2017 Build-Off Challenge - OFFICIAL CONTEST THREAD, Race to "914 Day" Options

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ROUND 1 RESULTS

PLACE NAME POINTS
1st tygaboy (Chris) 26
2nd Curbandgutter (Ruby) 25
3rd Dion (Dion) 20
4th Mitox (Michael) 18
4th jd74914 (James) 18
5th JmuRiz (Nathan) 17
5th CAMshaft (Cameron) 17
6th jasons (Jason) 14
7th DavidSweden (David) 12
8th Matty900 (Matt) 9
9th Ecke Lierbhaber (Bates) 7


PART DEUX:

PLACE NAME POINTS
1st 3d914 (Gerard) 19
1st 914forme (Stephen) 19
2nd Garland (John) 16
2nd trojanhorspower (Peter) 16
3rd Nutter965 (Neale) 12
4th Andyrew (Andrew) 11
5th RJMII (Jim) 9

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15 Porsche 914s. 1 Year. 1 Challenge.

The 2017 914 Build-Off Challenge is on. What is the challenge? Finish building your 914 in 1 year. What is the deadline? 914 Day - September 14, 2017.

What are the prizes?
1st place will receive a full refund of all of the money they spend with 914rubber between October 15, 2016, and September 14, 2017. This is in addition to bargain rights, and a cool trophy.

As if that were not enough, 914rubber is offering a discount to all Challenger of 20% off of parts. Restoration Design is also offering a 15% discount to Challengers, through December 31, 2016.

What is this thread?
This is the main Challenge Contest thread. Challengers will post progress "reports" on their builds here. Challengers also have individual threads for their build where they post more details and people can comment on the build.

Why do we do this?
First, to get more 914s back on the road. Second, for the Challengers to inspire and share their experiences, so that others will get their 914 back on the road. Besides, everybody likes a little public competition, right?

Who won the 2016 Challenge? This guy - Garland (John):

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John is in the middle. Mark Whitesell of 914rubber is on the right (in addition to providing Challengers with discounts, he gave a full refund of all money spent with 914rubber on the build as a prize to the winner), and Steve Martin is on the left. After finishing his car, John drove it from Michigan to Okteenerfest in North Carolina and collected his trophy, the golden jack stand.

The top five Challengers in the 2016 Build-Off Challenge were:
1st Place - Garland
2nd Place - Darren C
3rd Place - Andyrew
4th Place - Olympic 1.7
5th Place - DirtyCossack

You can read more about the 2016 Build-Off Challenge, including seeing all of the Challengers' build posts here.

Why are there some Challengers from the 2016 Challenge in the contest again?
We had a few Challengers from the 2016 Build-Off Challenge that either didn't finish their car, or, like John, wanted to commit to taking it to the next level. So we created a special class of Challengers for those that wanted to do it again - Part Deux. Sometimes it take a little longer than expected to get these cars back on the road. The new Challengers and repeating Challengers will be scored separately.

What is the criteria to participate in the new Challenger class?
a. Must include removal and installation, or installation of the engine.
b. Must include significant rust/accident repair, and/or paint and bodywork.
c. Must include significant interior work.
d. Must complete the car and get it driving on the road.

What is the criteria to participate in the repeat Challenger class?
a. Must complete the car and get it driving on the road.
b. Must complete the goals you set out at the outset of the Challenge. These can be goals to complete the car, or to take it the next level.

How are the builds judged?
1. Finishing on time - The car must be "done" and on the road at the end of the build.
The car must be road worthy, including titled, registered, and tagged.
2. Completing all build tasks, as outlined at the beginning of the build. This is determined by the person doing the build, but, roughly set out at the beginning of the build.
3. Quality and workmanship of the final car.

Who judges the builds?
The participants (we call them Challengers), and the members of 914world.

How is the judging conducted?
There are three preliminary rounds, and a final round, ending as follows:

First Round - October to January
Second Road - January to April
Third Round - April to July
Final Round - July to September

At the end of each round the Challengers vote on the builds. The voting is conducted using a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being the best), based on the following areas:

A. Progress
B. Difficulty
C. Quality and Workmanship

In addition, the members of 914world vote on the build's via an online poll. The Challengers and 914world members' votes will be tallied, and the builds ranked based on the votes. No builds are eliminated at any preliminary rounds.

Final Round of Voting
At the end of the Challenge, the participants and 914world members, make a final vote using the same system as above. The tally of the final votes, along with those from the 3 preliminary rounds, determines the winners.

If you want to read all of the rules, you can do that here.

How is the 2017 Build-Off Challenge different than the 2016 Challenge?
First, the trophy will be bigger. It has to increase in size each year, right? Second, we have added two new rules:
1. Posting is required. If a Challenger doesn't post about their progress (Even if they made none) at least one time per month, they will be eliminated.
2. Voting is required. If a Challenger doesn't vote in the poll for each round, they will be eliminated.

Third, we want to increase our coverage of the builds. This increased coverage will be on 914world, in Fourteener Motoring magazine, on RedlineNine, and we also plan to do some video coverage of the progress of the builds. Stay tuned.

Who are the Challengers? Here they are.

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[Dion]

JANUARY Update: Well due to uncooperative weather I've not had a chance to
do any sandblasting. So turned to doing other mechanical tasks.
Replaced bearing and ball joints on the front struts. Attached the rotors as well.
The turbo valve covers for the six were milled down courtesy of Dave (914Dave).

Vendors: Stoddard & 914Rubber (e-brake rubber boots)