914's in Oklahoma!?, any owners nearby? Options

[jcambo7]

I live in downtown OKC and have an orange 73 in pieces, I also have a friend with a white 2.0... I want to meet up and see some teeners soon

I have never actually even driven one including my own which I bought barely running haha but I am about to install a harness and some more parts... if anybody has any parts let me know...

Awesome man...keep on working on it! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smash.gif) I actually have 73 that I am planning on selling or parting out soon after I get me new 914 delivered to me tomorrow! Shoot me a PM if you want to come and look at it for parts that you might need. It is a 2.0 FI engine. It is a complete car with an extra left front fender to weld on cuz it had a bit of an accident a long time ago.

I thought you had that car up and running?

If you are talking about my car which I am pretty sure you are. I did have it running about a year ago and it was idling too high. Also I got the 914 tech tips book in and started reading it. It told me I had the wrong injectors in it which were what were in the engine when I got it. I think they go to a 1.7? But I actually decided that it would take too much money and time to restore the car to where I wanted it to be and since I was getting some extra money from the military by being deployed and by re enlisting over seas, I new I could afford a car that is complete and all I have to is upgrade what I want to upgrade when I can.

[kerensky]

If you are talking about my car which I am pretty sure you are. I did have it running about a year ago and it was idling too high. Also I got the 914 tech tips book in and started reading it. It told me I had the wrong injectors in it which were what were in the engine when I got it. I think they go to a 1.7? But I actually decided that it would take too much money and time to restore the car to where I wanted it to be and since I was getting some extra money from the military by being deployed and by re enlisting over seas, I new I could afford a car that is complete and all I have to is upgrade what I want to upgrade when I can.

If you have that one running, maybe we should tweak it a bit for you and sell it whole. It'd be better to let someone put it back on the road than chop it up. Unless it has irreparable damage, of course...

Parting will take more time and effort but would probably net you more $$$. Selling her to someone as a 'project' will get the cash in a lump as opposed to $50 here, $75 there...

[aircooling]

jcambo, We're interested in your '73. We live in Perkins but will be in OKC tomorrow (Wed). How can we reach you? Thanks! Stu 405-743-2865

[effutuo101]

James is backing his new ride of the truck now!

[hot_shoe914]

jcambo, We're interested in your '73. We live in Perkins but will be in OKC tomorrow (Wed). How can we reach you? Thanks! Stu 405-743-2865

Welcome to 914 World Stu, glad to see you made it! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welcome.png)

Shoe

[kerensky]

Welcome to 914 World Stu, glad to see you made it!

Stu's been a member of the yahoo 914 mailing list for awhile. In fact, I had made a mental note to email him tonite and mention James' 'project' car.

Still hope if this car is repairable that it can go to someone with the will to return it to the road. There are plenty of 914s that'll never get back to roadworthiness already.

OTOH, I might be in need of a trunk lid. Went into my storage unit over the weekend and it looks like my lovely wife stepped on it whilst searching for something. :x

[jcambo7]

If you are talking about my car which I am pretty sure you are. I did have it running about a year ago and it was idling too high. Also I got the 914 tech tips book in and started reading it. It told me I had the wrong injectors in it which were what were in the engine when I got it. I think they go to a 1.7? But I actually decided that it would take too much money and time to restore the car to where I wanted it to be and since I was getting some extra money from the military by being deployed and by re enlisting over seas, I new I could afford a car that is complete and all I have to is upgrade what I want to upgrade when I can.

If you have that one running, maybe we should tweak it a bit for you and sell it whole. It'd be better to let someone put it back on the road than chop it up. Unless it has irreparable damage, of course...

Parting will take more time and effort but would probably net you more $$$. Selling her to someone as a 'project' will get the cash in a lump as opposed to $50 here, $75 there...

I understand what you are saying and I have definitely thought about that. I have been bouncing it around in my head a lot. Honestly tweeaking it isn't going to get it running until we get the correct fuel injectors into the car.

[jcambo7]

jcambo, We're interested in your '73. We live in Perkins but will be in OKC tomorrow (Wed). How can we reach you? Thanks! Stu 405-743-2865

Stu
I sent you a PM with my phone number!

[jcambo7]

Welcome to 914 World Stu, glad to see you made it!

Stu's been a member of the yahoo 914 mailing list for awhile. In fact, I had made a mental note to email him tonite and mention James' 'project' car.

Still hope if this car is repairable that it can go to someone with the will to return it to the road. There are plenty of 914s that'll never get back to roadworthiness already.

OTOH, I might be in need of a trunk lid. Went into my storage unit over the weekend and it looks like my lovely wife stepped on it whilst searching for something. :x

The car is definitely repairable. Their is not too much rust and the engine needs some fine tuning and parts. The front left fender needs to be replaced in my opinion. Someone might be able to bang it out.

