Too much for too cheap?, Driving a rust bucket Options

[nditiz1]

If I bought a 914 just to drive around and knew about the rust issues it had, but was more into it for the fun of driving it and owning one is $3k too much to spend? An earlier one I looked at, 75', had some major rust - in the door jambs on both sides to be exact, which you all have taught me means the longs are toast. There was also rust in the front and rear trunk that looked to be surface but that is usually on 10% another thing you all have taught me. The hell holes were solid. It was however a running, driving, stopping, cool looking - at least from 10 feet (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) 914. It has 2.0 fuchs (only4) dellorto carbs, over jetted, 1.8. The interior is original and would definitely need to be redone, which I can do (kits $500??). My thinking is this, even if I don't fix the body and eventually want to transfer the parts to a better one, I have what $800 rims, $1k motor, $500 dellorto carbs. Those 3 items almost pay for the car. I would also try to get the genuine service manuals thrown in (~$600 -800). Oh and the stock steelies that came with the car. Would that be justified?

[mb911]

Rusty cars are dangerous.. There are 2 914s in my area that in that 4500-5000 range that are questionable just as yours was that you looked at. Then there is a 69k all documented 76 with zero rust the guy wants 6 for but it is unadvertised.

Bought my rusty project for 2600 and sold 2k in parts off of it and started the rust repair 2 years ago. I am now finally ahead of the curve and have 80 percent of the rust fixed and will fix the rest by the end of the year.

That all said i wanted a long term project and thats what i bought.. You should also evaluate your skill level as well when searching. I teach welding for a living so this fit well for me.