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Cuda911 |
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Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1,489 Joined: 20-May 14 From: Oceanside (N. San Diego County), CA Member No.: 17,376 Region Association: Southern California ![]() |
Just got home with my new 914!! It will keep my '74 914 company.
Another Southern California Survivor car... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Saw a Craig's List ad this morning... it had no pix and described the car as a '73 1.8 (of course, it's actually a 1.7). The seller said they knew nothing about the car. So, I drove out to see it... way down some dirt road out in the back wine country of Temecula (CA). The seller turned out to be a very nice 87 year old lady who's son owned the car since February of 1986. Unfortunately, he passed away recently. He had been ill (cancer), so the car was garaged since 2005, other than taking it out periodically to give it some exercise. A total of 800 miles driven in the last 10 years. This is a Southern California car. Spent its entire life in Orange County, other than the last 10 years when it was garaged in Temecula. The car has always been garaged and is extremely rust free. I poked and prodded, and poked some more. All I could find was some rust inside of the rear of the rear trunk floor that had been painted over in 1986, and appeared to have not spread since that time. When the guy bought it in 1986, he had it repainted at that time. The paint is in great condition. Unfortunately, they really didn't mask off things very much when it was painted, so there are things like the headlight motors and other hardware that have been painted. I drove the car home (about 60 miles), and it performed flawlessly. Feels like it could use some new shifter bushings, though. They were asking $7,900. I paid $6,500, which I think is an extremely good deal. Here's some pix. I'll post more when I clean the car up. . Attached image(s) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1,489 Joined: 20-May 14 From: Oceanside (N. San Diego County), CA Member No.: 17,376 Region Association: Southern California ![]() |
Thanks, all!!
So, I get the impression that people don't much care for the Riverias. Should I swap 'em out? It isn't clear to me... were Rivs a dealer option? Or did people just put them on because they have the proper offset? I do like the looks of that quad exhaust. Anyone know anything about the plastic front valence or the plastic side-view mirrors on this car? Were they a popular mod back in the day? If I can find some good OEM chrome mirrors for a good price, I'll eventually swap out the ones on this car. That's assuming the screw holes line up, and that they painted the door sill so that it doesn't have Alaska Blue showing around the mounting plates. |
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Newbie ![]() Group: Members Posts: 27 Joined: 8-July 14 From: Silver Springs, FL Member No.: 17,601 Region Association: None ![]() |
Thanks, all!! So, I get the impression that people don't much care for the Riverias. Should I swap 'em out? It isn't clear to me... were Rivs a dealer option? Or did people just put them on because they have the proper offset? I do like the looks of that quad exhaust. Anyone know anything about the plastic front valence or the plastic side-view mirrors on this car? Were they a popular mod back in the day? If I can find some good OEM chrome mirrors for a good price, I'll eventually swap out the ones on this car. That's assuming the screw holes line up, and that they painted the door sill so that it doesn't have Alaska Blue showing around the mounting plates. I remember a couple of the 914's that I had in the 1980s had that front spoiler with the rubber chin spoiler attached to it that is in the front trunk. Lots of racers were using those in the day on their race cars, also the quad exhaust was a popular "upgrade" then. Not that many aftermarket parts were available back then and they were both available and pretty cheap. |
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![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1,680 Joined: 7-July 11 From: Pittsburgh PA Member No.: 13,287 Region Association: North East States ![]() ![]() |
Thanks, all!! So, I get the impression that people don't much care for the Riverias. Should I swap 'em out? It isn't clear to me... were Rivs a dealer option? Or did people just put them on because they have the proper offset? I do like the looks of that quad exhaust. Anyone know anything about the plastic front valence or the plastic side-view mirrors on this car? Were they a popular mod back in the day? If I can find some good OEM chrome mirrors for a good price, I'll eventually swap out the ones on this car. That's assuming the screw holes line up, and that they painted the door sill so that it doesn't have Alaska Blue showing around the mounting plates. I remember a couple of the 914's that I had in the 1980s had that front spoiler with the rubber chin spoiler attached to it that is in the front trunk. Lots of racers were using those in the day on their race cars, also the quad exhaust was a popular "upgrade" then. Not that many aftermarket parts were available back then and they were both available and pretty cheap. Bought mine in 79 and its Olympic Blue, Put on the Monza Quad exhaust. and the Fiberglass / rubber front air dam. defiantly period. So I really like your car... I will still run the air dam when I put it back together, I have a NOS Monza quad exhaust that has never been install and been in storage for about 20+ years. I will probably sell that though. With mine being an eastern car yours is probably in better shape than was it when I bought it in 79. Congrats on your find.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) |
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