914 Journey to the Concours, Project: 1974 914 2.0L LE Bumblebee |
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914 Journey to the Concours, Project: 1974 914 2.0L LE Bumblebee |
JeffBowlsby |
Feb 3 2004, 02:31 PM
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914 Wiring Harnesses Group: Members Posts: 8,524 Joined: 7-January 03 From: San Ramon CA Member No.: 104 Region Association: None |
Because it handles so well out of the box, most 914 owners want a 914 so they can tinker with it, race it, and modify it so that it is ‘better’ than the factory ever envisioned, to whatever their definition of ‘better’ is from their perspective. We have seen so many great things on the internet about the 914 lately, on this website and others. It is exciting to see the interest in the car thrive and I am glad to be a part of it.
As much as I appreciate and admire the modified cars and the tremendous efforts put into them, I really like the stock, factory original cars the most. I don’t know if it’s the nostalgia or what, but to see and be near a 914 that looks, feels and smells like it just rolled off the assembly line 30 years ago is an exciting event for me. So many have been modified, and so few are original. I don’t know if I ever will be able to have a 914 that is a contender in a Concours event, but I think it would be fun to try. This continuing saga will be my online chronicle of the effort. I prefer to use photos so I will attempt to include lots of them as I go. To anyone who doesn’t share my enthusiasm for original cars or stock restorations, I hope you will still appreciate and encourage my journey. One great thing about these cars is that they are intriguing on more than one level and this project is about preserving originality for us, and future generations, to enjoy. But I still will drive it to enjoy its best attributes… Here are a few detail shots of my car VIN 14536, the object of this thread, that I recently sent to Otto, to assist him in the restoration of his 914 LE Bumblebee VIN 14700: Attached image(s) |
JeffBowlsby |
Feb 5 2004, 03:13 PM
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914 Wiring Harnesses Group: Members Posts: 8,524 Joined: 7-January 03 From: San Ramon CA Member No.: 104 Region Association: None |
What to do with 15176?
Even with these items to correct, this is a small project compared to restoring 15176. So I decided to sell 15176 and will be selling my other 914, another very nice Light Ivory 1974 2.0 in the near future. I figured that it would cost about the same total dollars to buy and clean up 14536 as it would to restore 15176, and much less time. I would also have a car with original paint and other rare features, which simply cannot be replaced during a restoration. Stay tuned for the cool details to follow in upcoming posts. So I advertised 15176 for sale and received about a dozen top dollar offers in a few short weeks over the Christmas 2003 holidays. There was a lot of interest in the car from all over the country including two parties from Canada. It was a difficult decision on which buyer to sell the car to, but 15176 has a new owner in Victoria BC Canada who is good friends with another 914 LE owner, Ernie K, who I also met while researching the LE cars. There are now two 914 LE Bumblebees in Victoria. In fact Canada is home to about 10 percent of the known surviving 914 LE cars. Ernie K is a local AX champion on his 914 LE for anyone interested, and there is a short video clip of him in motion on my 914 LE website. See the Registry page and scroll to the bottom. 15176 Canada bound: Attached image(s) |
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