Porsche 914 - Starting Body Work

The paint from the 80's did not adhere well to the primer.  It's been easy to scrape off.  You can see the original Canary Yellow under the primer.

Porsche 914 - Serial Numbers

Chassis Numbers:

Engine Numbers:

1.8L Bus Engine

2.0L 914 Engine

1971 Porsche 914

New Project.  I picked this up last weekend.  It's a 1971 Porsche 914.  It's going to be a lot of work but I think it will be worth it in the long run.

Interior

Plenty of parts:

Cajon Seat

Knowing that I'll be playing the Cajon this coming weekend, I thought I'd make something to make sitting on it a bit more tolerable.  Here's what I came up with...

 It's not perfect, but it's a heck of a lot better than sitting on the hard wood for two and a half hours!

Harpsichord Repair VI

I was able to get the nail holes and cracks filled and the whole harpsichord sanded last weekend.  I decided that I will paint the outside black and put a half inch gold stripe in from the edge of every flat surface.  The inside of the lid will remain red.

Here's what it looks like so far...

The final Brass String I ordered cam in the other day too.  As soon as it's all painted up, I can finish tuning.

Harpsichord Repair V

I worked on cleaning up the keyboard today.  The keys had some sort of lacquer on them.  I used paint stripper to soften it up and then scraped with a razor blade.

After cleaning all of the "white" keys, I had to figure out how to clean the black ones.  They too had some sort of coating on them.  The issue here is that they are plastic and I cannot use the paint stripper on them.  After a small test, it looks like the buffing wheel is the best thing to polish them up.

Before

After

Here is the keyboard all cleaned and polished.  I will most likely put a nice clear coat on the "white" keys before final assembly.

Before

After

A couple more Before shots.