Which direction?, 914 in driveway, now what? Options

[teenrookie]

A year ago I was basically given a '72 914 which is believed to be actually a '75. Subtle things seem obvious, the bumpers, the fuel injected 2.0, smog equipment and side shifter. I have rebuilt the brake system and got it to run on three of the four cylinders, the passenger side rear is at 0 compression. It has been painted, count 'em, four times!! Original copper ('75), green, orange and black. The right door is bondo, there is a hole in the front from where I tore out the A/C, the trunk has a little rust from the taillights. Interior has typical small issues. Other than that it is PERFECT (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) !!

It has sat for a year because I bought a house. A buddy and I have raced in SCORE and really enjoyed it. We are looking at the car on the side of my house and are thinking about trying to put together a car for the track.

Here are my questions:


1. What kind of racing is best for a rookie?
2. I am sure there are several classes, which is the most economical?
3. Is it advisable to keep this car for parts and buy one already sorted?
4. I would like the best of all worlds; a car I could terrorize the local canyons at 2:00 A.M. and something that could be entered in different classes.
5. What else should I be thinking about?

I appreciate all of your input.

[teenrookie]

You guys are great!!

The VIN in the window matches the plate in the front trunk, but there is not a sticker/plate in the drivers door (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) . I have a sinking feeling that Mark is right. Scott is on the right track as well, there is a seatbelt interlock on the passenger seat. Lastly, I found the VIN that skline mentioned on the shock tower, it starts with 475___, hard to read after four coats of paint. I wonder if this poses any problem for me in the future. I wonder if this is someones old pride and joy? What is weird is that the old guy that gave it to me does not seem the type to be around stolen cars, just not his charactor. Does 914's have people doing this for smog reasons like the muscle cars do?

Seanery- Thank you for the heads up on the two links, I will check them out tonight.

Thank you all for answering questions 1,2 and 4. What are your thoughts on 3 and 5?
3. Is it advisable to keep this car for parts and buy one already sorted?
5. What else should I be thinking about?

I need to put a lot of work in this car to make it track worthy and there seems to be several possible cars on this website alone. Thoughts? I am guessing you guys are going to say it depends if I want to have the uhm...enjoyment of restromodding the car myself or buy a bag of unknown tricks like say...swapping VIN numbers.

Once again, thanks for making me feel welcome, oh and skline, I am not going to ask you to come out to check it out just yet, but I might ask later if that is all right for a brain stumper. Thank you for your offer though.