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Member ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 94 Joined: 17-October 14 From: New Albany, IN Member No.: 18,025 Region Association: None ![]() |
I posted about buying this car last fall. the thread is here
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...ssible+purchase It's a 1974 2.0 that I decided to let sit in my mother's garage over the winter until I could figure out if i was going to go pick it up or have it it shipped. It turned out to just be less of a hassle to have it shipped. I listed it on Uship, got a bid i was happy with, and the car should be delivered this Friday or Saturday. I'm really excited to get this thing here and give it a once over. I've never seen the car in person so hopefully there are no nasty surprises waiting for me. updates will follow later this week Attached image(s) ![]() |
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Die welt ist flach... ![]() Group: Members Posts: 39 Joined: 9-January 15 From: Asheville, NC Member No.: 18,310 Region Association: South East States ![]() |
Congratulations! How is it?
I posted about buying this car last fall. the thread is here http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...ssible+purchase It's a 1974 2.0 that I decided to let sit in my mother's garage over the winter until I could figure out if i was going to go pick it up or have it it shipped. It turned out to just be less of a hassle to have it shipped. I listed it on Uship, got a bid i was happy with, and the car should be delivered this Friday or Saturday. I'm really excited to get this thing here and give it a once over. I've never seen the car in person so hopefully there are no nasty surprises waiting for me. updates will follow later this week |
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Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 524 Joined: 4-June 13 From: Texas Member No.: 15,967 Region Association: None ![]() |
that rocks! I did the same thing about a year ago red 73 sight unseen out of 1000 oaks shipped via uship or similar went down easy car was better than advertised and it's awesome!
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/welcome.png) this place is the best resource out there cjl |
dabird |
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Member ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 94 Joined: 17-October 14 From: New Albany, IN Member No.: 18,025 Region Association: None ![]() |
Well, I don't have it yet. should be here Friday or Saturday. I do know the parking brake is stuck after sitting over the winter. Besides taking care of that, the first order of business will be removing that front air dam. I'm not a fan.
Congratulations! How is it? I posted about buying this car last fall. the thread is here http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...ssible+purchase It's a 1974 2.0 that I decided to let sit in my mother's garage over the winter until I could figure out if i was going to go pick it up or have it it shipped. It turned out to just be less of a hassle to have it shipped. I listed it on Uship, got a bid i was happy with, and the car should be delivered this Friday or Saturday. I'm really excited to get this thing here and give it a once over. I've never seen the car in person so hopefully there are no nasty surprises waiting for me. updates will follow later this week |
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914 Freak! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 17,150 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None ![]() ![]() |
Nice looking car, have fun with it.
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Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 649 Joined: 7-May 11 From: Fishers, IN Member No.: 13,035 Region Association: Upper MidWest ![]() |
Post lots of pictures......we like pictures!!
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Member ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 94 Joined: 17-October 14 From: New Albany, IN Member No.: 18,025 Region Association: None ![]() |
Well, look what the cat dragged in
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914 Guru ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 9,120 Joined: 17-January 05 From: San Angelo Texas Member No.: 3,457 Region Association: Southwest Region ![]() ![]() |
Needs a few things but pretty clean looking. Watch out for dips in the road, spoiler might last too long.
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Member ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 94 Joined: 17-October 14 From: New Albany, IN Member No.: 18,025 Region Association: None ![]() |
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Custom Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 24,705 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States ![]() ![]() |
Snow is coming, keep it close by for winter.
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Michael ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 10,304 Joined: 1-November 08 From: Auburn, CA Member No.: 9,712 Region Association: Northern California ![]() ![]() |
List that spoiler in the classifieds - someone will want it. Nice looking car BTW. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)
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Member ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 94 Joined: 17-October 14 From: New Albany, IN Member No.: 18,025 Region Association: None ![]() |
Pretty happy with this car. i only had about 30 minutes to look it over after it was delivered before I had to leave the house, but overall it seems to be a really solid driver. The interior is a little bit rattier than expected. the good part is dash is crack free and the ugly seats turned out to just be seat covers that were hiding really nice stock brown seats. The dash face vinyl is peeling, the carpet needs replacing and the rear window has a less than stellar tint job on it. The one thing that is kind of a bummer is the car was originally Signal Orange. I don't mind the red and it has a good older paint job on it but I am a dead up sucker for an orange car. Knowing that the car I own was originally one of my favorite 914 colors just stings a little bit. I'll investigate a little more this weekend.
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Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1,010 Joined: 12-July 11 From: Portland, Oregon Member No.: 13,308 Region Association: Pacific Northwest ![]() |
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dabird |
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Member ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 94 Joined: 17-October 14 From: New Albany, IN Member No.: 18,025 Region Association: None ![]() |
I did a little more digging into the car today. I didn't expect to get a rust free car from the northeast but i'm not sure how bad it is. it seems solid everywhere but under the passenger side rocker. you guys can be the judge of how bad it is. the front floors, and all the jack points seem solid. I haven't pulled the battery but i can't see any real problems in that area. this car has been painted at some point so it probably had some rust issues addressed at that point. I bought the car sight unseen and I didn't know it had a center console. it was just sitting in the passenger footwell and i loosely installed it just for the photos. I realize it's not the same as the factory set up but it was a nice surprise. I also thought the seats had been redone but it turns out they are just covers. The parking brake seems to be stuck on. the lever goes u p and down but i can't push the car when it's not in gear. I did drive it around the block and i'm looking forward to being able to get it out on a longer drive. Any tips to get the parking brake unstuck?
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Resident Electrician ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 8,347 Joined: 22-June 09 From: Midlothian TX Member No.: 10,496 Region Association: None ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Heavy undercoating means you might find more surprises. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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914 Idiot ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 15,155 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California ![]() ![]() |
Time to start poking around with a screwdriver.
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Member ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 94 Joined: 17-October 14 From: New Albany, IN Member No.: 18,025 Region Association: None ![]() |
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Member ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 82 Joined: 1-October 11 From: North Bay CA Member No.: 13,631 Region Association: Northern California ![]() |
nice looking 914!
Give that screw driver a bit of pressure... I am betting it'll go through in some of the places that "looks" solid I learned a valuable lesson from the experts here... It might look solid but give it a thorough test. The fact that you have a hole that size in the left long would suggest that the other side of it is just as bad... that area ties into your suspension console. I am still debating on which direction to go... attempt a repair or buy a lesser rusted tub. Your car looks in better shape so hopefully you'll get lucky and it will not be so bad... |
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Member ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 94 Joined: 17-October 14 From: New Albany, IN Member No.: 18,025 Region Association: None ![]() |
Here is the other side
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914-6 GT in waiting ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 19,855 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region ![]() ![]() |
Start digging and figure out what happened to the jack post. Hopefully not just bondo or fiberglass.
Or just drive it and enjoy. |
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