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[Verruckt]

Can you all give me an idea what this car might be worth?

Back when I began my 914 search, I found a decent 75 2.0 at a German repair shop. The owner had basically abandoned the car here, not wanting to pay the bill ($1200). The car is not running still... The shop replaced the starter, alternator, distributor guts, spark wires, and plugs, and battery. The car has VERY low compression in one cylinder. The rear trunk has a broken hinge. Original white paint but faded pretty bad. Hell hole repaired pretty good. Some surface rust on front hood and one fender. Underside is flawless, no rust. Car has mismatching wheels. Interior is not something to brag about, but its all there. Seat rips, carpet f'ed up.

Originally they tried to get a hold of the owner to tell him i was interested in the car (it sat there for 4 months). They put a lien on it, and now they want to sell it. They initially told me $2500. They justified this by saying they had $1400 in storage fees on the car. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

Well, i held out for a few weeks. They called me back wanting to maybe drop a little bit. I told them it was just too much. A couple of weeks have gone by now and I just got a call this morning, and now they want me to make an offer.

I know its hard from my description, but could anyone give me an idea what it might be worth?

[Verruckt]

The deal with the title is...

At least in Missouri, if a shop has made reasonable effort to contact the customer and gets no reply and/or no payment for work done on it. After a certain amount of time they can put a mechanics lien on the car. Basically at that point they reposses the car and it becomes theirs. I guess they finally did get a hold of the owner, and he said he would not fight it. I guess he just wanted to walk away from the bill.

The body really is in good shape. And the motor, well im not looking for a driver. My "vision" for what I want to do will call for alot of work anyway. I'm looking more for a project than a driver. Think I'll hold off a few days and give them a call back.

I dont know all of the work they did, those are only the things i can remember.