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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ Crushed 914 wide body
Posted by: ndfrigi Sep 10 2018, 10:29 PM
https://youtu.be/gjsd8nibjBo
Posted by: ConeDodger Sep 10 2018, 10:41 PM
That milk crate looked useful... 
Posted by: Garland Sep 10 2018, 10:50 PM
Ugh
Posted by: RickS Sep 10 2018, 11:10 PM
Who made that wheel?
Posted by: VegasRacer Sep 11 2018, 01:18 AM
That was awesome. 
Posted by: rick 918-S Sep 11 2018, 03:15 AM
Who made that wheel?
GM that looks like a Pontiac Lemans wheel. Was tbat a Texas plate?
Posted by: Porschef Sep 11 2018, 04:24 AM
Wow. Looked better than what some guys here have started with for a restoration. When he said "There's nothing in here I need" I think the uneducated hillbilly was looking for an engine. 
Too bad, the trunk lid letters are probably worth more than what he'll get in scrap...
What a 
Posted by: carr914 Sep 11 2018, 04:39 AM
the A/C unit would have been worth something
Posted by: rgalla9146 Sep 11 2018, 04:50 AM
Wow. Looked better than what some guys here have started with for a restoration. When he said "There's nothing in here I need" I think the uneducated hillbilly was looking for an engine.
Too bad, the trunk lid letters are probably worth more than what he'll get in scrap...
What a
what a waste
Posted by: daytona Sep 11 2018, 06:19 AM
What waste is right. So many salvageable parts. I wonder how it ended up on the crusher.
Posted by: EdwardBlume Sep 11 2018, 06:23 AM
Nothing in there you need..... like 3-4k worth of parts.
Posted by: My 914 Sep 11 2018, 07:00 AM
Wow. Looked better than what some guys here have started with for a restoration. When he said "There's nothing in here I need" I think the uneducated hillbilly was looking for an engine.
Too bad, the trunk lid letters are probably worth more than what he'll get in scrap...
What a
I totally agree. Its also a shame to see a car like that get crushed. I wonder what the scrap value really is these days.
Posted by: billh1963 Sep 11 2018, 07:18 AM
Wow. Looked better than what some guys here have started with for a restoration. When he said "There's nothing in here I need" I think the uneducated hillbilly was looking for an engine.
Too bad, the trunk lid letters are probably worth more than what he'll get in scrap...
What a
I totally agree. Its also a shame to see a car like that get crushed. I wonder what the scrap value really is these days.
Lats one I scrapped (which still had suspension and stuff on it) I got $45
Posted by: Chris H. Sep 11 2018, 07:24 AM
The dash top looked pretty good too. And I needed that engine lid!
Posted by: horizontally-opposed Sep 11 2018, 07:59 AM
Nothing in there you need..... like 3-4k worth of parts.
What a bummer. Door handles, early (!) bumpers, targa bar trim, interior parts, lights, lids, glass, and much more looked like good parts. And it sure looks like worse chassis than this one have been saved.
Doubt it's the first time this has happened to a 914, but suspect the quote above, if posted in the Youtube comments, would probably kill the guy...but maybe he'd think twice about crushing old sports cars.
Posted by: KELTY360 Sep 11 2018, 09:00 AM
"I don't see anything there I need."
Well duh? None of those parts fit on a redneck '86 Chevy pickup with beer cans in the bed.
Posted by: TravisNeff Sep 11 2018, 09:48 AM
That was satisfying to watch.
Posted by: Jamie Sep 11 2018, 09:59 AM
This makes me sick! 
Posted by: BuddyV Sep 11 2018, 10:23 AM
was better than the first few cars I owned.
Posted by: SirAndy Sep 11 2018, 10:44 AM
... early (!) bumpers ...
Some of the /6 guys would have killed (a Miata) for that rear bumper ...
Posted by: Porschef Sep 11 2018, 10:48 AM
Lats one I scrapped (which still had suspension and stuff on it) I got $45
Well there you go. About what a decent set of letters would cost...
Posted by: mepstein Sep 11 2018, 11:10 AM
Yea, a grand worth of easy to remove parts but if you don’t know 914’s...
Posted by: type47fan Sep 11 2018, 11:18 AM
Notice the re-drilled 5 lug rear hub.
Posted by: MartyYeoman Sep 11 2018, 11:41 AM
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Posted by: raynekat Sep 12 2018, 12:00 AM
That's exactly why he is doing exactly what's he's doing....
