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> Another 914-6 GT Tribute Project
mepstein
post Jan 30 2025, 05:51 AM
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bigger lights...

I had just come across an article for that car. Still don’t like the lights.
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post Jan 30 2025, 08:07 AM
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Tom- Your car is looking great and the panel fitment looks great. You are going to have an incredible beauty when she is finished.

Oh, yeah, I dislike those huge lights too. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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post Feb 7 2025, 04:14 PM
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Made my weekly trip to Auto Associates to review progress today. All the body panels have been tweaked & fitted and the body is now in primer. Looks really good.

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post Feb 7 2025, 04:20 PM
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post Feb 7 2025, 05:46 PM
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Looks great!

There is a smell associated with "in primer."

I'd swear I got a wiff of that from your pics!
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post Feb 15 2025, 09:15 AM
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More progress at Auto Associates this week. Chris Foley's GT roll bar was fitted. I sat in the driver's seat to ensure adequate clearance between my head and the bar. All good there. We will add some high density padding to the bar on both driver's and passenger's sides. We also decided on the location of the diagonal side braces from the hoop to the longitudinals. These will provide side impact protection and some help for my aging body getting in and out of the car. The firewall, access panel and rear floor sections will get sound deadening. These along with the longitudinals will get RS style felt carpeting.

The oil catch tank in the rear trunk was added. The jack brackets will be related to LHS of the trunk like the early cars.

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post Feb 15 2025, 12:35 PM
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Very cool; coming along nicely. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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post Feb 15 2025, 01:27 PM
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Will the roof fit on with the cage?
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post Feb 15 2025, 02:41 PM
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Looks great Tom.

Yes, I have the same roll bar from Tangerine Racing and the roof fits fine.

Tom, I worked with Chris to put together some GT belt harness bars for the firewall. They worked great. Will you be using harness belts or normal 3 pointers?
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post Feb 15 2025, 04:16 PM
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Will the roof fit on with the cage?


Yes Ben...We test fitted the roof. It also seems like there will be room to close the rear Targa latches.
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post Feb 15 2025, 04:24 PM
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Looks great Tom.

Yes, I have the same roll bar from Tangerine Racing and the roof fits fine.

Tom, I worked with Chris to put together some GT belt harness bars for the firewall. They worked great. Will you be using harness belts or normal 3 pointers?


Hi John

I have a nice set of vintage 4-point belts from Stretch in the UK that we will be installing. Hardware for the installation is all ready to go. Thanks.

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post Feb 15 2025, 04:26 PM
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post Feb 17 2025, 08:20 AM
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At AA, Kenny is the man! You're in good hands with him.
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post Mar 8 2025, 05:49 AM
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I took a trip back up to Auto Associates yesterday to deliver some parts and check on progress.

The car was in their mechanical section of the shop last week to fix an engine oil leak and test fit for wheels and tires. Scott and the team determined the leak was coming for the LHS cam drive. It turns out that the triangular gasket that seals the cam box at the drive end was distorted and leaking. A simple fix. They also found that the lower plugs were not firing. They rewired the MSD system and fixed the issue.

Scott also test fitted some wheels and tires. We settled on 15X7 in for the front and 15X9 in for the rears. The plan is for Minilites front and rear with Michelin TB-15 tires. Knowing the lead-time for the tires can be long, we went ahead and ordered them.

This week the car was back in the body shop for some panel tweaking prior to paint. We decided to leave the underside of the front and rear hoods unpainted like most of the factory GT's. The cross braces for the roll bar were added and the jack mount was relocated to the LHS rear trunk area.

Still projecting an early summer completion. Fingers crossed!

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post Mar 8 2025, 06:54 AM
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Hmmmm
Are they 911 TTG fogs I see ? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Beautiful
Looking great Tom
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post Mar 8 2025, 08:03 AM
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Hmmmm
Are they 911 TTG fogs I see ? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Beautiful
Looking great Tom


Rory

They are Hella TN-4. I think original to the 914-6
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post Mar 8 2025, 08:26 AM
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QUOTE(rgalla9146 @ Mar 8 2025, 07:54 AM) *

Hmmmm
Are they 911 TTG fogs I see ? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Beautiful
Looking great Tom


Rory

They are Hella TN-4. I think original to the 914-6


is the back chrome/stainless or black ?
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post Mar 8 2025, 09:47 AM
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QUOTE(Tom1394racing @ Mar 8 2025, 09:03 AM) *

QUOTE(rgalla9146 @ Mar 8 2025, 07:54 AM) *

Hmmmm
Are they 911 TTG fogs I see ? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Beautiful
Looking great Tom


Rory

They are Hella TN-4. I think original to the 914-6


is the back chrome/stainless or black ?


Black
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post Mar 27 2025, 08:07 PM
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Progress has been a little slow at Auto Associates as Kenny was on vacation for a week.

The wheels and tires came in and the rears were test fitted. Minilite 15X9 with Michelin 23/62-15. No Issues. The fronts are Minilite 15X7 with Michelin 18/60-15. These will likely need spacers to properly center the tire in the wheel well.

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Ken's guy also fabricated and installed the fuel pump protective cover.

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All the exterior trim and seals has been ordered and will be test fitted before final paint.

Getting ever closer!
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Looking great Tom
I'm a big fan of Minilites, especially those period perfect fifteen inchers.
The Michelins are icing on the cake. Beautiful !
Excellent !
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