mph911 Posted 17September, 2019 Report Share Posted 17September, 2019 Looks great Luke! Love that colour. Fuel Luke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuel Luke Posted 17September, 2019 Author Report Share Posted 17September, 2019 15 minutes ago, mph911 said: Looks great Luke! Love that colour. Thanks. It's pretty surreal standing looking at it every day. When such a milestone comes around, one can't help but reminisce about all the years gone by so far and how this point has come about. When I got the car in the UK in 2001 I would never in my wildest dreams have imagined that in 2019 it'd be sitting in my own shed in country Australia, restored and wearing a weird shade of green. Adrenalin62 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crsedge Posted 17September, 2019 Report Share Posted 17September, 2019 Nice one mate 👍 Fuel Luke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troubleshooter Posted 17September, 2019 Report Share Posted 17September, 2019 4 hours ago, Fuel Luke said: Thanks. It's pretty surreal standing looking at it every day. When such a milestone comes around, one can't help but reminisce about all the years gone by so far and how this point has come about. When I got the car in the UK in 2001 I would never in my wildest dreams have imagined that in 2019 it'd be sitting in my own shed in country Australia, restored and wearing a weird shade of green. It's all thoroughly exciting now that the end is insight, hardest work done and the glam bits are fitted! Good on ya Luke! Fuel Luke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airhead Posted 18September, 2019 Report Share Posted 18September, 2019 22 hours ago, Troubleshooter said: It's all thoroughly exciting now that the end is insight, hardest work done and the glam bits are fitted! Good on ya Luke! The last 10% usually takes 90% of the time. Troubleshooter, Fuel Luke and crsedge 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberpunky Posted 18September, 2019 Report Share Posted 18September, 2019 Love the colour choice and looking forward to seeing her all buttoned up. Going to be a stunner Fuel Luke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuel Luke Posted 29January, 2020 Author Report Share Posted 29January, 2020 Things are ticking along here. The front end is out for rebuilding, the rear shocks and springs are out. I scrubbed and painted the underside of the car, the interior floor has had some attention and now I'm working on some custom dash ideas. tomo, hugh, P-Kay and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugh Posted 29January, 2020 Report Share Posted 29January, 2020 Respect. Fuel Luke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santa-mate Posted 13February, 2020 Report Share Posted 13February, 2020 awsome job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuel Luke Posted 25May, 2020 Author Report Share Posted 25May, 2020 Some lockdown progress from me. I've done a few things over the last few months. I've been taking advantage of the autumn sunshine to prep and paint some front end parts: I stripped the old covers off the driver's seat and had a go at installing one of the 914 Rubber kits. Excuse the wrinkles, but I'm a car DIY newbie and I'm not used to doing these kinds of jobs. It's all good fun though, and I'm learning lots along the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilburforce Posted 25May, 2020 Report Share Posted 25May, 2020 The colour is awesome Luke. Can't wait to see the finished product! Fuel Luke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuel Luke Posted 25May, 2020 Author Report Share Posted 25May, 2020 I installed a layer of sound deadening on the floor and up the firewall from a company called Carbuilders in Melbourne. And, most recently, I've mocked up a few interior parts to see how things are going to look. I have a new gauge plate from Rennline, a MOMO Prototipo Heritage Edition wheel, Autometer Tach and footplates and shifter from Thorotec in Germany. Asyd, Dalai, Airhead and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-Kay Posted 25May, 2020 Report Share Posted 25May, 2020 Looking the goods and loving that shifter! Fuel Luke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuel Luke Posted 9July, 2020 Author Report Share Posted 9July, 2020 I've been working away at the custom dash panel. It's not finished yet, but I've got about as far as I'm happy with before it needs to be powder coated in black. The main jist is that it will be black mesh with a sheet of raw aluminium behind. I am placing various items in the panel such as toggle switches, LEDs, USB ports and a mobile phone holder in the centre. It's been fun to make, particularly since I've never done any metalwork in my life... Just making it up as I go. Thanks for looking. tomo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OBRUT Posted 9July, 2020 Report Share Posted 9July, 2020 The perforated metal is cool. Fuel Luke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airhead Posted 9July, 2020 Report Share Posted 9July, 2020 That looks great. You can hang your tools on it as well. 🤣 Fuel Luke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian in buddina Posted 9July, 2020 Report Share Posted 9July, 2020 Making it up as you go along... that mesh idea looks really really good! Fuel Luke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuel Luke Posted 12August, 2020 Author Report Share Posted 12August, 2020 The engine is pretty much done and being installed at the moment. Ceramic coated MSDS headers going on too. Troubleshooter and tomo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crsedge Posted 12August, 2020 Report Share Posted 12August, 2020 Very cool Luke, great progress mate. Fuel Luke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuel Luke Posted 27November, 2020 Author Report Share Posted 27November, 2020 I made a start on the door cards today. 914 Rubber in the US supplied me with some plain door cards last year that they custom stitched in orange for me. Today I got round to making up some RS-style door pulls. I used a roll of orange webbing and a craft eyelet punch tool. I then drilled into the door casing and mounted the loop with a bolt. I cut a hole in the new door card and threaded the loop through, finishing off with genuine 911 RS plastic pull loop escutcheons. The main difference with this method to regular 911 RS pulls is that mine pulls the door closed, whereas they open the door. This method is more in line with my skill level as I did not want to get into mounting the loop to the opening mechanism. Thanks for looking. // Luke. tomo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilH Posted 28November, 2020 Report Share Posted 28November, 2020 On 15 September 2019 at 08:35, 9er said: 930 colour late 70s That photo is my screen saver- love that colour! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZ930 Posted 28November, 2020 Report Share Posted 28November, 2020 Have a look at Home Built Hot Rod by some bloke on here. May give you a clue on how to get remove/ reduce the wrinkles in the seats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuel Luke Posted 29November, 2020 Author Report Share Posted 29November, 2020 The vinyl wrinkles are no issue to me, thanks anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crsedge Posted 29November, 2020 Report Share Posted 29November, 2020 Great work once again Luke 😎 Fuel Luke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFX Posted 29November, 2020 Report Share Posted 29November, 2020 Looking good mate. It is fun working though and building stuff, problem solving along the way. The build is half the fun Fuel Luke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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