A 75’ with a 73’ 2.0 is now in my garage., Along with a fun history. Options

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So a ‘72 was my introduction to 914s and I loved it until the rust worms battled me, and I lost. Took ‘er off the road, picked up a rolling chassis, blah, blah, blah, failed project. So I went on the search and found a nice ‘75 in ivory white, within the state. Ivory wasn’t my first choice, but it had good bones and the price was right. Did a little research and tracked down the first owners (I’m now the 3rd) and they were Uber excited to meet.

So we meet and the history unfurls. These original owners were a president of the WMRPCA an editor of the Uber Alles newsletter for a number of years, had tracked and shown the car, and used it to teach drivers education. Wanting more giddy-up, they put the original 1.8 into their VW bus and installed a crate ‘73 2.0 at about 17K miles (it now has 67k). It has front and aft anti-sways, lightened flywheel, scheel seats, ATS wheels and a few other goodies.

I’ve had it about three months, and it’s so much more fun than the tired 1.7 in that ‘72.
Here are a couple of fun pics. New, a showing, and now.