Id like to purchase and restore an old porsche 914, or possibly a 912. While performing another major restoration for their collection, they noticed this car available among our inventory and inquired. This vehicle has a great history with complete records dating back to its purchase. In the june 2001 issue we will be officially starting this project. Find car audio products that work with your porsche 914. This heavily restomoded, carreraengined, sinisterlooking bad boy is one of the coolest cars nay, things we have ever seen. Porsche car audio porsche 914 car stereos and speakers. This real le 914 is getting a full stock restoration before heading across the.
Wheel bearing spacer 912 6569 restoration design vintage 911 latch panel and inner front portion fender replacement youtube. The original removable targa top was dull and oxide gray, with a couple deformities caused by improper storage in the trunk. Stoddard porsche 914 parts and restoration supplies. How to restore and modify your porsche 914 and 9146. It just needed a little love to bring it back to life. Just pushing the cars inout over the shop oh door floor bump, with my palm on the windshield hooptop seam, i can feel my 914 s top wiggle around. Stoddard authentic porsche parts is a leader in the vintage and oem restoration auto parts for your porsche 356, 911, 912 or 914. I suppose some audiophiles may scoff but ill say it again, a 914 is not the place to expect audiophile sound. And check out how the 914s midengine layout brought porsche into the modern era of performancecar engineering finally, find out how it all came together as porsche installed its own flathead six cylinder engine to create the formidable porsche 9146. The 914 was a joint development between porsche and volkswagen and was the entrylevel model as of model year 1970.
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The porsche 914 was a joint development between porsche and volkswagen and was the new porsche entrylevel model as of model year 1970 the twoseater, also known as the vw porsche, was a midengine sports car. A midengined aircooled porsche with a splash of volkswagen and a lot of character. Uberwerks classic porsche restoration and engineering. We have teamed up with a fantastic international distributor to provide you with the same restoration design quality porsche parts, all while. A restorers guide to authenticity paperback july 22, 1999 by b johnson author 4. Your choice for parts, panels, wiring harnesses and prekom suspension parts for porsche 911, 914 and 356. Next up in our 1973 porsche 914 restoration project is the rear engine compartment shelf installation. Under restoration is a beautiful olympic blue 1973 porsche 914. Brett johnson gives an excellent model year history and shows what parts are original. My 914 body is a rust free example, my wifes 72 was a rust bucket that the po repaired correctly and added the interior long kit plus some gt reinforcement parts. Seat upholstery, carpet sets, converitble tops, headliners. In the late 60s, porsche was looking for a reliable successor of their entrylevel 912.
Discover too how the squarecut sports car was otherwise a fine porsche design and a vitally needed lowercost companion to the porsche 911. Gene is a great guy and goes over and above to make things right. Being a car of some sentimental value, a highend streetable restoration with some performance enhancements was set about immediately following the sale. As i mentioned there were plenty of traces of a rough life, the front passenger side had been hit at some point. Our products include complete interiors, seat coversupholstery, seat pads, spring assembly, seat hinges, interior panels, top lid inserts, dash caps, carpets, convertible tops, headliners, rubber selas and other accessories. The car is to be reliable enough to drive on a daily basis. Over the coming months, the porsche centre hatfield classic team will be undertaking a unique restoration.
Easily welded in after engine and swing arm removal, order our rust conversion paint seam sealer and engine shelf for a perfect repair. Upgrades include fiberglass gt flares from pelican parts, simmons wheels 7 and 8 converted to five lug. The porsche 914 is a midengined sports car built in collaboration to volkswagen and sold between 1969 and 1976. Classic investments recently began this restoration for a returning client. I seem to recall an old vw porsche magazine project that mounted door speakers in a 914 behind perforated panels. Yet like the speedster, the 914 was a more affordable volkswagenbased sports car, conceived to bring the pride and pleasures of porsche ownership to a much wider audience in the face of steadily escalating prices for the 911 and 912. Chequered flag international is pleased to offer this 1974 porsche 914 1.
We stock thousands of parts to keep your 914 on the road. A world traveler this car is, having been purchased in germany, then returning to the u. Custom brackets were fabbed to install a porsche gt3 seat onto stock 914 rails. View full product details new 911912914 door andor dash panel fastening clip 196586. While all parts have been produced as originals, they may not fit your car 100%. The swaybar mounting had been torn up and the balljoint mount on the aarm bent, the damage to the aarm wasnt discovered untill much later when it was powdercoated and i. Introduced as a budget model in 1970, nicer examples can now bring very active collector interest.
Rust comes creeping into this area on most 914s because the battery leaks acid down onto the engine shelf area. Some cars may be as old as 55 years, and due to the variability of the build at the factory, rust or prior accident. It would not make sense, for instance, to ask the seller. The porsche 914 midengine roadster was a joint design project of volkswagen and porsche manufacturing groups, the sales lasted from 1969 to 1976. After removing all the hardware and weatherstripping, i broke out my trusty rotary hand sander and used 800 grade sandpaper to level.
The porsche 914 you are probably thinking, given the price of new parts is the same as a 911, why in the hell would anybody restore a 914 porsche. We pick the best custombuilt restoration and restomod porsche specialists around. Classic porsche restoration and parts roger bray restoration. A new engine shelf from restoration design was welded to the passengers side. Our stock includes genuine porsche parts, reproduction parts and aftermarket parts all tried and tested for quality and reliability, so you can be sure.
This must own book is a collection of reports on the 914 from three continents. Not only was the price great way better than i could have gotten local even with shipping cross country back and forth, but he had to put in a little extra effort due to wrong materials showing up on site. In this how to 914, we are installing the engine shelf on our lime green porsche 914, as well as the peddle cluster bracket and the seat mount. Restoration design is proud to share our love of the porsche family with you. Our parts catalogs are available free with purchase. It is a unique porsche, with a striking iconic design straight from the 70s. To build a custom porsche 914, using the best restoration products and technologies available. Floorstanding speakers bookshelf speakers surround sound speaker systems sound bars center channel speakers powered subwoofers inceiling speakers inwall speakers outdoor speakers powered stereo speakers. Body structural and sheetmetal body and body trim 914. The so called, poor mans porsche with its boxy shape and popoff top had me even before i could drive, building 125th scale models of them at age 14 back in 1973.
Is there a paint code any supplier that is a match for 1970s vintage koni orange. The volkswagen versions were known as the 9144s, while the porsche version as 914. Here are some pictures of the restoration that i did on the porsche 914. Despite years of neglect, the car showed very little rust a rarity for 914s and looked very restorable. Im sure youll get on fine with flat sheet metal but you could also consider restoration design parts for the shelf and wheelwell if you want to. We have it all, classifieds, events, forums, vendors, parts, autocross, racing, technical articles, events. I did a 73 super beetle restoration about 12 years ago and loved it, and im hoping some of what i learned in that process will translate over to a 914 912 restoration, at least in the powertrain dept. Restored 1973 porsche 914 this 1973 porsche 914 has had a thorough body restoration in the factory olympic blue color and has numerous well chosen upgrades. I see no reason it wouldnt work given that its not an uncommon speaker treatment. Restoration parts for porsche 914, rebuilt 914 parts. Click on the links below to narrow your search by category. Restoring an old 914 is something thats been done many, many times. Genuine porsche repair panel sourced in germany to ensure quality, reliability and precise fitment.