Determining value, When is an original six just a conversion? Options

[enderw88]

I have a line on an original 914-6. It is running a '79 3.0 engine, has racing seats, roll cage (removable, I think). The front suspension is modified, with 944 Turbo front brakes and with the original 914 front brakes moved aft. The paint is not the original color. The seller wants to price it like an original /6, which I guess it is.

How can I estimate the value of this thing with respect to a well done 914/4-6 conversion? This car is so far from original that I can't see putting it back. It is like trying to sell George Washington's axe, even though the head has been replaced once or twice, and the handle broken some time ago so that was replaced too, but its still George Washington axe...

[DanT]

Don't be too hard on folks building race cars
Most of the original 6s that were converted to track cars were done back in the 70s and 80s when 6s had no huge value...
Was cheaper to make a 6 into a race car than it was to take a 4 cylinder, convert it to a 6, and then do the race car conversion.

[Pat Garvey]

Don't be too hard on folks building race cars
Most of the original 6s that were converted to track cars were done back in the 70s and 80s when 6s had no huge value...
Was cheaper to make a 6 into a race car than it was to take a 4 cylinder, convert it to a 6, and then do the race car conversion.

I only lament that there are so few original or original-capable sixes available to those of us who would like to have one. Understand the cheap racing platform from bygone eras, but wouls rather they had modifies fours for that purpose.

I wonder if I'll ever have an original.
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