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Posted by: ontopcop Dec 23 2019, 12:02 PM
Hello from Texas. New owner of a '73 914 1.7, I look forward to all the info I hope and pray to get from the forum, and hope I can help out someone else along the way as well.
Posted by: FlacaProductions Dec 23 2019, 12:08 PM
Posted by: Mikey914 Dec 23 2019, 12:12 PM
Welcome, looks like you new purchase has had some upgrades already.
Mark
Posted by: ndfrigi Dec 23 2019, 12:16 PM
Welcome to 914world. Looks like the car is familiar to me and is it originally from CA (Socal)?
Posted by: porschetub Dec 23 2019, 12:26 PM
looks like you are off to a good start 
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Posted by: Tdskip Dec 23 2019, 12:52 PM
Welcome!
Posted by: ClayPerrine Dec 23 2019, 01:17 PM
We are happy you are here. Tell me, Texas is a big place... what part are you from?
Clay
(In Hurst, Texas.... near DFW Airport)
Posted by: ontopcop Dec 23 2019, 02:01 PM
Welcome, looks like you new purchase has had some upgrades already.
Mark
Yes, she has some suspension upgrades. Real happy with the purchase.
Posted by: ontopcop Dec 23 2019, 02:02 PM
We are happy you are here. Tell me, Texas is a big place... what part are you from?
Clay
(In Hurst, Texas.... near DFW Airport)
Yes, Texas is quite big... Im in Fort Worth
Posted by: ontopcop Dec 23 2019, 02:03 PM
Welcome to 914world. Looks like the car is familiar to me and is it originally from CA (Socal)?
Thank you. Yes, the car did come from Cali. The guy I bought it from said so anyway.
Posted by: ndfrigi Dec 23 2019, 02:04 PM
Welcome, looks like you new purchase has had some upgrades already.
Mark
Yes, she has some suspension upgrades. Real happy with the purchase.
is this your set up?
Posted by: ontopcop Dec 23 2019, 02:11 PM
Welcome, looks like you new purchase has had some upgrades already.
Mark
Yes, she has some suspension upgrades. Real happy with the purchase.
is this your set up?
That orange rear coil looks familiar.
Posted by: ontopcop Dec 23 2019, 02:17 PM
Welcome, looks like you new purchase has had some upgrades already.
Mark
Yes, she has some suspension upgrades. Real happy with the purchase.
is this your set up?
That orange rear coil looks familiar.
I must admit, I bought her in the rain, and its rained since I brought her home. Today we finally have decent weather, I hope to do a lil more investigating over the holidays. was this your car? I bought it from a super nice Aussie on Johnson City, Texas
Posted by: campbellcj Dec 23 2019, 02:17 PM
Welcome! Looks like maybe Phoenix Red?
Posted by: ontopcop Dec 23 2019, 02:20 PM
Welcome! Looks like maybe Phoenix Red?
Thank you, she might be red after she's buffed. Going back to orange!
Posted by: burton73 Dec 23 2019, 02:22 PM
No need to pray for help. People on the world are happy to give.
WElcome welcome welcome to the world
Bob B
Posted by: ndfrigi Dec 23 2019, 02:24 PM
Welcome! Looks like maybe Phoenix Red?
Thank you, she might be red after she's buffed. Going back to orange!
Should be Signal Orange
Posted by: ontopcop Dec 23 2019, 03:07 PM
Welcome! Looks like maybe Phoenix Red?
Thank you, she might be red after she's buffed. Going back to orange!
Should be Signal Orange
That's her
Posted by: ndfrigi Dec 23 2019, 03:41 PM
Posted by: ontopcop Dec 23 2019, 03:45 PM
WOW, small world. Thanks for showing me pics
Posted by: brcacti Dec 23 2019, 03:58 PM
I like the wheels and chrome bumpers wish mine had chrome bumpers. Welcome to 914 world
Posted by: jesse7flying Dec 23 2019, 03:58 PM
Wow, those longs look a lot better than my project. Welcome to the insanity, lol. I'm down in Burleson. Would love to see it in person.
