 After 40 months I am back on the Road!, 300 miles this weekend. What a blast!!! |
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| william harris |
 Oct 1 2006, 09:37 AM
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914 Restorer  Group: Members Posts: 1,459 Joined: 9-January 04 From: Hamilton, MA Member No.: 1,539  |
40 months ago I purchased a tired 74 2.0 that had seen its better days! The 2.0 power plant and been pulled, supposedly due to a spun bearing (this turned out to be inaccurate). A 1.7 was sourced from a 73 donor, parts car and leaked oil so bad from the push rod tubes that you could smell the oil burning off the heat exchangers. The car's suspension was gone, still running on the factory OEM pieces (also leaking pretty bad from the struts). The 1.7 had been converted to a single carb set up and ran very poorly. The rust in the hell holes had been glassed over, etc. etc. Well last Friday (two days ago) I picked up the almost completed car (going back for a few small details) and boy have I enjoyed the 300 miles this weekend. Here it sits this afternoon in my office parking lot.
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| william harris |
Oct 1 2006, 10:06 AM
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914 Restorer Group: Members Posts: 1,459 Joined: 9-January 04 From: Hamilton, MA Member No.: 1,539 |
I plan on some autocross duties in the future, and maybe a concours just to show the Whine and Cheese crowd that teeners can cover all the bases and then some.
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| Heeltoe914 |
Oct 2 2006, 11:03 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,135 Joined: 31-January 06 From: Tujunga Calif, Member No.: 5,506 |
QUOTE(william harris @ Oct 1 2006, 09:06 AM)  I plan on some autocross duties in the future, and maybe a concours just to show the Whine and Cheese crowd that teeners can cover all the bases and then some. Thats the way to enjoy your car. Drive it and show it. Your car looks great and you being so pumped about it makes it even better. |
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william harris After 40 months I am back on the Road! Oct 1 2006, 09:37 AM
StratPlayer Congrats,,,,very nice car,, sure is fun.. :boing: Oct 1 2006, 09:39 AM So.Cal.914 Nice color, looks good. Oct 1 2006, 09:41 AM william harris Last night I sat down with the inches thick stack ... Oct 1 2006, 09:42 AM william harris I plan on just driving the hell out of the teener ... Oct 1 2006, 09:44 AM william harris You might notice that I eliminated the side marker... Oct 1 2006, 09:47 AM Mueller Congradulations Mr. Harris !!!!... Oct 1 2006, 09:48 AM william harris There are so many people on this board that made t... Oct 1 2006, 09:50 AM KaptKaos :notworthy: :trophy: :rockin: :beer2: Oct 1 2006, 09:50 AM william harris Camp 914, Strasse, German Parts and Restoration, P... Oct 1 2006, 09:52 AM william harris I was so happy to bring this baby home I got up at... Oct 1 2006, 09:55 AM Eric_Shea Way to go William! :trophy:
It was fun watch... Oct 1 2006, 09:56 AM william harris I am looking for interesting roads to cruise and t... Oct 1 2006, 09:57 AM william harris Everything works on this car. When I took it in f... Oct 1 2006, 09:59 AM william harris A few custom touches were just my idea as to how I... Oct 1 2006, 10:01 AM william harris I left the tits off because they were shot, cracke... Oct 1 2006, 10:03 AM william harris Rainy day, but who cares? This car was built to d... Oct 1 2006, 10:04 AM
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