 BUILD-OFF CHALLENGE: Creamsicle, Extreme Budget Makeover of Daily Driver LE |
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| poorsche914 |
  Oct 1 2015, 09:23 PM
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T4 Supercharged  Group: Members Posts: 3,122 Joined: 28-May 09 From: Smoky Mountains Member No.: 10,419 Region Association: South East States  |
HISTORY: purchased in spring 2010
Advertised on the Asheville area Craigslist, the pictures of this '74 914 were extremely low res and blurry. I emailed the seller asking for more info and clearer photos. He never responded with anything useful except for the VIN which fell in the range of Can Am production. Hard to tell any details but I could see it was a white car (more on that later) with no sail vinyl. Hmmm... could it be?  I had a '75 2.0 with an interested buyer. Better than that, he procurred both a tow vehicle AND a trailer and volunteered to drive me the 3+ hours to view the '74. The deal was... if I bought the '74, he would buy my '75. We headed to the northwest section of North Carolina and met the seller. At this point the 914 was stored in a metal outbuilding. After removing boxes and other stuff, we rolled the dusty, dirty car out into the lawn. I did a quick check and my suspicions were correct... a possible LE! I spied bits of orange hiding behind the white on the wheels and the bumpers. A quick check under the front end showed the air dam mounting tabs. OK, time to deal!  The 914 had definitely seen better days. The engine had a mismatch of FI parts, the longs (and elsewhere) were rusty, the entire car had been painted white (bumpers, wheels, trim, etc). To top it off, a custom wing fabricated from a Trans Am unit had been mounted to the rear deck lid. All this had been done nearly 20 years earlier when the owner was 17 years old. He parked it when he and his friends realized it just wasn't big enough for everyone to cruise around in.  My offer was his absolute minimum so the deal was made. The 914 was loaded up and we headed back to Tennessee. Once home, the '74 was unloaded and the '75 loaded onto the trailer. I actually made a little money on this deal but went from a running 914 to a non-runner in need of a lot of work. But... I now owned a Creamsicle!  To be cont'd... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) PS: found THIS THREAD from when I first bought it |
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| JeffBowlsby |
Feb 22 2016, 09:52 PM
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914 Wiring Harnesses Group: Members Posts: 8,737 Joined: 7-January 03 From: San Ramon CA Member No.: 104 Region Association: None 
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| poorsche914 |
Feb 22 2016, 10:25 PM
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T4 Supercharged Group: Members Posts: 3,122 Joined: 28-May 09 From: Smoky Mountains Member No.: 10,419 Region Association: South East States |
QUOTE(Jeff Bowlsby @ Feb 22 2016, 10:52 PM)  Looks like "Extreme Budget" became "EXTREME BUDGET" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) It has taken six years plus a lot of bartering, deal making, and waiting for the right part at the right price to get to this point on a very limited budget. An EXTREME BUDGET will definitely be needed for the rust & body work and paint. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) |
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| poorsche914 |
Mar 5 2016, 09:44 PM
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T4 Supercharged Group: Members Posts: 3,122 Joined: 28-May 09 From: Smoky Mountains Member No.: 10,419 Region Association: South East States |
FRIDAY: out with the old...
 SATURDAY: in with the new...  SUNDAY: need to attach exhaust system and hook up fuel lines, accelerator cable, and a few other minor things then time to fire it up! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) |
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