 My first 914..., I'm new to this so bare with me... |
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| jeff21lee |
 Jul 20 2009, 10:27 PM
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Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 9 Joined: 20-July 09 From: Seattle, WA Member No.: 10,590 Region Association: Pacific Northwest  |
here are a few photos of the 914 i picked up the other day... some interesting things about it are the 2 tops it came with (one metal and the other plastic) as well as the gold bumpers. it also came with dual 40 webers. should it have been fuel injected? let me know what you guys think. should i try to get it running or sell it and find a better project? the vin is 4702900880. thanks guys.
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| KELTY360 |
Jul 20 2009, 10:32 PM
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914 Neferati Group: Members Posts: 5,031 Joined: 31-December 05 From: Pt. Townsend, WA Member No.: 5,344 Region Association: Pacific Northwest 
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/welcome.png) Looks like a good place to start. Gold bumpers a definitely different. |
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| 914four |
Jul 20 2009, 10:37 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 510 Joined: 4-March 07 From: Rainbow City, Alabama Member No.: 7,582 Region Association: South East States
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QUOTE(jeff21lee @ Jul 20 2009, 11:27 PM)  here are a few photos of the 914 i picked up the other day... some interesting things about it are the 2 tops it came with (one metal and the other plastic) as well as the gold bumpers. it also came with dual 40 webers. should it have been fuel injected? let me know what you guys think. should i try to get it running or sell it and find a better project? the vin is 4702900880. thanks guys. java script:emoticon(':wttc:',%20'smid_62') Got any pictures of the engine compartment? |
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| Rand |
Jul 20 2009, 10:38 PM
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Cross Member Group: Members Posts: 7,409 Joined: 8-February 05 From: OR Member No.: 3,573 Region Association: None |
Welcome.
Metal top? Please tell more. Gold bumpers...Not my style, but very subjective. Do as you like. Dual 40s.... FI.... Yes, absolutely for sure.... Haha. Seriously: Depends on the engine build. Single carb sucks without question. Dual carbs = complex answer. Yes, FI is better. How many new cars use carbs? But.... Dual carbs on stock cam: Not ideal but can be tuned by the masters. Dual carbs with matched cam, with good tuning: Heck yeah! Before I digress... Tell us more about your combo. |
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| ghuff |
Jul 20 2009, 11:11 PM
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This is certainly not what I expected down here. Group: Members Posts: 849 Joined: 21-May 09 From: Bodymore Murderland Member No.: 10,389 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
I can't decide if the gold is tacky or different. If it were clean, and less brass like.
If the car had some 3 piece RS wheels black with gold bolts maybe. Black centers + gold bolts, or matching gold centers and black bolts... I don't know. That car looks pretty nice, and clean. bumpers and normal exhaust tips would make it great, imho. |
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| championgt1 |
Jul 20 2009, 11:20 PM
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Don't embarrass me Filmore! Group: Members Posts: 2,680 Joined: 3-January 07 From: Tacoma, Washington Member No.: 7,420 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Looks pretty good. Someone got real happy with the red paint!
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| hot_shoe914 |
Jul 20 2009, 11:20 PM
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on ramp passer Group: Members Posts: 3,802 Joined: 20-November 07 From: Earle, Ar. Member No.: 8,354 Region Association: None |
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| pktzygt |
Jul 21 2009, 07:13 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 328 Joined: 20-March 07 From: Chesapeake, VA Member No.: 7,611 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
QUOTE(championgt1 @ Jul 21 2009, 01:20 AM) Looks pretty good. Someone got real happy with the red paint! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welcome.png) Ohh damn! It took me a second to figure out what you were talking about. I those bumpers provide you with a good excuse to get your bumpers re-chromed. I'm looking foward to that making its way on my priority list. I'd take off the rockers and post some pics, also of the hell hole and trunks. I'm also curious about what mirrors the car is drilled for. I bet the tops are origional fiberglass with the origional finish and the other is the same but sanded down smooth and painted red. If you are patient, you can find all the little things you need like light lenses and washer nozzles for decent prices used. *shameless plug* I'm about to post a LE front spoiler for sale. I'm sure I can count on the guys here to let me know if I'm asking too much or too little. This is the best forum I've been a member of...Tons or knowledge without turning their noses up at the the new guys like me. Anyway, Welcome and I'll tell you, you be in deep before you know it. |
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| ellisor3 |
Jul 21 2009, 07:22 AM
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HPWhore Group: Members Posts: 811 Joined: 23-October 08 From: Fleming Island, Florida Member No.: 9,683 Region Association: South East States  |
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Welcome to the club, meet some friends. Now say goodbye to your money, your spouse, and your sanity. This place is like an online asylum. By the way I did not know Flavor Flav once owned a 914. Just kidding, the gold is certainly different. Keep us posted on the progress. |
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| carr914 |
Jul 21 2009, 07:30 AM
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Racer from Birth Group: Members Posts: 118,670 Joined: 2-February 04 From: Tampa,FL Member No.: 1,623 Region Association: South East States |
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Keep the Gold Bumpers - with the right color paint job & wheels, they would look cool. Like a Bling LE. T.C. |
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| ghuff |
Jul 21 2009, 08:26 AM
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This is certainly not what I expected down here. Group: Members Posts: 849 Joined: 21-May 09 From: Bodymore Murderland Member No.: 10,389 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Gold +
(IMG:http://www.6ercoupe.de/Zubeh/BBS_RS.jpg) Hrmmm. Also is that a gold towel rack in the frunk? lol |
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| Rand |
Jul 21 2009, 11:07 AM
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Cross Member Group: Members Posts: 7,409 Joined: 8-February 05 From: OR Member No.: 3,573 Region Association: None |
Must be the distortion at the edge of the photo. But when I first noticed, I thought wow that's a lot of camber on the bug! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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| Cupomeat |
Jul 21 2009, 11:10 AM
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missing my NY 914 in VA Group: Members Posts: 1,336 Joined: 26-November 07 From: Oakton VA Member No.: 8,376 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Love that pimp daddy gold!
