ADDED 924 Turbo to stable!, New Restoration Project Options

[Gatornapper]

Dear 914 friends -

At 76, I think I've got one more project in me. My Porsche genius friend Rick found me this in Cleveland:

https://cleveland.craigslist.org/cto/d/lake...7387301032.html

And I have a contract on it for less than asking price. Friends in Cleveland looked at it closely on Wed. nite, sent me 7 close-up videos of it and gave it a huge thumbs up. Engine did run for few seconds with starter fluid, started immediately and sounded like new. Almost no rust, interior immaculate.

This is a very rare Special Edition with custom interior, wheels and two-tone paint.

Looking for a great source of info on 924's but can't find much. Nothing like 914 world.

Any pointers for a resource like 914world would be appreciated - tho I'm sure there is none.

NO - not selling the 914! My garage has room for both cars.

TIA,

GN

[wonkipop]

nice. (flame and GTR).

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got me curious enough to check out 924s for sale in aus.
usually just beaters.
suddenly there are two turbos for sale.

one of them looks to be outstanding. a uk car that has come in.
that makes 924 turbos officially an international market car?

https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/details/19...D-6154479/?Cr=0

[JamesM]

nice. (flame and GTR).

---

got me curious enough to check out 924s for sale in aus.
usually just beaters.
suddenly there are two turbos for sale.

one of them looks to be outstanding. a uk car that has come in.
that makes 924 turbos officially an international market car?

https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/details/19...D-6154479/?Cr=0

What you have there appears to be a 932... for sure don't see those everyday.

[wonkipop]

nice. (flame and GTR).

---

got me curious enough to check out 924s for sale in aus.
usually just beaters.
suddenly there are two turbos for sale.

one of them looks to be outstanding. a uk car that has come in.
that makes 924 turbos officially an international market car?

https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/details/19...D-6154479/?Cr=0

What you have there appears to be a 932... for sure don't see those everyday.

stop - don't wind me up.
i've got my hands full.

[Gatornapper]

Wonki -

Now I'm really puzzled. "932" ?????? Never have seen that anywhere.

With a build date of 6/79 it is one very early Turbo, barely an '80 model. All I've read says it is a 931.

What is 932 and where can I find that?

Thanks!

GN

nice. (flame and GTR).

---

got me curious enough to check out 924s for sale in aus.
usually just beaters.
suddenly there are two turbos for sale.

one of them looks to be outstanding. a uk car that has come in.
that makes 924 turbos officially an international market car?

https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/details/19...D-6154479/?Cr=0

What you have there appears to be a 932... for sure don't see those everyday.

stop - don't wind me up.
i've got my hands full.

[wonkipop]

Wonki -

Now I'm really puzzled. "932" ?????? Never have seen that anywhere.

With a build date of 6/79 it is one very early Turbo, barely an '80 model. All I've read says it is a 931.

What is 932 and where can I find that?

Thanks!

GN

nice. (flame and GTR).

---

got me curious enough to check out 924s for sale in aus.
usually just beaters.
suddenly there are two turbos for sale.

one of them looks to be outstanding. a uk car that has come in.
that makes 924 turbos officially an international market car?

https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/details/19...D-6154479/?Cr=0

What you have there appears to be a 932... for sure don't see those everyday.

stop - don't wind me up.
i've got my hands full.

gator - JamesM is referring to the right hand drive model no. for the turbo.
LHD = 931. RHD = 932. a lot less RHD cars than LHD?

the main point i suppose is its uk spec = euro spec.
note the 5 bolts.
not a despeced engine as initial usa turbos were.

i'm not sure but i don't think these came to australia early on.
don't know enough.
but that one is a uk car that has been privately imported here under the 25 year rule more recently. it will probably go back to the UK?
might be a post covid lockdown "forced" sale.
there is a lot of career change going on and the country is opening up again so folks that want to get out are getting out and heading for europe for work and jobs.
i've noticed a few things popping out of the woodwork all of a sudden.

@mb911 - James M is not messing - not as far as i know.
though your illustration of a concept 932 is interesting.
sometimes these numbers were internal designations and got used twice.
but i have heard of the 932 in reference to the turbo.
certainly i might be how they designated it in the parts book.
odd number as last number of first three number code usually meant the LHD version.
even number meant RHD. very definitely when it came to VW.
lets not forget these were built in a VW factory out of the VW parts bin (at least for the 924).