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Posted by: Unobtanium-inc Jan 24 2021, 09:29 AM

Anyone ever seen this?

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2446680




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Posted by: kroelofsen Jan 24 2021, 09:39 AM

Funny... Know this on the Lotus Elise but on a 914...???

Posted by: mepstein Jan 24 2021, 09:51 AM

I like it.

Posted by: johnhora Jan 24 2021, 11:45 AM

Interesting...would like to see pics of how the rear chassis and suspension are done

Posted by: 914Sixer Jan 24 2021, 12:24 PM

Does it have I beams to keep it from folding into?

Posted by: horizontally-opposed Jan 24 2021, 12:26 PM

Would love to see more pics, but kinda cool.

Surprised this car has never come up here, or anywhere else I can think of. Like the color and stance a lot, and that's one way to increase serviceability. Wonder if the "engineering" and build quality (and lack of rust) are as stated. If so, $14k ask seems awfully reasonable given what good 914 projects go for, and I suspect GT bumpers/valances, five-lug Fuchs, a bit of brightwork around the targa bar, rear scoop/spoiler delete, and a period interior would transform this build.

Posted by: Literati914 Jan 24 2021, 01:43 PM

Haven't seen it .. but thought it a few times


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Posted by: Unobtanium-inc Jan 24 2021, 03:49 PM

Hope someone grabs it, I'd like to buy I already have 2 914's, not sure where I would put a third.

Posted by: 73-914 Jan 24 2021, 06:19 PM

At my house just down the street LOL

Posted by: jaredmcginness Jan 24 2021, 07:44 PM

That’s so stinking cool. Wish there was photos of the mechanics behind that bonnet.

The only thing I don’t like is that air scoop.

Posted by: r_towle Jan 24 2021, 07:53 PM

Quit it....don’t post tempting things

Posted by: bkrantz Jan 24 2021, 08:22 PM

Even with massive steel beams, this thing has to be all kinds of floppy.

And tilting the rear as in the photo does not look like great access.

Posted by: sixnotfour Jan 24 2021, 08:43 PM

Right,, should have hinged it at the Targa bar...front edge..

Posted by: r_towle Jan 24 2021, 08:49 PM

Open the doors, there is nothing left in the way.
It must have a real frame for that setup.

Posted by: horizontally-opposed Jan 24 2021, 09:42 PM

It's actually hinged the right way—just needs a better hinge setup that lifts and swings so the clamshell is 90° or near it.

If I was game to build a tube-frame 914, I'd way rather do something like this than the usual setups. Pretty neat—but it would only make sense to me in fiberglass or carbon fiber.

Posted by: sixnotfour Jan 24 2021, 10:22 PM

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Posted by: Carbon-14 Jan 25 2021, 01:56 AM

14K asking,
Very difficult to replicate at that low cost, a ~350 sbc powered GeeTee..Oh!

' Built in 1976 by mechanical engineer from Electric Boat in Groton, Ct.
Custom tube chassis '
Should sell in minutes, as it is rust free.

Posted by: VaccaRabite Jan 25 2021, 06:07 PM

He has got several active ads. Some really cool/interesting. Some WTF?! the 914 is decidedly on the cool side.
Zach

Posted by: Unobtanium-inc Jan 25 2021, 10:40 PM

I told my kids I was going to buy them the Chucky dune buggy, they just looked at me.

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2446704




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Posted by: wonkipop Jan 26 2021, 12:45 AM

sh#t yeah.
thats the way.

Posted by: RolinkHaus Jan 26 2021, 05:13 AM

It's a shame it doesn't have a flat6

Posted by: Porschef Jan 26 2021, 05:25 AM

@BigLen

Posted by: jd74914 Jan 26 2021, 08:30 AM

Dude is a Lotus guy too-if you search his phone number on google a number of other classifieds come up-all Lotus.

http://classicvehicleslist.com/lotus/17274-1972-lotus-s-2-europa.html