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> 1973 Widebody 914 For Sale
soloracer
post Mar 29 2020, 02:26 PM
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Not liking the way things are looking in my industry and figured I should clean up the garage to get rid of projects that I either am not going to finish or that are just in the way. One of those is the 914 project that I have owned for over 10 years. I have collected a pile of parts but never got around to actually putting them where they would be used. And from the looks of things it will be another 10 years before I do so. Much better to let someone else have a go at it. Would love to see it on the road one day.

The car is a 1973 Porsche 914 that was stripped to bare metal, had the chassis and trailing arms reinforced with a stiffening kit and then a Sheridan Motorsports wide body installed. It is in primer and is very solid. A little surface rust started to show in the last year or so but nothing to worry about. With a little clean up would be ready for paint. The car came out of California and was hauled directly to my garage where it sits currently.

The wheels are Kinesis Motorsports - 17x12 rear and 17x10 fronts. The rubber has full tread depths as they were installed new 10 years ago. Probably hockey pucks now. Off the top of my head they are 315 wide rears and 285 wide fronts. The shocks are 911 and the hubs have all been converted to 5 lug. The rear trailing arms look like they accept a 911 axle as they are bigger than 914. I believe the kit to convert them was done by Vellios back in the day. There is also a Vellios oil tank mounted inside one of the rear fenders.

The car has a roll cage welded in. Looks like done by an amateur and I would replace it with a quality cage if I was to go forward with the project. I installed a removable Momo steering wheel that would go with the car.

The car has a Sheridan Motorsports standard front and wide body rear. Hoods, roof, fenders are all composite. Doors are still metal. Pricing and pictures can be found here for their kits: ( http://www.sheridanmotorsports.com/p...s_pricing.html )

I am asking $7500 for the chassis. I think that is a steal when you consider the body parts alone are $5600 USD. Then you have to get a clean donor car, strip it to bare metal, reinforce the chassis, install the body kit, convert to 5 lug and 911 parts and purchase a killer set of wheels and tires. If you had to hire a shop to do the work for you there would easily be double, possibly triple the cost of what I am asking. I weighed the car when I first got it and it was around 1300 lbs with a magnesium 915 transmisson. Should have no problem keeping the weight around 2000 lbs when done. I have stock clean and perfect condition fuel tank for the car.

I was originally looking to install a air cooled flat six but after seeing the cost vs horsepower of such a venture I decided to go with a 3 rotor rotary engine. I bought the engine adapter kit from Kennedy engineering to mate the rotary to a Porsche transmission. Then a friend really wanted the engine so I sold it to him and changed my mind again. I sold the transmission I had and bought two water cooled Subaru EG33 flat six engines plus a legacy 5 speed transmission. Bremar makes a kit, that I bought, to convert the AWD transmission for use in a 914 - it basically removes the back half of the transmission that drives the rear wheels on a Subaru and uses a spline to lock it in place and then a rear cover to keep things clean. I also bought a Renegade Hybrids radiator set up for 914's that use water cooled engines and a set of solid shift rods from Patrick Motorsports. I have Wevo transmission and engine mounts, 911 Turbo Tie Rods, and a set of front and rear Boxster S monobloc calipers with adapters for early 911's, brake rotors for the calipers, a MOTEC M48 ECU with wiring harness, hi torque starter for 915 transmissions, weld in Porsche flat six mounting kit, and a bunch of other stuff I'm sure I forgot. I'll sell all this stuff separately. Call if you are interested. If you are buying the car and want the engine, transmission and radiator stuff I would let them go for another $2500 (2 flat six EG33 engines, 5 speed transmission, Renegade radiator kit, MOTEC ECU with wiring harness, Transmission AWD to RWD conversion kit) I will post pictures here shortly.


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post Mar 29 2020, 02:32 PM
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post Mar 29 2020, 03:16 PM
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Sorry to hear, Looks like a good deal...GLWS.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif)
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post Mar 29 2020, 03:18 PM
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Are you in Calgary?

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post Mar 29 2020, 03:21 PM
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Are you in Calgary?

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Yes, I am in Calgary
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post Mar 31 2020, 06:05 PM
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Brakes and tie rods sold. If you have any questions post here or send me a message.
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post Mar 31 2020, 06:55 PM
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post Mar 31 2020, 06:56 PM
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post Mar 31 2020, 06:58 PM
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post Mar 31 2020, 07:00 PM
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post Mar 31 2020, 07:02 PM
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post Mar 31 2020, 07:03 PM
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post Mar 31 2020, 07:04 PM
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post Mar 31 2020, 07:06 PM
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post Mar 31 2020, 07:08 PM
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post Mar 31 2020, 07:09 PM
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post Mar 31 2020, 09:22 PM
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QUOTE(soloracer @ Mar 29 2020, 03:32 PM) *

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Very nice! Someone will get a prize! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Apr 1 2020, 09:27 AM
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Wow. Someone is going to end up with a nice project with a lot of the hard work already done. GLWTS. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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post Apr 1 2020, 12:45 PM
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You have to stop posting extra pics, it will make someone buy the car... That is not acceptable.
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post Apr 1 2020, 01:27 PM
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You have to stop posting extra pics, it will make someone buy the car... That is not acceptable.


I always said you are the perfect next owner. Close to home so I can see it completed. I had one message asking me how much to complete. I should send him your contact details and maybe he will buy it and hire you to finish it. The Canadian Peso is almost worthless now so should be a bargain for him. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
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