(UPDATED with comments below)

From the photos, this is what I see that is not correct. Anything I'm missing?

Not correct / things to fix:
- outside mirror
- speaker boxes
- after market front air dam
- 80s radio
- white valve covers
- rust (?) spots on carpet
- painted (?) headlight motors
- 4-cyl center console
- color change back to Irish Green
- wheel center caps need to be anodized or something
- incorrect jack
- black plastic threshold plates and carpet cleat should be aluminum

Not right but no reason to "correct" (IMO):
- Euro lenses
- Euro driving lights vs USA fog lights
- 15x6 Fuchs (was originally steel)

May or may not be correct:
- horn button is not correct
- center seat fabric should be smooth (Center cushion could be the Colgan aftermarket item, period correct)

questions / not sure:
- antenna may not be right... ?
- repro rear trunk carpet (missing grommet). or might be orig.

-Steve

914

And paint (color change from Irish Green) from the 80s that is going bad...

Looks fun:I would drive it!!

Not on the 914/6
send me the VIN and I will see if I have any other info on the car

Euro driving lights vs USA fog lights
Center cushion could be the Colgan aftermarket item, period correct
Euro lenses!
Black plastic threshold plates and carpet cleat should be aluminum
Incorrect jack
Repro rear trunk carpet (missing grommet)

Looks like a cared-for driver now...could be a gem in Irish Green after a full strip and rotisserie

Tool kit doesn't appear to be basket weave...

My '70 rear trunk carpet does not have the grommet. I believe it was added in '73.

I believe a previous asking was 35k for this -6

Painted headlight motors!? RUN AWAY... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif)

Looks pretty good from here. None of the low points are un-fixable.

Very few things are better than an Irish Green 6er...it needs to go back to that color! I'd say high 20's low 30's....

Thanks for the feedback. I updated the first post.

It's just what happens with years of owners customizing. I wouldn't mind getting it and fixing some of those things.

Granted a purist wouldn't like what I'm doing to my car...but it was a lowly 1.7 to start with (found the original badge marks when I sent it off for paint)

Gas tank area is suppose to be painted body color. Shock tower area is undercoated. A lot of people do a color change and just spray bomb black that area since it takes some time to dismantle. My opinion that is a drawback- many comments on cosmetics-do not overlook the drivetrain-make sure car has good compression and trans shifts properly- engine rebuild on a 914-6 is the same as a 911 Big $$ Good luck!

inside rear view mirror is the later version

An update! The seller and I finally came to agreement (was about 3 weeks of back and forth) and I bought the car this weekend. I flew to Portland this weekend and drove back in 2 days. Just over 1,000 miles in 2 days, and that's more than the car has been driven in 10 years. He really needed it and seemed quite happy to be on the road again (especially south on the I-5 near Sacramento at 1am...).

It's funny how much more you learn about a car just driving it a bunch, even beyond photos, PPI, and close inspection.

I've got a long list of items to fix on the car (that got a little longer as I drove home), but it's quite fun to own my first real 6. My 5th 914, but my first real six.

And given that I have 3 914s now, the 1971 1.7 will probably be for sale shortly. The wife wants to limit it to 3 914s at any given time, and that actually seems somewhat reasonable to me...

-Steve

> Black plastic threshold plates and carpet cleat should be aluminum

Right, but the weird thing is these are the original aluminum peices that the PO had anodized (or something) black. He said in the 80s he was going for a black and white theme...

> Incorrect jack
> Tool kit doesn't appear to be basket weave...

Correct - all wrong and missing

> Repro rear trunk carpet (missing grommet)
> My '70 rear trunk carpet does not have the grommet.

It looks like some don't have the grommet. PO said that was the correct color and the Brett Johnson book has some photos of rear carpet with the grommet too.

> It needs to go back to that color!

I agree. Too bad it was ever painted. Even ratty Irish Green would be better than peeling white...

> Shock tower area is undercoated.

Correct. Anyone know why the factory did this on -6s? It doesn't make any sense to me. It's ugly and seems to serve no purpose.

-Steve

All original sixes are like that. Six shock towers are all painted black, then aligned and covered with a tarish goo that marks any changes.

Congrats Steve, given your eye for detail, it will be fun to watch this one come back to it's original glory. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)

congrats (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)

good luck and lots of joy (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)

Congratulations! You have yourself a nice Six there. I really look forward to seeing it come to the level that I know you will bring it to.

Only assumptions. I have a video of a 70's era 911 assembly line. The front end is installed as a completed unit as these go down the line. It comes toward the front of the car with the struts in a horizontal position and is tilted into position and bolted up in one smooth operation.

It may be a flag to denote a six tub that would get the basic 911T front suspension (with the exception of the special 17mm 914 size t-bars with the 911 spline count).

They could be aligned differently with the slightly different track and again, the black used as a marker to indicate a six.

I kinda like it. It was applied with a sloppy brush and reeks of one of those quirky -6 things. I even emulated it on my build because I thought it was a neat, yet odd feature.

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