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Posted by: whiterabbit Mar 10 2020, 02:39 PM

CL ad is not mine, I have no affiliation with this CL seller buuut...This guy says he's parting out a blue '74 914. Seems to be too good of a car to part out. Maybe someone here can talk him out of it...

https://akroncanton.craigslist.org/pts/d/akron-74-porsche/7087326319.html

Posted by: MikeInMunich Mar 11 2020, 05:12 AM

Super weird!

Says it has no rust, runs perfectly...but he's parting it out?

Posted by: Chris H. Mar 11 2020, 07:17 AM

Maybe the title's missing? Looks like a nice car!

Posted by: whiterabbit Mar 11 2020, 07:30 AM

I actually had a text conversation with the seller yesterday. I told him that it looked too good to part out and asked why he wasn't selling the car whole.. His response was that no one would give him what he wanted for it ($25k) and that he lost all interest in owning the car. He just wants to part it out. I thought it was super weird too.

I also told him that I thought it was worth more as a complete car than as individual parts. His response was that its easier to store individual parts than it is to store an entire car. I also disagree with that. Anyway, I thought I would share this super strange story...and sad story really. Maybe there's more to it.

Posted by: jagalyn Mar 11 2020, 12:39 PM

A scam. It just doesn’t add up.

Maybe someone posted the CL ad and then signed up as a new member with zero posts to troll the world to find a fish to hook and say it’s ‘not his’ CL post?

Thoughts?

Posted by: whiterabbit Mar 12 2020, 06:47 AM

Jagalyn...That's a funny theory and I can see why you might think that.

Yes, I did just register for an account on 914 world on March 10th. No, it was not to boost interest in the blue 914 CL ad. I am a legit 914 owner as of October 2019 (see the photo of my rustoration project below). The intent of my OP was 1) Let y'all know that there is what appears to be an excellent 914 being parted out and 2) poke the 914 crowd to see if someone would try to convince this guy not to chop up his 36,000 mile 914.

I have a couple other past projects that I've completed rustoration, A 1974 BMW 2002, a 1984 VW Rabbit Gti and now my '75 914. Here's some links and photos that hopefully help support that I'm legit. (I also realize this thread is straying off topic).

VW Rabbit restoration thread: https://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?9157689-Reviving-a-forgotten-Gti

Bringing home the 914:



Completed '74 2002 Pic:

Posted by: whiterabbit Mar 12 2020, 06:52 AM

For those of you that don't want to follow the VW Vortex thread, here's a pic of the completed Gti

Posted by: bulliporker Mar 12 2020, 07:03 AM

if that is the same car its been doing the rounds for months seller sent me pics 2 owners from new but the longs are shot supposed to be going to auction last sept

Posted by: Stuckon914 Mar 13 2020, 06:26 PM

Either way sellers story doesn’t make sense, if he is the legit owner. He said he would sell me chassis for $4000. Hard to get to $25k that way.
I passed.