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Posted by: URY914 Sep 26 2004, 05:33 AM

I woke up to see on the news the hurricane about 1 1/2 hours to the southeast of me and moving at 15 mph with 60-75 mph winds and HEADED RIGHT FOR US!!!!!!

We went to bed thinking it would be more east and peter out to the north of us.

Right now it is right over Rob Watson's (watsonx13) house in Plant City, east of Tampa.

The wind is whipping around like crazy. Not much rain.
What a FPITA.

Paul

Posted by: Joe Sharp Old Sep 26 2004, 05:48 AM

Paul: You guys got hit harder than that in the No Name Storme, what an oddball that was. Can't wait to join you
Joe

Posted by: Qarl Sep 26 2004, 05:51 AM

I don't want to hear about your wimpy 60-75 mph hour winds.

We've had 80 for the last 4 hours with gusts to over 100.....

Some roof tiles are off... pool is flooded... lake is rising...

F-ing hurricanes...

Posted by: URY914 Sep 27 2004, 06:50 PM

We were out of power for 7 hours on Sunday. But we're lucky, some still don't have it back.
No damage. More wind than rain this time.

Enough of this crap!!!

Paul

Posted by: BiG bOgGs Sep 27 2004, 07:02 PM

Howdy there, I'm Jim from Ft. Myers. I have been hoping to find some floridians to socialize/comizerate with about our beloved 914's. I am in negotiations with a seller of a 1973 1.7. Other than the basics to look for on all 914s, are there any specifics to this year/engine I should specifically check?

Posted by: URY914 Sep 27 2004, 07:12 PM

Welcome to the board.

As far as the '73 1.7, thats what mine started out as.

I don't think there is anything special to look for but I would verify that it is a 1.7. Also does it have the original fuel injection? How about the wheels? stock or aftermarket?

Of course check everywhere for rust but you already knew that.

Post your question as a seperate topic and you'll get more help than I can give.

Paul

Posted by: BiG bOgGs Sep 27 2004, 07:17 PM

Thanks. I'll post it. Also, how can I tell what options orginally came with the car? Are there any production codes that tell me things like color, wheel type, interior, ect. like domistic cars have?

Posted by: URY914 Sep 27 2004, 07:22 PM

Dealers sorta did thier own thing when it came to options back then. You can get the color from the label inside the drivers door jam. I don't know about the rest of it. There is a program throught the Prosche factory that they will look up your serial number and tell you when it was build, factory options and what dealer it was shipper to for sale.

Paul

Posted by: ! Sep 27 2004, 07:56 PM

Sunny and 75 today....we're due for a good fire storm, no rain worth a damn for three years, the lake is lower than whale turds and looks as appetizing....also due for a good earthquake. Last nasty one hearabouts was 1925......last fire was 1990//......lost 600+ homes....

Posted by: red914 Sep 28 2004, 08:11 AM

i hear ya; mt. st. helens is moving around a bit lately. we too are in need of some exciting natural phenomonin, phenomonum, stuff. volcanos can be kewl! and we haven't had one in about 24 years.

Posted by: Bruce Allert Sep 28 2004, 08:25 AM

Ya... Wow 24 years! seems like yesterday. I was on the Hood Canal in Port Ludlow when it blew. Heard the 2 BOOMS and it rattled the house. We lived near a rock quarry at the time. I told my wife "I didn't know the quarry worked on Sunday" turned on the TV a few minutes later to find what happened.

And now it might do it again I got too much HVAC shit to worry about... Please Please blow the other way

.....b