Time to un-DAPO the "new" car, Bad things happened to a nice car Options

[BillC]

So, I bought a "new" 914 a few weeks ago (a '73 2.0). When I received it from the shipper, I noticed was the seller was quite artful about his pictures, with what was and what wasn't shown. And, now that I've had a chance to start taking things apart, I have uncovered quite a bit of DAPO-done-damage, and I'm sure there's more hiding somewhere (oh boy! something to look forward too....). Some of the damage appears to have been there for a loooong time.

I've already received a piece from a scrap car to fix this hole:


Once I took the rockers off, I discovered this:

Yes, they hole-sawed through FOUR layers of sheet metal, including the heat duct. Not sure what they were thinking, but there it is.

In the trunk, I found three hole-sawed holes. I think they might have been thinking about mounting the fuel pump in a 75/76 blister, but they never finished the work (and also picked the wrong location).

[BillC]

So, continuing down the list of discoveries:

There was a mess of wires hanging down under the dash. Most of it is for the aftermarket radio, but there was one wire connected to a toggle switch under the dash.

One end of the switch was connected to ground. I dug into the dash and discovered the other end was spliced into the tach wire from the coil. So, it appears to be a shade-tree anti-theft device, grounding the coil to kill the ignition. However, that might also explain why the tach doesn't work.

Here are a couple more pics of how the fuel pump wire ran through the passenger compartment:


Speaking of holes in the firewall, I found this lovely on the driver's side:

It wasn't connected to anything, but may have been a remote trunk release. Although, other than the hole in the firewall, I didn't find any other holes related to it.


The fuel pump wire hole and the pull handle hole are the largest holes drilled in the firewall, but there are at least 10 other holes of various sizes drill in it.

Under the car, I discovered that the original vinyl fuel hoses are still in the center tunnel. However, they did splice in new hoses between the firewall and the engine compartment (stock vinyl hoses in the engine compartment, too).


And, of course, none of the heating parts are connected. They did install new stainless heat exchangers and a muffler. However, they are for a 1.7, not a 2.0. But, they did not replace the muffler hanger with the correct one. Instead, they drilled new holes to move it upward and then created home-made adapter brackets to connect it to the muffler.


It turns out that the stainless heat exchangers are in really nice shape. Any chance anyone might want to trade these for some nice 2.0 exchangers? I'll eventually post pics in a "trade" post on the for-sale board, after I get a chance to wash them off.


Tomorrow, the plan is to drain the fuel, drop the engine and pull the tank (if there's time). Who knows what fun is lurking under the tank?