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Nunyas
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One of my co-workers bought a 914 back in March and he ~finally~ got it out of the garage where he left it to set the mechanicals right before driving it. I believe most of the time spent there was in an attempt to get the original fuel injection system working correctly, but after 2 months the owner gave up and let the shop install a pair of Weber 44 IDFs on the thing.
We went outside the office to look at the car (I'd never gotten personal with one before), and while we were walking out the guy tells me that the driver's outside door handle gave up the ghost on him over the weekend. I spent 5 minutes inspecting the door handle mechanism and decided a piece was missing 30 seconds searching inside the door and I found a broken plastic spacer. Told him it'll be 3000% cheaper if he just orders that piece of plastic and snaps it into place on his own than if he took the car to a shop to have it fixed.
Anyways, he showed the engine to me through the 6" gap they have for the engine compartment lid, and I was surprised at how compact the engine is! The two Weber 44 IDFs were the only things in the compartment that had any presence to them. Even then they looked kind of odd to me perched atop the manifolds above the featureless engine. Then he showed me the car has 2 trunks!
Overall, I think it's a neat little car. Though, I think I have a bit more leg room in my B than he does in his 914, but it looks like the 914 has more elbow room than a B. So, I guess the 914's were made by short-n-wide people, while the B's were made by tall-n-thin people... /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif
Either way, it looks like a fun little car to own and operate, but I don't think it's my particular cup-o-tea. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif
We went outside the office to look at the car (I'd never gotten personal with one before), and while we were walking out the guy tells me that the driver's outside door handle gave up the ghost on him over the weekend. I spent 5 minutes inspecting the door handle mechanism and decided a piece was missing 30 seconds searching inside the door and I found a broken plastic spacer. Told him it'll be 3000% cheaper if he just orders that piece of plastic and snaps it into place on his own than if he took the car to a shop to have it fixed.
Anyways, he showed the engine to me through the 6" gap they have for the engine compartment lid, and I was surprised at how compact the engine is! The two Weber 44 IDFs were the only things in the compartment that had any presence to them. Even then they looked kind of odd to me perched atop the manifolds above the featureless engine. Then he showed me the car has 2 trunks!
Overall, I think it's a neat little car. Though, I think I have a bit more leg room in my B than he does in his 914, but it looks like the 914 has more elbow room than a B. So, I guess the 914's were made by short-n-wide people, while the B's were made by tall-n-thin people... /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif
Either way, it looks like a fun little car to own and operate, but I don't think it's my particular cup-o-tea. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif
