This 1976 Porsche 914 was sitting in a Tennessee barn for 30 years. It needs a bath. FIRST WASH IN 30 YEARS - Porsche 914 VW Type 4, #ct, #firstwash, #ct'sgarage, ct's garage, ctmoog,
Howdy Folks! Let's wash 30 years of dirt, grime and other unknown junk of this baby! Let me know what you think in the comments below. Don't be shy. I can take the heat! Do you think we can see it? Also, if your curious about the other projects please be patient. We are reorganizing the shop to make more room and better work flow. Thank you !=)
If you had closed the lids tight before you pressure washed the inside would have been dry! You also talk too much and do so little trying to make yourself look knowledgeable!
I discovered the same mouse nest in my glove compartment this winter. I had moved and first time keeping the 914 in a portable garage until I can build a permanent garage. Keep up the good work. These cars deserve to be saved.
Biggest thing is to make sure the longs are solid. Dont want the car breaking n half on ya. Yes the floor pans can be replaced. Automobile Atlanta sells replacements. Big project but worth it!
I sure do wish I had my first Porsche. In 1972 I bought a 1970 914-6.. At that time I worked at Road Atlanta and had free will on the track ""after hours".. Don't tell anyone~~~~! Crazy FAST little car ! I used to scare the hell out of myself and my girlfriends on that track. However, I sure do wish I could have that car back !! Great memories and great times as a young idiot ! I now drive my Porsches like they are built to drive, but NO tracking ! So much fun to daily drive..
CT's car valeting services. We remove the dirt, wasp nests, spiders and dead moce, then remove the seats, carpets and floors. CT's deep clean for fresh results to your car. lol. I love it
I saw a prominent fiddle shape on one of those spiders, very likely those are recluses, I'd set some sticky traps and spray some instant death in there before you do much more poking around. Also you don't want them infesting your garage. Love that you're saving another 914 CT, those are some of my favorite cars. Go karts wish they could handle like these things do.
@@dolfandon7124 yeah i got bit a couple years ago...doing my roof..and they nested in attic...one bit me ..man that stung... well it probably did sting me...lol..they do both.
When you started talking about cleaning and having feelings for the car, I felt like you were channeling your inner Bob Ross, lol. Instead of "happy little trees", there would be happy little air freshener trees.
Spider food! Spray lightly with Malathion, then go to lunch. Should take care of them for a fairly good little while. Paint color? Probably the respray was the original red, probably lacquer. Red used to fade horribly, regardless of the kind of paint, 'till the Urethanes came along. Try removing a light lens to see what color is under it. Is there a replacement for the Nader bumpers? I believe you can repaint them body color with some of the new materials, now that body color bumper covers are the thing. The "death rattle" in the engine is troubling, of course...but it may be from a stuck valve, which also might account for the miss. (Hopefully)
Definite fiddle shapes on those spiders. 95% sure those are brown recluse. You may want to leave the 914 outside of your shop until those are all gone.
It's a game of inches for sure. But it's always a morale booster to see something cleaned up. When I got my 79 K10 pickup about 6 years ago it looked like a wreck. But half a day's worth of washing, scrubbing, and then polishing made so much difference it was incredible. Didn't make it look like new but made it look so much better it really helped to motivate me to keep going on the work.
So glad you cleaned the 914. Some folks like working on dirty nasty vehicles but for me I don’t look forward to working in and around mouse poop, raccoon poop etc and bug remains along with dirt and grease. Much easier to work on when cleaned up a bit.
19:37 you arent very scared touching these things lol, you even grabbed those wasp nests with the larvae and crushed them with your bare hands, brave man. I absolutely love this series, super fun and entertaining to watch you do all the hard work while I relax and have a chuckle.
I got to admit I gagged a little when he grabbed that nest with his bare hand but then again I've done worse in my time like changing diapers, that is an act of true love.
@@555tigerland Thats true, youll do anything for something you love, like when I first got my 1990 Lexus LS400, there was a cupcake and cookie under the seat with live maggots filled in them, and i scraped them out with my bare hands.
I could never wrap my head around little sports cars, so to speak. Little people seem to enjoy them but I've seen a few bigger but short people in them. A past small and short built female friend bought one of those tiny MIA's for herself, next thing I know her husband was driving it, I though that was odd because he was a plump guy and a few feet taller then her. I heard he got attached to the mini car for its acceleration around and away down the road. I knew someone who lost control in a 911 on the freeway, he and his dog never left the freeway alive, If your going to drive one of these little high performance sports cars learn how it handles first by just driving it carefully for 3 to 6 months, take it to a track or big empty lot and get a feel of what it's going to do.
