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Brian,
I recently purchased a '73 914 and years ago had a '72 911. I'm a little surprised at what you describe because just the other day I was impressed with how solid the doors sound when shutting the 914.
Maybe you do need some adjustments....maybe some new seals. My seals are not new and can't say if original or not. The plastic is missing between the door panels and doors but all the original hardware (nuts, bolts etc.) are there.
I've witnessed these rattles over the years with various cars and think allot of this has to do with who has been there to make repairs and how they actually performed the work. Over and over again I have found various pieces of hardware missing when working in this area of old cars. Amazing at what you will find at the bottom of door area......guess the PO was too lazy to retrieve the part and just buttoned everything back up thinking this non critical part will never be missed.
One thing is for sure........the 914 doors are easy to work on. I've been through the doors on mine making repairs to door handles, door stays and rekeying locks. I'll have to rank them as the easiest to work on of all the cars I have owned.
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'73 914
(Renegade V8 conversion)
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