1.7 Owners or Previous Owners ........ Opinions Needed Options

[Kaduku]

I am new to 914s and have a chance to purchase my first 914, which is a 1.7. I know the 2.0s are faster and better, but is 1.7 good enough for me????

Please help me decide!

[ArtechnikA]

that's what the seller told me and has advertised

The VIN tells you model year, so it's easy to find out what it is really.
Don't know why you'd be disappointed it's a 1,8.

But I will say again: ENGINE SIZE DOES NOT MATTER!
(Did you have your heart set on a numbers-matching car? Why?)

Actually, you still don't know what engine it has, other than a seller's statement and possibly looking at the engine case code.

There are lots of "pre-2,0" engines that have been rebuilt to 2,0.
I'd guess many of them don't even have 2,0 914 heads.

LOTS of things don't matter in a 40-year-old-car. Tires? Brakes? Shocks? You're going to replace those anyway, sooner or later.

Even color is a MINOR factor. If the body is structurally sound, you can make it any color you like and spend as much as you want. Ask anyone here if they'd turn down a solid chassis in a color they hated over a rustbucket in a nice color...