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[brubou]

Hello All,

Long time lurker. Recently became a member to purchase a 914. This one to be exact:

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=298556

I bought my first Porsche (2000 Boxster S) some years back, but I always felt it was a targa bar short of being a new school 914. I sold it to fund this purchase, which I don't regret in the least.

I've been coming to this site for many years, drooling over the rust repair threads, not the pretty builds mind you, the real dirty 'remove 1/3 of the uni-body' repairs (yes, I'm not well in the head).

I'm very happy with my purchase. I will post photos of what I uncovered while going over my purchase.

I think it important for new 914 owners to find out how their car measures up, literally. I found the webpage with the car dimensions and where to measure what, however, I couldn't bring my computer into the garage. So I created a PDF that you can print and fill out with your car's measurements. The PDF is attached, enjoy. No, I haven't measured my car yet, but I will and I will use this when I do.

Thanks for reading

 Worksheet_Dimensions_Porsche_914.pdf ( 116.51k ) Number of downloads: 419

[brubou]

The car came with an Optima REDTOP® battery that I want to take good care of. I went to Amazon and purchased the NOCO Genius 7200 charger. From my research the Optima batteries are AGM, and NOCO chargers have an AGM specific mode.

https://www.amazon.com/NOCO-Genius-G7200-GC...oco+genius+7200




I also found the engine number and based on the VIN chart I found on the p914 website, the engine number is well within range for my VIN (4732912466). Combine that with the invoices I have for the car, and I believe this is the original engine. The second engine the car came with is number GA008974, which is from a 74 having a VIN between 4742900001 - 4742921370.



The door plate confirms the L96D (Silver Metallic) paint code. The chassis number is 0339569, and that translates to a 1/16/1973 birth date. How many chassis could Karmann build in a day? Was my car really the 569th chassis to roll off the line that day? I find that impressive for 1973.