Searching for a 914-6 GT, Wondering what you guys thing of these Options

[Gridlock]

Hey Folks,

I'm looking for a nicely sorted 914-6 GT; would prefer an original 914-6 that was converted to GT 'status' as opposed to a converted 914-4. I want one that is street-able, and has either a 3.2 or 3.6 liter engine. In searches on the internet, I came across these two:

1)
http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/carsfo..._6/1568185.html

http://my.opera.com/surfmonkey/albums/show.dml?id=38974

2)
http://www.pbase.com/emoze/914_6_gt
(The 914-6-GT_Technical_Detail image has more photos under it)

http://www.pbase.com/9146gt/dealer_9146gt_...lfgang_dworazik


I was wondering what you think about these, and which one would you buy and why. If you know of any other for sale, please let me know as well.

Thanks much in advance.

- Stew

[larryM]

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/drunk.gif) here we go again!

If I understand your query - you are hoping that someone here on World actually has driven, and knows firsthand, the cars that you are considering, or knows of one that is possibly available but not actively marketed ??????????

imho, nobody can appraise a car like you seek based on internet photos and never having driven it - but as we routinely see on BaT, thousands of pundits will give you an opinion, nevertheless

- a good tactic would be to just start making direct inquiries to everyone who has one now, that you think looks nice on the web

- start by searching the database here on World cuz most of those cars are owned by people who care about them, which gives you one leg up on the internet insecurity ladder

If the owner bites, and you can't go see the car yourself, then send your own appraiser to look it over on site, and also arrange for a PPI by a Porsche expert who is local to the site of the car - - there are 'way too many shortcuts that a conversion builder can take, that you won't discover until you own the thing for a month -

maybe use this for your comparo shopping: somebody apparently b'ot it
914-6 GT eBay - $65K

there are also some other 914-6 eBay sales in the past 12 months you can use for further comparo

there are enuf such cars available to meet your requirements - but maybe not actively for sale at the moment

car guys are always looking up to the next acquisition and often will yield to temptation to buy that new more costly toy if somebody serious is standing in the driveway with cash in hand to take away the current toy and enable that new acquisition

(and then too, divorces, foreclosures, job losses, and other bad things happen that entice sales of treasured cars) (btdt) - i have seen enuf exotic cars with mega-$$$ invested sell for half or less of the owner's "investment" under such circumstances - (we not too long ago saw a 914-4 with a GT body conversion -sell here for about $7K cash with over $28K invested - and the engine was still out and it had no paint)

- life happens, and if you are there with cash on the fateful day, you WIN!

I can tell you first-hand that adding a 3.2 or 3.6, is not a trivial nor cheap endeavor (just done that, and 2 friends also in the process)

? starting with an average stock 914-6 at today's internet bid prices, and then adding steel flares too - well that means a fresh $10K paint job after the flares are installed at a cost of say, at least $6K - ? adding a 915 or 916 trans ? - hah! - I just got my 916 kit - be lucky if that conversion can be completed and installed for under $10K

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) - oh, oh - there's that $90K looming on the horizon as noted above

on the other hand - i admit that thousands of people DO bid & buy on eBay all the time for cars they only see in pics - dunno how that works out in general, but the few I do personally know of have not turned out to be the great deals the bidders expected (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

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Hey Folks,

I'm looking for a nicely sorted 914-6 GT; would prefer an original 914-6 that was converted to GT 'status' as opposed to a converted 914-4. I want one that is street-able, and has either a 3.2 or 3.6 liter engine.

I was wondering what you think about these, and which one would you buy and why. If you know of any other for sale, please let me know as well.

- Stew