Safari 914 project, “Sufari” Options

[East coaster]

I’ve been out of the 914 game for quite some time. The last 914 I built was back in 2006 and was quite a build. I’ve had about a dozen 914s over the years and my 2006 build was to be my ultimate 914 (for me at least). It was a GT flared 3.6 six conversion and was a great car. I sold it in 2015 and moved to other things. I’ve been getting the itch to build another teener for a while, but to go in a different direction. I’ve seen a couple Safari builds and that seemed interesting.

I picked up pretty well worn ‘72 914 for the base of my project. My plan is to build a budget conscious (it’s all relative) Subaru powered Safari mod. I plan to go with a normally aspirated 2.5 Subaru from a 1998 Forrester along with the Subaru tranny.

I’ve been working on removing rust and getting the tub suitable for my plans. This will by no means be a concours resto type build, but should prove interesting.

Here’s the base car being picked up for the project start



I stripped it down and sold the engine and tranny (it was a partially completed V8 conversion). Then started cutting out rusted areas a welding in new metal.

Some Radom rust repair pics in no special order….

[Montreal914]

I am still in admiration with your fiberglass duct work on your silver six (avatar), but now, even more! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pray.gif)

A few questions:

What type of foam is this?
What type of adhesive are you using to bond the foam pieces?
What type of filler are you using?
Are you putting any protective layer on the filler prior to laying the CF over?
Are you using polyester resin with CF as you would for fiberglass?
Would all of this buck preparation process be the same for fiberglass?

I think this is such cool fabrication work! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif)

Sorry for all the question... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[East coaster]

I am still in admiration with your fiberglass duct work on your silver six (avatar), but now, even more! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pray.gif)

A few questions:

What type of foam is this? (Just some foam board from Home Depot)
What type of adhesive are you using to bond the foam pieces? (Hot glue gun)
What type of filler are you using? (A coating of joint compound, then a little bondo where needed)
Are you putting any protective layer on the filler prior to laying the CF over? ( I usually do but didn’t here. The foam breaks out of the finished piece and it leaves a layer of joint compound which sands off very easily)
Are you using polyester resin with CF as you would for fiberglass? ( I used West System epoxy)
Would all of this buck preparation process be the same for fiberglass? (Same for glass. In fact, this has a single layer of fiberglass mat under the carbon. If you use polyester resin you would need to use different foam, as poly will eat this type of foam)

I think this is such cool fabrication work! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif)

Sorry for all the question... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)