New Car !

Kevin Powers · 07-22-2002, 03:13 PM

my new 73' 2.0 was just dropped off. what it's got.

front and rear sway bars
a great and i mean great tub
5 fact fuchs w/ good center caps
dealer installed air conditioning (soon to be for sale on a web site near you)
the short console that fits the ac (ditto)
a sick fuel injected ga case 2.0 running on 2 cyl (until i have the funds to sort it out i'll swap the carbed 2.0 out of the cursed 72'.
nice crome bumpers and perfect tops
fog lights that work

a REALLY BIG THANK YOU to jim chambers, craig laughlin,and camp914. WAHOO!!

kevin
"i won't be the dope in the jetta much longer"

Bleyseng · Bleyseng's Garage

Hey Kevin !
It looks great! Now maybe you can show up in a Porsche instead of a VW!!

Geoff

JRust · JRust's Garage

Hey Kevin you gonna have that going & drive it down for the Pacific NW 914meet #2? I know your part of the Pacific NW914club right!!! THe meets on the 3rd & hope too see you here! Also I had a chance to check that '73 out at Jim's. He has 2 914-6s in his garage! Wow!!!! That car has alot of promise! Are you planning on getting a new front hood? Or are you gonna try to fix that gouge yourself? Good luck with it! I sure hope you make the meet. I sure would like the chance to race you! Noone can keep up with us 2.0. Except the 6'es of course. Just bring it everyone coming to the meet. I have a pretty good route lined up for us. Within the speed limit of course

. I take no responsibility for those who can't keep up with the speed limit

. See you all soon

3D914 · 3D914's Garage

Quote:

Originally posted by Bleyseng
Hey Kevin !
It looks great! Now maybe you can show up in a Porsche instead of a VW!!
Geoff

Excuse me, but isn't a 914 a VW?

Couldn't resist!

Nice car - Enjoy!

Kevin Powers · 07:46 PM

answering double posts. the silver hood will be a give away or recycled, oh sort of the same thing. i've got a real nice one on my parts car. media blast it and have it color matched. the time to fix the dent would add to much to the cost, the gouge is into the support ribs on the underside . i'll aply that $ to the other minor paint glitches. this car is too nice for me to screw it up trying to do it myself and then have to pay someone double undoing my mistakes.

in germany it was labeled a porsche/vw. the porsche still came first.

kevin

Ron Foster · 07-22-2002, 08:29 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by 3D914

Excuse me, but isn't a 914 a VW?

Couldn't resist!

Nice car - Enjoy!

Hello Every one
On This line, Does anyone know of a parts crossover to VW?
914 parts are hard to come by here in the great white north

Have A good day

anthony · 07-22-2002, 10:06 PM

Nice car! Looks familar:

http://www.well.com/user/anthony/914/washshine/washshine18.jpg

Dave at Pelican Parts · Dave at Pelican Parts's Garage

On This line, Does anyone know of a parts crossover to VW? 914 parts are hard to come by here in the great white north

Look for VW Type IV parts. ... You'll find that they are just as expensive as the Porsche parts, and just as hard to find. The Type IV has the same overall layout as the Type I (Bug) engines, but there are no significant parts that interchange.

--DD

anthony · 07-23-2002, 09:55 AM

ebay, Pelican, or their competitors + UPS equals easy to find 914 parts.

DDS · 07-23-2002, 07:24 PM

Lots of little bitty parts cross over to the VW bug. Check California import parts (in BC) www.partsvw.com for decent prices on some stuff without killer shipping and cross border stuff. They offer lots of little bits that PP doesn't list, and have a print catalog with good pics. I found lots of grommets, screws, and seals that were toast on my car. New and cheap even for us Canadians.
LMK if you need anything in particular, I'm winding down the project and will start getting rid of stuff to make room for the Lotus project. Don't tell my wife.

At the blackfoot tonight, off to Kananaskis tomorrow!

PS - Don't use UPS to Canada. They charge around $40 for brokerage, plus the 15% tax, plus freight. A real rip-off on small orders especially. Use the mail.