Soap and water and a little bit of hard work sure has that little car looking good. I'm anxious to see the engine get it checked out and get it running right and all the other little stuff it needs brakes and all that stuff I'm excited. But there's always but right it's going to be really hard for you to not want to blow this thing apart so...... Try to resist 😁
Good nigth CT,,, very intersting your work on that Porche,,, the job in the deep clean,,, comes amazing,,, congrautlations for your video,,, have a good time,, l ll folow your,,, program,,, greetings,,,,your friend Oscar de Pachuca HGo Estados Unidos Mexicanos,,,
I had a pristine 914 2.0 back in the day. Mine didn't have the awful federalized bumpers, had the appearance package and optional alloys. I kept it covered in the garage. A garage queen for nice Sunday's. I only slightly modded the car...Racemark steering wheel, Jensen stereo...free flowing exhaust...filled in the rear bottom valence. I always drove it to it full potential because of its modest power. I sold it for a Corvette but still love the 914. Sold it to a collector with less than 30K miles. Engine never was out of it. Ice blue color. Loved it. I was just out of engineering school. Painful to look at this car. Would take divine intervention to bring this one back. I hate to see nice cars abandoned and neglected.
I'll bet I have three hundred hours cleaning polishing and detailing a car that sat for 45 years. Thank goodness I didn't have all that rust and mouse crap good luck with another tough one.
So sorry it turned out that way! However, I have seen enough of your videos to know for certain you will bring that right back around. I look forward to its completion. You do amazing work! Thank you!
Cool CT, another very enjoyable video. You might try using white vinegar diluted and warm distilled water (big bottle from pharmacy) for cleaning interior seats, door panels etc. It's safe and will not promote rust.
Yeah Baby! Loved the video CT and watched every minute. Too bad about the floors! I know you were disappointed and your plan of just making it quickly just safe to drive kind of went out the window….in the next video. I’d love for you to take the sill caps off so we can see the longs. Regardless of what you decide to do, I’ll be watching and cheering you on along the way. Cheers, Tush
I really appreciate your enthusiam! And I believe the car is really bad, but don‘t we all need cars to play with?! A part in me envies you for the time you have to spend on the car together with your great equipment and the workspace. The longer I follow your tales the more I wish for a sabbatical to do nothing but working on an old car in sunny and warm environment.
I found a 1970 yellow 914 GT 6 race car (at least that is what it is purported o be as I have not yet opened anything up. It is still on the trailer from a half a year ago). It had been driven hard and put away wet from what I can see too may times. I am starting a new position at a new company soon so I hope to have the cash to restore it the way it deserves. Keep up the great work CT. You are the inspiration for me to start a channel with this car.
CT, PLEASE use RU-vid & other resources to learn how to do things properly, first. Because it’s too late for me/us to tell you after you’ve done the damage, and replacement parts for ALL Porsches including 914’s are getting STUPID expensive. 1.) the seats come out of the rails by pressing a tang in at the side of the rail, when the seat is at the end of the forward position, just like later versions of the beetle. It’s a safety feature to keep the seat from coming out in a crash. 2.) To properly remove the back pad and sound mat, which are both stupid expensive, take the center console & triple gauges out, then center bottom “seat” cushion out, unscrew the tray it sits in, at the front and center, remove the seats as described above, …. See #3 to, remove engine bay lid release pull, carefully pull the bottom of the back pad forward until the catch tangs in the top of the pad slip down and out of the tangs in the top of the firewall, just below the back window. 3.) unscrew the tip of the engine bay lid release pull by unscrewing it, lefty loosey, righty righty. Then use an escutcheon tool, a pair of retaining ring plyers or a fork with center tang bent out the way to turn the retainer ring off the shaft of the tube the cable goes through. 4.) carefully remove the sound deadening mat and at least save it to use as a pattern of the replacement you will want to make from Quick Roof, Peel & Seal, or the expensive version called DynoMat. I’m being a little harsh on you just because you’re making unnecessary, costly, silly mistakes. Also, the electronics to worry about, you already got wet when you sprayed the back window. More on that below. Hopefully there’s not a lot of fuel in the tank, because it’s not hard to remove, and you can pressure wash that area, once you CAREFULLY remove the fresh air box & fan assembly. Those brittle corrugated black plastic pipes are impossible to find in good shape. The seals to the air ducts are likely shot so when you pressure wash that bay, the interior could get wet, so try to protect the fuse & relay panel over the drivers left knee. This 914 has a “rain tray” which is supposed to dump into a pair of tiny funnels, attached to a bracket at the side of the engine bay, and piped through the engine tin to dump on the ground. The problem with 914’s is the vents on either side of the engine lid. They don’t have rain trays, and under the left one is the relay board, that nobody puts the cover back on because it’s a pain in the @$$ On the other side is the Battery tray, and EFICU. So rain or wash water cause battery acid to spill onto the frame rail the runs underneath it, and pool the the corner at the firewall, under the brain box, where it tough the get at to clean & dry. The moisture then corrodes the brain box and you get EFI issues. That’s why it’s called the Hell Hole. Go with dual carburetors, and relocate the battery in the restoration.
