Any one knows this car?, For sale in Houston. Options

[HansJan]

Hello,

Any one here that knows this car?
It’s a 1975 1.8L
My 14 yr old son is wanting it as his first car (leaves us a 1.5 years to get it ready).

[SirAndy]

Not trying to be a dick, but i don't think any teenager should have a sports car with a roll cage for their first car, even if it's "just" powered by a 1.8L T4.

You are asking for a lot of trouble ...
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[brcacti]

Not trying to be a dick, but i don't think any teenager should have a sports car with a roll cage for their first car, even if it's "just" powered by a 1.8L T4.

You are asking for a lot of trouble ...
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You have to drive these cars VERY CAREFULLY if you want to live. I'm 66 and my ONLY accident I have ever had was in one of these, went on a ramp fairly fast and hit gravel and I was spinning like a globe. Was VERY LUCKY not to have killed myself as I did not flip. Getting that car for your son could be his first and last car. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif)

[Superhawk996]

You have to drive these cars VERY CAREFULLY if you want to live. I'm 66 and my ONLY accident I have ever had was in one of these, went on a ramp fairly fast and hit gravel and I was spinning like a globe. Was VERY LUCKY not to have killed myself as I did not flip. Getting that car for your son could be his first and last car. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif)

Not sure I agree fully. Need to drive anything with due care. Perhaps the reason you lived to tell the tale is that the 914 has a very low CG and IS NOT prone to rolling over.

Try the same thing in a high CG SUV and it WOULD have rolled.

I will grant you that modern car with Electronic Stability Control (ESC)would have prevented the spin and potential to roll via Roll Stability Control that is part of ESC in modern cars. However, many of us that are on this site lived and thrived during an era where the electronic nanny's weren't riding shotgun with us.

Please teach your kids to drive (rules of the road), but, more importantly, kids need to learn car control skills (i.e. maximize braking, skid control, visualization of the road). Car control skills are not taught by drivers education and can really only be learned by hands on driving.

Get your kids out on Go-kart tracks, Auto-X, what used to be called SCCA Solo 1 (i.e. single car track day - one car on track at a time). That will save lives.

https://www.drivingskillsforlife.com/abouta...at-is-ford-dsfl

[914forme]

You have to drive these cars VERY CAREFULLY if you want to live. I'm 66 and my ONLY accident I have ever had was in one of these, went on a ramp fairly fast and hit gravel and I was spinning like a globe. Was VERY LUCKY not to have killed myself as I did not flip. Getting that car for your son could be his first and last car. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif)

Not sure I agree fully. Need to drive anything with due care. Perhaps the reason you lived to tell the tale is that the 914 has a very low CG and IS NOT prone to rolling over.

Try the same thing in a high CG SUV and it WOULD have rolled.

I will grant you that modern car with Electronic Stability Control (ESC)would have prevented the spin and potential to roll via Roll Stability Control that is part of ESC in modern cars. However, many of us that are on this site lived and thrived during an era where the electronic nanny's weren't riding shotgun with us.

Please teach your kids to drive (rules of the road), but, more importantly, kids need to learn car control skills (i.e. maximize braking, skid control, visualization of the road). Car control skills are not taught by drivers education and can really only be learned by hands on driving.

Get your kids out on Go-kart tracks, Auto-X, what used to be called SCCA Solo 1 (i.e. single car track day - one car on track at a time). That will save lives.

https://www.drivingskillsforlife.com/abouta...at-is-ford-dsfl

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I raced dirt bikes, then when I almost killed myself on a street bike at 16 I switched to go carts, at 18 I was Auto-xing. Have done it ever since. And even still sometimes stuff just gets away. On the auto-x course if you don't spin your not pushing hard enough.


Lots of places to gain skills in a controlled environment, that can in an emergency situation transfer to life on the streets. More you practice these skills the better you are when you don't have time to think about it, just do.