It's mine!, Lew's car Options

[billh1963]

I have long been coveting a nice California "rust free" '73 2.0 with FI. After several weeks of waiting I am concluding the deal to buy Lew's 914. As you may remember from the classifieds ad, Lew (whom I never met, unfortunately) passed away last spring. With the help of Kent (and Ethan) I am now the proud new owner.

To top it off, I am planning a big adventure! In early January I plan to fly to California and drive the car back across the country. I have never driven across country before...let alone in a 40 year old car! I'll share more details as they get more defined and as time gets closer.

In the meantime, here is the picture of the car with Lew.

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[76-914]

Well the cat's out of the bag so I will comment. I spent some time with this because I wanted to be sure it went to a good home/owner. I felt that Bill would keep this car in it's current condition. I will say that this is the quietest and smoothest driving 914 I have driven. I looked through Lew's receipts quickly and it appears that he invested north of 15K + sales price. I know that he owned the car since '02 and maybe longer. (receipts go back that far). I told Bill that the little (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif) in my head was trying to screw him out of this car but I relented and let him have it. Is there rust? Somewhere I'm sure but I took over 140 pic's and couldn't find a rust issue. There is some surface rust where the engine lid letters attach. The lines on this car are purely symmetrical. It reminds me of the old Lexus commercial with the marble rolling, rolling around the hood lines. Remember Bobby Vinton's "Take Good Care of my Baby"? Thx for taking her Bill. PM me your itinerary and we'll get you to your car when you get here. Kent