Original 914 owners only!, I'm curious - what will you do with it? Options

[Pat Garvey]

We, original owners have really aged. I bought my 72 when I was 25. Now I'm 61 - scares the crap out of me!

So, at what point will we parts with our youth? I figure I have at least 15 more years with mine, but beyond that.....? No kids, no grandkids.

I WILL reach the time that I'm no longer safe behind the wheel of such an antiquated vehicle, but I am perplexed! Yeah, the wife tha has supported me throughout this "trip" loves the car too. But, after six months beyond me demise (assuming I go first), what happens with the car that has been basically a child to us?

Have lotsa nephews & nieces, but they would only sell it & cash in (love them all, and I would probably do the same, but it bothers me).

So...how do the rest of the original owners fell? What are your plans?

I've said it myself - "I'll drive it till I drop", but I wonder if that will really happen. I figure, as I age, I'll drive it more imfrequently. Parts will fail. Fuel lines will break, etc. So, will I be left with a halfway decent icon sitting in the garage when I croak? Or, should I sell it in the next 10 years. Hmmmm!
Pat

[dbgriffith75]

Just a thought, but if you're sure your nephews & neices would just cash in on the car, why not do it yourself? But instead of selling it to just anybody, sell it to a collector- that way you'd likely get a good price for it and you can ensure it'll at least be taken care of to some extent.

I'm not an original owner, and judging by all the posts in this thread, I'm likely going to get hazed for this, but I've owned my 914 for about a year now. Unfortunately it's not going to last much longer than that as once I'm finished with the car, I'm planning to sell it. My fiancee and I are counting on the $$ to pay for our wedding. The original owner had let the car sit for 10 years - unprotected from the Iowa weather - so for a while now I've been taking care of all the mechanic work on it.

It's the first exotic car I've ever worked on, and it's certainly been a learning experience. The haynes manual I've got is pretty much useless save for the technical specs I've needed so I'm just learning about this thing as I go. It's not the first car I've ever rebuilt but considering that I came into this project with the mindset "Damn foreign cars" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) I've certainly come to appreciate it.

Anyway, sorry for the senseless babble... I do that from time to time...