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Posted by: McMark Apr 18 2005, 12:29 PM

Well I picked up a pretty big score from an old teener friend. He moved out of state and couldn't get rid of this car. So Trekkor and I rolled up on the new owners of the home and grabbed it. He said it was a good car, but I had no idea!!!! Came with the title and very little back registration.


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Posted by: McMark Apr 18 2005, 12:30 PM

It's a color change car, which is a minor bummer.


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Posted by: McMark Apr 18 2005, 12:32 PM

It's got great interior except the cut door panels. But it came with good replacement panels, so that's okay. The carpet is original and in good shape. Came with a center console as well, but it's on top the car right now.


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Posted by: McMark Apr 18 2005, 12:34 PM

The dash is in great shape. Some small cracks (4 or 5), but better than any dash I've ever had in a car.


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Posted by: McMark Apr 18 2005, 12:35 PM

Very good seats and backpad.


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Posted by: McMark Apr 18 2005, 12:40 PM

This car also came with the following:

4 Fuchs
4 BRAND 100% New sticker still on Kumho Ecstas (?)
4 Engine lids (3 with letters, 2 gold 1 chrome)
Spare rear glass and side windows
No engine, but included the sideshifter.
When we rolled up it was on 4 brand new beefy jack stands and had a 2.5 ton Sears floor jack under it.
1 set of hollow torsion bars (for a 911 I think)
1 adjustable front sway bar (not installed)
2 rear sway bars (not installed, obviously )
Nice early chrome bumpers
Complete spare front suspension (914 I think)

So lots of extra goodies.

Posted by: McMark Apr 18 2005, 12:42 PM

Now for the price. East coast quality rust damage. No wonder he had trouble getting rid of it!! Ouch. I have a car I'm about to cut up, so this worked out perfectly. This car would have been a shame to part out. It's too nice. OH, it's a 74 2.0 chassis, BTW.


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Posted by: Headrage Apr 18 2005, 12:55 PM

Excellant score!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: balljoint Apr 18 2005, 01:01 PM

Thank you for posting that last pic.


Very nice score.

Posted by: CptTripps Apr 18 2005, 02:08 PM

QUOTE (balljoint @ Apr 18 2005, 02:01 PM)

Thank you for posting that last pic. Very nice score.

I was getting worried there....

Posted by: Eric_Shea Apr 18 2005, 02:49 PM

Comes with it's own jackstands! It IS a 914!!

Posted by: tat2dphreak Apr 18 2005, 03:22 PM

definately a great score... if you hadn't mentioned the rust I would offically hate california!

you and you damn free cars!!

Posted by: McMark Apr 18 2005, 06:28 PM

It's going to be an interesting repair. Definitely the most involved work I've done. Once it's repaired I'm thinking I'll use some of my spare parts and build a 1911 for it with carbs. Should be fun with that motor.

Posted by: trekkor Apr 18 2005, 11:21 PM

When we were loading it onto my trailer I told Mark to wipe the drool off his lip.

( I might of had I little, too )

Score of the century award contention, no doubt.

Carbs, huh? I knew you'd come around.

Congrats. Nicely done.

KT

Posted by: ThinAir914 Apr 18 2005, 11:48 PM

What a score! (even with the east-coast damage).

So the tub you are about to cut up isn't the one you offered me is it? I've been wondering what ever happened with that.

Posted by: boxstr Apr 18 2005, 11:53 PM

That rust repair panel for the engine bay is availble from Restoration Design.
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Posted by: McMark Apr 19 2005, 12:01 AM

The damage goes through the long. It's a certified Hell Hole X-treme ®.

Posted by: r_towle Apr 19 2005, 08:05 AM

you guy need a real man to fix that...

Get foley to come out and show you how east coast rust is done...

Thats not that bad, mine had more and I have been driving it for six years now....

east coast rust....mmmm theres a difference???

Our rust is serious, when east coast rust arrives, it arrives to kill, not just to wreck paint....

R

Posted by: McMark Sep 27 2006, 12:03 AM

Thread REVIVAL!

I FINALLY got it welded up. The whole thing didn't turn out to be too difficult. Lots of welding and grinding.

Now to find it a new home. I have one possible buyer, and a running 1.7 to throw in it.




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Posted by: So.Cal.914 Sep 27 2006, 12:19 AM

Nice for free or otherwise.

Posted by: dlo914 Sep 27 2006, 12:20 AM

What?!? No Clutch PEDAL?


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Posted by: McMark Sep 27 2006, 12:23 AM

When you unhook the clutch cable (motor out) the pedal goes to the floor. If you look at the top of the 'slot' you'll see a small bit of dark black. That's the pedal.

Posted by: dlo914 Sep 27 2006, 12:48 AM

hehe yea i didnt see that until i posted the pic. i remember now when i pulled the engine out the same happened. i just thought it was one of those rare sportmatic editions hehe

Posted by: dlo914 Sep 27 2006, 12:52 AM

i recall you saying that the car came w/ two rear sway bars. Willing to sell one of them? But then again, im gonna install a stock front sway bar, would the car handle even better w/ the a rear bar?