deloreandude86

Hello everyone, I am a new proud owner of a 1972 Porsche 914 now. I do know a little about the car but I would like to ask an expert's opinion on whether or not this was a good buy. (see link below). Also one other question I had about the car was if the speedometers were interchangeable. As a 72 it has the 120 mph speedo but out of personal preference I would like to have the 150 mph if possible. Just wondering if this would work.

Thanks for you input,

Austin

(http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...K%3AMEWAX%3AIT)

racer

Congrats! Lets work with the mechanicals before we worry about spedometers first....

1) it DOES look like rust under the battery, or "hell hole".
2) Doesn't look like it runs (missing lots of stuff in the engine compartment)
3) How are the trunks? they rust too
4) Floors, behind the seats where they attach to the fire wall? they rust there too.
5) missing turn signal in front fenders
6) lots of paint looks bad.. maybe lost of surface rust on the underside as well
7) passenger door handle area looks rusty.
8) Engine compartment lid doesn't look like it fits (ie the spring broke)


What would your goals be with such a car? Are you looking to spend $10K to make it something it isn't?

Expand your search. Check out the active 914 boards (914world and 914club) and the samba.

Decent "drivers" can be had in the $4-8K range.

These are 30+ year old cars with NO RUST protection from the factory. Unless you like repairing rust, or paying someone else to repair rust, run away and find a nice California car instead

Matt Romanowski

Congrats on getting a 914!!!!!!!!!!!!

It looks like it needs some work, but it's better than no 914! IT doesn't look too rusty and you can probably get it driving pretty easily.

As for the speedo, it's plug and play. Grab the bezel and pull the old one out of the dash and move everything (lights, connections and cable) over to the new one.

theporscheguy

Austin,
Congratulations. So, now that you have $1472.00 invested in your new toy what are your plans? Full restoration? I am not an expert on restoring 914's, just at throwing lots of money at cars in general. Hopefully some of the resident owners will provide some tips.
Good luck with your new Porsche.

Richgreenster

Austin,
Welcome to Rennlist. It is a great forum to get a lot of info on Porsche cars. As far as your 914 you need to ask yourself what the car is going to be used for.
- Is it just a fun driver?
- A future 914/6 conversion?
- Full restoration?
- Or a daily driver?
If we can find out what you are going to do with the car then we will be better able to answer your questions.
Again great to have you on the forum. Welcome

deloreandude86

First I would like to start by thanking everyone for all there input and congrats on my new car. To answer the big question everyone has been asking, I would like to keep it very original, with minor upgrades such as stereo equipment and a few other tweaks. Other than that I would like a daily driver, no trailer queen but I would like it to be like new, or as close as possible for a daily drive. Again, thanks for all your input. I'll be awaiting your responces

Richgreenster

Austin,
If you want the car to be a daily driver then you need to figure out why the car will not start. I noticed that it has some missing parts in the engine area. Get yourself the PET (parts cd) and a hayes repair book for the car. This will give you an idea to what is missing as well as how to get the car running. Don't invest too much $$ into the car yet. You may find out that it may need the motor rebuilt and may not be worth it to you to invest in that. Once you get it running, turn your attention to making it pass the safety inspection in your area. Again try to figure out what the car needs before you spend too much $$ on it.

sxandyzoe

Yup, euro holes be bigger than US ones. testking HP0-Y43 braindumps My 83 has the same problem with my adapter for my V1.

Dino V

Congrats on the purchase! Hopefully it won't need much to be roadworthy again!

Maltese Falcon

Always some good Porsche parts swap meets all around the States. Also, watch for parts that you need on the Porsche forums. Bulky items like hoods+trunks can be pricey on freight fees...local pick up better.
Welcome to the 914 Madness !
Marty

skl

Nice to see a new response- 914 area been kind of dead lately...

John@Fabspeed

Congrats on the 914! I know Mike (cuda911) has 2 of them which he loves. I'm sure he can shed some light as well about any information he's learned recently on them. Good luck with your new purchase!

cairo94507

This thread is five years old....I wonder how the 914 is doing?

Cuda911

^^^ Yep, I saw that too.... sxandyzoe's very first post is in response to a 5+ year old thread where the OP vanished after two posts.

Ah well, like SKl says, good to see some activity in this forum, even if it is only one post every 5 years.