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Jerry ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 6,996 Joined: 29-October 04 From: Allentown, PA Member No.: 3,031 Region Association: None ![]() ![]() |
Stopped to get unbelievably expensive gas yesterday at a local gas station.
Minding my own business, I overheard the woman pumping gas next to me talking to her son in the passenger seat telling him which gas station they were at. The son was on a cell phone to someone. Then she turns to me and asks "what year is that?". At first, I thought, should I say "71" or "71 914". She asked just the year, so I just said "71". She called over to her son to "Tell dad its a '71". She turned to me and said that they had a '76. Hmm, "a '76 914 or 911?" I asked. She said "914, how many miles do you have on yours?". "80K", I responded. She continued, "Ours has 10-11K." (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/blink.gif) Startled by the low mileage, I just had to confirm, "You mean 11,000 miles?". "Yep, my husband bought it new and put it in storage when he went to the Navy". "He was recently talking about getting it back on the road". "He also has his high school graduation present, a '71 Corvette". What a waste of a perfectly good 914... and Vette. What would a '76 914 with 11K miles be worth these days? Not sure what size engine, condition, or accessories. Maybe I should have asked if they wanted to sell it... Spoke |
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914 Wiring Harnesses ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 8,579 Joined: 7-January 03 From: San Ramon CA Member No.: 104 Region Association: None ![]() ![]() |
'76s are rare and desireable in my book...only 4000 made is what I remember, and many of those fully loaded with options. Geoff Bleyseng turned me onto that, I think he found VIN 4087 so ther is some disrepancy somewhere...People get excited about having to smog these cars and I don't undersstand it...they will smog check fine if kept in good order. My old friend Miles had a 49-state 75 2.0 w/o cat on it when they needed to be smogged...he just had a cat installed and cleaned it right up.
It was Dave Darling though who says he has a document that indicates there may be a few 1976 1.8L cars. I think it is the owners manual cover? And maybe a VIN list somewhere, I have only seen 76 2.0s. To me, the fun of these cars is all about their condition...I would take a clean 75-76 over a beat 73-74 anyday. |
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