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914World.com _ FS/WANTED: 914 Cars and Rollers _ FS: 1974 914 1.8 project - original FI - $2000

Posted by: PorscheNut924 Jul 9 2014, 12:55 PM

UPDATE: Price dropped because I need to get this car sold. I'm taking offers. If it doesn't sell I will start parting it out. This is a good project or parts car. I'm moving soon and can't keep working on it.

It used to run, with the fuel pump wired directly to the battery. It sat for five months and now it just doesn't want to start. It turns over wonderfully, and fires up with starter fluid. I'm sure it's something simple but I just don't know where to start. I'm pretty close to just parting it out. If you want to rescue it, now is the time.

The car is an Alaska Blue 1974 1.8 with 111k miles. Has the original fuel injection, no carbs! It has some floorpan rust at the back of the cabin, but the firewall is pretty good aside from the very bottom edge. I have a replacement driver's rear floorpan section for it, and the passenger side doesn't look too hard to patch up with sheet metal. Typical hell hole rust, and the battery tray is AWOL. I jacked it up right behind the passenger door and the door gap stayed pretty much the same. I have the contact info of a local (Vancouver WA) guy who I'm told does really good metalwork for a good price.

It has all new spark plugs, wires, distributor cap, rotor, contact points, air filter, a new battery, several new seals, and more. Windshield is broken...I got an original used one and then found out it has two tiny cracks so I haven't had it installed. I have a set of original steel wheels that came with it, which I can have sandblasted and powdercoated black at the place where I work. The original steering wheel is broken in one spot, still useable. I have a leather Dino wheel and adapter hub that I could sell separately.

Needs interior stuff and paint and a windshield and more. It has almost a thousand dollars of new and good used parts that I just put on it.

Asking $2,000 OBO, or possibly a trade. I'm near Portland, OR. You can message me, or email porschenut924@gmail.com, or text me at 360-949-6782.

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Posted by: PorscheNut924 Aug 29 2014, 12:44 PM

Update: New asking price (please feel free to make offers), and I'm definitely trying to sell it now. Got too much going on these days to keep working on it.

If there's little interest in it whole, I will start parting it out.

Posted by: etcmss Aug 30 2014, 08:03 AM

pm sent

Posted by: PorscheNut924 Sep 8 2014, 10:12 PM

Post updated. I'm hoping to at least get my money back selling it whole because I know I can easily get far more if I part it out. But I'd rather see it go to someone who will rescue it.

I have a friend with a truck who can haul it to your house if you're not too far away and don't have a truck or trailer. I can pay him if the car sells for enough, or you could pay him--he's pretty reasonable compared to commercial towing.