Strudelwagon Build Thread (74' -2.0), From Beige to Green Options

[Strudelwagon]

I've been a member here for a couple of years. I've asked alot of questions, got alot of answers and learned more about these cars than I thought would be possible. The 914World community rocks and I figured I would post my journey so other nubies could get some encouragement as I have the past few years.

It all started with a magazine wy wife brought me while I was in the hospital with my second broken hip (ya, Ouch).I'm not Old I just fall off bikes sometimes. I saw this artical on a 914 restoration and figured I would rekindle my love of 2 seater sports cars.

So the hunt was on in British Columbia for a project 914. I already knew I wanted a 73-74 2.0 but finding one was not easy. I looked, but everything I saw was in the final stages of oxidation. I literally could put my hand through most of the outer panels. At the $1000-2000 price range it was hopeless, at the $3000 range where cars with much welding required and no running engines or running 1.7s.

Then I was surfing this site and I saw what was advertised as a 73' 2.0 for $3500USD but in BC about an hour away. Turns out it was a car I had called on but the guy wanted $6000CDN for it. It was a little out of my $$ range. I emailed him and because the US doller was killing us at the time he said it would be $4000CDN.

I ripped up to Squamish and fell in love....and it also was running (bonus)

[sixgt]

Hi Steve,

Interesting story, I think that you are missing a few of the previous owners. I owned the car prior to JT. I purchased the car from Craigslist and it was far from the original owner at the point when I owned it. It was an interesting car that I was going to restore but had too many projects going on. It was painted at some point that awful "beige" color which I didn't think was sahara beige but something they just tried to match the original color. I believe that under the hoods it was a 356 color, champange yellow. That's a really solid car, I was considering buying it back from JT after he got it punched in the nose. It would be interesting to get the cardex and restore to the car to the original color as it was special ordered and quite unusual. It's your car and I am sure it will look great whatever color you paint it. Good luck!

Garry

[Strudelwagon]

Hi Steve,

Interesting story, I think that you are missing a few of the previous owners. I owned the car prior to JT. I purchased the car from Craigslist and it was far from the original owner at the point when I owned it. It was an interesting car that I was going to restore but had too many projects going on. It was painted at some point that awful "beige" color which I didn't think was sahara beige but something they just tried to match the original color. I believe that under the hoods it was a 356 color, champange yellow. That's a really solid car, I was considering buying it back from JT after he got it punched in the nose. It would be interesting to get the cardex and restore to the car to the original color as it was special ordered and quite unusual. It's your car and I am sure it will look great whatever color you paint it. Good luck!

Garry

Hi Garry,
when I started tracking down the PO's I knew 2 already...the guy I bought it from (Squamish) and the name of the guy on the screwed up title (Snoquamish) west of Seattle. All he gave me was the guy he bought it from had a Lotus and raced locally in the Seattle area. It was through that info I located James. I emailed him and we conversed for a while. He told me he bought it off a Dentist friend in Seattle and I'm guessing that's you?

Can you tell me what years you owned it? I agonized over painting it the original Saraha Beige. I confirmed that by sending the painted patch from under the front trunk VIN plate (damaged in the accident) to the colour expert Davep. The car has the "Custom Porsche Colour" 98 on the chassis badge so I went with another Porsche Colour from the 73-74 era ..Emerald Green aka Kelly Green aka Viper Green.
In the end, this car will live out its life running the twisty roads in wine country in the south Okanagan of BC.
The car is amazingly solid and after the junk I looked at locally and some of the basket cases I see rebuilt on this site I count myself lucky.

Thanks for making contact Garry, If you're in the Okanagan come by for a drive...Ah, you'll have to leave me your passport (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)