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Posted by: DanT Apr 26 2010, 08:42 PM

what do you think?
what are they?
are they worth anything?


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Posted by: sixnotfour Apr 26 2010, 08:43 PM

vintage guys love em

Posted by: DanT Apr 30 2010, 02:23 PM

some more detailed pics for your enjoyment


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Posted by: DanT Apr 30 2010, 02:23 PM

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Posted by: SirAndy Apr 30 2010, 03:34 PM

In my (limited) experience, it's rarely worth buying used shocks, especially ones that look as used as those.

My brand new Konis (adjustable) were not that expensive and you know exactly that what you are starting with is new and up to spec.

Andy

Posted by: DanT Apr 30 2010, 03:49 PM

Andy,
from what I have gathered, these shocks are of great interest to folks doing vintage 914-6GT restorations or clone builds...
These were supposedly the shocks on the factory 914-6GTs

Posted by: SirAndy Apr 30 2010, 04:06 PM

In which case function is obviously secondary ...


Get in touch with Armando, he's always on the hunt for real GT parts and he usually pays top dollars.
Andy

Posted by: DanT Apr 30 2010, 04:16 PM

they get them rebuilt by Koni. Then they have a like new shock in function and it is period correct.

Posted by: SirAndy Apr 30 2010, 04:22 PM

Well, like new from 40 years ago. A rebuild does not upgrade them to 2010 technology.

Either way, i'm sure the right buyer would fork out a nice sum for these. I'll stick with my brand new Konis.
Andy

Posted by: DanT Apr 30 2010, 04:44 PM

I'll let the prospective new owner of these chime in when he is ready...

Posted by: Eric_Shea Apr 30 2010, 07:00 PM

I'm moist all over.

Posted by: DanT Apr 30 2010, 07:40 PM

OK, I am sure that must be a good thing

Posted by: Eric_Shea Apr 30 2010, 08:08 PM

It is. It is... Thanks!

They will be restored to like-new condition and used with pride.

Posted by: DanT Apr 30 2010, 08:14 PM

Glad we could work it out Eric..
and I am glad they will be staying in the USA and being used on a pristine build.

Posted by: Heeltoe914 Apr 30 2010, 08:43 PM

I have seen sets sell for 1500 bucks yes that is not a typo.

Posted by: Eric_Shea Apr 30 2010, 08:56 PM

Once they're restored... I might be close. We'll see what Koni has to say. I'm kinda flying blind here.

Posted by: Eric_Shea Sep 13 2010, 10:13 PM

I don't think that's true...

I'd like to thank Dan for working with me on these shocks. As promised, restored to new. Thanks again Dan, it means a lot to me:

Posted by: DanT Sep 13 2010, 10:26 PM

all I can say is WOW!

Those came out fantastic Eric...

Glad it worked out for both of us. These will really work nicely on your GT clone

By the way, the rear shocks I got from the trade worked fantastic last Saturday at my '75's first AX...
Won my class and also finished in the top five in PAX(performance AX index)

That was against full race cars, GT3s, GT2s, Turbos etc...and two full blown 914 racecars...
They worked perfectly with the Konis I have up front and the 140# rear springs.

Posted by: Eric_Shea Sep 13 2010, 10:33 PM

Good deal all around. Congrats on the driving!

Springs are done as well. I had them zinc plated. JKH machined up a pair of top mounts for me so they're about ready to bolt on. TrueChoice forgot to put the spring seats in the box so, I'm waiting on those to come back. More pictures when it's all done and on the car.

Posted by: DanT Sep 13 2010, 10:37 PM

should look fantastic on the car!

Posted by: Andyrew Sep 13 2010, 10:58 PM

Eric,

They look fantastic!!

Care to share how much the rebuild from Koni was? My audi has some old koni's that look in about the same shape as yours were...

Posted by: Eric_Shea Sep 13 2010, 11:45 PM

$150.00 per shock plus parts. I was roughly quoted about $50.00 each in parts.

TrueChoice did the restoration and Phil there has yet to send the invoice. I'm guessing around $450.00 shipped for those.

I'll probably have a little over $1,000 into them all-tolled with cash, horse trading, old shocks and the restoration.

Posted by: carr914 Sep 14 2010, 01:30 AM

Still a bargain. Armando has a set F/S for about $2K

Posted by: FourBlades Sep 14 2010, 06:30 AM

Those are sick!

And I thought from the title this was a thread about Howard Stern...

John

Posted by: carr914 Sep 14 2010, 07:53 AM

Eric those look great

Yes they are the right shock for some Factory GTs

Some GT's came with and raced with Bilsteins

Posted by: Eric_Shea Sep 14 2010, 08:12 AM

We'll see about that... having them priced at $2k and selling them at $2k are two different things. Maybe

Posted by: Eric_Shea Sep 18 2010, 12:33 PM

As promised, finished pictures:

Now with springs and hats:


Vintage Koni decals now adorned the shocks:


New adjustment knobs and perches:


New hats (special thanks to JKH):


Getting started on the installation:


Passengers side mounted up. Need to hook up the ASB drop link:


Done...:

Posted by: Sleepin Sep 18 2010, 01:23 PM

Posted by: championgt1 Sep 18 2010, 09:04 PM

Sweet!