1974 Porsche 914
1974 Porsche 914
Color: Creamsicle
Engine Size:


Original LE aka CanAM 914

Hell hole mostly finished.

Floor pan rust.

Floor pan rust.

Floor pan repaired.

Floor pan repaired.

Sidemarkers being removed.

Sidemarkers being removed.

Sidemarkers filled.

Sidemarkers filled.

Rust but no holes.

Minor rust holes.

Rust but no holes.

Rust but no holes.

Minor rust holes.

Rust but no holes.

Rust holes.







Ventilation parts installed.

Holes in seal channel.

Holes in seal channel.

Front trunk.

Stripping the car for restoration.

Stripping the car for restoration.

Rear bumper rust.

Front bumper bent.

Rear valence damaged.

Front valence cracked.

Drivers door rust.

Front trunk rust.

Trash under headlight.

Car completely disassembled and ready to start stripping old paint.

Cowl rust cut out.

Cowl rust patching.

Cowl rust gone.

Cowl rust cut out.

Cowl rust patched.

Main chassis exterior stripped to bare metal.

Main chassis exterior stripped to bare metal.

Rear fender dents worked out.

Rust in both doors.

Rust in both doors.

Rust in both doors.

Front panel brazed on.

Front panel brazed on.

Powder coated rear trailing arms. New bearings.

Ready for media blasting.

Ready for media blasting.

Ready for media blasting.

Ready for media blasting.

Ready for media blasting.

Rear bumper patched.

Rear bumper stripped.





Gapping panels.

Gapping panels.

Refinished brake lines.

Refinished turn signal bucket.

Refinished turn signal bucket.

Powdercoated tunnel covers.

Refinished brake limiting valve.

Refinished rear sway bar end links.

Engine stripped and cleaned.

Engine stripped and cleaned.

Engine stripped and cleaned.

Old oil fill box.

Oil fill box disassembled.

Oil fill box refinished.

Old and new dipstick.

Old motor mounts.

Powdercoated motor mounts.

Dirty engine tin and seal.

Powdercoated engine tins and seal.

Old fan housing and flaps.

Blasted fan housing.

Powdercoated cooling flaps.

Powdercoated cooling flaps.

Powdercoated alternator bracket.

Powdercoated alternator bracket.

Old valve covers.

Powdercoated valve covers and bails.

Dirty cooler support brackets.

Cooler supports disassembled and coated.

Powder coated support with new hardware.

Old alternator.

Rebuilt alternator with coated pulley.

Powder coated back cover.

Old alternator hardware.

Refinished hardware.

Coated alternator cover and cleaned seal.

Alternator seal in place.

Alternator installed.

Old fan.

Blasted and painted fan.

Old fan spacer.

Replated fan spacer.

Fan installed.

Old thermostat setup.

Cleaned and coated thermostat.

Installing engine tins.

Installing engine tins.

Installing engine tins.

Installing engine tins.

Installing engine tins.

Installing engine tins.

Old breather tee.

Refinished breather tee.

Old alternator adjust covers.

Cleaned covers in place.

Cleaned ground lug.

Old fuel regulator.

Cleaned and installed fuel regulator.

Old thermotime switch.

Cleaned thermotime switch.

Cleaned intake air temp sensor

Cleaned throttle position sensor.

Refinished throttle body.

Cleaned throttle position sensor.

Clean throttle body.

Clean throttle body.

Old distributor.

Distributor disassembled.

Cleaned vacuum advance.

Soda blasted distributor body.

Cleaned and lubed advance plate.

Rebuilt and cleaned distributor.

Cleaned and rebuilt distributor.

Old cold start injector.

Cleaned cold start injector.

Old MPS.

Rebuilt, cleaned MPS and bracket.

New Contitech belt installed.

Intake runner faces are never flat.

Surfaced intake runner faces.

Engine coming together nicely.

Original LE (broken) compared to reproduction (black).

Slits cut to recurve valence to match body.

Valence recurved and ends reshaped.

Valence recurved and ends reshaped.

Valence recurved and ends reshaped.

Nearly identical to original LE valence.

Wiring harness getting cleaned and sorted.

Rear trunk components installed.

Rear trunk components installed.

Rear trunk components installed.

Rear trunk components installed.

Zinc plated latch.

Black engine grills.

Rebuilt brake limiting valve.

Dash and seals going in.

Dash in progress.

Fuse panel installed.

Sound deadening on the firewall.

Front trunk components.

Front trunk components.

Zinc plated latch.

Zinc latch and rewrapped wiring.

Cleaning under body air flaps.

Headlights old vs new.

Headlights old vs new.

Headlights old vs new.

Hella H4 upgrade bulbs installed.

Interior coming together.

Back window installed.

Headlights, motors installed.

Passenger side door assembled.

Dash nearly completed.

Windshield and trim installed.

New wiper arms.

Dash nearly complete.



Engine in and hooked up.

Super sprint muffler.

Brake calipers installed.

914 Limited Edition Creamsicle

Restored undercarriage

Restored top and bottom

Restored underneath.

914 Limited Edition Creamsicle

914 Limited Edition Creamsicle

914 Limited Edition Creamsicle

914 Limited Edition Creamsicle

914 Limited Edition Creamsicle

914 Limited Edition Creamsicle

914 Limited Edition Creamsicle

914 Limited Edition Creamsicle

914 Limited Edition Creamsicle
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