SOT - 76 912E who has or had one, I got questions Options

[Al Meredith]

Eric, I'm crazy like that also....I have a real 914-6 and a 912E... Upside down?

[dr914@autoatlanta.com]

Hard to find parts? Intake air boot. There are none. The Cap'n

air intake boots will be here in a matter of days. The prototypes look great.

[dr914@autoatlanta.com]

We love the 912e but hate Porsche for making a one year only car that they do not support with parts. ANYTHING around the powerplant is next to impossible to get (the 915 transmission has an odd t/o bearing and a 901 STYLE mainshaft) the exhaust system the fuel injection system is all one off, and that all means FORGET trying to repair it! Cannot even get cables! We are at least making the intake boot now along with the 1.7 air intake boot, but as for the rest of the fuel injection, forget it! Really again, too too bad.

Soory for the OT, but it is a aircooled 4cly Porsche (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Anyone here have or had 76 912E? Month or so ago I picked up a complete 66 912. It was in very bad shape, but complete. I sold it a week later for a some quick $$ (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Then at the next AX I went to there was a 76 912E. Nice car, You could tell it wasn't blinding fast, but the cool factor was 10+. I got a to ride on one run, but never had a chance to drive it. While I like the early 912, I think the 76 would be a model I would go for. The one I rode in had sunroof and working AC and was just plain cool.

I bought a 88 944 NA with 62K on at the end of march this year, and while its a great car, I just doesn't do it for me. Nothing against water pumpers, but you just can't beat the aircooled sound (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) I have no plans to get rid of the 944 yet, but knowing me it won't make it another year before the 912 bug really sets in. The car would be used just like my 944, daily driver (spring, summer, fall).

I know about the 912 registry site, but who here has or had a 76 912E? I would like to here your good, bad, and ugly about it. From my few days on prcing research looks like they go for $6.5 k - $13k, my budget would be approx $10k.

Thanks! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[thomasotten]

That's what has always confused me. If a lot of this car is all "one-off", then that seems to fly in the face of the theory that Porsche only made them to get rid of leftover 914 parts. If they had leftover parts, they cound have kept the leftover parts for inventory as replacement parts for the 914. Why spend the time developing a bunch of "one-off" parts to get rid of a bunch of other discontinued parts? I am thinking that maybe the 912E was meant to be a full fledged affordable Porsche, 914 replacement. And then it was killed when they decided to change course and do the 924 thing. What do you think?

[jwhcars]

I bought a new 912E in white after having more problems than I care to remember with the 1975 914.( It was a lemon-it happens in all car makes)The 912E was a fun reliable car for years. I would have kept the car but I got stiffed on a real estate settlement and needed the cash.
Good luck in you hunt & enjoy the extra comfort in driving one.