David
McLaughlin's
Project 1970 914-6
The
914 is actually a conversion made from a totaled factory six. It has all of
the factory goodies except for the VIN and newly installed Rich Johnson motor
mount. My original thought was to just
drive the car. Then I thought about making it into a track car. Now, I'm back
to thinking a driver would be nice. Oh man, I change my mind more often than
the stereotypical woman! Well, first things first; the car needs to be restored.
While it's structurally solid, it has it's fair share of body rot. For the time being,
I'm just "covering" the rot with the POR15 system. When I get the
time and cash, I'll have someone who knows far more than I replace the bad
stuff. I'll probably do the "Kustom" paint myself in a '70s hippie theme.
Here's a few pics that I've taken
over the years and the various stages of disrepair:
November 2006: There will be
some changes sometime in the future. As I "repair" the fenders, I
will leave each in red primer
and just add some pinstriping for the RatRod look. At this point. I have no
available funds to throw at the Porsche. The insurance has been dropped as
has the registration. The car is asleep in the garage since spring 2006. I'm
in the process of selling the race seats and will reinstall the stock
interior. I guess I'm really a Sunday driver more than a track junkie
after-all.
September 2007: The car still sleeps in the same spot but I did take out the broken pedal assembly and sent it off to Bruce Stone to a rebuild. I sold off my race seats and will reinstall the factory stuff again. Maybe I'll be able to recover them first and maybe I won't. Once I can drive the car under it own power, I'll buy a good quantity of primer and spray the whole car. Then I'll do some airbrushing and pinstriping. Hopefully this will happen this fall.
The Long Sleep:
