Official Owners! Our first 914 Options

[DrinkMan]

After looking informally for a while and then detailed searching, a couple of months ago my wife and I decided to purchase a 914.

I posted here on 914world with the intent of either a) getting expert opinions on cars I was considering or b) finding someone who was willing to sell their car to the right person (me).

Plan b (which is always my real plan A) succeeded and one of the members offered his car to me. And then another member loaned his expertise to me and performed a PPI.

So, public thanks to Cuddyk (former caretaker of our car) and Rmital (guru who examined it for us).

As the next caretakers, I decided that we rescued the car from an environment not suitable for it. The pictures I received of the loading into the truck showed snow on the ground and overall miserable weather conspiring to rust away cars. Luckily, it arrived to 80 degrees and sunny weather to match its sunny color.

Today it arrived:
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I got a chance to drive it around a little (up and down the street a dozen times) and run it through the gears. My neighbors are used to our toys (actually they find it fun because we let some of them drive them to car shows when we want to take more than 2) so they tolerate my occasional test drives up and down the street at different speeds and gears repeatably.

With the Raby 2056 engine, it pulled strong. A few pops under deceleration that I think can be fixed with an Italian Tune Up or else a slight tune for our higher altitude. Cornering felt great. Not quite up to our Lotus standards but for a 44 year old car, it was pretty special. The condition is great. It needs some slight attention that we expected (thanks to the PPI) but they are just enough projects to make it fun and a learning experience. Nothing critical that needs attention in the next year (unless we want to do it).

Enough of my long winded introduction as a genuine owner (actually Caretaker). I've put the car to bed for the night. Tomorrow may be a busy day for it.
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