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| djm914-6 |
 Oct 28 2004, 06:41 PM
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Happiness is: Getting on the road  Group: Members Posts: 1,864 Joined: 6-February 03 From: Burlington MA Member No.: 248 Region Association: None  |
OK, lets assume you buy a nicely restored chassis for $5000. Then you take all of the parts off your "worst for wear" driver and put them on that new chassis. Magically you now have a factory 914-6 in pretty good condition. Is it worth it?
What if you paid $5000 for your "worst for wear" driver; now you have $10k in this pretty good factory 914-6. Is it worth it? What if you had put a whole bunch of money into your "worst for wear" driver and add it to the pretty good 914-6 total. Is it worth it? Seriously though, I'm contemplating this sinerio right now. Is a VIN number really worth it? |
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| ChrisFoley |
Oct 30 2004, 05:38 AM
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I am Tangerine Racing Group: Members Posts: 7,937 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Bolton, CT Member No.: 209 Region Association: None 
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I saw the pictures in an email David sent me, and suggested the chassis might be welded from two because the front was red and the rear yellow. It could be that ALL the yellow was stripped off the front and that is red oxide primer. In any case, it appears the problems are more extensive than Nick is suggesting from my limited perspective.
The jack post with the holes is heavily sand blasted, but it still appears that the surrounding metal is heavily corroded and the long. has a hole at the lower front edge of the jack post. There is a sizable area of rust perf in the channel where the front trunk seal goes, along the inner edge of the fender. There is no right front fender. It is always worse than it looks in low res pictures. It is worth restoring, but to pay a professional to fix all the problems nicely would take at least 3K. The entire chassis needs to be stripped and repainted after the metal repair. There's another $2K or more. William Harris can tell us the cost of that since he is in the middle of it right now. I have worked on quite a few northeast chassis', some worse and some not so bad. I have customers with genuine rust free chassis' under their unrestored well maintained cars, so you can't tell me this is a GOOD example of a northeast teener. This -6 chassis is, at best, a typical example of a Northeast car that was marginally maintained over the years. The only thing redeeming about it is the VIN IMO. You can certainly find a nice, driveable six for less than this car will cost to restore to similar condition. If I had the cash I would consider buying it to restore, but I don't have to pay for the metal repair. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) |
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djm914-6 The value of a VIN Oct 28 2004, 06:41 PM
bob91403 From your questions, I take it you have a 914/6 in... Oct 28 2004, 06:59 PM Mueller I'd personally want a "real" /6 VIN chassis th... Oct 28 2004, 07:07 PM Racer Chris I'd have to say he wants to take the parts off... Oct 28 2004, 07:10 PM bob91403 QUOTE
djm914-6 Um nickg, I'm sorry you have taken offence. I ... Oct 29 2004, 04:53 PM Joe Sharp Old Try to save all sixs. There arnt enough of them le... Oct 29 2004, 06:08 PM nickg what are you talking about? the longitudes are in ... Oct 29 2004, 08:50 PM nickg here is the right jack point Oct 29 2004, 08:54 PM nickg here is the sill directly above it Oct 29 2004, 08:55 PM nickg here is the battery area Oct 29 2004, 08:56 PM nickg another of the hell hole Oct 29 2004, 08:57 PM nickg here is the driver side inner rail...i can't s... Oct 29 2004, 08:58 PM nickg the firewall rust....most every northeast 914 has ... Oct 29 2004, 09:00 PM nickg here is the only spot on the floor with any rust, ... Oct 29 2004, 09:01 PM nickg this is the driver footwell, it is surface rustee,... Oct 29 2004, 09:04 PM nickg look carefully at the welding seams in the next fe... Oct 29 2004, 09:06 PM nickg another closer Oct 29 2004, 09:08 PM nickg the hole Oct 29 2004, 09:08 PM nickg another of the seam Oct 29 2004, 09:09 PM SirAndy i have seen worse come back to life. much worse in... Oct 29 2004, 09:17 PM nickg aside from that, i doubt you will find a 914-6 cha... Oct 29 2004, 10:11 PM SirAndy bob91403 I don't know what he's complaining about. ... Oct 30 2004, 01:07 AM william harris Media blasting (baking soda) the entire (I mean ev... Oct 30 2004, 08:33 AM Red-Beard There is a welding shop in Albany NY which will ta... Oct 30 2004, 08:52 AM nickg i guess you did not see the nos fender in the pict... Oct 30 2004, 10:32 AM djm914-6 Good luck and best wishes to you Nick. I sincearly... Oct 30 2004, 11:04 AM
william harris :wacko: Can't we all just get along? :wacko: ... Oct 30 2004, 11:24 AM |
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