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Posted by: era vulgaris Nov 21 2014, 08:36 AM

Anyone seen this creamsicle that's on ebay? According to the photos, the VIN is 4742915093.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Porsche-914-CAN-AM-LE-PKG-PORSCHE-914-CAN-AM-SPECIAL-LIMITED-EDITION-ONLY-150-KNOWN-TO-EXIST-/321592003644?forcerrptr=true&hash=item4ae0608c3c&item=321592003644&pt=US_Cars_Trucks

That VIN doesn't seem to be in Bowlsby's registry.
http://bowlsby.net/914/CanAm/914CanAmRegistry.htm

Is every LE listed on Bowlsby's page, or is the car a fake?

Posted by: type47 Nov 21 2014, 08:42 AM

COA says it is ... (pic of COA included)

Posted by: era vulgaris Nov 21 2014, 08:44 AM

Ah, I missed that! I guess it can get added to the registry then.

Posted by: Johny Blackstain Nov 21 2014, 08:54 AM

From what I see it might have had a front end collision- don't like the way the right headlight is lining up, euro turn signal lenses & I don't think that's an OEM LE front spoiler. Engine lid has gold letters (instead of chrome) & they're not very well aligned. Mirrors are also aftermarket & that is not a 2.0 muffler. COA says it has a tan interior but that is not a tan interior & my COA calls it cinnamon, not tan. We all know it's supposed to be fuel injected, not carbed. I could see factory rear sway bar reinforcements welded into the rear trunk (good sign), however only one of the covers on the headlight motors appears to be grey. No idea why the front trunk springs are white- should be black, & have to wonder why the spare is not painted?

Posted by: boxsterfan Nov 21 2014, 10:34 AM

Pics of everything but the hell hole.

Posted by: Jeff Bowlsby Nov 21 2014, 10:39 AM

Good Eyes Johnny...

You missed that its a 1.7L or 1.8L

Posted by: Johny Blackstain Nov 21 2014, 10:41 AM

Really? How could you tell Jeff? Also the front right headlight bucket is bent so I'm sure it was in an accident. Right headlight cover is black, not grey.


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Posted by: Jeff Bowlsby Nov 21 2014, 10:54 AM

Plug position.


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Posted by: Johny Blackstain Nov 21 2014, 11:01 AM

Talk about good eyes! So it's had some major work done to it so you can't say it's unrestored. Insulating pad is missing from the engine firewall & front trunk carpeting is also missing, but that could be attributed to the a/c. The fact that the left headlight cover is grey, there is a COA & the reinforcements for the rear sway bar are in the back trunk leans me towards believing it is a creamsicle, but it's been seriously messed with. It may have had a cinnamon interior once but it got replaced with a black one, if the COA is right. Tan interiors are virtually impossible to replace & no one in the aftermarket has anything close to original tan carpeting.

Posted by: Kansas 914 Nov 21 2014, 11:05 AM

Posted by: poorsche914 Nov 21 2014, 11:26 AM

May not be perfect, but I'd like to think someone found an LE in a junk yard and saved it

Posted by: Dave_Darling Nov 21 2014, 07:42 PM

Are you sure? That kind of looks like it is going into the tin around the curve, so it would be on the vertical part like the 2.0 plugs should be...

Tough to tell from the photo, at the very least.

--DD

Posted by: Jeff Bowlsby Nov 21 2014, 08:09 PM

From the angle of the photo, they sure like they are at full salute to me!

Posted by: Johny Blackstain Nov 21 2014, 08:45 PM

I'm still leaning towards believing it is an LE, but the ad is misleading- the car is not unrestored & it needs more work done to finish her right. A close personal inspection seems warranted, by someone who really knows LE's. Getting that interior back to being tan/cinnamon is going to be a bear, along w/ finding the right front spoiler. If Jeff is right & that's not the original engine then the car has lost major value. Carbs will have to go too & a proper D jet system will be needed.