Anal Madness, 1973 914 2.0 Marathon Blue Restoration Options

[56kabrio]

I hope the title caught you off guard! It’s as in anal retentive /OCD behaviors. I just finished spending the better part of an hour digging old, hardened grease out of the crevices of a wiper motor that no one will ever see! Am I alone in this type of insane behavior, or is there a support group?

I’ve been on the board for some time and have purchased parts from several members, but have not been a very active poster. This is to serve as official notification of my efforts at a complete ‘nut and bolt’ restoration of my 1973 Marathon Blue 2 liter. I’ve had the car for approximately 5 years, but am just getting started on it in earnest. COVID followed by a two year saga trying to get a garage built! (Thank you Massachusetts!) Here’s a photo of the car shortly after I got it.

Hope to use this opportunity to put some self imposed pressure on myself to maintain momentum.

Mack

[bkrantz]

Welcome to the insanity. If you tend towards OCD, aka perfectionism, have you already allowed yourself to plan a complete, everything apart to the last nut and bolt, totally bare body shell rebuild?

If so, how old are you--how many good years do you have left? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[56kabrio]

Welcome to the insanity. If you tend towards OCD, aka perfectionism, have you already allowed yourself to plan a complete, everything apart to the last nut and bolt, totally bare body shell rebuild?

If so, how old are you--how many good years do you have left? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

That is in fact exactly the plan. Bare body shell rebuild. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sawzall-smiley.gif)