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| kfigarelle |
 Jan 6 2004, 05:40 PM
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Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 6 Joined: 6-January 04 From: Great Falls, MT Member No.: 1,521  |
im looking into 2 914s for $250
one body is STRAIGHT it is however krylon'd comes with one engine (thats sposed to run) and 3 transmissions im hoping to make myself a competive autoX car im however low on money im thinking a thousand bucks into the suspension and a few hundred to get it running better..that would be nice the folks at rennlist directed me your way for advice im questioning what i should do....street car, track car, or sell the parts i know its a broad ? but any help would be appreciated thanks guys and hello to all (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wavey.gif) |
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| kfigarelle |
Jan 6 2004, 05:53 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 6 Joined: 6-January 04 From: Great Falls, MT Member No.: 1,521 |
oops i forgot the link
http://forums.rennlist.com/rennforums/show...threadid=101834 http://forums.rennlist.com/rennforums/show...threadid=107260 maybe that'll work |
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| vortrex |
Jan 6 2004, 06:00 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,687 Joined: 24-December 02 From: SF, CA Member No.: 4 Region Association: None |
are you familiar with the standard 914 chassis rust areas?
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| seanery |
Jan 6 2004, 06:06 PM
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waiting to rebuild whitey! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 15,854 Joined: 7-January 03 From: Indy Member No.: 100 Region Association: None |
hmmm...those links didn't work for me.
welcome to the Club!! |
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| kfigarelle |
Jan 6 2004, 06:08 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 6 Joined: 6-January 04 From: Great Falls, MT Member No.: 1,521 |
battery box, around the targa roll bar, wheel wells, around the doors...ect ect ect, its huge
far as we can tell the one body is clean of rust except the battery box... |
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| vortrex |
Jan 6 2004, 06:13 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,687 Joined: 24-December 02 From: SF, CA Member No.: 4 Region Association: None |
hah...the ol' battery box. better keep on searching around that area and make sure it is not too far gone. I wouldn't want an auto-x car with a rusty suspension console.
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| boxstr |
Jan 6 2004, 06:58 PM
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MEMBER:PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGION Group: Members Posts: 7,522 Joined: 25-December 02 From: OREGON Member No.: 12 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
If you buy a car that is already a racer or auto x car then it will have already been sorted out and you only have to jump in and go race.
Forget the rust buckets unless they are factroy sixes. CCLIN$.50ONTHEDOLLAR |
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| kfigarelle |
Jan 7 2004, 11:25 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 6 Joined: 6-January 04 From: Great Falls, MT Member No.: 1,521 |
hi
yesterday i had to go to work, hence the lack of replies so, you guys really think i couldnt even sell all the parts for more then $250 one straight body, 3 transmissions, 1 engine, 1 near perfect interior, 1 kinda crappy interior, 8 wheels, glass, lights, trim, ect ect the restore plan would be to strip it and paint it a simple color like white...put everything back together with the best parts from the 2 cars we could do the paint job for near nothing, still go about a thousand dollars into konis and heavy springs and Tbars. few hundred into the engine and a few weatherstripping pieces. resell value? i dunno (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) |
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| boxstr |
Jan 7 2004, 11:34 AM
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MEMBER:PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGION Group: Members Posts: 7,522 Joined: 25-December 02 From: OREGON Member No.: 12 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
You could probably sell the parts for more. You might want to check ebay to see what kind of competition you have there, also the classifeds on the other 914 websites to get a gauge there. Then do you have the desire to sell them take pics, answer the mails, get them packeged and shipped. I f you have nothing better to do or spend your money on then assemble the car and be happy with the end result. Let use now how it goe's.
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| Bleyseng |
Jan 7 2004, 11:42 AM
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Aircooled Baby! Group: Members Posts: 13,035 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Seattle, Washington (for now) Member No.: 24 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
If you have lots of free time you can probably make one good car. Check the hellhole under the battery tray for rust. If its too far gone forget it! Trannys are hard to sell, interiors sell, motors don't for much, and the rest of the parts sit around as you try to sell them.
If the one body is sound paint it and make one good car. Koni Yellows Front Tbars Front Sway bar Rear springs tires Swap/sell the other stuff to pay for the good racing parts. Geoff |
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| vortrex |
Jan 7 2004, 04:55 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,687 Joined: 24-December 02 From: SF, CA Member No.: 4 Region Association: None |
you can definitely sell the parts between 2 cars and make much more than $250. but if you take all the good parts and put them on your car and try to sell the rest, it might not be worth it. unless you really want to spend a lot of time "building" a car out of two, and then prepping it for auto-x, just buy a more solid one that is 1/2 way or all the way there.
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| kfigarelle |
Jan 7 2004, 06:04 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 6 Joined: 6-January 04 From: Great Falls, MT Member No.: 1,521 |
thanx for the help guys
i think i can hardly pass it up so ill most likely buy and see what happens |
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| Gint |
Jan 7 2004, 06:11 PM
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Mike Ginter Group: Admin Posts: 16,083 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Denver CO. Member No.: 20 Region Association: Rocky Mountains  |
Hey, at $250, it's a good parts car even if you buy another car that's "halfway there". Provided of course you have a place to store/dismantle it.
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| brant |
Jan 7 2004, 06:31 PM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 11,641 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Colorado Member No.: 47 Region Association: Rocky Mountains 
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kfigarelle,
welcome to the club. try not to be disheartened by the cynicism around here. You can definitely make money by parting out the 2 cars... but its a lot of work and doesn't end up paying you that well for your time. People (I think) are hesitant to encourage you to try and build a race car out of the 2 because we've all seen the negative side of those projects... I know my first 914 was cheap, and "rebuildable".... I was too naive at the time to know how bad the rust was... I ended up cutting that car into quarters (by a hand cutting tool and hammer.. before I even knew what a sawzall was) and selling it, to buy another 914 once I did become educated as to how bad it was and how much it was actually going to take to fix the rust... We all have dreams of finding the barn car or the rust free car, but 99.9% of us have never seen the elusive object... I guess what I'm trying to say is that your 250$ cars sound a little too good to be true, and these suckers really do rust in a pervasive way.... how about you get one of the local 914 guru's in your area to look at the subjects with you?.... how about it club, is anybody local to this guy? I love 914's and I think its safe to say that you will likely become addicted... Its great to see you on this board and see another future convert...... HOPE this note doesn't come accross as too negative. brant |
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