NEED HELP, Put Husband’s Car Back Together Options

[PDrinkwater]

Hello Everyone, I don’t know if this is the right venue or if I am doing this right but I am looking for some help to put my husband’s 1974 914LE Porsche back together. Here is my story. I am a Widow, who lives in Fergus, Ontario, Canada,. I lost my husband in 2017 from cancer that he got having volunteered in NY during 9/11 for the Red Cross for 5 weeks. We found out in 2014 that he had it and he fought and we thought we had it beat but then in April 2017 we found out it came back big time and in June my husband lost his battle. During the time that he was ill he started to work on his Porsche to distract himself from what was going on, but didn’t have the chance to put it back together. I have tried over the last three years to find someone to help me to put it back together with no luck. They have either misunderstood and thought I wanted to sell it, or wanted to charge me a lot of money just to come look at, or bring it to them to look at, or said yes they would help but have never shown up, Or too busy to help, or not interested in helping, or friends (or so I thought) who accepted over $1000 worth of my husbands tools and promised to help but hasn’t shown up and now ignores my phone calls and emails. I am asking for help on here now because I am down to the wire. I have just sold my home and have to be out by Oct 2 and I need to be able to move my husband’s baby as he left it to our daughter and I would like her to have it. The car is not completely torn apart. The wheels are off, the two doors, and hoods are off. The motor is still in. I’m sure other things are off but I don’t know enough about it to tell you, and with just sitting for these years I don’t know what that does to a car. Everything that he has worked on is on shelves right by the car or in the car. I know with COVID it maybe difficult but the car is in my husband’s shop, which is on our property so no one else would be around. Please I need help and I don’t know where else to turn. I know my husband was on Porsche forums, because every time I would come n to check on him when he was suppose to be sleeping he was talking on them. Lol. Maybe if a couple of you guys could work on it, it would get done with ease. Please I would really appreciate help, this car meant a lot to him and I just don’t know where else to turn. Thank you for listening to me. I hope one or two or however many of you can help me.

[76-914]

Lets talk about getting you your best offer and not getting taken. As others mentioned more pics but I'm sure you haven't the foggiest idea where to begin so here are a few places you want to get good pics. In the rear of the rear trunk take pics where the taillights are. Were looking for rust on the trunk floor. This is one of the common spots. Next take pics of the area immediately below the battery. That would be directly behind the passenger seat in the engine compartment. This is the BIG ONE as far as common rust areas and greatly effects the cars value. Then pull up the carpet behind the seats and take pics there. Very common to find rust in that area; more especially the passenger side. There is a pic of one of the headlight buckets but there is an elbow obstructing that view. Take pics of that area and both sides and be sure the bottom of those buckets are in the pics. along the bottom of the windshield where the glass meets the metal is another area of concern. The sail panels on each side are another area prone to rust. Those are the covered panels that rise up from the body to meet the back of the back of the roof. You can't see the rust if it is there because they are covered in black material but there will usually be a bulge or bubble making the covered surface uneven if there is rust in that area. If they are smooth and flat take good pic's showing that. The longs look good from what I can see in the pic so I'll skip those. They are the boxy looking structures that run beneath the doors and currently not covered with the black metal panels. These are another well know rust area that can break the deal. Again, yours look good but take good pics of that area an both sides. LE buyers are well educated buyers and want to know the condition. The door sills and door jambs look good from here but I do detect an orange tint on the passenger side sill. That is the lower part next to where the passengers thigh would be. Get a good pic of that area if it is rust. If not clean it and take pics of both sills. Antennae is on the left. Usually on the right but I've seen them both ways. The dash looks good. If there and no cracks in it then clean it up and take pics of the too. Take pics of the serial numbers that was mentioned earlier to document that it is an LE. Also the stickers on the drivers door jamb if they're still there. The Dr might be correct in his assessment. From the few pics I can see it may possibly be "a find" for someone seeking an LE. People buy LE's in terrible shape and spend thousands restoring them. Rust repair is usually the big ticket item but all of the little things add up into the thousands as well. I say this because it looks as if the car is very complete albeit parts are removed and laying about. You'll also want to take pics of all those items that are laying about or boxed up. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[PDrinkwater]

Lets talk about getting you your best offer and not getting taken. As others mentioned more pics but I'm sure you haven't the foggiest idea where to begin so here are a few places you want to get good pics. In the rear of the rear trunk take pics where the taillights are. Were looking for rust on the trunk floor. This is one of the common spots. Next take pics of the area immediately below the battery. That would be directly behind the passenger seat in the engine compartment. This is the BIG ONE as far as common rust areas and greatly effects the cars value. Then pull up the carpet behind the seats and take pics there. Very common to find rust in that area; more especially the passenger side. There is a pic of one of the headlight buckets but there is an elbow obstructing that view. Take pics of that area and both sides and be sure the bottom of those buckets are in the pics. along the bottom of the windshield where the glass meets the metal is another area of concern. The sail panels on each side are another area prone to rust. Those are the covered panels that rise up from the body to meet the back of the back of the roof. You can't see the rust if it is there because they are covered in black material but there will usually be a bulge or bubble making the covered surface uneven if there is rust in that area. If they are smooth and flat take good pic's showing that. The longs look good from what I can see in the pic so I'll skip those. They are the boxy looking structures that run beneath the doors and currently not covered with the black metal panels. These are another well know rust area that can break the deal. Again, yours look good but take good pics of that area an both sides. LE buyers are well educated buyers and want to know the condition. The door sills and door jambs look good from here but I do detect an orange tint on the passenger side sill. That is the lower part next to where the passengers thigh would be. Get a good pic of that area if it is rust. If not clean it and take pics of both sills. Antennae is on the left. Usually on the right but I've seen them both ways. The dash looks good. If there and no cracks in it then clean it up and take pics of the too. Take pics of the serial numbers that was mentioned earlier to document that it is an LE. Also the stickers on the drivers door jamb if they're still there. The Dr might be correct in his assessment. From the few pics I can see it may possibly be "a find" for someone seeking an LE. People buy LE's in terrible shape and spend thousands restoring them. Rust repair is usually the big ticket item but all of the little things add up into the thousands as well. I say this because it looks as if the car is very complete albeit parts are removed and laying about. You'll also want to take pics of all those items that are laying about or boxed up. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

Thank you so very much for your help as to where to take the pics! I wrote it all down and will let you know when I post them and if I am missing something or something doesn't look clear enough could you please let me know so I can re-do it. Thank you again it was all very helpful and you also taught me a few things about my husband's Baby that I didn't know so again, thank you.