Oh, and what the hell happened to the right rear camber of the blue bug in that middle picture? I'd never seen a bug like that. Can you take some shots (well lit) of the area under the battery, and the engine bay. Then, take some shots of the underbody of the car, right below the back of the door. Once you take some shots pick at the area a bit with a screw driver and see if anything gives way, then take more pictures. Otherwise, the front looks clean and ready for a restore (although I haven't seen under the trunk. Once we see the hell hole, the longs and the jack points we can give a fair (across the internet(s) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif) ) opinion of the car. |
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| Shade Tree |
Jul 21 2009, 01:47 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 260 Joined: 18-December 08 From: Springfield, Oregon Member No.: 9,860 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
QUOTE(Cupomeat @ Jul 21 2009, 10:10 AM) Love that pimp daddy gold! Oh, and what the hell happened to the right rear camber of the blue bug in that middle picture? I'd never seen a bug like that. Can you take some shots (well lit) of the area under the battery, and the engine bay. Then, take some shots of the underbody of the car, right below the back of the door. Once you take some shots pick at the area a bit with a screw driver and see if anything gives way, then take more pictures. Otherwise, the front looks clean and ready for a restore (although I haven't seen under the trunk. Once we see the hell hole, the longs and the jack points we can give a fair (across the internet(s) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif) ) opinion of the car. The bug just looks like that 'cause it's got an old swing axle and it's dumped to the ground. My '64 bug looked like that.... I thought it was cool at the time. I bought really cheap rear tires and kept replacing them every 6 months or so....Sorry for the hijack.... Carry on. I agree those gold bumpers might look pretty cool with the right combo of wheels and paint. |
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| ghuff |
Jul 21 2009, 06:36 PM
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This is certainly not what I expected down here. Group: Members Posts: 849 Joined: 21-May 09 From: Bodymore Murderland Member No.: 10,389 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
That floor damage looks like it may be going into the longs/framerails there at the bottom.....
Won't know until you really get into it though.... Get some pics under the relay panel, and under the battery tray. That battery tray looks like it was welded in not long ago, hell hole may have been repaired in the past..... THe problem is that repair could hve let a ton of crap into the longs before, causing them to rot inside out.... |
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| jeff21lee |
Jul 21 2009, 06:39 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 9 Joined: 20-July 09 From: Seattle, WA Member No.: 10,590 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
are the floors very tough to replace? where can i find parts for this car?
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| jeff21lee |
Jul 21 2009, 06:45 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 9 Joined: 20-July 09 From: Seattle, WA Member No.: 10,590 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
i wasnt quite sure what it was you wanted to see but i took a few more photos of that battery area....
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| pktzygt |
Jul 21 2009, 07:22 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 328 Joined: 20-March 07 From: Chesapeake, VA Member No.: 7,611 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
That gold bar looks like a bumper guard to me. Like a brush guard for a truck. I kid you not, I've seen pics. I believe those are 944 mirrors, but I'm still a noob too.
Does anyone else see fiberglass in the 2nd to last pic? If it is, I'll promise you there is something under it that you need to see, but won't want to look. Does the door on the passenger side close smoothly? Door gap even? AutoAtlanta has good diagrams of all the replacement sheet metal but there are plenty of vendors that sell it in the member vendor section of the forum. |
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| ghuff |
Jul 21 2009, 07:27 PM
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This is certainly not what I expected down here. Group: Members Posts: 849 Joined: 21-May 09 From: Bodymore Murderland Member No.: 10,389 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
QUOTE(pktzygt @ Jul 21 2009, 05:22 PM) That gold bar looks like a bumper guard to me. Like a brush guard for a truck. I kid you not, I've seen pics. I believe those are 944 mirrors, but I'm still a noob too. Does anyone else see fiberglass in the 2nd to last pic? If it is, I'll promise you there is something under it that you need to see, but won't want to look. Does the door on the passenger side close smoothly? Door gap even? AutoAtlanta has good diagrams of all the replacement sheet metal but there are plenty of vendors that sell it in the member vendor section of the forum. Is that glass? It looks like cobwebs and dust in the corner of the hell hole. It looks like thick custom patches of sheetmetal in the hell hole, and a lack of engine tray/shelf as well.............. Fab something up to mate with the tin and keep it seperated..... OP: Remove the plugs from the relay panel opposite the battery tray, and then remove the relay panel and clean th metal down there to see how that side is... |
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