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> Another 914 bites the dust! My latest purchase, Wrecked 74 2.0 Just took it for a drive!
JRust
post Dec 24 2011, 06:03 PM
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Okay so a buddy of mine hit a patch of ice (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) . Slid sideways into a medium/divider. Probably hit about 20-25mph. It was in town so he wasn't going to fast. It was a smaller cement barrier & went under the door. Hit right about the jack post shoved the jack post area into the car about 18inches. Luckily my buddy wasn't hurt. His 914 was totalled though (IMG:style_emoticons/default/hissyfit.gif) .

Anyway his car was in great shape. I will be stripping it of all the useful parts. Car still runs & the drivetrain is solid. Overall there are alot of great parts. Still deciding if I am going to do some work on my 75 roller & prep it for all these parts. Take a look at the pics below. It has some good panels still too.


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post Dec 24 2011, 07:46 PM
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Jamie,
From the pics, it doesn't look that bad. Is it not savable? You, with your experience should be able to save this one. I hope anyway!
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post Dec 24 2011, 07:51 PM
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Jamie, PM me about the motor. Still looking for a runner long block to put all my FI on.

Another trailer perhaps? You could start selling them?
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post Dec 24 2011, 08:00 PM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) sorry to hear the bad news.....
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post Dec 24 2011, 08:50 PM
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QUOTE(Tom @ Dec 24 2011, 05:46 PM) *

Jamie,
From the pics, it doesn't look that bad. Is it not savable? You, with your experience should be able to save this one. I hope anyway!
Tom

It doesn't show to well in the pics. The whole center of the car is shifted. The drivers side rear quarter is even off. I tried to show it with a rear pic on that side. If you look the tailight end of the rear quarter isn't inline with the rest of the car. Seriously the whole targa bar moved a good inch (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) . I am not saving it no way. I may donate it once stripped to McMark to test out his Celette bench. That would be the only way to get it right again if it's possible. In my opinion it is a donor for another car or cars.

Always sad to see a 914 in good shape get ruined like that (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)
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post Dec 25 2011, 08:53 AM
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Time to look around for a NOS body in white. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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post Dec 25 2011, 08:59 AM
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Man I hate seeing these cars go off the road. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) Glad your buddy wasn't hurt. It looks to be a parts car now. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

This makes me realize how lucky I was with my car, being that the damage is contained entirely to the front area of the car.
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post Dec 25 2011, 11:33 AM
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This would make a great donor car to anyone who can produce a solid roller! BUT......

I'm looking for a front valance in good shape...... if I can quietly just stand in line for it.

Plus the shorty rear valance would look very cool with my dual triad sticking out below it .... ?


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post Dec 25 2011, 12:14 PM
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QUOTE(Mr.242 @ Dec 25 2011, 09:33 AM) *

This would make a great donor car to anyone who can produce a solid roller! BUT......

I'm looking for a front valance in good shape...... if I can quietly just stand in line for it.

Plus the shorty rear valance would look very cool with my dual triad sticking out below it .... ?
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Yeah the front Valance is in great shape surprisingly. I think it got one dent from the accident. The rear valance is okay. It's been bent a bit to add the extra space for the Triad on it.

BajaXJ92 it's to bad you aren't closer. The front end would make a great donor for yours
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post Dec 26 2011, 02:10 AM
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Yellow body. black chrome. Painted bumper.

It wasn't a bumblebee was it?
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post Dec 26 2011, 08:21 AM
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The way BumbleBees fall in JRust's lap......odds are in favor of it being one.

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post Dec 26 2011, 10:10 AM
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you guys are dyslectic, Bumble Bee is Black with yellow accents. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)

Once you have two or three , people will drive by and ask "Hey you want another one ? " My new years resolution answer is "NO"
and give Jamie's number or Rich's a coin toss. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif)


Careful with that winch in the rafter.
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post Dec 26 2011, 10:20 AM
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I telephone poled a six in my younger days, Must have been lucky as the damage was not that bad.
Well, on that side anyway.


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post Dec 26 2011, 11:21 AM
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QUOTE(sixnotfour @ Dec 26 2011, 08:20 AM) *

A telephone poled a six in my younger days, Must have been lucky as the damage was not that bad.
Well, on that side anyway.

Yeah I think a telephone pole would have been much better. I think he hit a divider that was a little taller than a curb. Just hit so solid & was localized directly on the frame. It is definitely not a BB. Yeah the trunk were painted black but the car as yellow originally. Also no sway bars or appearance group stuff. Although the rear window defrost is going to go into my Creamsicle (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

As far as the winch on the rafter. If I decide to do it would bolt through the floor above the rafters. Into a bigger board that spread over multiple rafters. It is an old barn with very thick rafters & the upstairs floor is at least an inch thick. Mounted on the ceiling I have no worries of it not handling the weight.
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post Dec 26 2011, 03:56 PM
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I got it started today. Thought the accelerator cable had snapped somewhere. Turned out the wreck had just popped it off the ball below the pedal. I put that back on & it worked just fine. Took if for a short drive up my road & back. Drove just fine surprisingly. It actually tracked straight down the road (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) .
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post Dec 26 2011, 04:51 PM
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QUOTE(JRust @ Dec 26 2011, 01:56 PM) *

I got it started today. Thought the accelerator cable had snapped somewhere. Turned out the wreck had just popped it off the ball below the pedal. I put that back on & it worked just fine. Took if for a short drive up my road & back. Drove just fine surprisingly. It actually tracked straight down the road (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) .

you got a runner ..... don't fuch with it just drive it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)
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post Dec 26 2011, 05:32 PM
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So sad - looks like it was a very nice one indeed! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

Death to all 914 killer Medians !!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)


With that P-side offset, it might be good on clockwise oval track racing!
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post Dec 26 2011, 06:11 PM
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QUOTE(JRust @ Dec 26 2011, 04:56 PM) *

I got it started today. Thought the accelerator cable had snapped somewhere. Turned out the wreck had just popped it off the ball below the pedal. I put that back on & it worked just fine. Took if for a short drive up my road & back. Drove just fine surprisingly. It actually tracked straight down the road (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) .


Are you sure your brain was tracking straight? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)
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post Dec 26 2011, 06:11 PM
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With good pull on a frame rack and some splice and dice ???? Better than a bunch of rust repair IMHO.
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post Dec 26 2011, 06:26 PM
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With good pull on a frame rack and some splice and dice ???? Better than a bunch of rust repair IMHO.

Yeah I don't know. I think even straightened out the passenger long would still need replaced. It is so bent & the metal all crinkled. Then with the rest of the bodywork it would need. I think I would rather replace the longitude section in a 73 2.0 roller I have. The hell hole is rediculously bad. The rest of the car is in great shape. To me it would make more sense if I am to replace a longitude. To do it in the 73 than this 74 that has more frame issues. What do you think?
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