This story begins as the typical sad tale of most teener owners north of the Mason-dixon line and east of the Rockies. My 914 ran great, but was rusting out from under me.
As with most 914 owners, it was also my dream to convert my car to a six. I lived in denial long enough to collect most of the parts to do the job. Finally, I had to face up to the fact that my car was too rusty to use.
Thus began the great search for a rust-free 914. I searched high and low. I checked the local papers religiously. I called Tom at Pelican Parts in Ca. I checked numerous online classifieds. I even watched Ebay. Time passed. Then, one day, this arrived in my email:Hi all,
Well, I've come to a tentative decision to put my 914 on the market. The
project has come to the point of diminishing returns for me personally,
considering my time, needs and resources. Before the car sits in a barn
for another winter, I'd like to see it go to somebody with a warm garage
and ample resources to do this job right. The car does need work--a
bearing noise has developed at idle, haven't determined if it's engine or
alternator-based yet. There are a few other loose ends too. Overall, it's
a very solid chassis--San Diego till '95, Virginia till 1/99 and central
Maryland since. The interior is good with decent upholstery, an uncracked
dash and a new carpet kit waiting to be installed. Zero-mile Bursch and
rear 100lb Weltmeister/KYB combo. Newer front suspension and brakes all
'round. Engine is a low-mile '75 2.0L, 140-150 psi all cylinders and
drives strong. All new hoses and vacuum lines in engine compartment and
under the tank, good FI wiring harness, injectors just tested and flowed.
Rust is minimal: some minor rust-thru in rear trunk (treated), surface on
engine shelf, quarter-sized surface on trailing edge of RF fender. Battery
tray is shot but did not attack suspension console. Rockers and floors are
solid, no flex. Good tires, 5 nice Fuchs, appearance package car. See it
at http://members.rennlist.com/typ914, please note there have been updates
since the website text was written.Anyway, I'm asking in the $2000-$2500 neighborhood...it likely wouldn't get
that in California, but a chassis like this is harder to find on the east
coast. There's a lot of good stuff that comes with it, too. We'll see
what the market will bear.Please e-mail me privately with any questions. The car is located near
Monkton, MD...about 20 miles due north of the Baltimore beltway.Thanks for the BW,
Tim
typ914@hotmail.comThank God for Rennlist. Tim had been placed in the unenviable position of having to sell his 914. The car was more complete than I had been searching for, but that also meant much less work in swapping out parts from the other car. I emailed Tim and we corresponded and spoke on the phone. Tim is a great and deserving guy and I am saddened that he is now teener-less, but as many of you know, this obsession knows few bounds. I arranged to meet Tim after work one day.
On Thursday, August second, I and my father, who is also a car nut, drove down to Maryland to meet Tim and Feurig (the car). I had called ahead to reserve a truck and car trailer from Uhaul, and when I got there discovered they would not be open after I was to meet Tim. Well, he seemed honest about the car, and if he was I wanted it, so I took the truck anyway, and hoped.
Due to leaving an excessive margin for travel time overruns, we had arrived in Maryland hours early. Near the Uhaul place we saw the Hunt Valley Mall. "Ok" we figured "We'll have lunch and waste some time at the mall." This might not have been a bad plan except that the mall was virtually closed for renovations. About half a dozen stores were open. There was a Sears there, but you can only spend so much time in the tool department before you have seen every Craftsman tool you might ever want. Finally, the clock ticked slowly toward the appointed hour, and I called Tim. He was home! All right!
I don't know how many of you have been to Maryland, but in my experience there's nowhere to park. Tim lives on a narrow lane with no parking areas nearby. I ended up leaving the truck at the mall and driving to Tim's with the intention of returning with the truck af we did the deal and could find at least a wide spot in the road to load up the car. We quickly arrived at Tim's and finally got to meet him. He started up the car and drove it out of the garage. It sounded pretty bad. In fact I still haven't figured out just what is wrong with it. Anyway it looked great. We poked around the car for a while and found that it was just as Tim had said it was. We did the paperwork and Tim directed us to a little used side street which had enough space to load the car.
We returned to the mall, retrieved the truck and met up with Tim at the appointed side street. In the intervening time, Tim's girlfriend Beth had arrived. She seemed more upset than Tim about selling Feurig. There's a cute story on Tim's site about how Feurig drew them together. Tim drove Feurig up onto the trailer and took a few last pictures before wishing me luck and waving us goodbye.
The trip home was uneventful with one exception. We passed a 993 parked on the shoulder of the highway. The two men with the car had the front trunk lid open and were looking within. I considered stopping to tell them to check the other end, but thought that might not be appreciated.
At the moment Feurig sits under cover waiting for his new motor.