I would wet sand the paint with 1,500 grit then buff the paint with something like 3-M Perfect -It . Great fine and project. A little cleaning tune up she a driver.
MAN! I hope that frame isn’t shot. This might be a good parts car for another one that’s got a great shell but no interior or mechanicals. Who knows - but it’ll be another fun adventure! 👍🏽
Excellent video CT :) I told my one friend who had same car and she told fix up also worth it and you enjoy it as she did ! She said glad hear about someone got one to get one and collect too! Nice hear about too and she Lol got same color plus year too! She gave her car in 2005 to someone buy it and enjoy too!
Hi CT, The floors will have to be addressed if you plan on driving it around? I know you have the other one so maybe make one good one from both or patch up this one enough to sell it? I guess what ever is financially right and your'e time into these projects? Definitely get going on the motor. Pull it out to make it easier to work on👍
Wd 40 quite spraying right cause you were holding it upside down spraying the seats. Never spray aerosol cans upside down cause you loose all your pressure.
SPIDERS ! ! omgggggg ! *shudders We use a tarp and 4(four) cans of bug bomb to evict those pesky free-loaders - after 2(two) days , no more creepy crawlers Xspecially on a vehicle that's been in a barn or field 😉😎😇
Don’t forget to spray those headlight assemblies with spray lubricant, will rust up fairly quick after washing them. Cleaning makes a world of difference. Should be a good build. 🇦🇺🇦🇺
My first car was a Volkswagen Beetle and Porsche is not so far away and when we clean them (there was a moment that there were three Volkswagens in the family) we use a bit of dish cleaner (any brand because we were poor) and water and a used toothbrush. The result was decent 👍
CT. Looks nice. You need to get a foam cannon and clean ups will be 2x better. Why not put the motor Darrin built you in that one? What happened to the yellow one?
Never id be amazed if he gets anything on the road. Imean watching now he’s cleaning windows, the way he rives things out. It’s sad to see him wrecking cars.
@@alandaniel7327 i had to go get my boys from school..drove in a white out..most of the way ( winds blowing up snow and sheer ice on highway )... almost ran into a jackknifed truck blocking the one lane....passed 6 vehicles and. lost visibility from the snow swirling...the saw the truck trailer as i passed a semi ...😵 then drove through the rest fighting the slippery icy road.... got both boys ( 2 towns and about 100 km round trip ).... safely home now....to watch the rest of this fiasco!!! 😠 Spiders and Rust..poo poo
Man, you live a dangerous life !! 😱 Mouse pee and caca are highly poisonous to your lungs ! You had me freaking out handling the nasty stuff with no gloves, no quality mask at all. Then you blew out the glove box shit all over you ! 😳 You'll have to take the dashboard and air/heating coduits out : more mouse crap is surely hiding in there ! This car is worth working on it. It's not a 914 - 6 but still... Good luck CT ! PS Keep the injection system. The engine was tuned for it, adding a couple of horses and torque.
Porsche/V-dub sure was generous with their engine access... Poor Melvin the Mouse. He always wanted a German car... Remember the 'butthenges' you used to see in empty parking spaces, where the previous occupant emptied out their ashtray?
To those who know, 914 was the model. As rusty as anything you get from a junkpile.. To look upon produced a high, without a prescription. "The color of an angel", was the J A C K L E G S description. He said he brought it in from Western Tennessee, To brave the rain, he must have been in a hurry. But the J A C K L E G said not to worry.......
Yeah I would resist taking it fully apart. Just roll with it and if something mechanical needs fixing then address it as it comes up. Other than the floor pans I would ignore the other rust unless it’s needed to address something mechanical. As far as paint hit it with some wax to bring back that paint and you should be good to go. Have it as a driver and work in progress. Maybe after you finish the ghia or the bus you can go back and strip this one down but not until you finish a different project. Try not to spread yourself too thin. The fords and Vdubs should keep you plenty busy. I would get rid of that other black car prob just taking up space. If you just worked on the ghia, two Porsches, rusty, swamp dragon and bronco you would have enough projects to keep you busy for two years at least and also plenty of projects. I feel people RU-vid wanna see project through to completion. I’m trying to get there myself but spending most of my time working on my daily drivers. Check them out and tell me what you think.
