What did you do to your E9 today?

[Belgiumbarry]

some real fun today...... .... but i was lucky... one with loose grey wheel , the other bad white plastic wheel ... so mixed to a good one.

 

[tygaboy]

Took delivery about 2 weeks ago. And today? I drove it!

 

[Belgiumbarry]

the clock is in the usual position

 

[coupedegrace]

the clock is in the usual position

In my car it's either midnight or noon.

 

[Patton]

Installed panoramic mirror over the existing mirror so that I can see things in back of me.

Just waiting to get the mega squirt unit tuned and maybe this car will be on the street.

 

[Patton]

A dab of yellow paint makes nut and bolt inspection for tightness a visual, quick project.

 

[Patton]

Note the square plate that is welded in the back corner area of the front tire / pinch weld area. (The yellow plate underneath the yellow lift arm.)

It makes it easy to find lift point.

 

[eriknetherlands]

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Note the square plate that is welded in the back corner area of the front tire / pinch weld area. (The yellow plate underneath the yellow lift arm.)

It makes it easy to find lift point.

In general this point is considered to be too weak to be used as a lift point if the car has it's engine and axles on. The little square box is just sandwiched to the single 0.8mm sheet that makes the floor. Yes, the edge of the little box aligns with the flange on the inner sill, but that just puts bending load on the front sill end.

There is an thread on "best lift points", and it generally advises to lift the car in the front by the frame rails.

The square boxes were used by Karmann to haul the empty shell through the factory on the line, sans engine.

 

[tygaboy]

Today was Christmas in October! The "tasteful upgrade" goodies have started arriving! I don't like to name drop but: "Coupe King" wheels and "Carl Nelson" springs. I suppose I should start a separate thread for the coming restoration/updates I'm undertaking.

 

[Stan]

Initial cleaning done in preparation for Legends of the Autobahn
Cleaned the leather, under the hood and in the trunk.
Found my bottle of Gummiflug for all of the seals.
I will wait until I arrive in Hilton Head to work on the exterior.

 

[HB Chris]

After 900 miles last week on my second annual Küstenfahrt which included rain on Hwy 1 to Big Sur, I finally washed my coupe. With a hose. With a bucket of car wash. With a towel. They are meant to be driven after all.

 

[adawil2002]

@HB Chris, well done, see you soon!
@Stan, there is a wash station hose at the hotel, see you soon!

I went mudding on Sunday. Just cleaned the fender wells & tires Tuesday morning.

 

[JMinPDX]

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Installed panoramic mirror over the existing mirror so that I can see things in back of me.

Just waiting to get the mega squirt unit tuned and maybe this car will be on the street.

my apologies if you discussed it elsewhere (if so please share the link) but tell us about the materials used on the dash board.
I‘m as much as purist as the next guy. But I love the look. Great job.

 

[tferrer]

After 900 miles last week on my second annual Küstenfahrt which included rain on Hwy 1 to Big Sur, I finally washed my coupe. With a hose. With a bucket of car wash. With a towel. They are meant to be driven after all.

A bucket and hose?! Livin on the edge..;-)

 

[Patton]

my apologies if you discussed it elsewhere (if so please share the link) but tell us about the materials used on the dash board.
I‘m as much as purist as the next guy. But I love the look. Great job.

J, I am out of town right now. When I return on Monday I’ll look up the data for the engine turned metal plate.

It was super easy to bend into place. Also, it wasn’t too expensive.

The horizontal dashboard was simply plywood covered with black leather.

The dash was simply that same leather turned over to use the suede side.

Thank you for the kind comments. Made my day.

RP

 

[tygaboy]

Maybe a bit OT but figured some might be interested. I started working on an E9 silhouette file that I can cut on my plasma table. I did the same for awards I made for our 2020 914 West Coast Rally. Neat thing is I can easily scale these to make them almost any size I'd like. I'm thinking maybe a nice framed wall hanging in my office.

 

[vince]

Maybe a bit OT but figured some might be interested. I started working on an E9 silhouette file that I can cut on my plasma table. I did the same for awards I made for our 2020 914 West Coast Rally. Neat thing is I can easily scale these to make them almost any size I'd like. I'm thinking maybe a nice framed wall hanging in my office.

Very cool!

 

[Java Man]

Looks great! Please post images of the final product.

 

[BarneyT]

Started the Refresh of our 71 2800CS yesterday, very excited to get this started scheduled for body shop first of January…

 

[bluecoupe30!]

Spent the day, on my back, on the left side floor, looking up at the mess of wires under the dash. My goal was to find wires I could eliminate. Found many that had at one time been part of the speaker/radio/amplifier set up. Eliminated metres of the stuff. Re-routed remaining wires to achieve a more organized path. Cleared a lot of space. And then I found it! Couple of years ago, I was cleaning up some of the ground wire connections and was really pleased with myself, until I discovered that the electric sunroof would no longer function. So, today I found the one wire that had been dislodged and I returned it to its rightful terminal, behind fuse #10. And all was right again. Must admit, getting a little old for this under-the-dash stuff, but with the heater out, console out, all the under dash panels out, seats out, it was now or never!