Looking at buying a 914-6 - Opinions needed ASAP! Options

[Cuda911]

I have an offer in on the car. Need your opinions quick, stat, pronto!

Decided to start a new clean thread, since I was piggy-backing onto someone else's thread.

The original thread is here:

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...=258093&hl=

Took the car for a good drive.

Engine fired right up, sounded very good.

Shifting was about as sloppy as one can imagine. If I hadn't driven 914s before, this car would have been nearly undriveable.

More rust than I had hoped for. There was no way to take the rockers off, so any purchase would be contingent on a more thorough inspection. I felt up under them... seemed greasy, but not rusty.

The car will need some significant restoration. Paint code is 80 (Ivory) and I have a personal "no black car" policy, so at least going back to stock color will be good for me.

Certificate of Authenticity has been ordered. Believed to be a numbers matching car.

Some items/issues:

- The ever-popular broom-stick mod for rear trunk.
- Rear trunk latch broken
- Front trunk won't open, cable broken. Needs to be fixed before can fill it with gas (the cable recently broke... guesstimate it is down to 1/4 tank).
- Fuel gauge broken.
- Glove box missing (the door is there, but hanging loose, no box behind it).
- Some rips in seat vinyl.
- Cracked dash, loose dash vinyl .
- Passenger door pocket is loose.
- oil leak.
- Terrible paint.
- Chrome on bumper is terrible.
- Rust: see pix, they should be pretty self-explanatory.
- What are those round areas in the rear trunk that are sealed over? My 914-4's have similar ones, but that larger one on this car doesn't seem original to the manufacture of the car.
- Shocks are shot.
- Shifter is a total mix-master. Could beat eggs to a froth with all that slop.

Plus items:

It's a six.
Cool license plate.
Local car.

Pix to follow in a moment:

[carr914]

Yes, seems like a pretty decent car. It looks somewhat similar in condition to my green car when I got it. And I think the investment required is similar.

I think the math is something like:

$30k - buy the car
$10k - metal/rust/body work
$10k - paint
$5k - interior
$20k - rebuild engine and transmission
$10k - lots of small parts, bolts, rubber, plating, etc

= $85k total + a bazillion hours of work and you have a REALLY nice 914 that you could probably sell for $80k-$85k. But that's at least a year from now, so prices will either be way up, or you'll have $85k into a $40k 914!

But if you're going to do the project to keep it for a long time and have fun, this seems like a really great start.

-Steve

This^

If you want a Real Six to Enjoy, buy one already done at a higher price. It doesn't have to be $100k.