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Posted by: silver74insocal Apr 10 2010, 09:09 PM

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=949359

anyone else amazed by this? is it someone on here?

Posted by: jsayre914 Apr 10 2010, 09:15 PM

i was just looking at that earlier tonight. for that kinda money you would think he would at least hit it with a wet nap


seems way out of range to me. it is a 4 after all

Posted by: RJMII Apr 10 2010, 09:37 PM

That car is advertised in the classifieds here.

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=105714

0 posts; so I'm guessing he's only posted in the classifieds.

Posted by: TC 914-8 Apr 10 2010, 09:40 PM

Climate controlled my a$$, looks like it's stored in a wood shop. Good luck on the 25K. Barrett and Jackson had one ( not as clean) that may have gone for $13K

Posted by: Eric_Shea Apr 10 2010, 09:43 PM

Fellow Utards.

Too bad that molding made it a $3000 car for me that needs $8,000 worth of body work to be right. That stuff is flat out ugly.

Nice example but, not $25,000 nice.

Posted by: DanT Apr 10 2010, 09:44 PM

maybe if were clean, and didn't have that awful riveted on side molding...

at least take the time to clean the thing and take decent pics

someone that is not a fan of the marque, just trying to flip a low mileage car...and make some quick $$

Posted by: TC 914-8 Apr 10 2010, 09:45 PM

QUOTE(Eric_Shea @ Apr 10 2010, 08:43 PM)

Posted by: rick 918-S Apr 10 2010, 10:12 PM

Advertized as a survivior but Jeff posted a the ebay ad that stated the car had a repaint on at least the drivers side. I used to install those moldings back in the 1980's. I always cringed when I had to drill holes and pop rivet those things on.

Posted by: silver74insocal Apr 10 2010, 11:13 PM

i know right...at least dust it off fer chr@#t sakes!! lol

Posted by: 914Sixer Apr 11 2010, 06:33 AM

Guy fell on his head and damaged his thinking process.

Posted by: SLITS Apr 11 2010, 07:42 AM

Speakers are nonfactory.

Posted by: URY914 Apr 11 2010, 08:06 AM

Bashing cars that are for sale is sorta shitty IMHO.

Posted by: kwales Apr 11 2010, 11:35 AM

The military designation for somethig like that is "hangar queen"

Personally, that car would be no fun for me.

You can't drive it or the value plummets.

Which would really limit the number of people willing to buy it.

And the hangar time means a lot of work to get it runnable.

Now if you were an anal obsessive detailing freak......

Posted by: azbill Apr 11 2010, 12:19 PM

What ever the traffic will bear. The current value is the highest price a willing and able buyer will pay. Who will step up? That price will help all of us. Don't bitch!

Posted by: charliew Apr 11 2010, 12:40 PM

I'm not as educated as the guys here but I am 65 and have put that moulding on a 69 350 camaro in about 79. I also hated the holes but knew I could fix them if I ever needed to. I had just repainted it the original color and I hated the small door dings worse that it would get as my little wife parked it at Waco High School where she still works. 40 years so far. It was a daily commuter then. It sat in the whs parking lot every year till 1988. Then the garage till about 95. Personally those small holes are much easier for me to fix with my tig than a multitude of dings and rust. more than likely the jams and the trunk lips are all that need to be done on a complete repaint. I personally wouldn't strip it unless the touchup spots are bad in the driver door. How many other cars are there like that that you can start with? You would rather have a completely rewelded 914? That cost 500.00 to start with? Not me. No it's probably not a 25k car but it's a really nice example to start with if the buyer gets what he thinks is a good deal. I really don't think it will take more than 5k to repaint that car with good ppg paint. But you could probably find someone that thinks it will take 10k too. I'll bet the seller will end up selling that car for the same or less than he gave for it.

I also think the moulding is terrible looking though and it will detract greatly from it's selling price but to me as a buyer and painter, thats great.

Actually if the paint is good and you got it for 10k and was used as a neat weekend car as is in about 5 years it could get a repaint and at about 40-50k miles it would still have good value it seems to me. I think the moulding takes 2500 off it's value. The right side repair is a bigger problem for me than the moulding.

Posted by: Drums66 Apr 11 2010, 12:47 PM

QUOTE(URY914 @ Apr 11 2010, 07:06 AM)

Posted by: RobW Apr 11 2010, 03:51 PM

12k mi is low... but what could you build for $25k?

Posted by: azbill Apr 11 2010, 04:42 PM

You can never build factory. You cannot get all of the new factory parts that are needed.

Posted by: Turtle Apr 11 2010, 06:00 PM

I'm just starting my search for a 914 but this number seems way off.

I'm in love with the 914-6 GT clone that "Phoenix 914-6GT" has listed for sale. That's the way to photograph a car!

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=104679&st=0

and here's a retail seller who also knows to how make the car look good. Since I'm new to 914s and haven't driven a stick in 15 years, this is more my speed but I still want the GT clone.

http://www.specialtysales.com/1974-porsche-914-2.0-c-2608.htm

Posted by: tod914 Apr 11 2010, 06:43 PM

Cool color. I wouldn't think of repainting that car being other than the door, it's original. Can't see why the door guards couldn't be removed, the holes filled, and the patches airbrushed into the paint. Not many around with that kind of milage. Be nice to see it fully detailed.

Posted by: charliew Apr 11 2010, 07:19 PM

Just because it has 12k on it doesn't mean the paint is easily blended. At the least it will probably need a top coat of clear to hide the paint edge of the blend. The chances are the painted jams and the trunk lips are close to the original color and the rest of the exterior is a lighter color. But yellow would be one of the easier colors to try to match.