I recently came across and featured a sweet little Porsche 914 survivor, but the seller must have gotten an offer they couldn’t refuse and they ended the auction early. Thankfully, for those of you that are on the hunt for a 914, one has just been listed without a reserve and an opening bid of just $100. This one has a few more miles (well at least claimed mileage), about 4k more and isn’t quite as original. I think with a little work though, this could be a very nice driver though! Find it here on eBay in Athens, Ohio.
While I prefer the bright blue paint of the other, I could definitely live with this bright silver. The body looks straight with decent paint. It looks like the seller tried the classic, “photograph it wet” technique, but that really just hides small flaws and imperfections. I don’t see any rust and as long as the paint isn’t seriously oxidized, it should polish up nicely. I am a little concerned about the rear trunk floor, it looks like the car might have been rear ended and poorly repaired. The floor just doesn’t look right to me and is something you will definitely want to check out for yourself.
We get a few photos of the engine this time, but you can’t really see much. The car doesn’t belong to the seller but is owned by a friend. They claim that the owner’s family bought it new in ’74. It originally belonged to a family member, but came to them in 2003. At that point in time, they had the engine rebuilt and a new coat of paint put down on it. They also had some rust repaired at some point, but they didn’t provide any photos of the repair work or any of the areas that still have rust.
I don’t see this car fetching the kind of money the blue example did. There are just too many questions and concerns about its history and condition. For all we know, that 36k miles on the odometer is actually 136k. The rust repairs might not have been done correctly and it’s hard to say what else might be hiding under the paint. It may turn out to be a solid car that just needs a little love to be a nice driver, let’s just hope that is the case!
I don’t think it’s 136, but clearly has been repainted. That rusty spare doesn’t bolster their claim, though. ( @36, I doubt the spare would be touched.) On the plus side, nominal pedal wear, although, replacements can be had. Certainly, doesn’t have the zing of the blue one. Still, a nice fun car, I bet.
A person could do a “quick” nano wax and armour all of this car in 15 to 20 minutes which would show better than wet pictures.
The front bumper says it’s a ’75. The rear is from an earlier car, but I think the front bumper says more about the year. And it’s not “naturally aspirated”, it’s fuel injected.
Fuel injection is naturally aspirated.if it had a turbo our supercharger then it would not be naturally aspirated😁
The trunk appears to have a panel pop riveted over the rust, seam sealed and painted. The pictures do not show the problem areas of these cars which are under the battery, the jack posts under the rocker panel covers, the actual trunk floor, under the spare tire in the front trunk and the floor boards. It may be a great car that just needs some love, but you can’t tell from these pictures how good it is. Also it’s probably a 75 or 76, definitely not a 74.
The front end has had a pretty good hit as witnessed by the hammer marks left on the inner front aprons. A PPI would certainly be a good idea on this car.
The first thing I learned about any Porsche, when I was a classic car dealer in South Africa, was that if there was ANY sign of repair work having been done badly then the asking price was shaved by 25%, and if it had any sign of welding on the underside then it was shaved by 50%. I sold an early, rusty 911 for about $2000 to an enthusiast, who knew all about the rusty floor, and it cost him over $3000 to have a new floor fitted as nobody would buy the car from him after he had welded a new section into the floor pan as the repair was visible.
Battery is disconnected. Could it mean that it’s discharging? Short circuit somewhere, I presume.
I’ll take them both if I had the money. Love the 911 but can’t afford one.
Surely, naturally/normally aspirated, means a car that has a carburetor! Please correct me if I am wrong.
Okay, you’re wrong. See below.
Naturally Aspirated (NA) means no additional boosting. Carb(s) or Fuel injection are considered NA. I have nothing to back that up other than being a car guy for 40+ years. Others may be able to point you to the official guide to automotive terminology…
You’re correct in your classification.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturally_aspirated_engine
Having worked for Porsche for 16 years in the early 70s and 80s and 90s I had the pleasure of working on the 914s and just love them this one looks from the pictures it’s a 1.8 L engine a good canadate for a restore
Yep. 1.8L L-Jetronic. Easy to work on and runs great – if you know a few tricks. :)