Okay so a buddy of mine hit a patch of ice . Slid sideways into a medium/divider. Probably hit about 20-25mph. It was in town so he wasn't going to fast. It was a smaller cement barrier & went under the door. Hit right about the jack post shoved the jack post area into the car about 18inches. Luckily my buddy wasn't hurt. His 914 was totalled though .
Anyway his car was in great shape. I will be stripping it of all the useful parts. Car still runs & the drivetrain is solid. Overall there are alot of great parts. Still deciding if I am going to do some work on my 75 roller & prep it for all these parts. Take a look at the pics below. It has some good panels still too.
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Jamie,
From the pics, it doesn't look that bad. Is it not savable? You, with your experience should be able to save this one. I hope anyway!
Tom
Jamie, PM me about the motor. Still looking for a runner long block to put all my FI on.
Another trailer perhaps? You could start selling them?
sorry to hear the bad news.....
Time to look around for a NOS body in white.
Man I hate seeing these cars go off the road. Glad your buddy wasn't hurt. It looks to be a parts car now.
This makes me realize how lucky I was with my car, being that the damage is contained entirely to the front area of the car.
This would make a great donor car to anyone who can produce a solid roller! BUT......
I'm looking for a front valance in good shape...... if I can quietly just stand in line for it.
Plus the shorty rear valance would look very cool with my dual triad sticking out below it .... ?
Yellow body. black chrome. Painted bumper.
It wasn't a bumblebee was it?
The way BumbleBees fall in JRust's lap......odds are in favor of it being one.
you guys are dyslectic, Bumble Bee is Black with yellow accents.
Once you have two or three , people will drive by and ask "Hey you want another one ? " My new years resolution answer is "NO"
and give Jamie's number or Rich's a coin toss.
Careful with that winch in the rafter.
I telephone poled a six in my younger days, Must have been lucky as the damage was not that bad.
Well, on that side anyway.
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I got it started today. Thought the accelerator cable had snapped somewhere. Turned out the wreck had just popped it off the ball below the pedal. I put that back on & it worked just fine. Took if for a short drive up my road & back. Drove just fine surprisingly. It actually tracked straight down the road .
So sad - looks like it was a very nice one indeed!
Death to all 914 killer Medians !!!!
With that P-side offset, it might be good on clockwise oval track racing!
With good pull on a frame rack and some splice and dice ???? Better than a bunch of rust repair IMHO.
Well I am suprised no one said this yet, " Oh that will buff right Out" so i will.
Jamie now how many 914's is the total this yr. up to?????
Dave
Jamie, are you going to part it out? I'm looking for a good dash pad, no cracks let me know. John
doesn't take much to ruin one. What a shame.
If you were going to fix it (although I doubt the cost effectiveness) I would cut out the long, get the rest of the chassis points/mounts into alignment, then weld in a new long like you're thinking. The parts are available from Restoration Design and the install isn't ridiculous.
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