[hot_shoe914]

I have 2.0L injectors and I also have a trunk lid if youguys need them. We need to save all the teeners we can, too many are getting cut up.


Shoe

[kerensky]

I have 2.0L injectors and I also have a trunk lid if you guys need them. We need to save all the teeners we can, too many are getting cut up.

On the injectors, that's up to James. Perhaps he should just package the car with your injectors and sell it as a complete 'project'. Whatever he wants to do, I'll lend a hand when I can.

As for the trunk lid, I need to get the car out and get a better look at it. Or perhaps more accurately, get my 'body guy' to look at it and see what it'll take to fix it. Is your trunk lid black, perchance? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[hot_shoe914]

I have 2.0L injectors and I also have a trunk lid if you guys need them. We need to save all the teeners we can, too many are getting cut up.

On the injectors, that's up to James. Perhaps he should just package the car with your injectors and sell it as a complete 'project'. Whatever he wants to do, I'll lend a hand when I can.

As for the trunk lid, I need to get the car out and get a better look at it. Or perhaps more accurately, get my 'body guy' to look at it and see what it'll take to fix it. Is your trunk lid black, perchance? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

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[Tom_T]

I understand what you are saying and I have definitely thought about that. I have been bouncing it around in my head a lot. Honestly tweeaking it isn't going to get it running until we get the correct fuel injectors into the car.

James, try Otto's in Venice CA for some NOS "green top" 2.0 injectors - http://www.ottosvenice.com/ - then call him - cuz he's an even crustier old fart than me & doesn't answer his emails. He found a stash of them on a shelf in his shop earlier this year & posted FS on here, but have no idea if he has any left. I got a set of 4 for my resto 73 2L, but they'll set you back $150 a piece - but they're NLA now even from Bosch. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

Otherwise, take up Shoe's offer on the used ones.

IMHO - save the 73 2L for a project for someone else to take on, rather than cutting it up. Other than the 914-6's, the 73-74 2.0's are the best & most collectible & IMHO - most fun driving - but then I prejudiced having owned my 73 2L since Dec. 75.

BTW - if this is your first summer in OK - what Curtis is saying about the Talimina Run in July is correct - you'll be peeling yourself off the seats at every stop! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Even from CA (now), I know because of school schedules for our kids & when we need to be in the Sallisaw area every year & to visit in-laws in Little Rock - we go back at the end of Aug./Labor Day time, but other Fall & Spring runs would be far more pleasant (& are when I go for business).

There's a guy with a yellow 914 in/near Waggoner on here, who was looking for other Teeners to do a regular Tenkiller Loop with local Teeners. Y'all should look him up - sorry the "half-zymers" is kicked in & don't recall his "handle" here nor name & he may be the one A&P saw in Tahlequah? Maybe start or finish at the Cookson Smokehouse for eats? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

Chad - I've got your long time store beat by 1 year! Mine went into my garage 5/85 when she was hit in a UCLA parking structure while I was in MBA classes out here, by a ditz who "...forgot to turn left to go up the ramp...." (her words) - pushing 'er into the concrete wall/column & thereby mashing both ends, which was just after completing a $6500+ rolling resto 80-83 ($20+k today)! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

So now I'm in the process of spending way more than she's worth (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) to get 'er resto'd/rusto'd to original L80E & fixed up & running again, now that my kids are grown & while I can still enjoy (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)

BTW - they continue to rust even in storage - just go pull the engine firewall pad & look at the bottom where it holds the moisture to do its dirty deed! Take it from me with a freshly restored, then whacked & put on blocks in my dry SoCal garage for 25 years - what you can't see CAN hurt you! So get on yours ASAP!

Curt - glad to know there's a good 914 shop in Tulsa, since I do plan to drive mine back at least once after the resto is complete & kinks worked out (may go to Indy where other family is too).

I'll be in the NE OK area for my annual sojourn at the end of Aug/Labor Day & again around 4th Sat. in Oct. (fly & rent), but if I can open time I'd love to join in if anything 914 is going on - even just to eat & shoot the S! I may also try to catch a Tulsa Rugby match in the Fall if any then.

Cheers! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
Tom
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[jcambo7]

I understand what you are saying and I have definitely thought about that. I have been bouncing it around in my head a lot. Honestly tweeaking it isn't going to get it running until we get the correct fuel injectors into the car.

James, try Otto's in Venice CA for some NOS "green top" 2.0 injectors - http://www.ottosvenice.com/ - then call him - cuz he's an even crustier old fart than me & doesn't answer his emails. He found a stash of them on a shelf in his shop earlier this year & posted FS on here, but have no idea if he has any left. I got a set of 4 for my resto 73 2L, but they'll set you back $150 a piece - but they're NLA now even from Bosch. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

Otherwise, take up Shoe's offer on the used ones.

