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

[burton73]

My favorite blue color is Marathon probably because I had a brand new 73 marathon blue bug I bought when I was 21 my first new car. As far as the OCD goes, I know the feeling but when you build a car to that level like my 6, you are scared to take it out anywhere for fear of getting smallest little imperfections because once it's perfect you can only go downhill from there, but you know that

Welcome Bob B

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[930cabman]

My favorite blue color is Marathon probably because I had a brand new 73 marathon blue bug I bought when I was 21 my first new car. As far as the OCD goes, I know the feeling but when you build a car to that level like my 6, you are scared to take it out anywhere for fear of getting smallest little imperfections because once it's perfect you can only go downhill from there, but you know that

Welcome Bob B

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your 73 bug was a "sun bug" I remember them.

My first 914 project was (is) Marathon Blue, but is far down the line in resto order.

Bob, maybe you should get a beater to take to the corner store? I sold a nice original 356SC a couple years ago just for that reason, never wanted to take her out.

A warm welcome to the OP, let us know how can be of assistance

[burton73]

My favorite blue color is Marathon probably because I had a brand new 73 marathon blue bug I bought when I was 21 my first new car. As far as the OCD goes, I know the feeling but when you build a car to that level like my 6, you are scared to take it out anywhere for fear of getting smallest little imperfections because once it's perfect you can only go downhill from there, but you know that

Welcome Bob B

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/welcome.png)

your 73 bug was a "sun bug" I remember them.

My first 914 project was (is) Marathon Blue, but is far down the line in resto order.

Bob, maybe you should get a beater to take to the corner store? I sold a nice original 356SC a couple years ago just for that reason, never wanted to take her out.

A warm welcome to the OP, let us know how can be of assistance

They called them Baha Bug and they had these wheels shown and special tail pipes and a white stripe on the side. I did not want the stripe so they did not put it on. Precision Volkswagen of Beverly Hills, six houses down from my house the corner on Olympic, right there on the poor side of BH