76 914 non-cat mint survivor, Texas dry mint 1000% orig unmolested 914 Options

[jasen29]

almost a museum piece had it been in one! this car is about the nicest you will ever see that is unchanged , unmolested, 1000% totally stock 52k miles( totally documented with a 2 inch stack of reciepts since new) car > non cat car stored 20 yrs in climate controlled garage( up on jacks and fluids drained(don't know why he did that but oh well?) for 9 mos each year due to cold climate in South Dakota. 3 owners (* but not registerd in my name so maybe you can call it 2 on registration facts> driven less than 40 miles since I have had it 1 yr. new clutch, plugs, wires, shifter bushings and all reg maintenance> . Air force female colonel owned till 20 yrs ago , then it went up on blocks for most of the year in S. dakota. trunk has been opened maybe 50 times since new and even have the plastic foam padded cover that goes in the trunk with the mint carpet) no rust anywhere 1000% true . panels never changed mint orig paint ( with small touch up for nicks). orig rubber seals carpets seats , glass, stickers, ,, 1979 michelin tires dated 1979 that are still mint!, stock orig exhaust that is still cad plated shiney , rubber seals at firwall are all orig and not rotted out as they always are! dash is mint with no cracks anywhere and in totally orig. Has nice very, very slight patina left on purpose to show that it is non- restored, sunflower yellow ( very desired color) with buckskin int. Every thing works down to the seat belt lights and buzzers. washer bottle and all white opaque plastics still white and not yellowed. cad plating on all bolts and nuts is still fresh . paint marks on strut towers from the assemblers certification is still present and everywhere they would have marked it from new < 2.0 numbers matching motor runs mint with mint compression and logs to prove it. . see the pics to blow your mind. photo bucket pics available to serious BUYERS only. no picture collectors please >first time offered . car in so cal $20,000 serious buyers only please!!! PS be patient as i am still taking pics and posting them as I go> please notice I am at 3 pages already and am a bit new at this so I have some duplicates and screw ups!

[Tom_T]

Jasen,

If you go to the link below compiled by another member here, you'll see that several model years had separate California & 49 state model specifications, as well as "rest of world" engined 914s.

http://bowlsby.net/914/Classic/ModelNumbers.htm

You're correct that CA led the charge on smog control requirements for cars starting in 67-68 MYs. These smog requirements steadily increased, and are still increasing today. The 75 & 76 MY 914s received catalytic converters & other CA specific equipment to meet CA Emissions reqts. starting with the 75 MY (76's in CA fit all had cats), whereas the other 49 states didn't require those standards nor equipment.

Your 76 wears those tags and the original sales documentation should show one of the 476XXX model numbers for North America/49 states, being that it was sold new in SD. It would pass the 76 MY requirements as built for any of the other 49 states, but would not do so to the CA 76 MY limits as fitted from the factory without the CA specific gear. You're guy may be able to do some tweaking to get it to pass, but she'll run like crap.

I don't know if CA DMV has a special out-of-state car exemption process for bringing a non-CA car that isn't under the pre-75 smog certification exemption, which would allow you to smog it & register in CA using the 76 MY 49 state standards instead.

In the 1990's the state instituted a rolling date smog check exemption for classic cars over 30 years old, but unfortunately the froze it after just a few years at the 1975 MY. Ergo, 1976 MY & after cars are not exempt.

Since so few 76 MY 914s were built & perhaps 40% came in CA fitment, it's generally been harder for 76 914 owners to keep them "smog legal" in CA due to the lack of replacement parts when something fails. However, the non-CA 75 & 76 914s have slightly better performance than their CA bretheren, whereas there is less difference in the 70-74 MYs - except for the 73 CA 1.7L, which got choked down to only 72/69 HP vs. the original 70-72 & non-CA 73 1.7s at 80/78 HP, which is why they went to the 1.8 for 74-75. The Euro/ROW motors all had about 5 HP over their USA counterparts BTW.

I hope that clarifies what I was getting at with your 914.

Cheers! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/santa_smiley.gif)
Tom
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