Rapid Fire, Qs Options

[NARP74]

I could up my post count but I decided to post in one thread and let them fly.

1. One of my cars did not have door vapor barriers when I did a deep dive into all things door related. How can you get old buty, or whatever they used, adhesive off?

2. I am waiting for a front targa hook to show up soon. How tight should I adjust it to get the proper tension on the latch? I think my old one was too tight and that is why it cracked and needs replacing?

3. I have a proper set of red and black keys that work as they are supposed to now. I don't see myself ever having to go to a valet with this car, but if I did and they parked it out front because of how cool it is, what is a good solution for a key holder? If I put them both on the same chain, it is a pain to disconnect off the ring. Do I care? Any good solutions out there?

*Bonus question, considering the biggest areas for storage are the front and rear trunks, why does the valet key only protect the glove box? What valuables are you going to have in there and not the front or rear trunk? Never really understood that. But hey, it was the 70's.

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My son who is now 22, wanted a 914 real bad when he was 16, he worked hard, was respectful to his mother and loved (where our other children hated) 914s.

After looking at 20+ 914s in various forms on-line we found one in Rhode Island that was original.

Bad hell-hole but all else was there, very original - even the keys.

We get the car home and we take inventory - brake pedal rubber original and barely worn......., engine compression was VERY good, all of the basics of an original car were in order.

I go on a business trip and comeback to my son, did a bunch of this on the car - cut out the rusty floor boards, ripped out the carpets, got the car ready to weld the new floor panels in AND he ground the plastic off of both keys and made a laminated wood key in place of the black and red original keys.

My instinct was to scream, but the keys looked really cool and our initials were on them........kids

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