Posted by: bmtrnavsky Sep 12 2018, 08:35 AM
The dash, seats, and back pad all looked good. That glass and the chrome parts were also all in good shape. it looks like that could have easily been rebuilt and sold. Oddly in Texas, there is a GLUT of cars with no title. They are hard to get replaced here and they were obviously too dumb to sell it as a parts car. Not enough 914's down here. too bad too because *things don't fall apart from rust here like up north.
Posted by: bbrock Sep 12 2018, 08:38 AM
Hell, before he started stabbing it with his forks, some of those body panels looked useful. Just a damn waste.
Posted by: ctc911ctc Sep 12 2018, 01:28 PM
Even the towing hitch was in good shape!
Posted by: xperu Sep 12 2018, 01:57 PM
I agree with everyone, I mean look at those door gaps.............. Much better then mine!!!!!!
Posted by: Martin Baker Sep 12 2018, 02:53 PM
I have an un-cashed check for $3 and some change from Schnitzer Steel (Pick-N-Pull) for one I cut up....it was to funny, I thought, to cash it.
I always think of the cars first owner to the day it ended up a mess in someones side yard. I rescued a very cool, totally original 74 2.0 once, from a yard in Napa, Ca. Tough to save them all.
MB
Posted by: dr914@autoatlanta.com Sep 12 2018, 03:01 PM
is this supposed to be funny?
https://youtu.be/gjsd8nibjBo
Posted by: mountainroads Sep 12 2018, 07:56 PM
My first reaction was "What an idiot." Then I remembered that I myself am almost as guilty. My 1971 911E MFI pump was worn and in need of a rebuild. The usual symptom was gas leaking into the oil supply, and gas-diluted oil isn't very good for any engine. This was late 1980's, nobody local did such work, and back then sending parts cross country for a rebuild was practically unheard of. The usual remedy was to swap for a pair of Webers. The conversion is straightforward so that's what I did. My sin was throwing the entire MFI setup literally into the garbage. That was probably a $5K garbage can.
I bought the same car back many years later and the PO had gone to great lengths to collect restored MFI parts, including a rebuilt correct series MFI pump. I only needed to source the injectors and reinstall the MFI bits.
A friend of mine told me that many early FI Corvette owners made the same mistake. Lesson: Be very careful about what you throw away (or crush), even if your SIGO accuses you of being a hoarder.
- MR
Posted by: maf914 Sep 13 2018, 06:26 AM
the A/C unit would have been worth something
Yeah, that's what I thought. Wasn't someone looking for a DPD A/C system recently?
And like someone on the U-Tube site commented, that rear chrome bumper may have been worth something.
Posted by: TJB/914 Sep 13 2018, 11:53 AM
My first reaction was "What an idiot." Then I remembered that I myself am almost as guilty. My 1971 911E MFI pump was worn and in need of a rebuild. The usual symptom was gas leaking into the oil supply, and gas-diluted oil isn't very good for any engine. This was late 1980's, nobody local did such work, and back then sending parts cross country for a rebuild was practically unheard of. The usual remedy was to swap for a pair of Webers. The conversion is straightforward so that's what I did. My sin was throwing the entire MFI setup literally into the garbage. That was probably a $5K garbage can.
I bought the same car back many years later and the PO had gone to great lengths to collect restored MFI parts, including a rebuilt correct series MFI pump. I only needed to source the injectors and reinstall the MFI bits.
A friend of mine told me that many early FI Corvette owners made the same mistake. Lesson: Be very careful about what you throw away (or crush), even if your SIGO accuses you of being a hoarder.
- MR
Mountainroads,
I know the feeling about junking out stuff worth big bucks today. I junked out a Chev. 283 Corvette motor with Rochester Fuel Injection sitting in the dirt in my Dad's barn. It was in the way & he said get it out of here!! The rest is history.
Tom
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Mountainroads,
I know the feeling about junking out stuff worth big bucks today. I junked out a Chev. 283 Corvette motor with Rochester Fuel Injection sitting in the dirt in my Dad's barn. It was in the way & he said get it out of here!! The rest is history.
Tom
One word: Ouch!
- MR
Posted by: Dougster Sep 13 2018, 02:59 PM
Notice the re-drilled 5 lug rear hub.
First thing I said to myself was - 'that car has a 5 lug conversion!!' after seeing the front wheel.
Posted by: Porschef Sep 13 2018, 06:43 PM
Watched it again just to see what I missed.
I’ve seen many people document their ignorance and stupidity, this guy’s right up there...
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