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new 914 owner
I'm Ben and this is my 1973 914...
I bought the car from my brother a few months ago. It needs a bit of tidying up but seems to be a generally straight example
I'm about to fit some BMW 320i calipers & new discs so would be interested to here from anyone else who has done this I'm following the Pelican tech article.
I also want to get the correct wing mirror to replace the 5quid plastic one currently fitted, so if anyone has one lying around, let me know
Ben
I bought the car from my brother a few months ago. It needs a bit of tidying up but seems to be a generally straight example
I'm about to fit some BMW 320i calipers & new discs so would be interested to here from anyone else who has done this I'm following the Pelican tech article.
I also want to get the correct wing mirror to replace the 5quid plastic one currently fitted, so if anyone has one lying around, let me know
Ben
1973 2.0 914s
1966 bug - 2165cc John Maher Racing
1966 bug - 2165cc John Maher Racing
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Hi Ben
Lovely looking car - did your brother buy this from someone in East Anglia?
Haven't tried the BMW calipers - I went the 911 front strut route so can't help. However, the correct wing mirrors are difficult to find. Your best bet might be the US - see :
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/71-PORSC ... enameZWDVW
Lovely looking car - did your brother buy this from someone in East Anglia?
Haven't tried the BMW calipers - I went the 911 front strut route so can't help. However, the correct wing mirrors are difficult to find. Your best bet might be the US - see :
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/71-PORSC ... enameZWDVW
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Welcome Ben,
Lovely looking car buddy, they don't 'arf look good in black , but then I am biased bit of a challenge to keep looking clean.
Hope you enjoy the forum & be sure to add your car to the DDK 914 Register: Here
Lovely looking car buddy, they don't 'arf look good in black , but then I am biased bit of a challenge to keep looking clean.
Hope you enjoy the forum & be sure to add your car to the DDK 914 Register: Here
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Welcome Ben, cool looking car.
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Thanks everyone for the warm welcome, I look forward to meeting you all soon!
For any of you who knows Toby or is interested in hot Vdubs, here's a couple of pics from Santa Pod last weekend where he ran a pb of 14.34. Hopefully we'll be into the 13s pretty soon!
Ben
Yep that's him. He needed to sell the 14 to fund his 1966 bug which he'll be racing in the VWDRC so I had to snap it up!.abm914 wrote:Greetings Ben, is your brother called Toby? Looks like his old car???
For any of you who knows Toby or is interested in hot Vdubs, here's a couple of pics from Santa Pod last weekend where he ran a pb of 14.34. Hopefully we'll be into the 13s pretty soon!
Ben
1973 2.0 914s
1966 bug - 2165cc John Maher Racing
1966 bug - 2165cc John Maher Racing