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Posted by: orbit398 Jul 7 2016, 03:16 PM

auction on 'bring-a-trailer'

http://bringatrailer.com/listing/1974-porsche-914-2/

Posted by: era vulgaris Jul 7 2016, 03:22 PM

Jesus! It was at $14k a few hours ago. I go mow the lawn and now it's more than doubled.
I think it was the color that did it. Engine bay wasn't nearly clean enough for me to think it would hit 30k.

Posted by: Andyrew Jul 7 2016, 03:27 PM

I had a feeling it would get that high. I agree it was the color that did it. I thought the bumpers would hold it back...

Posted by: dlee6204 Jul 7 2016, 04:02 PM

Very surprising considering it had rust in the jack point, previous hell hole work, and no clear pictures of the passenger rear floor pan.


Love the color though and still a good looking car.

Posted by: Cairo94507 Jul 7 2016, 04:05 PM

Great looking car. I did not think it would reach those numbers either.

Man, we all need to revisit our insurance valuation to make sure we are appropriately insured.

Posted by: green914 Jul 7 2016, 04:06 PM

like the color, but 30k. WOW!

Posted by: wes Jul 7 2016, 04:16 PM

It seems like they manage to sell cars at a very high $$ amount. Look at the 928 GTS 5 days left now at $31,000. That is the desirable (GTS) one but seemes high to me though I'm not really up on 928's.

Posted by: Catorse Jul 7 2016, 04:55 PM

QUOTE(wes @ Jul 7 2016, 03:16 PM)

Posted by: JawjaPorsche Jul 7 2016, 05:01 PM

I see rust, hate the undercoating, and a 1.8!

Battery tray has been replaced.

Engine was not detailed as the outside.

Somebody paid too too much for this 914!

It that plumber pipe fittings in the picture?


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Posted by: Coondog Jul 7 2016, 05:05 PM

QUOTE(JawjaPorsche @ Jul 7 2016, 04:01 PM)

Somebody paid too too much for this 914!

Posted by: wes Jul 7 2016, 05:55 PM

QUOTE(Catorse @ Jul 7 2016, 03:55 PM)

QUOTE(wes @ Jul 7 2016, 03:16 PM)

It seems like they manage to sell cars at a very high $$ amount. Look at the 928 GTS 5 days left now at $31,000. That is the desirable (GTS) one but seemes high to me though I'm not really up on 928's.

A nice 928 GTS is worth over 100K.....

Posted by: bretth Jul 7 2016, 06:02 PM

WTF looks like the plumbing under my basement sink. And the "corrosion limited to the passenger-side jacking point" is probably the surface of another half foot of rust unseen inside. It must be the documentation and low mileage that did it?

Brett

QUOTE(JawjaPorsche @ Jul 7 2016, 07:01 PM)

Posted by: injunmort Jul 7 2016, 06:27 PM

i am sure this is accurate, no such thing as shill bidding on bat, only eBay.

Posted by: JmuRiz Jul 7 2016, 06:56 PM

QUOTE(Catorse @ Jul 7 2016, 02:55 PM)

QUOTE(wes @ Jul 7 2016, 03:16 PM)

It seems like they manage to sell cars at a very high $$ amount. Look at the 928 GTS 5 days left now at $31,000. That is the desirable (GTS) one but seemes high to me though I'm not really up on 928's.

A nice 928 GTS is worth over 100K.....

Posted by: Cal Jul 7 2016, 07:18 PM

Wow......nice car and great color! $30K is a lot of money for a low optioned non-appearance group 1.8L in #2 condition. Hagerty values a #1 - $26K & #2 - $16.5K.

Looks like I'll need to up my insurance.....

Posted by: Menmojo Jul 7 2016, 07:44 PM

30,000.00 plus a 5% buyers premium = 31,500.00
Wow.....maybe the buyer has a case of Magnus Fever?



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Posted by: boxsterfan Jul 7 2016, 09:11 PM

Low original miles and the color brought that to $30K. I agree with earlier post about the body being in about #2 shape.

Posted by: rick 918-S Jul 7 2016, 09:40 PM

I was talking to a guy that was bidding. We agreed the info was sketchy. Hood mis-match supposed to be done at the dealer when new as dealer prep turned out to be damage caused by the PO dropping an oil can on it, dirty oily engine does not clearly represent 40k miles. Rust repairs required. Brush painted battery tray and hell hole. Strange COA listing tartan but the car has vinyl. Car is sold but not delivered. Great price for the seller.

Posted by: siverson Jul 7 2016, 09:58 PM

I tried a bid at $14,500 hoping it would stay low.

I actually don't think $30k is that high for this car. I think with lots of hours and $5k of parts/paint/etc, you could have a VERY nice 914. And then probably worth $30k or maybe $35k. At least that was my plan. But for now I'll stick with getting my orange car back together again.

-Steve

Posted by: pete000 Jul 7 2016, 10:05 PM

BAT gets a lot of viewers and the cars sell high usually.

Posted by: whitetwinturbo Jul 11 2016, 10:04 AM

I asked Seller to show more detail behind passenger seat etc with very LITTLE compliance. There was no effort on Seller's part to stick a sharp object into the rusted passenger jack area. I suspect much more rust exists than was represented. This final price probably exceeded most watchers mindset.