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Mon Aug 19, 2019 7:23 am

Found this car for sale.
I dont need another project, but im interested in it.

Whats it worth ?

Mon Aug 19, 2019 7:39 am

does not look like a 2.0 but 500 for parts.

Mon Aug 19, 2019 7:41 am

[email protected] wrote: does not look like a 2.0 but 500 for parts.

The guy says its its a 1.7 and fuel injected.

Hes asking a grand for it and im thinking its a $500 car, tops.
Just wanted educated opinions here.

Mon Aug 19, 2019 7:53 am

walk away. i bet the suspension pickup points are rotted.

Mon Aug 19, 2019 7:57 am

Glenn wrote: walk away. i bet the suspension pickup points are rotted.

The guy also wont budge off his $1k price so thats a hard pass for me.

Thanks guys !

Mon Aug 19, 2019 8:16 am

As Glenn noted....look at the suspension points and chassis seams. If they are intact.....but if you ONLY have a little rocker and relay panel welding to do...but little else.....and the body panels are intact....meaning that rust around the edges of the fenders has not gone through.....and if for the most part all of the major parts are there.......$1000 is not a bad deal at all.

If however suspension points are rotted and its full of dents and missing big parts....its just a $500 parts car as noted. Dont be too quick to pass without inspection. If you dont do much of your own work.....and are looking for an easy 914 to get into (just paint, parts swapping and engine).....the cost of one at that level is getting prohibitive.

Not far down the line.....cars in this condition will be all you can get. Ray

Mon Aug 19, 2019 8:40 am

raygreenwood wrote: As Glenn noted....look at the suspension points and chassis seams. If they are intact.....but if you ONLY have a little rocker and relay panel welding to do...but little else.....and the body panels are intact....meaning that rust around the edges of the fenders has not gone through.....and if for the most part all of the major parts are there.......$1000 is not a bad deal at all.

If however suspension points are rotted and its full of dents and missing big parts....its just a $500 parts car as noted. Dont be too quick to pass without inspection. If you dont do much of your own work.....and are looking for an easy 914 to get into (just paint, parts swapping and engine).....the cost of one at that level is getting prohibitive.

Not far down the line.....cars in this condition will be all you can get. Ray

Unfortunately, here in Atlanta area everything sells for a premium and has several buyers waiting in line to start a bidding war.
The guy wouldnt budge on price and already has 3 people in front of me to look at it... so my interest in it has evaporated.
If he offered to negotiate, i might have been interested... but im not getting into a bidding war over it. lol

Mon Aug 19, 2019 10:01 am

Turnswrenches wrote: and has several buyers waiting in line to start a bidding war.
They must really need parts.

Wed Aug 21, 2019 7:04 pm

Hey.. this ones for sale and it's a 914-6.

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2306067

Thu Aug 22, 2019 6:42 am

we usually buy all of the reasonable 914 parts cars in the local area, and this one is truly a parts car. 500 is a fair price for it