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> Looking for a special 914, On the hunt for my dad's 914
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post Dec 9 2013, 10:47 PM
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Don't lose hope! When you least expect it she'll turn up.

A few years ago I went looking for my parents old boat, kind of always had my eye out for it actually. After a while I found a decent hull and started restoring it. Just before I finished I ended up finding the original boat on Craigslist. I spotted a small little tell in one of the pictures in the ad that she had once been an inboard but had been converted to an outboard. I called the owner and asked what the FL numbers were, like a tag for a boat but they stay with the boat for its life. Sure enough it was my dad's boat and she was about 2hrs away. Went down to the Keys and bought it. My parents where ecstatic to get their honeymoon boat back.

Turns out the previous owner had brought it up to Hollywood to a mechanic that is literally three blocks from our business two years before for motor work. She had been parked under our noses for a couple of weeks and we did not even know it.

Keep the Faith!
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post Dec 10 2013, 06:03 AM
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This one is FS in Sarasota, FL - Same Wheels

http://sarasota.craigslist.org/cto/4235216827.html

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post Feb 23 2014, 03:11 PM
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QUOTE(carr914 @ Dec 10 2013, 04:03 AM) *

This one is FS in Sarasota, FL - Same Wheels

http://sarasota.craigslist.org/cto/4235216827.html

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This is the car I just posted about in my new member introduction. This seller traded it to my recently deceased friend for a boat. I am now considering buying it from the estate. Do you know how much he was asking for the car? The link to the Craig's list ad doesn't work.
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post Feb 24 2014, 12:12 AM
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Try checking the VIN number area, under the 914info. With the year and the color code it's a longshot, but it's a possibility.
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post Feb 24 2014, 06:22 AM
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QUOTE(carr914 @ Dec 10 2013, 04:03 AM) *

This one is FS in Sarasota, FL - Same Wheels

http://sarasota.craigslist.org/cto/4235216827.html

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This is the car I just posted about in my new member introduction. This seller traded it to my recently deceased friend for a boat. I am now considering buying it from the estate. Do you know how much he was asking for the car? The link to the Craig's list ad doesn't work.


It was listed at either $12,000 or $14,000
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post Feb 24 2014, 07:46 AM
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TC, I though you have touched, owned or swapped for every southeast 914 that is still alive????
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post Feb 24 2014, 06:32 PM
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Contact California DMV with that old license plate number on a filled out Public Disclosure Request form asking for the VIN of that license (note the year of registration on the request).

CA DMV Request info

Once you have VIN, you will do much better tracking the car down. Right now you don't even have the glass slipper.

It's where I'd start...
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post Jun 27 2023, 09:14 PM
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10 years later I found it and bought it!

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...maybe

Probably not, but repainted from orange to red also! 1.7L though. Bought this one last week from Long Beach and I since moved to Phoenix as well where it will now be fixed up.

Would anybody here like to buy a 1-owner creampuff original paint Ravenna Green 914 2.0 to help me fund this Chalon build? I am in the green 914 deep, maybe I'll need Bring-a-Trailer to help me get top dollar?

Looking forward to reading up on this forum looking for the best bang for buck upgrades and whatever I can simplify.
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post Jun 27 2023, 10:36 PM
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QUOTE(turnerj @ Jun 27 2023, 10:14 PM) *

10 years later I found it and bought it!

...maybe

Probably not, but repainted from orange to red also! 1.7L though.


Your Dad’s car had a Monza style muffler… are you sure they were made for 2.0L engines? I was thinking it was only the 1.7/1.8 … (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)


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post Jun 28 2023, 06:14 AM
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QUOTE(turnerj @ Jun 27 2023, 11:14 PM) *

10 years later I found it and bought it!

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...maybe

Probably not, but repainted from orange to red also! 1.7L though. Bought this one last week from Long Beach and I since moved to Phoenix as well where it will now be fixed up.

Would anybody here like to buy a 1-owner creampuff original paint Ravenna Green 914 2.0 to help me fund this Chalon build? I am in the green 914 deep, maybe I'll need Bring-a-Trailer to help me get top dollar?

Looking forward to reading up on this forum looking for the best bang for buck upgrades and whatever I can simplify.

wow blast from the past post!! cool to update it about your purchase, is it the same car? or just similar?
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post Jun 28 2023, 07:27 AM
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Great story (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Jun 29 2023, 07:03 AM
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Would be interested in hearing about the ravenna car. Already sent pm.
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post Jun 29 2023, 09:47 AM
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QUOTE(SKL1 @ May 19 2013, 08:35 PM) *

It will be a needle in a haystack, but you never know. If the car is still in TX or AZ it may not have rusted away...

My son was looking for a 993 a couple years and tried to find a '95 coupe I had special ordered way back, and stupidly sold in '98. He had hoped to find it and bring it back in the family. He traced it to Switzerland!! Needless to say he found one a little closer, in Arkansas...


Great story, drive her in good health
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