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> Damn you Craigslist V8 914 build thread, Once more down the rabbit hole I go
Matty900
post Sep 21 2019, 10:13 PM
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After The Beer Run we hosted a few weekends ago, this happened. I was taking my friend JP to the airport. He had spent the weekend driving my 72 1.7 and was returning home to Vegas. We had a little time to kill so we stopped off at a coffee shop and he pulled up our local Craigslist to see if there was anything interesting. One of the 1st things he found was an add for a 914 with a V8. He thought it looked like something he may be interested in and the price seemed reasonable if it was half as good as it looked, so we called. There was no answer so I figured it was a fake add and I could start to expect random spam calls in the near future.
I took JP on to the airport and worked my way back to the shop to tuck my car in. Just as I was about to pull the car in, my phone rings. It's the seller from Craigslist and he still has the car.
I call JP and he has just boarded the flight but is still very interested in the car. So I pull the car back out into the pouring rain and make my way up to Vancouver. The weather continues to worsen and as I am pulling into Vancouver, I get a call from my wife that they have just issued a tornado warning for the area (not a normal thing in this part of the country. )
This is a short video of what I found

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https://gopro.com/v/PoOrJrOPGvB8a


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post Sep 21 2019, 10:23 PM
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So at this point, I have seen the car, ridden in the car and don't really see anything to really scare me off of it. It does need some real work, but a lot of work has already been done, and this is a running and driving car.
I don't know if JP is going to be up for the work that will need to be done or not but I am pretty confident that the car will be gone if I don't act now. I reach out to a few 914 guys with way more experience than me. Of course, they all tell me the same thing. V8 914? Nooooooo! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/screwy.gif)
So of course I put a deposit down to hold the car. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/chair.gif)
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post Sep 21 2019, 10:50 PM
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Purists be damned. That looks like serious fun with acceleration that would make most teener owners cry. Including me.
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post Sep 21 2019, 11:14 PM
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QUOTE(RickS @ Sep 21 2019, 09:50 PM) *

Purists be damned. That looks like serious fun with acceleration that would make most teener owners cry. Including me.

It is pretty fun.
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post Sep 21 2019, 11:42 PM
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That beard is legit.

Buy the car, you only live once.
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post Sep 21 2019, 11:45 PM
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QUOTE(Larmo63 @ Sep 21 2019, 10:42 PM) *

That beard is legit.

Buy the car, you only live once.


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post Sep 22 2019, 05:42 AM
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post Sep 22 2019, 07:30 AM
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Nice find! How much is he asking for?
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post Sep 22 2019, 10:13 AM
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QUOTE(Larmo63 @ Sep 21 2019, 10:42 PM) *

That beard is legit.

Buy the car, you only live once.

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So after sharing the video and photos of the car with my buddy. He decided that it was a little more of a project than he wanted to take on.
So, since I already had the deposit down on the car, I went ahead and purchased it myself. Here is a photo hord of the work that was done on the car including the steel flares going on the car. https://photos.app.goo.gl/oi1o1QHS5iTDiWJ18
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post Sep 22 2019, 10:23 AM
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So I went and picked up the car and started cleaning it up a little. I will be doing some YouTube videos on it as I work on it but here is a quick preview
https://photos.app.goo.gl/zBnbSQstSBNnjF8C7
So far every one who has seen it has been pretty impressed (or kind enough not to spoil my fun)


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post Sep 22 2019, 10:25 AM
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I like it. Every 914 owner needs an outlaw car.
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post Sep 22 2019, 10:27 AM
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QUOTE(Matty900 @ Sep 22 2019, 09:13 AM) *
So, since I already had the deposit down on the car, I went ahead and purchased it myself.


We all knew that was coming ...
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post Sep 22 2019, 10:35 AM
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Super happy for you Matt.
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Can't wait to see it make its maiden voyage to SoCal.

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post Sep 22 2019, 10:46 AM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) Nice find. Sounds really good.
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post Sep 22 2019, 11:03 AM
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Awesome!!
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post Sep 22 2019, 01:05 PM
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QUOTE(mepstein @ Sep 22 2019, 09:25 AM) *

I like it. Every 914 owner needs an outlaw car.

It really has been a journey of discovery for me. I think that the 1.7 will always be my go to car as my 1st build it will always be a special car to me. This is a whole new learning experience.
The previous owner left a lot of projects for me to do.
It's a hell of a lot of fun but kind of a rolling death trap the way it is now.
We will take care of that though.
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post Sep 22 2019, 01:07 PM
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QUOTE(ValcoOscar @ Sep 22 2019, 09:35 AM) *

Super happy for you Matt.
Congrats (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

Can't wait to see it make its maiden voyage to SoCal.

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post Sep 22 2019, 01:08 PM
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It is a thing bro. Every man wants one.
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post Sep 22 2019, 01:08 PM
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QUOTE(SirAndy @ Sep 22 2019, 09:27 AM) *

QUOTE(Matty900 @ Sep 22 2019, 09:13 AM) *
So, since I already had the deposit down on the car, I went ahead and purchased it myself.


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post Sep 22 2019, 01:21 PM
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Very cool Matt! Congrats
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