Cheers--Jesse
Posted by: ontopcop Dec 23 2019, 04:04 PM
Wow, those longs look a lot better than my project. Welcome to the insanity, lol. I'm down in Burleson. Would love to see it in person.
Cheers--Jesse
Glad to be a part of it. Glad to show someday. I visit Busy Bee bakery on the traffic circle in fort worth a lot, nice rides there on any given Sunday am (before 10)
Posted by: ndfrigi Dec 23 2019, 04:08 PM
message me your phone number so we can exchange messages and share
you more pics.
Posted by: Cairo94507 Dec 23 2019, 04:18 PM
Welcome to the madness. Looks like a pretty nice car to start with. What are your plans for it?
This is the best car forum I have ever belonged to, and I have belonged to quite a few. Lots of extremely talented people with a lot of experience and knowledge they are willing to share to help others.
The best advise I can think of is that before you do anything, other than a thorough cleaning, is to read as much as you can in all of the forums to learn as much as possible about these little gems. Good luck with your journey, welcome to the World and Merry Christmas. 
Michael
Posted by: ontopcop Dec 23 2019, 04:22 PM
Welcome to the madness. Looks like a pretty nice car to start with. What are your plans for it? This is the best car forum I have ever belonged to, and I have belonged to quite a few. Lots of extremely talented people with a lot of experience and knowledge they are willing to share to help others.
The best advise I can think of is that before you do anything, other than a thorough cleaning, is to read as much as you can in all of the forums to learn as much as possible about these little gems. Good luck with your journey, welcome to the World and Merry Christmas.
MichaelThank You for the "welcome", my plans for the car are to drive her as is and slowly start the body work to get a solid color on her (orange). I was very fortunate that this car has had a lot of work done to her.
Posted by: Coondog Dec 23 2019, 05:16 PM
Congrats lots of info on this site for-sure.
Posted by: 76-914 Dec 23 2019, 05:46 PM
Nice Christmas present! And it seems that you have most everything you need for the DJet FI system. That MPS (the silver canister the looks like a grenade) which is the Heart of DJet may need to be calibrated and we've got a couple of guys here that can do that. From what I can see the shell looks good and that's important. You'll catch some Flak about those KYB rear shocks but you can replace those at any time. Take lots of pics and don't be afraid to ask questions.
Posted by: aharder Dec 23 2019, 06:15 PM
Congrats !!!
I'm over in East Dallas
Posted by: cary Dec 24 2019, 12:26 AM
Let the fun begin. Looks to be a nice car.
Posted by: rick 918-S Dec 24 2019, 01:48 AM
Posted by: cuddy_k Dec 24 2019, 09:11 AM
...and to the addiction (cue evil laugh sound FX)
Posted by: Jett Dec 24 2019, 10:01 AM
Posted by: TargaToy Dec 24 2019, 10:18 AM
Welcome to the world!
I would definitely drive it "as is" for a while. It's just "ratty" (pardon the expression) enough that you won't stress when the flock of birds finds you or somebody leans on it. Nice paint can come later. I love the patina, actually.
Posted by: tvdinnerbythepool Dec 24 2019, 12:58 PM
Amazing community on here with years of knowledge shared daily. I'm almost 2 years into my money pit and love every minute of it!
Posted by: BENBRO02 Dec 24 2019, 02:50 PM
Posted by: EdwardBlume Dec 24 2019, 07:03 PM
I like the orange! 
Posted by: scottthephotog Dec 24 2019, 10:47 PM
Good to see another Texan here. I'm over in Euless by DFW airport.
Beautiful car. I hope to see it one of these days. Are you in the PCA? The DFW region is very active. Lots of events and a handful of 914 owners.
Posted by: ontopcop Dec 26 2019, 08:48 AM
I want to thank everyone who has welcomed me into the forum and advised of the addiction to come. I hope everyone had a marvelous Christmas and I pray all have a prosperous new Year.
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