |
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Just arrived in the garage: 1971 914-4 1.7 |
raynekat |
Feb 11 2015, 07:22 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,162 Joined: 30-December 14 From: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Member No.: 18,263 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Bought a 71 1.7 liter today.
Car is in relatively good shape as far as I can tell. Likely some hell hole and rear portion of the back trunk rust repair needed, but appears to be minor. Time will tell. My current plans are to get the fuel system and FI sorted out (me). It cranks over, but doesn't start. Then go through the brakes from stem to stern (PMB). After that....drive it. The original color is light ivory, but has had a repaint in pearl white years ago. Will get the body work done and do a proper respray. I've already got a set of 15x6.5" Minilites to install. The suspension will get a good going over....likely Elephant Racing setup. Re-do the interior with a more supportive driver's seat. Refreshed gauges (Hollywood Speedo) in 356 fashion. Double wrapped RS steering wheel. GT lightwt door panels. Eventually, a bigger four will power the car. Would like to keep it all 4 cylinder for the time being. I've already got a 911 sitting in the garage that tics all the 911 boxes off. I'll keep a log of the progress here with pics. This is a big, big project.....no doubt. |
cary |
Jul 15 2016, 09:06 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,900 Joined: 26-January 04 From: Sherwood Oregon Member No.: 1,608 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Feel asleep while writing the post.
Early start and a great time with the guys at our monthly Burgers & Beer gathering. So in goes the patch after the usual fiddling and fussing. Trim, grind, repeat. Trim, grind, repeat. Had to make extra cuts to reshape the existing panel. They hammered the crap out of it. After I finish welding in the patch. Here's the next challenge. Going to try something a little different with welding in the sides of the trunk pan this time. Rosette welds on the front portion. Then in the back where we have the gap. Instead of rebuilding them I'll bend/fold them over and tack weld the top edge. Once again, they'll be smothered in seam seam. Doug asked last night if we'd be better off looking for another car. My response. These cars are 50 years and weren't cherished in their early lives. Pretty certain most every car will have some issues. X-ray vision would be nice, so you could see under the paint and seam sealer. What a dumbass ...................... I have Doug surfing the web looking for fenders and I have what we need hanging on the rack. We're only going to use the front portion of Mark's qtrs. on his car. |
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