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post Feb 20 2009, 12:03 AM
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I'm going to call a woman selling a 74 914. She wants something in the ball park of $500 give or take $100. I know the car ran when it was put into storage, but that's pretty much it. I also feel like I saw a classified ad of the car in a field. It definitely has some surface rust, I just don't know how deep it goes.
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post Feb 20 2009, 12:10 AM
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For $500? you ask "when can I pick it up." You should be able to sell the wheels for about that if they are in okay shape.
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post Feb 20 2009, 12:15 AM
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For $500? you ask "when can I pick it up." You should be able to sell the wheels for about that if they are in okay shape.


you think even if it's in shitty condition i grab it anyway and worse comes to worst sell it on ebay for what i paid? even if it's all rusted out?


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post Feb 20 2009, 12:19 AM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) okay, maybe not. Well, it looks like lids are okay, so there should be some decent parts to salvage on there. Really don't know what you're looking for. If you want a car to restore I would think this may be a good one to pass on but you East coasters restore some cars we Westerners would cut up in a heartbeat. I guess it all depends on what your skills are. Over the phone asking a lady about a car I wouldn't trust a work they say until I see it with my own eyes.
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post Feb 20 2009, 01:14 AM
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the words running through your head after you bought it.

It's only surface rust, It's only surface rust... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)
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post Feb 20 2009, 09:08 AM
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I have found that pretty much any 914 is worth $500 if you want to put time into taking parts off.

That does look like a East Coaster "clean tub" though. I am digging the purple stripe!
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post Feb 20 2009, 09:15 AM
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So what do you plan to do with this car? Part it out? Build a DD? Build a racecar? Let us know what you're looking for and we can be more helpful.
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post Feb 20 2009, 09:20 AM
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I don't think any summer project will start with 500.00 unless it's a part out project and maybe keep some parts for a better car. That car looks like a strip and repaint that had really terrible prep work.
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post Feb 20 2009, 09:45 AM
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So what do you plan to do with this car? Part it out? Build a DD? Build a racecar? Let us know what you're looking for and we can be more helpful.



I'd really like to turn it into a summer driver
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post Feb 20 2009, 03:33 PM
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Summer of what year? Seriously, expect a hell of a lot of work with that one. It needs to be thoroughly inspected and assessed based on your abilities. Expect much body rot.
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post Feb 20 2009, 03:48 PM
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Where is the car? Someone may be close by that can check it out for you.
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post Feb 20 2009, 06:15 PM
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QUOTE(kmccarthy88 @ Feb 19 2009, 10:03 PM) *

I'm going to call a woman selling a 74 914. She wants something in the ball park of $500 give or take $100. I know the car ran when it was put into storage, but that's pretty much it. I also feel like I saw a classified ad of the car in a field. It definitely has some surface rust, I just don't know how deep it goes.
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PS i'm looking for a project for the summer, just not an overly intense one



after seeing the photo of the car I would ask.....What are you wearing? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif)
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post Feb 20 2009, 07:32 PM
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I would say with another five hundred . (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif) u could get it to this level .
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post Feb 20 2009, 07:36 PM
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post Feb 20 2009, 08:21 PM
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QUOTE(type11969 @ Feb 20 2009, 04:48 PM) *

Where is the car? Someone may be close by that can check it out for you.



It's in Swanville Maine, which is like 100 miles north of portland. My ultimate goal is to talk her down to about $350 because cant I always just pop it on ebay with a $350 starting bid as a parts car if it is a total flop.
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post Feb 20 2009, 08:44 PM
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Id first ask her if she sees rust in the floor pan and in the engine area, maybe she can take some additional photos.

However it looks like you could probably save money buying one closer in better shape...

Are you going to do the work yourself??? It looks like it could be a project, after they sit awhile the brakes freeze and fuel/vacuum lines crack...
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post Feb 20 2009, 08:46 PM
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QUOTE(kmccarthy88 @ Feb 20 2009, 09:21 PM) *

QUOTE(type11969 @ Feb 20 2009, 04:48 PM) *

Where is the car? Someone may be close by that can check it out for you.



It's in Swanville Maine, which is like 100 miles north of portland. My ultimate goal is to talk her down to about $350 because cant I always just pop it on ebay with a $350 starting bid as a parts car if it is a total flop.

yes,
go get it for 350...dont even waste the gas to go see it...just bring up a trailer and get it for 350.

You will get that back at least in a worst case scenario.

where do you live?
I have loads of parts here and I know of loads more local to this area.

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post Feb 20 2009, 08:47 PM
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If you are looking for a project to learn about cars and you are willing to do a lot of the work yourself this may be a good project. But don’t expect to get what you put into it out of it later. You will put more than 2000 into this car if you have that kind of money setting around you may wont to consider a car that is not so fare gone as fare as rust goes from the looks off it. If you wont to maybe get your money back over time, Well some of it, this may not be the car. ANYTHING is possible what is your background around cars? And if that is a 74 why dose it have 75 bumpers? If it is a 2.0 motor buy as fast as you can and find another shell maybe and rebuild the 2.0 motor to go into the car with the best body. Most of us here started with one 914 than we got donor cars like the pix your showing.
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post Feb 20 2009, 11:08 PM
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If you are looking for a project to learn about cars and you are willing to do a lot of the work yourself this may be a good project. But don’t expect to get what you put into it out of it later. You will put more than 2000 into this car if you have that kind of money setting around you may wont to consider a car that is not so fare gone as fare as rust goes from the looks off it. If you wont to maybe get your money back over time, Well some of it, this may not be the car. ANYTHING is possible what is your background around cars? And if that is a 74 why dose it have 75 bumpers? If it is a 2.0 motor buy as fast as you can and find another shell maybe and rebuild the 2.0 motor to go into the car with the best body. Most of us here started with one 914 than we got donor cars like the pix your showing.


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Leaman knows his shitt . Very well put

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post Feb 20 2009, 11:09 PM
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