Damn you Craigslist V8 914 build thread, Once more down the rabbit hole I go |
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Damn you Craigslist V8 914 build thread, Once more down the rabbit hole I go |
Matty900 |
Sep 21 2019, 10:13 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,269 Joined: 21-February 15 From: Oregon Member No.: 18,454 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
After The Beer Run we hosted a few weekends ago, this happened. I was taking my friend JP to the airport. He had spent the weekend driving my 72 1.7 and was returning home to Vegas. We had a little time to kill so we stopped off at a coffee shop and he pulled up our local Craigslist to see if there was anything interesting. One of the 1st things he found was an add for a 914 with a V8. He thought it looked like something he may be interested in and the price seemed reasonable if it was half as good as it looked, so we called. There was no answer so I figured it was a fake add and I could start to expect random spam calls in the near future.
I took JP on to the airport and worked my way back to the shop to tuck my car in. Just as I was about to pull the car in, my phone rings. It's the seller from Craigslist and he still has the car. I call JP and he has just boarded the flight but is still very interested in the car. So I pull the car back out into the pouring rain and make my way up to Vancouver. The weather continues to worsen and as I am pulling into Vancouver, I get a call from my wife that they have just issued a tornado warning for the area (not a normal thing in this part of the country. ) This is a short video of what I found 914-8 https://gopro.com/v/PoOrJrOPGvB8a Attached thumbnail(s) |
914forme |
Sep 22 2019, 06:45 PM
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Times a wastin', get wrenchin'! Group: Members Posts: 3,896 Joined: 24-July 04 From: Dayton, Ohio Member No.: 2,388 Region Association: None |
chassis wise solid plan. Avoid the roll bar, with the Mayer kit it is solid thru the core, get the Egmann kit from mad dog or have Cary build one that runs up the inner racers and get rid of the heater Chanel, and take it all the way back the to the -4 mount. Run across the lower half to tie it all in.
After that if you need more, then weld a roof on. Only race belts I would run on the street are Schroth with ASM technology. It is a 4 point belt system. 3 points are fine. Treat the 901 nice and you will be fine for a while, lots of them running around with out issue. Wiring is definitely sub par. Other than that, just enjoy the car, it looks like a great driver quality car. Rust yes get it fixed, but that was a know can of worms. |
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