FS: 1972 Porsche 914 1.7L Options

[callaghanta]

1972 Porsche 914
4 cyl, 1.7L, air cooled, mid engine, fuel injected
104,000 miles
Owned car since 1976 (2nd owner) have all maintenance records
Matching tags
Always garaged
Includes car cover
Runs good
Good brakes
Clear title
Minimal rust in typical areas
Tires in good condition
Car Located in San Diego, CA for past 40 yrs.
$12,500

Text Tom at 817-726-8570 if interested
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[Tom_T]

Hi Tom,

You might want to do an intro post about yourself & your history with your 72 in the Garage Forum, so that you're off of the "new here" member - & then you can put in a link to this ad. That way you'll be seen as a real longtime 914er - which you are!

Out of curiosity - how did you end up with a 73-74 front bumper with the "tits" (bumper gaurds)?

It's probably a good idea to add that explanation here, as well as when the repaint or touch-up was done (orange overspray at the relay board cover pic) - just so buyers know the history better. I'm sure that you'll as get requests for pix of the underside as well.

Being from SD too myself (Uni Hi `70) & I kept going back to SD all the time since HS - even after moving to LA for college & then to Huntington Beach in 74, & getting my 73 914-2.0 in Dec. 75 (also a 2nd owner) - so I'm sure that I'd seen your 914 around town down there since then! Mine was Gold 75-Aug. 76, Copper Aug 76-80, & Anthracite Gray as in the avatar pic 80-present - so you may recall seeing me in mine 75-85 when I was still daily driving it & down in SD area often back then (but I'll be restoring it back to it's original "white" L80E Light Ivory)

The 72 914/4 is the best of the 1.7 breed - since it incorporated many of the later 914s' updates - including the movable passenger seat, added dash vents, a better shifting "tweaked" tailshifter trans, etc.

But the 72 1.7L was still at the 80 HP of the 70-72 1.7L's (73 1.7s dropped to 72 HP due to added smog eqpt.) - which is more than the 76 HP 74-75 1.8L & almost what the 75-76 2.0L had at 88 HP - especially when factoring in the added weight of the 75-76 914s lowering the power-to-weight ration due to the door with side-impact beams & the bigger/heavier 7 mph bumpers (BUBS - Big Ugly Bumpers to some).

In fact, before I got my 73 2L - I'd test driven both new 75 & 76 2.0 examples at dealers thinking of buying a brand new 914, but found them no more peppy than my gal-pal friend's 72 1.7L example!

PS - our 914s are only 6 months apart by VIN date - mine is 8/72 & the Chassis No. translates to a 8/31/72 build date!

With all that - I've either convinced other buyers that your 72 1.7 is a great option - or given you second thoughts on selling "your baby"!

As a fellow long time owner, I hope it's the latter! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Good Luck either Way! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
Tom
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[liebe]

Hi Tom,

You might want to do an intro post about yourself & your history with your 72 in the Garage Forum, so that you're off of the "new here" member - & then you can put in a link to this ad. That way you'll be seen as a real longtime 914er - which you are!

Out of curiosity - how did you end up with a 73-74 front bumper with the "tits" (bumper gaurds)?

It's probably a good idea to add that explanation here, as well as when the repaint or touch-up was done (orange overspray at the relay board cover pic) - just so buyers know the history better. I'm sure that you'll as get requests for pix of the underside as well.

Being from SD too myself (Uni Hi `70) & I kept going back to SD all the time since HS - even after moving to LA for college & then to Huntington Beach in 74, & getting my 73 914-2.0 in Dec. 75 (also a 2nd owner) - so I'm sure that I'd seen your 914 around town down there since then! Mine was Gold 75-Aug. 76, Copper Aug 76-80, & Anthracite Gray as in the avatar pic 80-present - so you may recall seeing me in mine 75-85 when I was still daily driving it & down in SD area often back then (but I'll be restoring it back to it's original "white" L80E Light Ivory)

The 72 914/4 is the best of the 1.7 breed - since it incorporated many of the later 914s' updates - including the movable passenger seat, added dash vents, a better shifting "tweaked" tailshifter trans, etc.

But the 72 1.7L was still at the 80 HP of the 70-72 1.7L's (73 1.7s dropped to 72 HP due to added smog eqpt.) - which is more than the 76 HP 74-75 1.8L & almost what the 75-76 2.0L had at 88 HP - especially when factoring in the added weight of the 75-76 914s lowering the power-to-weight ration due to the door with side-impact beams & the bigger/heavier 7 mph bumpers (BUBS - Big Ugly Bumpers to some).

In fact, before I got my 73 2L - I'd test driven both new 75 & 76 2.0 examples at dealers thinking of buying a brand new 914, but found them no more peppy than my gal-pal friend's 72 1.7L example!

PS - our 914s are only 6 months apart by VIN date - mine is 8/72 & the Chassis No. translates to a 8/31/72 build date!

With all that - I've either convinced other buyers that your 72 1.7 is a great option - or given you second thoughts on selling "your baby"!

As a fellow long time owner, I hope it's the latter! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Good Luck either Way! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
Tom
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This car looks great, specially for the cars out there and there asking price. I personallly like the car, love the color.

GLWS