Hello All - This is the newest member in the garage - 1973 2.0 Sepia Brown, 1973 Sepia Brown 2.0 Garage Find sitting since 1989 |
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Hello All - This is the newest member in the garage - 1973 2.0 Sepia Brown, 1973 Sepia Brown 2.0 Garage Find sitting since 1989 |
KeithVonLaws |
May 27 2017, 03:14 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 57 Joined: 19-July 16 From: Napoleon , Ohio 43545 Member No.: 20,205 Region Association: North East States |
Hello Friends ,
I wanted to share my latest find. A few weeks ago I received a call from a guy named Daryl. He called to offer me a chance to buy his 914. Daryl had owned this car since 1984. He bought it when he was in college and had some work done to fix some very light accident damage in 1985. In the process he had the car repainted the original Sepia Brown it does have paint code 98. The car was never finished and has sat since 1985 .... It had not been moved from where it was sitting since 1989 when Daryl built his new house. Life got in the way for Daryl .....The car was not a priority . I just happened to be the lucky guy he called first. Well , after talking to Daryl about the car I could not wait to make the trip up to Saline Michigan. He said he was told it had a 2.0.... And by now I was very enthusiastic about seeing it. Turns out the car was everything I had hoped for. It is a nice solid car with the optional equipment group items. Including sway bars - 2.0 engine etc...needless to say - I bought it. I am currently making progress cleaning and detailing the car and getting it ready to try and start. I will keep you all posted.... Thats Daryl in the Photo... Once I have the car driving again I am going to take him to Cars and coffee up near his home. Keith (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i1152.photobucket.com-20205-1495919658.1.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i1152.photobucket.com-20205-1495919658.2.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i1152.photobucket.com-20205-1495919658.3.jpg)(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i1152.photobucket.com-20205-1495919659.4.jpg)(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i1152.photobucket.com-20205-1495919659.5.jpg)(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i1152.photobucket.com-20205-1495919659.6.jpg)(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i1152.photobucket.com-20205-1495919659.7.jpg) |
Tom_T |
May 27 2017, 03:42 PM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California |
Nice find Keith!
You'll want to run back & get those original Fuchs 2L wheels on it in the 1st pic, if you didn't get them with the car, since they were part of the Appearance & Performance Groups' options (AG/PG) - even if you stick with the Minilites for driving fun. If it's an early build 73 2L Aug 72 up to a build date of about Jan-Mar 73, then it would've been the "914S" trim package including both the AG & PG; if later then it was more common to see the lower contented 2Ls. It's missing the rear engine size badge, which may have happened in the accident repair/repaint. The only way you can verify if it was a factory 2.0 at this point, will be either from the original window sticker & sales documents - then look up the 6-digit model number at the link below; or else to get a COA from PCNA & they'll want a pic of the engine case no. sent to them to confirm it's a true factory 2.0 (vs. a converted 1.7). http://bowlsby.net/914/Classic/ModelNumbers.htm That Sepia color as a customer option 98 code for other Porsche Colors isn't unheard of - there are few nice ones around - but not super common either, so well worth maintaining it as the color. If it had the AG as a 73 2L, then it would also have had the black pebble-pattern vinyl on the sails with the lower chrome & back-of-sail & rollbar trim pieces (I think I see the holes on the sail lowers in the pix), so hopefully you got those parts in the deal too (all but the big rear rollbar one are still available, but pricey). I've also always been told since back-in-the-day to not tow 914s backwards, cuz it can push the rear window out. I'd always recco a flat trailer from UHaul/etc., or a flat bed truck if you're using your AAA service etc. Cool Deal! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// |
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