Brought home a '74 911S - ?'s for 6 guys Options

[jaredmcginness]

Hi guys!

I have finally fulfilled the childhood dream of owning my own classic 911. Feels amazing.
Posting here because you guys have way better input than the bird forum and I have a few 6 questions.

If it's fine with the mods and you guys want to see, I can keep updating this thread with the build.

Quick intro: Me, being me, cant afford to buy 'em running and ready and nice, so I like to get in low, do the work myself and get it going - I enjoy the
process, as most of us do. I'm sure many of you have seen that with my Irish Green 914.


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The car: This car came up about 8 miles from my house, is relatively rust free (my idea is rust free is different than most)

Being SUCH a cool car; first year G-body/Midyear, S motor, Ice Green metallic over a Targa... I simply could not pass it up.

I know mid years are kinda black sheep, but I'm pretty sure we like the black sheep around here. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bye1.gif)

This 911 is MOSTLY complete, its missing seats, carpet, etc. (easy peasy)
It is not a roller. She is paired with the numbers match 2.7S motor and 915


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The conundrum:

In transparency I paid just about 10K for the car.... in my eyes, you cannot lose at that price.

The engine suffered what I would call a catastrophic failure. Classic 2.7, right?
It appears to have thrown a connecting rod. The original case is ground down in cylinder #3(?) In the process, it looks like a push rod was smooshed into the case and the mating rocker arm snapped off.


To make matters fun, the engine is entirely (and I mean entirely) dissembled into 5 bins. People love to take things apart, then just sell them, huh?

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The good news: The bins are full of a ton of spares; Dizzys, lights, switches etc, (lots of stuff I can use for my 912 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/evilgrin.gif) )




I suppose my main question is as simple as "Is this case savable?"


I'm not yet decided on what I want to do with the car, but I do plan on SOME form of restoration. I have built a few aircooled motors, but this would be my first dive into flat 6 land

The obvious options (potentially with the idea of selling in a few years):

1. Full restoration, including bottom up rebuild of the #'s matching S motor, paint etc. (I like this idea, while $$ and consuming, it would be nice to finally do a car justice)
2. Rebuild and source another motor, lose the numbers.
3. Drop a core 3.0 six, part out the good 2.6 stuff, keep the patina and CRUUUUIIIISE.

I suppose the answer lies in how far I want to take the car, but this seems like a great candidate to do paint, motor, interior, etc.

What do my friends here say?


Here's some pictures of the original mag case.... repairable?

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The worst half:

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I know outsourcing 6 work is otherworldly compared to our type 4's and that stuff would have to come with time.
Thankfully I have good friends that are excellent resources for parts, and I do work in a machine shop.
I have full confidence that I can build the motor, but in the long run, would it even matter?

Thanks for the input and thanks for reading!