914 Current Market Conditions & Summary 4's & 6's, Help for the Newby's coming on board Options

[TJB/914]

Hi All,

I felt it was time to help all the newby's coming into the 914 market. What to buy and what to look at. Of course everything depends on how much money you can afford. Like Bruce Anderson says "buy the best quality and year you can afford".

I looked at an ebay 75 yellow car in MI this week that sold for their asking price of $15K to a CA buyer. It was low milage car and someone got a car that could have brought $20K to the new astute buyer. I see market conditions of supply & demand working. Money collectors are coming into the market & looking at quality. They have the money & our 914's are bargins. I believe in the next (5) years we will see our 914's double in price. I'll mark my calander in 2013 to see if Iam right. We need to help our newby's because there are so many people selling cars with untrue facts. Buyer's beware, your need more 914 education.

My opinion in preference with the exception of special models & rarity.

*** All 6-cyl. cars with the vin #914....

** All 2.0 liter cars expecially the 73-74 chrome bumper cars including 75-76 2.0 liter cars.

* All the others 70-72, 75-76 with 1.7 & 1.8 liter engines.

There will always be rarity & special interest cars that have premium prices, but this is my basic list. Color, wheels, etc will always be a guide to higher prices.
Note: Especially rear fog lamps. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) right Eric & Pat. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/w00t.gif)

Looking for input & suggestions for our newby's.

Tom

[r_towle]

When I hear this it makes me wonder...what market are you guys talking about???

15k for a 4 cylinder....I dont see that market at all.
I rarely see one trade for more than 10k.

I have a car here in storage that is almost a perfect 73 with a freshly rebuilt 2.0 liter with Dells and the right cam. Getting more than 10k would be amazing.

Here is a car in the Northeast with zero rust (I can prove that)
Its had loads of money put into it and the current owner knows that he will take a financial hit when selling this car.

15k, I have to laugh. The market is not there yet.
If the car has less than 30k and that could be proven, sure.
Otherwise we all know these cars have seen many road miles and I just dont see 15k for a 4 cylinder as a real number.

I read the Excellence market value report and I just dont agree.
Look a the classifieds here and at the Club site...look at what things have SOLD for on Ebay...15k is rare and not the norm.

The norm for a clean car seems to be just a bit higher than 5k
I would say 5-7k would buy a very clean car, and even a 73 2.0 liter.

If I am wrong, please show me 10 examples, not just one. This shows a market turn. Currently I can see probably 30 cars for under 7k and alot of them are quite nice.
Rich