Possiable Deal, Help me price out a car Options

[Eric Taylor]

So today i'm driving back to school, and I see this little 914 sitting at a local VW shop and it's forsale, and so I HAD to go look at it (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif). So i get up close, and it's a 74 2.0 in white. Alright so this looks promising open the drivers, door, with no door panel installed or door latch, swinging open and see a center consol, and a pretty tatered interior, needs seats, backpad, dash top, carpet kit the usual stuff. So pop the trunks and engine compartment, and NO RUST, and an original battery tray with original paint. I nearly wet myself. Anyway, moving around the car it looks just straight as an arrow. The engine isn't leaking any oil, and fi is in order. So it looks like a pretty good deal mechanically and structurally, however cosmetically it has a few issues. It looks like it's been sitting, their is mold around the black bumpers and the tits are starting to sag and spider web a little. No sail panel vinyl, missing letters on the engine compartment lid, no 914 logo, one fog is broken, and it's stock paint which is rather faded, perdini's which could use a serious refinish, and spider web's on the breaks. So I go in and ask, I guess the guy is going through a divorice and want's to get rid of the car. They were fixing the door latch, and had just figured out the FI. So I ask price, $3500! Jesus that's steep and that's down from $4000 (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/screwy.gif) . So I'm wondering what you guys think, when I first saw it my imediate thought was $1000-$1500 if it runs. Am I off my rocker or what do you guys think, If I could get ot for $1000 or so it would be a steal due to the structural part of it, but cosmetically it needs help. Anyway i'm open to opinions
Eric

[Eric Taylor]

Yeah, the possiability of rust I don't think is a very big one. I've check over a lot of 914's and this looks great. Pan's look awesome, the longs aswell, I didn't get pull the rocker panels, but from underneath the long's look new. I need to check the suspension consol next time I go look at it, but the trunks were tight little surface rust in the rear, but nothing a little wire wheel wouldn't take care of. Other than that the car needs to be cleaned up and yeah, probably re-shot because it's paint kinda looks like it's been sitting outside for a long time. I would say my biggest points of bitching, would be the fact that the interior looks pretty shot, I've seen way worse, this one dosn't look like a bear was in their, but maybe a cat or something. The car has beeen sitting, and that leaves a lot of unknowns in my opinion, fuel lines, break lines, etc that could all need to be replaced. So we'll see how this all goes. If I could get it for a $1000 it would be a great deal. Who knows i've already got to dam many cars!
Eric