Possible 914 owner - questions and photos Options

[skaufmann]

Previous Porsche owner - my first car I bought when I turned 16 was a used 1985.5 944. I loved it.

I now have an opportunity to acquire another porsche from a family member who is the original owner. I'm expecting a ton of work to get it in working order. The car is in Los Angeles, I'm in San Diego so I can't see it in person, just photos that I've attached.

Here's the deal:

-1972 1.7l
-VIN 4722913284
-OD says "01187" (I'm assuming that's 101,187 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) )
-It's been sitting covered for 15+ years
-Interior appears to be in decent condition
-Exterior is in good shape, paint looks to be fading
-I was told it was a custom color... gold?
-Some rust in the trunk and up the driver's side *post*
-Was running when last driven but was having a carburetor/fuel issue

Based on the attach photos, can anyone give me more info about it? Also, the driver's side post (sorry, don't know what its called - the side of car that support the roof behind the driver) is painted. I normally see this with black vinyl or something similar in other photos.

Like I said everything is original. The family member who owned it is too old to do anything with it and looking to pass it on to someone else in the family. I'm thinking of acquiring it and trailering it to San Diego and see what it would take to get it running. If it's too much I'll probably sell it for parts.

Any info would be great.

Scott

[Eric_Shea]

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/welcome.png) That looks to be a very complete original car. Good on you.

Learn to look for the danger areas:

1. Look underneath the side rockers at the jack post area. Those longitudinals are the backbone of the car.

2. As Mike mentioned, poke around the battery tray area. If the battery tray is rotted it will point to more rot in what we call the "hell hole". Look down beyond the battery tray where that engine shelf dips into the longitudinal and meets up with the firewall. Rain can wash in and pull battery acid over this area. Leaves often block the drain holes and... the hell hole is born. There's another one on the other side as well... check there.

As you can see from the trunk photo, there's usually a foam pad in there resting in the back 1/2 of the trunk. That pad would get saturated when water leaked past the bad tail light seals. You can see a decent amount of rust there already but... it doesn't look too bad.

IMO, that could mean your longs and your hell holes might be in decent shape. That and the fact that this was a Cali car all it's life. You just may have something here.

I wonder what it would look like with:

1. Buffed out paint.
2. New Sail Panel Vinyl (it had vinyl at one time)
3. Blasted and repainted wheels

I'd venture to say there's more gold there than meets the eye. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)