Hmm...decisions, decisions, decisions! Options

[Tom_T]

Hmmmm..... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)

914 is the "track car" ...

GT40 is a "street car" (yeah right, but we'll go with it ;-)

So no "conflict" there (unless there's a "but honey" problem).

So I say - adjust your dang "person rule/limit" & just build a bigger garage if needed!

Even if you ultimately have to part with one in the future, you're making a judgement now without even knowing what that GT40 build will finish out like, & how you'll actually like driving it in the end (hard to understand not, but...) ....

So any decision today is made on incomplete info. today (even with your having 100% of the info. vs our 10%).

Plus - as Chef & others pointed out - your buddy passed it into your care to get it finished, so finish it, then drive it, then decide whether to sell it, or build a bigger Garage!

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Cheers! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
Tom
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[motorvated]

Keep both of them if you can, and wrap the 914 in Gulf livery. Your friend might have liked that, and it will be faster on the track.

[Cracker]

Sounds easy enough but...

1) I have TWO too many cars...not just one.

2) I already own (and have for a few years now) a better "track car" than either the 40 or 14 can or will ever be...

3) I am also in the throws of a very nice six restoration - somethings gotta give! My significant other is patient but she does have her limits!

4) My 914 will be going through the process of making it more of a street-rod with track duty fading (cage mods, door glass, etc.). My DSR is just so much better and cheaper should something go way, way wrong...

T

914 is the "track car" ...

GT40 is a "street car" (yeah right, but we'll go with it ;-)

So no "conflict" there (unless there's a "but honey" problem).

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Cheers! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
Tom
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[11tenths]

My 2 cents is don't discount the importance of your support group. Will you enjoy hanging out with GT40 people like you do your 914 buds? I find a large part of the enjoyment I get from owning a car is sharing those feelings with people who have similar values to my own. I'm by no means dissing the Ford guys, cause I was one, just saying check out some events that you might go to with the GT40 to see if the crowd fits you.

And then there's the issue of your putting all your effort, time and money into your friend's project, only to have the first thing people ask you- "Is that a REAL one?"

I bet you don't get that with your 914.

After having said all that, my favorite slot car as a kid was modeled after #73!

Again, just my $.02 .

-Harry

[mepstein]

You and I. Build in a day. Just saying... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[Chris914n6]

Reading between the lines it sounds like you took advantage of an opportunity to buy the GT40 and you shouldn't have. I've done that before and probably will again.

I've got 2 914s in the garage, 3 cars in the driveway, and 3 cars on the street. 6 of them need some sort of work done on them. 1 is Dads BBC Squarebody that I haven't decided to mod or Resto. 2 are a fix and flip. Plus a 10th car on the street that is a friend of a friend that I'm impatiently waiting for him to buy a new trans for. My plan started with a 914 and a DD. Too many cars at one time is relative (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Almost every afternoon I turn on the swamp cooler and misters to ease the pain of 115f and try to cross off lines on the to do list.

[Rand]

Complete them both and spend plenty of seat time in each before making this decision. Don't let either one go before then. The decision needs to be made according to the size of your smile when driving. You can bend the rules that long. You must! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Cracker]

...I believe you need a self-imposed rule! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)

T

I've got 2 914s in the garage, 3 cars in the driveway, and 3 cars on the street. 6 of them need some sort of work done on them. 1 is Dads BBC Squarebody that I haven't decided to mod or Resto. 2 are a fix and flip. Plus a 10th car on the street that is a friend of a friend that I'm impatiently waiting for him to buy a new trans for. My plan started with a 914 and a DD. Too many cars at one time is relative (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[mb911]

Tony,

You and I have spoken many times. Personally I would s
Keep it , finish it, drive it then decide.

[Cracker]

Thanks guys...allot to consider!

T

[PanelBilly]

Took me a while to consider my response. You wouldn't trade your wife for a new "faster" model, so why would you think of trading the teener in? Now having two wives... that's one to debate. I'm too old to handle a harem, but you might be up for it

[Rand]

Cringe, Billy, hope it didn't take too long. Never let your wife hear you compare her with cars or you'll end up with none. On both fronts. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) Different universe. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif) (yes I got the joke)

Tony, I get your personal conviction to keep the toys within limits. But I sure hope you'll give yourself some time to ride this out before letting one go.

[warpig]

Just imagine the faces and thoughts going through everyone's minds as you pull up to the paddock towing your 914 track car with your super custom GT40. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)
Your friend would be proud!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)

[bandjoey]

Keep both if possible but the GT is first into the garage.

[Chris914n6]

I have rules (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

1. Cars pay for cars. Which means only the money gained by working on cars on the side, or flipping, or parts sold, can be invested into the projects.

2. I'm at my limit... no more space (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) I'd like to be done with projects by the end of 2018, and likely won't take on a new one unless I score a nice 914 chassis to put the wrecked car parts into.

...I believe you need a self-imposed rule! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)

T

I've got 2 914s in the garage, 3 cars in the driveway, and 3 cars on the street. 6 of them need some sort of work done on them. 1 is Dads BBC Squarebody that I haven't decided to mod or Resto. 2 are a fix and flip. Plus a 10th car on the street that is a friend of a friend that I'm impatiently waiting for him to buy a new trans for. My plan started with a 914 and a DD. Too many cars at one time is relative (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[Dion]

Tony, sorry for the loss of your friend.
My son & I are big fans of the GT40's.
Devil may care....keep em' both!
Good luck.

[mbseto]

Condolences, sorry to hear about your friend.

If the only thing stopping you is your self-imposed rule, I'd keep them both. When something extraordinary happens like this, it is fair to throw the rules out the window.

Sounds like it is NOT just your rule holding you back though. I'd try to keep one of them close, i.e. hand of to a son/daughter, nearby enthusiast, etc. I guess you would have to be lucky to know a person who is close, interested, and also able to handle such a car mechanically and financially.

The wife comparison is apt- you can pick one and once you do, you will occasionally have doubts but you have to trust your decision and stick to your guns! At least with a car, if a friend ends up with it they are more likely to let you take it for a spin for old times sake! :-)

I hope you follow-up on this story, I would love to hear how it turns out!

[rhodyguy]

How much more money and time would you have to invest in the GT to complete and make road worthy?

[Cracker]

That is not an easy question to answer...really. So much depends on choices...my vision would be different than my late friends. He was intending to build a dual purpose track/street car - emphasis on the "track" though. I would build, as mentioned previously, strictly a street oriented car.

T

[jor]

This is the kind of decision we'd all love to have! Is there really a wrong decision? I'd be happier with the Prince racer, tangerine 914, and GT40 in my stable than with two racers and single street car. But that's because I don't get to the track as often as you do. You sound like a guy who values track time and, especially, beating down more reputable machinery with your 914. It's just too bad that you have to drop one of these awesome machines.