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> Starting a 1971 IMSA 914 Restoration, A privateer run 914 with Sebring and Daytona history
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post Mar 1 2009, 09:55 PM
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I was thinking these would be cool on your car.


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post Mar 2 2009, 07:35 AM
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Damn, what are those off, a Boeing 747?

And John, I can't find the receipt on how much braided line I bought. I know I just saw that receipt a couple of weeks ago. Maybe I threw it away?

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post Mar 2 2009, 09:52 PM
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Damn, what are those off, a Boeing 747?

They were actually sold for 911's. 3 1/2 spacing.


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post Mar 2 2009, 10:03 PM
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Those are some beefy looking calipers. Can you tell us anything more about
them? Were they made for racing 911s or street?

I have Eric looking our for some s-calipers for me right now. If you have
seen his 908 brake caliper thread, you will remember his concept for adding the
quick brake pad change retainer to be more like the 908 calipers. This lets you
change brake pads without any tools. I would really like a set of real 908 calipers,
but for 3x the price of the rebuilt s calipers that may be a while, not to mention
trying to find a set for sale.

The 908 calipers had room for thicker pads for endurance racing. I would hate
to machine a pair of real s calipers to make them look like 908s. If enough people
were interested, it might be worth making a new casting of the 908s.

What do you all think?

John
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post Mar 2 2009, 10:37 PM
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What do you all think?

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BTW ralph m and company has the mold for the front bumper.


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post Mar 3 2009, 07:25 AM
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Do you mean front caliper or bumper? I don't know Ralph.

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post Mar 3 2009, 09:33 AM
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QUOTE(FourBlades @ Mar 3 2009, 05:25 AM) *

Do you mean front caliper or bumper? I don't know Ralph.

John


Front bumper - Ralph Meaney
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post Mar 3 2009, 06:21 PM
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Doesn't Bernie Buschen have some 908 calipers available for sale??? If you are really serious about going that direction. I wouldn't imagine they are even reasonably priced, things like that are ULTRA rare.

Although now is probably not the time to contact him as there was a pretty serious fire at his shop over the weekend that injured his son pretty badly.

Perhaps someone from the northwest can chime in on this one???

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post Mar 3 2009, 09:02 PM
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post Mar 3 2009, 09:50 PM
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It would be really cool if you reproduced the old paint scheme when you repaint. (Yes, very cool, but again them's not my $$$ being spent)

Good luck!

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post Mar 4 2009, 08:10 AM
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I have seen Bernie's thread on 908 calipers. I have heard such things run about
$3000 for a set, when you can find them. Current plan is s-calipers.

I do plan to reproduce the paint scheme as closely as possible. I will make some
full size tracings of it before it gets blasted. I will be painting it myself and will
most likely use single stage paint, which is what the car has on it now.

The black pin stripes are actually plastic pin striping tape, and not paint.

I am shooting for the "just been painted and polished in 1976" look, rather
than $500 car with a $10,000 paint job look. I am sure it will end up looking
much better than the car ever did back in the day, but still have some
character. Reading some of the 906 restoration threads from gunnar racing
has given me some ideas about how race cars where prepared by the factory.
If you have never looked at www.gunnarracing.com, do it, it is a treasure trove
of pictures, information, and Porsche resto porn.

I have the reciepts with paint codes from the hardware store where they bought
the paint. They are not Porsche codes, probably just the local store's brand codes.
I think the paint for the car was about $40 in 1976...

John
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post Jul 14 2009, 07:04 PM
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Any updates John?

Here's an idea to update your Rocking Chair (Termites can be bad)

T.C.

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post Jul 14 2009, 09:39 PM
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That thing is *awesome*

Talk about a good find. Please paint it how it was, and make it look like a nice racecar.

No need for 10k paint, just clean and period correct.
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post Jul 15 2009, 03:17 PM
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TC: I like the metal rocker, no termites or rot to worry about, just need to paint
it well to protect from rust.

I have not done anything on the IMSA car for a while. Been spending all my
time getting my other 914 finished up. I am anxious to get back to work on
the IMSA car though. The break has given me time to learn more and hopefully
avoid making too many dumb mistakes on it.

John
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post Jul 15 2009, 03:57 PM
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I am looking forward to the restart of the restoration.

I have always wished to restore a car with history.

Good luck!
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post Dec 3 2009, 10:31 PM
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post Dec 3 2009, 10:50 PM
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Hey Glenn,

Good to hear from you again! I need to debug my starter and add a
full flow oil filter and my blue car should be running....

Then I will go back to the IMSA car in a big way. I need to start collecting
parts for it again. I did order some repro 908 front brake calipers from a
certain world member...

John
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post Dec 4 2009, 09:02 PM
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Here is some motivation, I finished one of my IMSA GTU cars (the Meaney/ Hendricks 914) and passed tech! I am ready to race it next spring!


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post Dec 5 2009, 06:50 AM
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Glenn, stick some Meats in the rear

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