need help with checking a car!, in hawthorne, CA Options

[alexkirkham]

hello, this is a plea for some help!

I'm new to the forum as I have only recently thought that buying a 914 would be a good idea. And I'm in the UK - lots of carbed cars, and plenty of rain and rust.

I'm after a car in a non metallic colour with working injection and ideally excellent condition / recent resto (I know everyone else is too!). And there is this orange car in hawthorne, CA that looks great... see: http://lticars.com/

however, it is ringing some alarm bells! Firstly, it's all shiny but there are no actual pictures of the resto available and there are no pics of the hell hole or rockers available. It's just possible that it hides deep problems. And secondly the seller's got some poor feedback on yelp!

But this isn't necessarily the end of the world: it just means I have to be very careful. And basically I wouldn't do it without someone with some experience having a look...

So firstly, anyone got any advice? And secondly, does anyone fancy going to have a look at it for me if they live close?? I'd be incredibly grateful. I'd make it worth your while (though I suspect that most of the folk on here are not motivated by that!)

thanks, in hope,

alex

[Dave_Darling]

If the VIN is available, or visible in the photos (they didn't all load for me) you can do a search on it. Google it, and also the "914 Info" link at the top-right of this page, then "Member VIN Numbers" toward the left side of that page. That should take you here:

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?act=membervins

Enter the VIN in the search box and you can see if anyone else has spotted it before. Sometimes some very interesting information comes up.

--DD