Some of our 914 owner brethren have a personal hoarding addiction and this thread is an effort to help them fight and conquer this terrible disease.

Some 914 parts have little to no value and are effectively worthless. These parts include ‘date coded original factory’ worn out maintenance replacement parts that most people would just replace and toss out like used rubber brake hoses, used valve cover gaskets and torn weatherstripping, but some will keep even these – for bragging rights. But primarily, the worthless parts in this category rarely break, wear out or need replacement for any reason. This thread is about these orphan parts, and why a sane person should just toss them out because saving them thinking they will fund your child’s college education someday is futile.

In general, a worthless 914 part is any part that is broken, worn out to the extent nothing on it is useable or salvageable, is not repairable or can be used even partially to repair another broken part. Recycle it or toss it, but don’t keep paying rent for its airspace. Another characteritic of these parts is that there is no need to worry about finding these when you truly need them, because someone somwhere will always have these.

Or…Plan B, if you really think these are valuable, post a FPYPS: Free Parts You Pay Shipping ad in the classifieds and see how long you hold onto them.

Let’s make a list of them, which includes their mounting hardware – Its OK to toss these puppies:

Torsion bar end caps and adjusters
Front strut housings
Interior door latch cups
Door window posts
“Fasten seat belt” lamp housing
Severely dented, bent, cut/torn/drilled aluminum trim
Front trunk hinge arms
Rear trunk hinge arms
Front wheel bearing grease caps
Fuel expansion tank overflow tube
MPS brackets
Front windshield hoop ski rack cup
Front windshield hoop index block
Cracked, faded, chipped exterior lighting lenses
Rear window glass
Carpeting if worn out, stained frayed or otherwise damaged
Drivers side sunvisor with torn/missing map pocket
Passenger side sunvisor with torn/missing mirror flap
1975-76 heat exchangers and parts
1975-76 exhaust/muffler/catalytic converters
1975-76 rubber bumper covers
Fresh air system and parts
Engine bay sound deadening pad
Original Speakers
Headlight motors
Front trunk springs
Front suspension crossmember - steel
Inside rear firewall sound deadener
1.7 motor and related parts
Door interior panels with speaker cutouts
Doors with speaker cutouts
Front trunk hood
Rear trunk hood
Seats
Front A-arms (w/o the sway bar tabs)
Rear control arms
Shifter lever boots
Shifter lever knobs with cracks/chips
Rear trunk torsion bars
Windshield wiper reservoirs

What can you add to this list?

Stock used Engine sound deadening pad

Original Speakers

Are earlier heat exchangers and part worth saving?

Fuse panel
Headlight motors
Rear window ( non defrost)

front trunk springs.

Oh god...Jeff is going to hate me here...
D-Jet. NLA parts, super annoying to troubleshoot and super limited to performance upgrades.

old brake rotors and brake pads.



jon

front suspension crossmember - steel
front calipers- send em to Erc
Inside rear firewall sound deadener/rust collector
cracked/torn rubber trim
1.7 motor...unless Mark rejuvenates the market with a turbo option?

Okay so what I am really thinking is you producing the list because you have hoarded these specific items in an attempt to take over the 914 parts world by convincing all of us part hoarders to eliminate our stashes.

Then the suggestion to post adds for free parts plus shipping and then you will gather them up under new idenitites so we don't see your plans. Then consolidating them into your evil empire.

I'm onto you

heat control valves with broken springs and shoddy rivets. perhaps worth something to someone...door panels ruined back in the day for a set of $20 speakers. the doors that have the interior face hacked away to mount those same $20 speakers. holes for speaker wires in those doors...damn speakers. unless you have a broad buyers base, doors, F&R hoods in general. packing/boxing sucks. boxing, going to fedex for a quote that equals a kings ransom. shipping $ kills, but i just can't let them go scrap so i move them from here to there and back to here ...insanity!!!

I have seen most of the parts listed here for sale for hundreds of dollars, just saying. I have regretted almost everything that I've thrown out.

Yes, BUT I STILL NEED OUT SIDE MIRRORS.

and the fs threads for those 'pieces of gold' get bumped repeatedly and then just fade away. just sayin'....

Spare 914 seats & targa tops. I suppose one of each is okay. You probably don't need 20+

Andy pointed out that they can still be purchased new on German Ebay. I'm getting some when I finish my conversion.
Did anyone mention broken door handles, old synchro's, non-working clocks.

