Looking at my first 914 Options

[nditiz1]

So now that I have some capital to spend, I can finally start the serious hunt for "my" 914. A seller around me has a stock 75 that hasn't been driven in 20 years. Looking for some advice on trying to start it up or any other words of advice. If the seller is ok I'd like to bring a battery and some fresh fuel and try to start it. The car was driven in the passed, but has been sitting under a cover for the last 20. Pictures show virtually no rust except maybe some surface in the hell hole. It is a 1.8 and the FI has not been touched. Second owner, purchased in 1975 with under 3,000 miles, shows 104,000 now. Thoughts?

Hey I just want to thank everyone on here for the wisdom filled words of advice. So I went to go look at a 73 today and was caught up in so much of the hype and it being a "914S" numbers matching that I almost made a mistake. I then realized what everyone was talking about. If it doesn't feel right it probably isn't. Needless to say I went over the car with a fine tooth comb in some parts, but glossed over some others. They main thing everyone was telling me was RUST. This car had it and none was preventing the car from running and driving, but it was enough to make me double think the purchase. I mean, I can't ask for perfect with the budget I have, but I have seen ChrisB's sweet orange 71 and I saw no rust, granted it was restored within the last 10 years and never saw a rain drop and kept in the garage since then. This one had been restored some time ago and I could see rust under patches and seams. I took it for a drive and it rode nice, motor was in order - Fresh 44 IDF Webers installed. I still couldn't get over the pin hole rust spots (2) in the floor pans and the surface rust - that could be worse - hiding behind the rocker panels. Also, something the PO messaged me about was a little bothersome in regards to the right front fender needing to be replaced. As hard as it was to walk away it was the right move and the journey continues.

[nditiz1]

You guys are hilarious (no sarcasm). That is the one I am looking at. Yeah the guy is a pretty abnormal dude. We have chatted via text and he won't be back for another 2 weeks, so I can't look at it until then. I have roughly 10k to spend. ChristopherB has a really sweet 2.0 in Towson, MD that I would love to get, but he won't take a 5k hit to sell it as someone would easily pay his asking of 15k. I probably won't get the one in DC as he seemed very firm on his price and while it is OG (mostly) it seems like it would be a lot of money to work out possible issues. There is another local 1970 silver with a 1.7. It was reduced to 9500 and then I saw a few days later the reduced price was 10500. The FI has been taken off. This really bothers me. Maybe I'm just not that knowledgeable about the 914, but Pelican making the statement that it is easier to fix the FI then put a single/dual carb really made sense. What do you all think of this one?

https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/cto/6137496058.html

Where is the hood emblem, and why does it have lattice in the trunk??? Am I wrong in thinking some of these should not be priced as high as they are?

[carking1996]

You guys are hilarious (no sarcasm). That is the one I am looking at. Yeah the guy is a pretty abnormal dude. We have chatted via text and he won't be back for another 2 weeks, so I can't look at it until then. I have roughly 10k to spend. ChristopherB has a really sweet 2.0 in Towson, MD that I would love to get, but he won't take a 5k hit to sell it as someone would easily pay his asking of 15k. I probably won't get the one in DC as he seemed very firm on his price and while it is OG (mostly) it seems like it would be a lot of money to work out possible issues. There is another local 1970 silver with a 1.7. It was reduced to 9500 and then I saw a few days later the reduced price was 10500. The FI has been taken off. This really bothers me. Maybe I'm just not that knowledgeable about the 914, but Pelican making the statement that it is easier to fix the FI then put a single/dual carb really made sense. What do you all think of this one?

https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/cto/6137496058.html

Where is the hood emblem, and why does it have lattice in the trunk??? Am I wrong in thinking some of these should not be priced as high as they are?

914s didn't come with a hood emblem from the factory. I'm unsure why there's lattice in the trunk, though rust usually on these in that area appears near the edge at the bottom there.