1933beer

I did confirm that the cloth will fit. I would only use it if your top is manual because how the strap wants to go where the side piller splits( folds). but would provide coverage from rubbing.

I do like the noodle idea. one of the reasons I replaced my top is because I had a small crack in the right corner where the window creases.

culture

done it on my sports bike, but never a car. at least you could listen to music.

culture

ain't that the truth!

azbanks

Painfully SO!

I took the transmission apart today for a nice easy replacement of the synchros and the 5th gear set.

WRONG!!!!!!!

Two teeth on the pinion gear are chipped and one tooth on third gear on the input shaft is chipped as well. :banghe ad:

Now I have to figure out where to pick up those parts for an AOR transmission before I can put it all back together.

I expect that changing the pinion gear shaft will require setting the pinion preload and pinion depth which means I need to pick up the correct tools to measure those two things.

EliteThink

ug, sorry.

culture

i'll give you credit for digging in that deep. at least your experiences will be a part of documented history for all future cab owners.

I've got a space issue at the moment so that is holding up any work i need to do. maintenance could get sidelined till next year.

azbanks

Working on the transmission.

Forget the "what's in your wallet" commercials, the bigger question is what is in your shop?

Sorry for the crappy cell phone pic.








Yes, they are the real deal. JS drove the top one twice in 73 on his way to the F1 championship and Denny Hulme drove the bottom one on the way to second place in the 72 Can-Am championship.

mhr

That is cool amazing what is tucked away in garages and shops all over the place.

What about the other two. Is that the mellow yellow car from days of Thunder or Kyle petty or a tribute?

azbanks

The top one is a formula Atlantic and the bottom one is a former/real Mello Yellow nascar racer but I have no idea who drove it,



there a a whole lot of other cars in this place but they don't have interesting histories.

azbanks

I'm buying the transmission parts this week and sending everything off for a proper build.

I bought my car a companion. It is a 914 project. It is really ugly but the bones are really solid.

azbanks

The transmission parts should be here in a few days, then it is off to the rebuilder.


Here is the new 914 after a bit of cleanup. Still a long way to go.

culture

watching my dad continuously start new projects without finishing hardly any of them, i am terrified to take on new projects until i finish the one i'm on.

you clearly don't have that problem. enjoy the 914. autoatlanta are big into them and prob have plenty of parts and know-how on those cars. which motor?

azbanks

I'm thinking seriously about selling it to fund parts for the S2. If I do keep it I will not be buying anything from Auto Atlanta. They have a multi-decade bad reputation with most people who work on/with 914s. I don't know how they stay in business.

it does not have a motor at this point. The original was a 1.7 but I'm not sure what I would put in it.

I put some primer on to keep the surface rust to a minimum while I figure out what I'm going to do.

mhr

Drove next to a nice 914 last week. Very cool car makes our cars look space aged. I wish I had the space, time and $$ to get one!

azbanks

Chirp, chirp, chirp.

Nothing but crickets.

Anyone out there?