The headlight motors can be sold to the Ferrari guys for big $$$... Just sayin'

Nice poke...but you can expect to see my FPYPS ad soon...

Are you serious? I have a box full.

HL motors...i wish. i think front (w/o the sway bar tabs) and rear control arms make the list. shifter boots too.

k

List in first post updated...keep the suggestions flowing, these are great!

I disagree that the stock fusepanels and D-Jet parts should be tossed. there is absolutely nothing wrong with stock fusepanels unless they are damaged. Most/all D-Jet parts can be rebuilt or repaired and the demand for original D-Jet parts is strong.

Rear trunk torsion bars. Windshield wiper reservoirs?

and they make crappy wind chimes...

Moldy ass carpet

Yes, but I forget which model uses the same motor. I think it is the Daytona. I saw them do it on "Chasing Classic Cars". Same motor. Bolt on. NLA from Ferrari.

Here's one...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ferrari-365-Headli...1e2&vxp=mtr



More evidence...
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...p;#entry1386693

75-75 Cali muffler w/cat converter

I am proud to say that I have recently, DE-HOARDED

except for a pile of freaking ecu's but they say a sucker is born everyday and we all know these things go bad on a regular basis

can't wait for the motors to start showing on ebay in ferrari parts. should be enuf to keep the all of the daytona's headlights popping up well into the next century.

Feel free to send any known bad ones my way, I need them for a project and hate to gut good ones.


I mean ill take the good ones too, just would prefer bad ones!

-James

Used Clutch and throttle cables with good cable and bad housing.

I'm just wondering if the owner of a Ferrari Daytona would put a NARP part on his/her car to save $250...even though they look pretty much exactly the same...I guess if there was no supply of "official" Ferrari ones it be an option.

List in first post updated...great ideas!

The D-Jet ECU's are not valuable because most 914 owners seem to have an extra or two just in case. I don't think they should be tossed however...they are somewhat irreplaceable.

Okay Jeff, I went down opened my storage unit, and dumped out the first round of its your free if you pay shipping and cover Paypal fees. I know some of this stuff does not meet your list, yet it meets mine, one mans junk is another mans treasure.



My Jeff Bowlsby inspired cure me of my hoarding addiction ad.

Attaboy Stephen...a true leader arises.



You were paying rent to keep this stuff? Congratulations on your release from bondage...

Before anyone throws out a good condition tan seat, please let me know! My upholstery is ripped. Also, my targa top blew off one windy day this summer (long story) and partly damaged the front trim/bar. In the few years I've owned my 914, I've bought an ECU (from you, Jeff!) and a seat from another list members. Is this newbie missing something here?

Signed,

Your kids' college funder

jeff meant trashed seats - cause good cond seats are definitely NOT trash - and worth $100-$150 each i'd say.

because ecu's are known to RARELY go bad, they are not highly sought after.

there are good parts and bad parts and then there are - CORES - such as unknown cond, engines, transaxles, peddle assys, and calipers.

Those can be rebuilt.

bent engine carrier bar from a 2 L

i know. i'm not going to spend a bunch of money on parts to fix and try to sell un-calibrated units on speculation. pointless.

k

Thanks for reminding me how worthless some of my parts are. Cleaned out the shelves yesterday and filed up two trash containers with 914 stuff. Now I have more room to store the good parts.

Everyone keeping an eye on that front suspension set-up in the classifieds? What are the odds that it will sell?

:thinking:

.....Early steel Bumper's ? (70' 74)(what Bumper's?)

Unless these early bumpers condition is beyond repair, most early steel bumpers are in demand and worth something to someone.

front hoods, I have about 20
too expensive to ship and usually only replace in an accident

yes you pay in more than one way for keeping all this stuff. the true discipline comes when you don't add more stuff to fill the gap. Thats where I am right now, not ready to announce my new project, but starting to feel the itch to gather everything I "think I will need" lol

You constantly have to fight the addiction. Planning will help you, but it can't cure you. I have a full loft of stuff here to still go through, and an attic and garage full of stuff at my fathers.

So everything in my parts room should be thrown out?

bumpers in paint? shipping kills, esp ones with holes. i'll sell you the one i have listed jeff. me paying to ship mps cores that might serviceable? money looser right from the start. some folks offer to pay the $11.65 it costs to ship a med flat rate filled with cores. depends on who you want to deal with.