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Ok, went and looked at it tonight. Overall the car was worse than the pictures show (as usual) and not as nice as he made it sound over the phone:
The Good: It is a 1973 2.0L which started right up, no smoking and not too much oil in the garage after he backed it out. Idled well. I did not take it for a test drive. Interior is very good, seats not too worn, carpet is excellent, dash is intact and not cracked. Center console did have a few spots where the stitching had separated but overall not bad at all. It had 4 matching Fuchs and a matching spare in the front trunk.
The Bad: A bit more rust than he led me to believe over the phone. The rear trunk floor was rusted at the seam where it meets the body panel about 1/4 of the way across. It would need to be replaced. There was also a hole in the driver's front fender at the bottom where it meets the door, might be able to just weld in some new sheet metal, not sure. Also was rust where the sail meets the body on both sides, not rusted through but a pretty deep hole. The entire body had been sanded down and many areas had been sprayed with primer.
Mileage was 113k, which he said was original, speedo works.
I was pleasantly surprised to see that with the seat all the way back I had TONS of room, actually more room than my 911. Very encouraging. Headroom was good too, I bet I could even wear a helmet in there.
Overall, I am more convinced than ever that I want to buy a 914, just not THAT 914. I am not an expert on the 914 market, but from what I have seen out there he should be asking $3000 for the car and selling it for high 2s with the amount of bodywork that is needed. Maybe I'm way off base, like I said I'm not an expert.
So, I will keep my ear to the ground, I'm glad I at least went over to look at it. Thanks for all the help guys, if you see a nice 73 2.0L keep me in mind!!
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Rick
1984 911 coupe
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