914 sighting, Wilmington junk yard Options

[Ferg]

I remember the Pantera trans car, it was at the first WCC on the last day. I followed him back towards Oakland on my way back to ColoRADo. It could be it, I remember it was flat black ish with a wild body kit...

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[Unobtanium-inc]

I still want to know the story behind WHY it was in a scrapyard to start with. Whoever junked it missed out on better $$$ if they would have sold it complete.

In the world of cars that end up at places like this there is "right money" and "Right now money", most guys go for the latter. At least at a place like this the parts will get used, plenty of cars get scrapped and folded into squares, the parts help no one.
I've always loved places like Pull-A-Part, cars that would have been just junk get used down to the last nut, and usually at affordable prices, so for guys with more ambition/time than money there are ways like this to keep your car alive.

[sixnotfour]

I used to buy 944s for the fuchs and drop the rest off at pick and pull $700

[Valy]

I'm almost sure that car was in Sunnyvale, CA few years back.
I remember the owner said it had a Chevy V8 and a Pantera transmission.
The engine was so strong that it twisted the rear trunk. The guy welded at it for few days just to fix that.
If that's the car, you should see a lot of welds and reinforcement between the transmission mounting points and rear suspension.

Wonder if you're talking about Campbell's old 914-8, which haunted Berkeley (Gilman area) and the East Bay on and off for many years. The car was dark (gray?) with big (!) flares, boxed aluminum rockers, Centerline wheels, and...a Pantera gearbox. I think he bought it with a turbo V8 (which didn't work, which was why it was for sale) and got it running with a Chevy V8 sans turbo.

Campbell was runner who raced Carl Lewis, IIRC, and he was also my junior high PE teacher (and one crazy mofo...which made him the coolest teacher at Portola), and his 914 was the first legitimately fast car I ever rode in. The acceleration onto 80 East from Gilman or University blew my mind. I can still remember the shock, and I'm not even sure the 918 and other stuff has come near that experience. Something about our lens. HC is running another 914 these days, white with a Honda V6 I think? See him at EASY from time to time, and it sounds tight and looks quick. He's on this board from time to time, under Cali914 or similar. I think CALI914 was his plate back in the day. Need to go out with HC some time...we probably have some stories to swap.

Sounds like we're talking about the same car.
One more thing I just remembered is that it had a whale tail spoiler so the car in this thread must be a different one.
The car was scary fast. I saw the damage it did to the body...

[Chi-town]

I went out to see what was left and there's not much.

Interior is gone except seat shells and lower dash bolster that looked decent.

There's a small block with a custom engine mounting plate but all the coolant accessories are gone and it has a 901 behind it.

Top, Trunk, and hood are gone but the wide body kit is still all there. Doors are in decent shape. Rear glass and door glass is good. Engine lid still there.

I took the targa latches and door check.

Fuel tank is punctured at the top and full of rust, I took all the hold down / mounting hardware and outlet nipples and sender.

Wiring is all chopped up.

It's a re-drilled 5 lug with stock calipers.

[pete000]

Check that 901 trans for a HB stamping !

[ValcoOscar]

I went out to see what was left and there's not much.

Interior is gone except seat shells and lower dash bolster that looked decent.

There's a small block with a custom engine mounting plate but all the coolant accessories are gone and it has a 901 behind it.

Top, Trunk, and hood are gone but the wide body kit is still all there. Doors are in decent shape. Rear glass and door glass is good. Engine lid still there.

I took the targa latches and door check.

Fuel tank is punctured at the top and full of rust, I took all the hold down / mounting hardware and outlet nipples and sender.

Wiring is all chopped up.


It's a re-drilled 5 lug with stock calipers.

Did you grab front and rear trunk hinges (w hardware)???? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)

Oscar

[Chi-town]

I'll grab the hinges tomorrow when I go back. All the torsion rods were gone.

Where would I find the "HB" stamping? and what does it mean?

[abes914]

I was going to check it Saturday morning but I guess not worth it. Thanks for letting us know.

[pete000]

I'll grab the hinges tomorrow when I go back. All the torsion rods were gone.

Where would I find the "HB" stamping? and what does it mean?

On the transmission center rib on the bottom would also possibly have a hang tag on the side. This would mean it was a LSD gearbox.

[Coondog]

You guys need to visit Vince’s place in Hesperia, there’s always a half dozen 914s setting around beng parted out. It’s your own 914 pick and pull heaven. Plus he has a couple containers full of parts.

[horizontally-opposed]

Sounds like this thing is headed for a crusher. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

What a bummer, even considering the hacked up harness and the rest of the parts stripped away. We see folks on here all the time starting with rusty tubs and visions of big body kits, etc. Here's a car that might be a MUCH better foundation, with a body kit that actually raced in period—and it looks like it might be one of the very rare ones that someone took the time to get right on the install. Gaps look good, things line up, etc.

Did anyone get a VIN or check the usual suspects for rust?

[Chi-town]

You can't buy them back once they are in a yard.

Now there is even less I took the rear trailing arms/brakes, shift rods, trunk hinges for Oscar (others are already gone), pedal assembly.

I pulled the trans, it's open diff with a U-joint style shaft assembly welded to the stubs and outdrives by some driveshaft shop so I left it.

There's a Allen key broke off in the flywheel bolt so that's not going any where and that makes the adapter plate not accessible.

The engine is picked over

[pricebill]

I pulled the alternator, water pump and hoses from this vehicle. I was thrilled to find OG Renegade parts in a junkyard. This car lives on.

[Chi-town]

I pulled the alternator, water pump and hoses from this vehicle. I was thrilled to find OG Renegade parts in a junkyard. This car lives on.

That was me you ran in to while you were puling the water pump. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[ValcoOscar]

I pulled the alternator, water pump and hoses from this vehicle. I was thrilled to find OG Renegade parts in a junkyard. This car lives on.

That was me you ran in to while you were puling the water pump. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

Nice score guys......

Hey Chi-town, thanks for coming and helping out yesterday at my house. Got another one on it's merry way...off to Riverside. You ought to come to 914 Cone Zone on Nov 3rd.

Till next time...

Oscar