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WTB 914-6 conversion, Looking to buy |
gridgway |
Nov 18 2015, 03:58 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 9 Joined: 21-October 15 From: london Member No.: 19,286 Region Association: None |
Following on from my good friend James' success (23e Heure) in buying his dream 914-6 rep from a WTB on here, I too am looking for a car.
Looking for a peppy 914 -6 conversion (a nice real one will be too much for my budget). Needs to be done well, look great, but not a brand new nut and bolt resto - needs to be driveable rather than perfect (but no rust - we Brits hate rust). And yes I am in brit-land, but have a solid budget and a USD account to do wire transfers (con-men need not apply!). Any pointers gratefully received. Thanks in advance Graham |
billh1963 |
Nov 20 2015, 07:11 PM
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Car Hoarder! Group: Members Posts: 3,402 Joined: 28-March 11 From: South Carolina Member No.: 12,871 Region Association: South East States |
Following on from my good friend James' success (23e Heure) in buying his dream 914-6 rep from a WTB on here, I too am looking for a car. Looking for a peppy 914 -6 conversion (a nice real one will be too much for my budget). Needs to be done well, look great, but not a brand new nut and bolt resto - needs to be driveable rather than perfect (but no rust - we Brits hate rust). And yes I am in brit-land, but have a solid budget and a USD account to do wire transfers (con-men need not apply!). Any pointers gratefully received. Thanks in advance Graham You should give an indication of budget...that will help narrow the field Also, you need to define "no rust". Virtually all have some level of rust ranging from surface rust to rotten. |
gridgway |
Nov 21 2015, 10:44 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 9 Joined: 21-October 15 From: london Member No.: 19,286 Region Association: None |
Thanks for the post, good points made. Also I've not intro'd myself at all. So in summary - a Brit, 55 years old, work in the world of software, now part time rather than full. Had a series of 911s (oldest a 73 RS rep, newest a 996GT3RS), not a collector or polisher, definitely a driver and club racer.
Currently - have a 3.8 345bhp RSR/Iroc/Rep/hot rod plus a bog standard 81 SC. Racing currently in historic single seaters (78 Reynard FF2000 in the UKs HSCC), previously Radical SR3RS. Here's some footage. Short amount at Brands Hatch - with my daughter in the car (near the back – she’s not got to grips with it yet) and then the last race of the season at Silverstone with me in the car - nearish the front and finally getting to grips with it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYCdZNwtVUk...eature=youtu.be If anyone’s interested look on youtube for my channel (Graham Ridgway, there is in car footage, some FF2000, mostly Radical racing). And to the car...I've hankered after a 914 since I was 22 when I had a ride in one (it seemed extremely fast at the time). As I'm not allowed to have more than 2 fun cars at once (3 if you count the race car), I will need to part with the SC (which will take some doing). Having driven a 2.0l car, I think I want something a bit faster, hence looking for a 6. I’m unsure of flares or not, so open to ideas. Mostly to be used for touring, fast road and poss track. I had thought of getting a race car and doing some racing, but it has to be very true to original spec to race in historics over here. As to the rust question, yes I understand they are old cars, but I want a very good one, not rotten one. I’m not looking for recent nut and bolt resto as they are too shiny to use really! And to budget – it’s quite flexible, happy to go past $20k to $30k for a great car. And thanks so far for the PMs I have received. Cheers Graham (sorry for rambling on and taking my own thread off topic!) You should give an indication of budget...that will help narrow the field Also, you need to define "no rust". Virtually all have some level of rust ranging from surface rust to rotten. |
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