http://www.ebay.com/itm/Porsche-914-6-1970-porsche-914-6-chassis-9140430136-blue-weber-carburetors-same-owner-many-yrs-/221583236894?forcerrptr=true&hash=item339763df1e&item=221583236894&pt=US_Cars_Trucks
"We regard our reputation very highly and customer satisfaction is our paramount concern"
Is anybody else tired of the Rusted Out POS's being Sold for Big Money
They are also Selling (?) this piece of Crap
Despite their ads, these guy are scumbags. A couple months ago I was at a customers house detailing his 356 before a car show when this tatted up, pork pie hat, gold chained, gold nugget ring ( yeah the whole nine yards ) comes walking in.
" WOW that's such a beautiful car...I'd love to buy it, how much do you want "
" It's not for sale "
" Oh come on that thing is gorgeous, everything has a price "
" We just finished restoring it and I haven't even driven it yet "
Me: how about 500,000 ?
" Yeah I'd let it go for that " ( laughingly )
" Oh I get ya, who did the restoration on it ? "
Scott here did.
" Oh wow man, great fucking work." ( in front of a guy he's
just met and is trying to buy car from ) Hey if you're in the business I'm always looking for cars to sell. Give me a ring some time "
Hands me a business card...yep Beverly Hills C.C. Now what you don't know yet, is the owners driveway is JUST wide enough between his and his neighbors house to squeeze the car through to get to the garage, which is offset from the side of the house. Oh and did I mention there is a 8 foot tall wooden gate at the backside f the house ? There is NO WAY this guy just happened to be out for a Saturday drive ( through a 25 MPH residential area) and just " HAPPENED " to notice the car
And this was in Northern Va. so they have " scouts " all over apparently
Oh and I found this a couple days ago. Punched an engine number into google to see if anyone was looking for it. The engine they claim is in this car....it's sitting in my shop, in a '66 Not a bit of silver Krylon on the engine either
http://www.beverlyhillscarclub.com/1968-porsche-911l--c-1696.htm
9140430136
This 914-6 was a victim of Hurricane Sandy. I saw the car a little over a year ago in the former owner's garage in the Rockaways in NY. The former owner had several cars that were submerged at least up to the door tops or more in the storm. They all looked like they were well-loved and cared for before being flooded. I almost bought the car, but could not come to terms on price. It looks like some of the work has been done. Proceed with caution on this one.
Here are some photos of this car when I saw it a little over a year ago. I kind of regret not buying it now that I remember how much the original owner wanted for the car!
So they want $50k for a flood car with the wrong interior after swapping the Fuchs for steelies!? Nice.
Even though the seller states it has a clear title, one would have to assume this car was considered a total loss by the insurance carrier and it has a salvage title. George E., do you know if it has a salvage title?
43,000.00 reserve not met. Makes you wonder what kind of price these clowns had on it
New round on ebay hast just started:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Porsche-914-6-1970-porsche-914-6-chassis-9140430136-blue-w-black-weber-carburetors-great-find-/221656799951?forcerrptr=true&hash=item339bc65acf&item=221656799951&pt=US_Cars_Trucks
I contacted the ebay seller questioning him about the apparent rust in both trunks and under carriage that you can see from the pics.
His reply was that the previous seller did not tell him that the car had been under water....although he admitted it certainly appeared so.
So this car was definitely under a bunch of salt water from that hurricane and who knows for how long?
Also he told me that the engine was seized and there was water staining visible on all the gauges.
To me all the electrics (lighting, switches, etc) including wiring need to be replaced, the body stripped down to bare metal and you start from square one with this car.
Many, many items on this car will need to be replaced in their entirety.
Unsure how easy this is to do on a 914-6 with some of their more rare parts?
That should be a $12K 914-6 .....
The pictures in the auction are useless. Someone going to get screwed with no kisses with that car.
Although I have a six, and I want them to be valuable, this auction is questionable. It looks like the same group of "bidders" as the last time it was listed. Can you say shilling? Caveat emptor. (buyer beware).
A lot of cars got flooded during Hurricane Sandy. About a month afterwards there were hordes of Porsches of all ages and varieties showing up on automotive recycle web sites like www.copart.com and www.iaai.com. I didn't keep count but there had to be at least 1000 flooded Porsches over a period of about 9 months. It was really sad seeing so many perfect looking 80s vintage 911s, 928s and 944s showing up on these sites being listed for water damage. Just as sad to see brand new Porsches with the window stickers still attached showing up as flood cars. I know someone who bought a perfect looking 968 with M030 options that was flooded in this hurricane. He completely stripped the car down to the shell and steam cleaned it, sent the engine and trans out for complete rebuilds, put a completely new racing suspension on the car, welded in a roll cage and put in a racing seat. He ran it in the PCA cub racing series. Even with all this work and new wiring harnesses it still took him several races to find and fix all the little electrical problems. This 914/6 would need that kind of effort PLUS there is the problem of the salt water invading all the little spaces in that non galvanized 914 shell. It would probably be easier/cheaper/faster to just jack up the VIN plates and drive a new car underneath them. It would be a tremendous effort to find and fix all the rust issues with this car. Rust is always 10 times worse than it looks.
Sold on ebay- $48,000 wow alot of$$$
Sold ? saw new ad on TheSamba today 2/2 for the same car. Is there such thing as a normal, straight sale for a six lately ?
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