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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ I GOT ONE

Posted by: messix May 7 2005, 07:45 PM

thank you to all who have helped me with advise and leads.......
but Dan is the man.

i am now the proud owner of a very decent 75 914 with 115k.
it has some problems that will keep me busy for a while but it runs great.

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Posted by: messix May 7 2005, 07:45 PM

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Posted by: messix May 7 2005, 07:47 PM

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Posted by: boxstr May 7 2005, 07:47 PM

Troy, Schweet, tell us all about it...
CCLINWCC2006

Posted by: messix May 7 2005, 07:48 PM

dan has a couple more

Posted by: messix May 7 2005, 07:54 PM

i will later have to take moma to mothers day dinner. and then stare at it some more.
thank you Craig i feel like i pulled off a deal like you get.

more to come......

Posted by: Gint May 7 2005, 09:51 PM

Nice looking car. Grats. What wheels are those? Closer pics please.

Posted by: Aaron Cox May 7 2005, 09:56 PM

QUOTE (Gint @ May 7 2005, 08:51 PM)
Nice looking car. Grats. What wheels are those? Closer pics please.

looklike empis with little rubber

Posted by: messix May 7 2005, 11:06 PM

wheels have empi center caps, sooo.....
but the spoles are rough cast with polished rim.

tires are 195/50 15s

dont have any more pics yet

and have some sorting to do .... no brake lights and rear park lamps come on and stay on when ing. is on. turns work good. and hazards work good.

need drivers headlight and fog light [both out]

has cool dual exhuast, but one muffler is rotted out.

two weeks and i'm money

Posted by: messix May 8 2005, 10:17 PM

i have brake lights now[sticky switch], annoying horn lever fixed.

drive it to work tomorrow. yeehaa!

Posted by: red914 May 8 2005, 11:02 PM

dude!, it looks like a smoking car! when you can, post more pics! and next time we have a puget sound get together, we can see it in person! sweet!

and i didn't say anything about the rubber baby buggy bumpers...

Posted by: messix May 9 2005, 12:11 AM

B.U.B are not my favorite either. but there in very good shape. i might try to find some chrome's and retrofit. [expensive?]

other priorities first.

Posted by: Root_Werks May 9 2005, 06:23 AM

Congrats Troy! Yeah, that was a fun day!

Yeah, this 914 is really nice. Just little things to be sorted really. I pulled leaves and rubbed dirt away from around the hell hole area and just kept seeing and feeling nice smooth white paint! Yeah baby! Gotta love that! The interior is in really nice shape too. Carpet is new and really nice. I like the tan/black combo, it looks really nice. I felt only a couple of rust flakes along the bottom of the doors around the weatherstripping channel. This is an almost/almost rust free car. Both trunks are sweet as well.

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Posted by: Root_Werks May 9 2005, 06:25 AM

Check out the console. factory installed with correct heater lever, gauges are in really nice shape too.

Good job getting the brake lights to work Troy, glad that was an easy fix. We beat the seller up pretty good, but he was no fool. He knows what 914's are going for. Never the less, I think Troy scored on this one.

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Posted by: Root_Werks May 9 2005, 06:28 AM

This shot doesn't do the engine bay justice. Everything is in proper 1.8 L-Jet order with a red-top Optima. If I remember correctly, even the tray gutter tubes were all intact. Very nice - unmolested car.

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Posted by: Root_Werks May 9 2005, 06:31 AM

Another victom he is ours now fellow clubbers In all seriousness, if Troy hadn't bought the car, I might have.

I like the non-polished Empi's on there. Very nice looking for sure. It sits VERY low, Troy had mentioned maybe even raising it an inch. Might not be a bad idea.

Posted by: Root_Werks May 9 2005, 06:31 AM

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Posted by: Root_Werks May 9 2005, 06:33 AM

In that last picture, you can see the dual exhaust, I don't know who did it, but I really like it. True headers from the heater boxes into two small turbo looking mufflers. Someone cut and curled back the right side opening to look just like the left side. Very nice, very clean and sounds great even with a blown muffler. Cheap, easy fix.

Here is a shot of the drive home. Sorry, the picture got screwed up?

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Posted by: messix May 9 2005, 11:33 PM

thanks Dan for the pictures.

a digi cam is on the list to buy this week.

drove it to work today, what a blast!!!!!!!!!!!!!

then went over to a buddies to work an a couple of things in his cleaned out garage [ mine now needs to be rearanged, one jeep one honda 954, kid toys and some junk] .

found the porsche crest on the hood missing with some rtv left behind, some minor surface rust also delt with.

replaced both headlights [one burned out] found alot of leaves and needles and some rust in drivers side headlight bucket. not rusted thru though.

need to get driving light bulb. and a tail light bulb.

and not sure if the heater blower is working.

wipers seem to have only one speed. doesnt matter what position the lever is in.

have i said i love this car already?

Posted by: Root_Werks May 10 2005, 08:35 AM

It's a sweet 914 Troy. You are a good owner for it too. More time at that guys house would have seen it continue to degrade slowly. You saved it!

Posted by: balljoint May 10 2005, 08:57 AM

QUOTE (messix @ May 7 2005, 09:54 PM)
and then stare at it some more.

I know and love that feeling.