Thinking About Buying a 914, Thinking About Buying a 914 Options

[ChopperMario]

Hi Guys!

So I have just "discovered" the coolness that is a 914 and have an opportunity to buy a 75 with 75,000 miles on it. Supposedly a 1 owner car that hasn't been driven in a "number of years". I haven't gone to look at it yet, but they are telling me that it needs "electrical work" for it to be driveable.

A couple of questions:

1. Are there common electrical gremlins that might work they are saying?
2. What should I be paying extra attention to when I go out and look at it?
3. What do you think a fair price that I should offer for it?

Below are some pictures of the car, can't wait to go see it in person!

Thanks for Looking!

Mario

[Cairo94507]

Do be impulsive. Take the time to inspect it thoroughly top to bottom, inside to outside. Rust is the death nail for these cars. It's time consuming and/or expensive to fix.

Take an awl with you to poke around the hell hole, the area under the battery tray where water and battery acid would pool. The base of the interior firewall (area behind the back pad) the jack receivers on both sides, but especially the passenger side as that is where the battery acid typically caused the rust to spread like wild fire, the suspension points all around, look for cracks too. Also check the back edge, below the taillights, where the rear panel meets the trunk floor. Look around in the front trunk for rust, around the brake fluid reservoir, look around the pedal assembly for rust.

Check for homemade patches to the floor pans, etc. Take a good LED light, a floor jack, a jack stand, etc. You want to get a good look at the bottom of the car and also be able to post pictures to post her for others to evaluate and give you feedback.
These cars come up for sale regularly. Better to spend a few dollars more to get a solid car than save a few dollars and need to spend several thousand dollars on rust repair. Good luck. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)