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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ Rusty Orig Six on the SAMBA....
Posted by: pete000 Oct 3 2012, 09:10 PM
Not mine btw...
Nice patina car !
So sad to see these poor cars get so bad...
Add the vin to the data base! I do not see it. 9140430894
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1368956
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Posted by: kg6dxn Oct 3 2012, 09:17 PM
I would consider that beyond repair. It will take way more $$$ in metal work than it is worth.
Maybe AA can use it for a VIN swap... 
Posted by: porbmw Oct 3 2012, 09:20 PM
I would consider that beyond repair. It will take way more $$$ in metal work than it is worth.
Maybe AA can use it for a VIN swap...
It's going to have rust everywhere
And SOMEONE will fix it
Posted by: hot_shoe914 Oct 3 2012, 09:21 PM
Now was that really called for? Grow up!
Posted by: brant Oct 3 2012, 09:23 PM
Now was that really called for? Grow up!
its an infamous (but truthful) moment in history
like naughahyde, or the famous prison break sketch...
its our history and culture of the site.
Posted by: 914itis Oct 3 2012, 09:24 PM
The word "rusty " is mentioned 18 times . Did I say rusty?
Posted by: hot_shoe914 Oct 3 2012, 09:25 PM
Scotty can fix it! 
Posted by: pete000 Oct 3 2012, 09:30 PM
Probably end up on a boat to Germany...They seem to like the cheap rusty ones...
Might be fun to just get it running like a top and roll it all rusty like the VW guys do with the old buses and bugs.
As long as it doesn't break in half !
Posted by: 914itis Oct 3 2012, 09:40 PM
I think mentioning the famous 914 word so much is just a disclaimer that it will break In half! Move it at your own risk
Posted by: SirAndy Oct 3 2012, 09:48 PM
This is not the first time i said this (and was proven right several years later), so here it is again:
We *will* see this car again! (to be precise, a nice car with the same VIN)
Posted by: SirAndy Oct 3 2012, 09:52 PM
More rusty goodness ...
Posted by: kg6dxn Oct 3 2012, 10:31 PM
If you replace every piece of rusty metal but the VIN survives, is it considered a VIN swap?
Posted by: SirAndy Oct 3 2012, 11:10 PM
If you replace every piece of rusty metal but the VIN survives, is it considered a VIN swap?
If you cut all the metal around the VIN, but leave the VIN in place and then add good metal from a donor car all around the VIN, is it considered a VIN swap?
Posted by: ConeDodger Oct 4 2012, 12:01 AM
Andy, you've got a body without parts and this is parts without a body... A match made in Germany?
Posted by: DonTraver Oct 4 2012, 01:53 AM
Several years ago while on a tour to the Porsche Factory, in the Classical Restoration Section they had a 914-6 that needed the complete rear half of the car replaced. They did it and a year later while on another Tour of Germany I met the guy that owned her at a hotel I was staying at. Porsche will fix any Porsche, just takes money and time.
Later, Don
Posted by: rick 918-S Oct 4 2012, 06:57 AM
You guys.... 
easy peasy... 
Posted by: Garold Shaffer Oct 4 2012, 07:00 AM
If I had the extra $$ I would make him an offer and bring it home. They are only going to go up in value. Look at what rusty POS 356 tubs bring.
Posted by: URY914 Oct 4 2012, 07:10 AM
There is a good reason why the VIN numbers are set in a piece of aluminum.
Posted by: charliew Oct 4 2012, 08:20 AM
914 vins are stamped in the metal.
Which reminds me, don't waste your money on the gas springs, mine have already given up and I never drove the car. The trunks have been setting closed. I don't think they held the trunks up 30 minutes in their life span.
Posted by: SirAndy Oct 4 2012, 10:50 AM
I have other plans with my shell ...
Posted by: FourBlades Oct 4 2012, 10:54 AM
Recent auction reported in this month's Classic Motorsports showed original six selling for $61,000.
I would hit that!
John
Posted by: SirAndy Oct 4 2012, 11:38 AM
I would hit that!
And that car is about $75,000 away from being worth $61,000 ...
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Posted by: biosurfer1 Oct 4 2012, 12:17 PM
I would hit that!
And that car is about $75,000 away from being worth $61,000 ...
Sounds like perfectly logical government spending
Posted by: veltror Oct 4 2012, 12:31 PM
Several years ago while on a tour to the Porsche Factory, in the Classical Restoration Section they had a 914-6 that needed the complete rear half of the car replaced. They did it and a year later while on another Tour of Germany I met the guy that owned her at a hotel I was staying at. Porsche will fix any Porsche, just takes money and time.
Later, Don
it is not just porsche that fixes rusty cars ask me how I know..
Posted by: wingnut86 Oct 4 2012, 03:19 PM
I have other plans with my shell ...
Barbecue or rolling wet bar?
Posted by: rick 918-S Oct 4 2012, 03:37 PM
I think the car can be repaired. Look at So-Cal Andy's car he got from Joe. It was rusted and missing the ass end. in less than a year it's coming together. If I had the money I would make the guy an offer and take it home.
Posted by: FourBlades Oct 4 2012, 04:34 PM
The cost would be reasonable if you did all the work yourself.
It could take 3-4 years to do it if you worked at it part time.
Ask me how I know. 
I would fix it to have an original six not to make a profit anyway.
John
Posted by: mr914 Oct 4 2012, 05:11 PM
A "little" dustier than mine when I bought it.
Mine didn't seem so bad when I bought it. Till I took it apart 
Rhein I was in deep. Build rotisserie and start replacing metal 7 years later, I'm still at it 
I personally would have passed on this one
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Posted by: SLITS Oct 4 2012, 05:23 PM
Cut it up! Junk the parts! It's only a VIN number.
Posted by: somd914 Oct 4 2012, 08:51 PM
And yet another car succesfully lightened for racing by Rusty's Race Shop...
But hey, anything can be repaired, it only takes time and money, well, I guess I'll have to pass on this one...
Posted by: shuie Oct 4 2012, 09:17 PM
Someone like The Metal Surgeon guy could knock this out right. Probably not the best investment, but I wish I could make an offer for it as it sits
Posted by: euro911 Oct 5 2012, 12:28 AM
My wife would probably beat the living s#it out of me if I bought it 
Posted by: sixnotfour Oct 6 2012, 04:53 PM
Here is what Kevin (Gunnar Racing) had to say about this 914-6
Guess what Boys and Girls...it won't be long (if not already) when someone will say "Thats a real steal (steel) deal"! Rust can be fixed especially on a 914....everything is available!! The car looks complete too!
If I didn't already own a few Sixer's...I swear I would buy it (I like making chicken salad outta chicken S_it anyway)....it seems to be my past time saving old Porsche's! Someone needs to buy this very sweet (RUSTY) 914-6!!
Gumby
PS by the time your done doing it....I think you will still make a profit and have a great feeling of saving another Classic Porsche.....errr ahhhhhh VW!!
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