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> Starting a 1971 IMSA 914 Restoration, A privateer run 914 with Sebring and Daytona history
FourBlades
post Sep 17 2016, 10:47 AM
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Cool new pictures Glenn!

I've been thinking about this for a whole year while trying to recover.

Somebody buy some of the parts I have for sale and help out! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

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post Sep 17 2016, 12:08 PM
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QUOTE(FourBlades @ Sep 17 2016, 11:49 AM) *

I've been battling some illnesses for a while now but I hope to get back into restoring
and driving again soon. The car has been safely stored in my garage. I will be selling
some parts for other projects that never got going to provide some funds to get this
one done.

John


Everything OK? I've traded a few eMails with DarthE!

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post Sep 17 2016, 07:20 PM
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post Sep 17 2016, 08:31 PM
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After 7 years, I think this resto has reached the 50-50 point.

I've spent $50,000 and I am 50% done.

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post Sep 18 2016, 05:06 AM
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QUOTE(FourBlades @ Sep 17 2016, 10:31 PM) *

After 7 years, I think this resto has reached the 50-50 point.

I've spent $50,000 and I am 50% done.

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post Oct 27 2018, 11:04 PM
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QUOTE(FourBlades @ Sep 17 2016, 07:31 PM) *

After 7 years, I think this resto has reached the 50-50 point.

I've spent $50,000 and I am 50% done.

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Has this 50/50 point shifted at all in the last 2 years?
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post Oct 28 2018, 10:55 PM
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I have been battling several illnesses the last few years so not much has happened.

I hope that is about to change soon. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif)

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post Oct 29 2018, 06:44 AM
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QUOTE(FourBlades @ Oct 29 2018, 12:55 AM) *

I have been battling several illnesses the last few years so not much has happened.

I hope that is about to change soon. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif)

John

We all wish you the best.
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post Sep 23 2020, 10:09 AM
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John, we need an Update!
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post Sep 23 2020, 01:41 PM
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post Sep 23 2020, 03:32 PM
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Ten years ago my Son sold John a 2.5 L IMSA engine . I too would like to know progress. Al
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post May 2 2021, 04:34 PM
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OK, I am back again. I hope to stay again this time. The last 5 years I have battled three serious health issues which kept me from doing much of anything other than staying employed. In 2018 we decided we were tired of living 1000 feet from the ocean. We spent a year remodeling and selling our old house and now live 7 miles inland. Priority items for the new house were a dedicated shop and at least one working toilet. Found the perfect house that came with this cinder block construction, climate controlled shop. After working outside near the ocean or in my dinkly, non AC-ed garage, this is an unimaginable luxury. I feel super fortunate every time I walk into it. The day we moved in:

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Of course, it has a whole lot more tools and clutter in it now, but the cars are still the same:

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And here is the IMSA 914 I have been working on for 10+ years:

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More to come in a minute. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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post May 2 2021, 04:42 PM
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The engine that Blake Meredith built for me has been preserved inside my house or now inside my shop. I turn it over by hand every few months and it feels smooth. Looking forward to hearing it rev.

I did get a custom made ATL fuel cell, built to my exact dimensions, with 2 pickups, one in each rear corner. I have a lot of the fuel lines made. All the fuel components are duplicated until they reach the fuel Y connection. They go from pickup, to screen filter, to Holley fuel pump, to check valve, to Y , then Fram fuel filter and then they will go the back of the car using Chris Foley's AN fitting fuel lines.

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I had to remake the whole fuel cell containment structure and reshape the oil cooler shroud to go under it. The custom fuel cell will hold about 16.5 gallons. It was a lot of effort to accommodate the larger cell, but I think it will be worth it.

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Still more to come in a minute...

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post May 2 2021, 04:50 PM
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The oil handling system at the front of the car is nearly done as well. I have decided I don't want the oil return line going under my left foot, so it will come through the driver side heater tube and then up and over the normal fuel tank area. From there it goes to a thermostat, oil cooler, then an oil filter, then into the custom tank the original owners fabricated. The oil tank has a breather I need to make a mounting bracket for. The return line to the car goes out the bottom of the tank and then into the passenger side heater tube.

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Figuring out how to run these lines, and then getting them made and installed is a challenge with this thick braided line. I have a set of cool tools, vice jaws, special AN wrenches, aeroquip lube. All highly recommended. I made a custom shaped oil cooler shroud to work with my larger fuel cell.

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You can see the thermostat hiding down in there.

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But wait, there is still more ahead.

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post May 2 2021, 05:01 PM
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I had to remove more of the bulkhead to fit the larger fuel cell, so I reinforced the "strut tower structure" using some 1/8 steel strips, welded on to form a triangle shape. Look at the picture just above the fuel cell.

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The interior of the car looks like this. I cut out the driver side of the cross bar to fit the Kirkey Racing seat as low as possible. Done this way, it actually fits pretty low in the car, maybe as low as a stock 914 seat. The car needs a harness bar and a brace for the rear of the seat. Need to look at the rule books for various historic series to figure out what to do here. The original car had one eye bolt that went through the firewall backed up by a pretty big washer. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

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The doors that came with the car are Marathon Blue metallic. The car was originally yellow if I am not mistaken.

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One more post for tonight.

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post May 2 2021, 05:08 PM
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OK, final post for tonight. Welded up an access hole that was cut for the oil return line. Like I said, I decided to not have the line under my left foot. Feels good to have the welder out and making some progress.

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Here is the hole mostly welded up and before grinding.

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You can just see the return oil line which I snaked down into the heater tube.

Still a lot of work to be done, but most of the welding and grinding should be over...

Another thing which took about a year after moving here was to re-restore my Rockin 914, which is running great and looks good from 10 feet away. It needed a lot of rust repair and a whole repaint.

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post May 3 2021, 04:31 AM
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Glad to see you back!
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post May 3 2021, 04:51 AM
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This is awesome. Glad to see you back at it John.
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post May 3 2021, 07:25 AM
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Alright John is back!
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post May 3 2021, 09:28 AM
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John, glad to hear you are back and feeling OK . can't wait to hear Blake's Engine run again. Al
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