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Posted by: burton73 Oct 28 2017, 05:37 PM

I am going to start with my new to me 1970 914-4 sat in hot garage in the San Fernando Valley since 1985 rescued in 2017

Bob B

Posted by: burton73 Oct 28 2017, 05:38 PM

Next is my 1970 914-6 #41 car. The 30th car off the assembly line kept in a cool garage in the South Bay to Los Angeles from 1985 when it could not pass smog, till I bought it in 2007

Bob B

Posted by: Larmo63 Oct 28 2017, 07:01 PM

Junkyard find, Palmdale, 2014......'73 1.7 that turned into "Speedy"

Posted by: poorsche914 Oct 28 2017, 08:40 PM

Found in spring 2011

"1974 porsche 914 2.0 had the car for 20 years been sitting in building for last 9 years was running when parked."

Pulled from that small storage shed.


EVERYTHING was painted white!


My suspicions were confirmed...


Mechanically refurbed/updated (brakes, suspension, etc) and now powered by a Raby 2056. Next step is a complete rustoration but that will be a while since this LE is my daily driver.

Posted by: mepstein Oct 29 2017, 05:31 AM

Found in my Mom's garage, 25 years after I left it there. Currently waiting on phase 2 of restoration.




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Posted by: 74ravenna Oct 29 2017, 06:52 AM

My "barn find" was advertised in our local newspaper, so i don't know if it counts.
At work one day i changed my daily routine and took a lunch in our lunch room and picked up a local newspaper that was sitting on one of the tables.
Flipped through the pages and ended up looking at the classifieds (something i never do).

There it was, very little info about it other than the year of manufacture and that it was green.
I called the seller and was told i was second in line.
The person with first refusal declined, so i jumped on it.

The seller parked it in his garage in late 1983, supposedly it was running at that time.
I bought it in October 2014 and did get it running but i decided to do some work on it.
Those longs with primer on them are solid, i was just try my hand a sanding off a little surface rust.

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Posted by: Shadowfax Oct 29 2017, 07:25 AM

Here’s mine. Was sitting since 1989 when I bought it in 2015. Ran but not well and the test drive was scary. I wouldn’t hesitate driving it a few thousand miles now.



How it looks now:

Posted by: Cairo94507 Oct 29 2017, 07:30 AM

I found my '71 914-6 in a garage in Virginia where it had been sitting since 2012....


Of course I had sent it to VA after purchasing it from a nice gentleman in Santa Cruz, CA in February of 2010. It had been sitting in his garage on and off since 1973, give or take a couple years and was on occasion driven.