IMHO - save the 73 2L for a project for someone else to take on, rather than cutting it up. Other than the 914-6's, the 73-74 2.0's are the best & most collectible & IMHO - most fun driving - but then I prejudiced having owned my 73 2L since Dec. 75.

BTW - if this is your first summer in OK - what Curtis is saying about the Talimina Run in July is correct - you'll be peeling yourself off the seats at every stop! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Even from CA (now), I know because of school schedules for our kids & when we need to be in the Sallisaw area every year & to visit in-laws in Little Rock - we go back at the end of Aug./Labor Day time, but other Fall & Spring runs would be far more pleasant (& are when I go for business).

There's a guy with a yellow 914 in/near Waggoner on here, who was looking for other Teeners to do a regular Tenkiller Loop with local Teeners. Y'all should look him up - sorry the "half-zymers" is kicked in & don't recall his "handle" here nor name & he may be the one A&P saw in Tahlequah? Maybe start or finish at the Cookson Smokehouse for eats? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

Chad - I've got your long time store beat by 1 year! Mine went into my garage 5/85 when she was hit in a UCLA parking structure while I was in MBA classes out here, by a ditz who "...forgot to turn left to go up the ramp...." (her words) - pushing 'er into the concrete wall/column & thereby mashing both ends, which was just after completing a $6500+ rolling resto 80-83 ($20+k today)! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

So now I'm in the process of spending way more than she's worth (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) to get 'er resto'd/rusto'd to original L80E & fixed up & running again, now that my kids are grown & while I can still enjoy (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)

BTW - they continue to rust even in storage - just go pull the engine firewall pad & look at the bottom where it holds the moisture to do its dirty deed! Take it from me with a freshly restored, then whacked & put on blocks in my dry SoCal garage for 25 years - what you can't see CAN hurt you! So get on yours ASAP!

Curt - glad to know there's a good 914 shop in Tulsa, since I do plan to drive mine back at least once after the resto is complete & kinks worked out (may go to Indy where other family is too).

I'll be in the NE OK area for my annual sojourn at the end of Aug/Labor Day & again around 4th Sat. in Oct. (fly & rent), but if I can open time I'd love to join in if anything 914 is going on - even just to eat & shoot the S! I may also try to catch a Tulsa Rugby match in the Fall if any then.

Cheers! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
Tom
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Thanks. I actually had some one come and look at it today with his son. They said they are interested. We will just have to see. I might have to take hot shoe up on that offer. It would help the sale a bit. I would love to possibly meet and shoot the S and drink a couple of beers! That would be great. Just give me shout on the site when you doing it.

[kerensky]

Soooo, anyone gonna be in Norman this evening for the Jazz in June festival? 6pm, Andrews Park downtown.

If you come, swing by the stage and ask for me. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bye1.gif)

[project-914]

Soooo, anyone gonna be in Norman this evening for the Jazz in June festival? 6pm, Andrews Park downtown.

If you come, swing by the stage and ask for me. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bye1.gif)

ugh I wanted to but my friend was playing his first show with his new band in OKC...

we should get together and go to coits so I can meet some fellow 914 owners

is it ok if I drive my subaru though!? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

[kerensky]

ugh I wanted to but my friend was playing his first show with his new band in OKC...

we should get together and go to coits so I can meet some fellow 914 owners

is it ok if I drive my subaru though!?

Gotta support your friends. And I'd think the Subie is OK - it's not like I'd be driving my teener, either. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

[jcambo7]

ugh I wanted to but my friend was playing his first show with his new band in OKC...

we should get together and go to coits so I can meet some fellow 914 owners

is it ok if I drive my subaru though!?

Gotta support your friends. And I'd think the Subie is OK - it's not like I'd be driving my teener, either. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

We should definitely get together real soon! Maybe we should stop talking about it and just make a new thread that sets a date/time/place everyone can meet up. I'm down for that. I am able to meet you for lunch on Friday if you are able to. I won't be working Friday so I will have plenty of time. I will shoot you a PM with my number and we can figure out a time and place.

[kerensky]

We should definitely get together real soon! Maybe we should stop talking about it and just make a new thread that sets a date/time/place everyone can meet up. I'm down for that. I am able to meet you for lunch on Friday if you are able to. I won't be working Friday so I will have plenty of time. I will shoot you a PM with my number and we can figure out a time and place.

I agree, but Friday is a no-go for me - we're heading out for vacation. Feel free to meet up anyway, since that might be a good day for folks to meet.

[kerensky]

So, I didn't mean for this to turn into an OKC area thread...

I'm in a regional VW club and every year they go to Eureka Springs as a 'group trip'. They plan in during the big VW car show that's held there every August. I haven't gotten around to going myself, but it sounds like they have a good time. Some great roads in that part of Arkansas, too. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)