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Posted by: Silver914SW Jun 13 2022, 07:59 PM

1972 914 1.7L

- 95,922 original miles
- Third owner, California car, purchased in 1985 and put on 17,648 miles before parking it in storage in 1993
- Recently retrieved after setting in storage for 29 years
- Motivated to sell
- Clear title in hand
- Located in Los Alamos, NM
- Asking $5,000 OBO

The Good:
- Vehicle is complete; everything appears to still work
- New battery, replaced cloth covered fuel lines, flushed fuel system, garage cleaned injectors, bled brakes, etc
- Mechanically sound, starts, idles (need to professionally clean injectors), drives
- Gauges all work including speedo/odometer
- Jack posts, fender wells, front and rear trunks, interior look good relative to rust

The Bad:
- Small oil leak
- Looks to have had a front clip replacement by either first or second owner
- Paint is showing it's age
- Hail damage on sail chrome trim
- Front bumper dent, small door dings and such around car
- Battery tray rust/corrosion, hell hole has rust but no holes. Both areas repainted by either first or second owner
- Rust hole in engine bay metal near passenger side water drain hose. Area repainted by either first or second owner
- Drivers rear tail light lens broken
- Drivers side rear trunk lid hinge weld broken from sidewall
- Various paint chips
- Interior seats showing their age
- Tires were flat for some time

Posted by: Silver914SW Jun 13 2022, 08:07 PM

Posted by: Silver914SW Jun 13 2022, 08:11 PM

Posted by: JOEPROPER Jun 14 2022, 09:40 AM

I would love that ski rack if you decide to sell it separately...

Posted by: Silver914SW Jun 16 2022, 08:09 AM

Price reduced

Posted by: Cairo94507 Jun 17 2022, 06:33 AM

Bump

Posted by: Front yard mechanic Jun 17 2022, 07:29 AM

This looks like a good buy , from the pics I cannot see where it has the front clip replaced

Posted by: Silver914SW Jun 17 2022, 08:45 AM

I never noticed back in 1985. Of course I was 16 at the time so likely wouldn't have cared anyway!

Once I pulled the car out of storage and started going thru it a couple of weeks ago, I noticed the signs.

- Weld seams on inner fender panels (circled in red)
- Maroon paint, or primer, under the silver paint up front, but grey primer under the paint on the back half of the car
- Evidence that the car had been repainted. Silver paint on the black front trunk seal
- Wire looms not routed as precisely as the factory might have done it. Unused hold down straps
- Hood release cable seems to 'cut the corner' heading into the front latch. This always made it hard to get the carpeted plywood deck out. I can see unused hold down straps that are likely for the cable, but the cable is too short to use them.
- Other people's cars have a black rubber insert between the top fender edge and the hood cowl. Mine is missing that on both sides

Posted by: Silver914SW Jun 18 2022, 12:04 PM

Some additional photos by request.

Posted by: Montreal914 Jun 18 2022, 12:13 PM

You are definitely doing a great job at clearly exposing the condition of the car!

Free bump, GLWTS

Posted by: Silver914SW Jun 18 2022, 08:18 PM

Additional photo of the 'Hell Hole'. I can confirm that the black spots are rust surfaces where the 'cottage cheese' has come off. There are no holes (other than the drain hole) in the hell hole. Tried to provide a large size photo. Click the photo for the larger size.

Posted by: Silver914SW Jun 18 2022, 08:22 PM

Another. Click image to enlarge.

Posted by: Silver914SW Jun 18 2022, 08:25 PM

Couple of the engine.

Posted by: Mikey914 Jul 12 2022, 08:28 PM

PM sent

Posted by: Mikey914 Jul 13 2022, 06:27 PM

Send a PM saw the thread changed to SOLD.
Have yet to be contacted by seller.
I was hoping to get a picture under the battery tray top. Looks like some work here, the money shot is what's under the tray.
If someone else beat me to it I'm ok with that, but would like to know where I stand.
-Mark


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Posted by: rhodyguy Jul 14 2022, 10:27 AM

Great pictures. Warts and freckles. Good job.

Posted by: Front yard mechanic Jul 15 2022, 11:19 AM

Just wondering who ended up with this radio active car

Posted by: flat4guy Jul 15 2022, 08:11 PM

I liked the bumper overriders.