FS: '73 914 2.0, Southern California Car Options

[Willum]

This is a lifelong Southern California car and exhibits exceptional originality. I bought it from its original owner in May 2010. There is no rust other than the cosmetic surface variety common in these cars, no rust in the hell hole, original 2.0 engine has approximately 178,000 miles on it and was rebuilt to factory specifications at about 90,000, no significant oil leaks, runs and shifts well except for a minor 2nd gear syncro grind, tool kit including rare white handled screw driver is complete except for the 190mm tommy bar for the spark plug wrench, all original factory owner's manual and related documents, original window sticker, this car has a "salvaged" title due to a minor accident involving the left front fender approximately 20 years ago. The owner repurchased the car from the insurance company, had it repaired and kept it. At that time the car was repainted the original Bahia Red (L30E) since the factory paint was already over 20 years old, no other evidence of body work exists, tires are in good condition, at some point the original radio was replaced with a Pioneer am/fm/cd player, includes a custom fit California car cover. Shortly after I bought the car, my mechanic who is a certified Porsche technician, told me that working on the car is like working on a time capsule due to its condition and originality.

I have tried to be as straightforward as possible with the cars' condition, if there are any questions, don't hesitate to contact me. I am asking $11,500 cash only.

[Tom_T]

Bill -

Hagarty will get you a good appraiser, and they're very well reputed in the classic car industry. FYI - they will also insure the value of your spare parts stash in addition to the car itself, if you didn't know that already.

Some states do offer a "reconstructed title" of some sort, and I thought that the Cal DMV &/or other state regulations also had something similar here.

It may be worth your time to do some research online into the state's codes yourself, since many DMV employees do NOT know what they're talking about!

I've variously had DMV employees tell me that there was no such thing as older cars being exempt for smog checks, that you can't have year of manufacture plates put on your classic vehicle, and other stupid stuff - both of the former of which were absolutely wrong and we are able to do both (there are MY limits to both of those of course)!

In fact, I put 1960/`56 sticker/plate on our vintage 1960 (`61 MY) Avion T20 travel trailer last year with absolutely no problem nor inordinate delay! I just wish Hagerty would wise up & start insuring classic trailers as well, for that hobby!

Good Luck & Look me up at Dana Point 6/1 if you come down, as I'll be judging; but I'll be at the Pismo Vintage Trailer Rally/Show the weekend of the GPX one. LA Region also has one 7/20 at Santa Monica Airport which includes a tour of the Aviation Museum there!

San Gabriel Region's concours was at Art Center School of Design weekend before last on 4/26, and it also included a tour of the auto design galleries by the head of that program - who's also a PCA-SGVR member.

Heck - do some nice detailing and enter yours in Wash-&-Shine or Street for both, and get some points or trophies & exposure! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/first.gif)

PCA membership is well worth $46/yr. just for the monthly Panorama & local Regions' magazines, and T-jokes area is under Santa Barbara Region - a great one that does a lot of fun stuff, plus a CdE in October-ish in T-jokes this time I think.

Good Luck! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
Tom
///////

[Willum]

Bill -

Hagarty will get you a good appraiser, and they're very well reputed in the classic car industry. FYI - they will also insure the value of your spare parts stash in addition to the car itself, if you didn't know that already.

Some states do offer a "reconstructed title" of some sort, and I thought that the Cal DMV &/or other state regulations also had something similar here.

It may be worth your time to do some research online into the state's codes yourself, since many DMV employees do NOT know what they're talking about!

I've variously had DMV employees tell me that there was no such thing as older cars being exempt for smog checks, that you can't have year of manufacture plates put on your classic vehicle, and other stupid stuff - both of the former of which were absolutely wrong and we are able to do both (there are MY limits to both of those of course)!

In fact, I put 1960/`56 sticker/plate on our vintage 1960 (`61 MY) Avion T20 travel trailer last year with absolutely no problem nor inordinate delay! I just wish Hagerty would wise up & start insuring classic trailers as well, for that hobby!

Good Luck & Look me up at Dana Point 6/1 if you come down, as I'll be judging; but I'll be at the Pismo Vintage Trailer Rally/Show the weekend of the GPX one. LA Region also has one 7/20 at Santa Monica Airport which includes a tour of the Aviation Museum there!

San Gabriel Region's concours was at Art Center School of Design weekend before last on 4/26, and it also included a tour of the auto design galleries by the head of that program - who's also a PCA-SGVR member.

Heck - do some nice detailing and enter yours in Wash-&-Shine or Street for both, and get some points or trophies & exposure! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/first.gif)

PCA membership is well worth $46/yr. just for the monthly Panorama & local Regions' magazines, and T-jokes area is under Santa Barbara Region - a great one that does a lot of fun stuff, plus a CdE in October-ish in T-jokes this time I think.

Good Luck! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
Tom
///////

Tom

We're definitely on the same page regarding DMV. I've had many transactions with them over the years and I've witnessed some truly idiotic behavior and been victimized by policy that just defies logic.

Following your suggestion, this morning I looked through ten pages of DMV codes regarding salvaged titles and found nothing about reversing or modifying that classification.

Thanks again for your input and I look forward to meeting you at a future event.

-Bill