Looking for a special 914, On the hunt for my dad's 914 Options

[turnerj]

A long time ago my dad had a couple 914s. One of them in particular he spent a lot of money on. Then he had a 944 on order when they were first coming out so he sent one 914 off from Virginia to Arizona for Porsche-Only (Tempe, AZ?) to do a lot of custom work on. The car started out orange and ended red, the bodywork was based off a Chalon slantnose look, he had a bigger engine put in (just a 2.0, couldn't find a 6), and just a ton of other work done on it. All the work cost over $16k back in the '80s. I realize that many don't exactly love the chalon kit, but he assures me that it was the most complete and best looking one out there. And I agree, when a slantnose isn't done right, I can't stand it. But when they are done right and complete, I really like them.

Then the very first time he drove it after all the work, he parked it and came back to see a note on it saying how it was the nicest 914 and if it was for sale. He brought it back to VA but then let his girlfriend take the car to Arizona again who didn't exactly take the best care of it. His brother in AZ got the car back and drove it for a year. Finally, the car was bought by someone (perhaps though eBay) in Texas who works on aircraft interiors (my dad thinks) and was capable of fixing the fiberglass on the car that needed some work.

And that's as far as I'm at right now. So, I am really curious where this car is now and I was hoping that there might be someone who might just be able to give me a lead. He thinks that the car was a 1972, he doesn't have a VIN number for it at this time, but hopefully soon.

Thanks for reading, and hopefully someone will be able to help me out

[jasons]

Years ago, probably as many as 10, I looked at a Chalon for sale in the N. Phoenix/ Paradise Valley area that closely matches the pics. It had the Monza exhaust and I think it had some kind of Enkei basket wheels like yours. I can't remember what the seller wanted (Maybe around $6k). But IIRC he had owned the car for some time and I think he had done a lot of the work. I believe he was selling due to some financial need. This was post dotcom crash economy. It had a 2.0 with dual carbs and it was a nicer than average car. I kind of recall, it had a cracking issue with the front bumper? I also remember seeing it for sale again more recently, maybe the last 3 or so years? Sorry if that was the car, that's all I have on it. Good Luck!

[turnerj]

Years ago, probably as many as 10, I looked at a Chalon for sale in the N. Phoenix/ Paradise Valley area that closely matches the pics. It had the Monza exhaust and I think it had some kind of Enkei basket wheels like yours. I can't remember what the seller wanted (Maybe around $6k). But IIRC he had owned the car for some time and I think he had done a lot of the work. I believe he was selling due to some financial need. This was post dotcom crash economy. It had a 2.0 with dual carbs and it was a nicer than average car. I kind of recall, it had a cracking issue with the front bumper? I also remember seeing it for sale again more recently, maybe the last 3 or so years? Sorry if that was the car, that's all I have on it. Good Luck!

Wow, just about everything that you said matches very closely! It was probably right around 10 years ago that he sold it, it would have been sold at his brother's house in Tempe, AZ, he did own it for a while before he sold it, he was the one who payed for the work, and you are exactly right about some of the fiberglass cracking!

Now not to get my hopes too high, Porsche-Only was located right in Phoenix, and they were doing a lot of chalons, so it is possible that you saw another, but I don't know.

Thank you very much for posting!

[jasons]

Years ago, probably as many as 10, I looked at a Chalon for sale in the N. Phoenix/ Paradise Valley area that closely matches the pics. It had the Monza exhaust and I think it had some kind of Enkei basket wheels like yours. I can't remember what the seller wanted (Maybe around $6k). But IIRC he had owned the car for some time and I think he had done a lot of the work. I believe he was selling due to some financial need. This was post dotcom crash economy. It had a 2.0 with dual carbs and it was a nicer than average car. I kind of recall, it had a cracking issue with the front bumper? I also remember seeing it for sale again more recently, maybe the last 3 or so years? Sorry if that was the car, that's all I have on it. Good Luck!

Wow, just about everything that you said matches very closely! It was probably right around 10 years ago that he sold it, it would have been sold at his brother's house in Tempe, AZ, he did own it for a while before he sold it, he was the one who payed for the work, and you are exactly right about some of the fiberglass cracking!

Now not to get my hopes too high, Porsche-Only was located right in Phoenix, and they were doing a lot of chalons, so it is possible that you saw another, but I don't know.

Thank you very much for posting!

My guess, it's probably coincidental. I know, I met him near Paradise Valley mall and I think he lived in that area. It's basically the area I live in now. Tempe is kind of far, 15+ miles, from that location. It looked just like yours though. One other thing, I think the wheels were a Chevy bolt pattern.