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Original Cars:How many are still out there?, Where do you see the market in the future? |
914_7T3 |
Aug 14 2017, 11:06 PM
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Please forgive me, I'm new to all of this! Group: Members Posts: 1,862 Joined: 3-April 17 From: Los Angeles, CA Member No.: 20,991 Region Association: Southern California |
Didn't want to Hijack bbrocks thread on how certain mods may affect resale value, but it really got me thinking about future values on these cars and where the market may be heading.
http://914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=314860 I love that everyone has a different vision for their car and can go their own way. Some members such as Arne & myself are currently working on driver restos and others such as Larmo among others are deep into some serious 6 builds. After having been to about a 1/2 dozen events, there is definitely serious interest in the 914 and this will bring prices up for good clean original cars. Not sure when or to what degree, but I have spoken with several PCar Collectors, expressing interest in "seriously getting one, but they're hard to find" Good clean cars and NOS parts will become scarce and drive prices up. What are your thoughts on values possibly starting to trend similar to the beginning of the run up on 356s and 911s? I would also like to hear about how many of you have Concours quality 914s as I have not heard much about those cars in the forums. |
914Next |
Aug 15 2017, 03:23 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 704 Joined: 28-July 14 From: Ephraim Wisconsin Member No.: 17,695 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
914 7T3 I think you're going to get the full range of responses here. Of course none of us know what will happen to values but we all have an opinion. I personally agree with others who indicate that the all-original and top survivor cars, whether 6's or 4's will lead the 914 market. Concours restored will be right there with them or slightly behind. Lets face it, the market in all collector categories right now favors originality....which was not the case 15 years ago.
I do think 914's will continue to increase in value and that prices today are not generally over-inflated. I too wonder how many excellent all-original examples there are out there. I have one that I think likely deserves to be in that category but I too would love to know of others. Agree with you that there is not much talk about originality on this forum. Thats ok with me....I still learn a lot but I'd love to hear of and discuss other's original cars now and then too. Maybe a Survivor registry for those looking to promote originality. Could see a couple levels based on percent originality. Just a thought. Likely will go nowhere. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
Jamie |
Aug 15 2017, 07:03 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,068 Joined: 13-October 04 From: Georgetown,KY Member No.: 2,939 Region Association: South East States |
914 7T3 I think you're going to get the full range of responses here. Of course none of us know what will happen to values but we all have an opinion. I personally agree with others who indicate that the all-original and top survivor cars, whether 6's or 4's will lead the 914 market. Concours restored will be right there with them or slightly behind. Lets face it, the market in all collector categories right now favors originality....which was not the case 15 years ago. I do think 914's will continue to increase in value and that prices today are not generally over-inflated. I too wonder how many excellent all-original examples there are out there. I have one that I think likely deserves to be in that category but I too would love to know of others. Agree with you that there is not much talk about originality on this forum. Thats ok with me....I still learn a lot but I'd love to hear of and discuss other's original cars now and then too. Maybe a Survivor registry for those looking to promote originality. Could see a couple levels based on percent originality. Just a thought. Likely will go nowhere. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) I wonder how some of the minor changes I'm making to my "mostly original" 73 1.7L Dad's Mistress affect the value, but the true value to me is driving Dad's old car. She is truly rust free in all body parts, still has original factory paint on the battery tray! I have had the outer body painted in the original beautiful Delphi Green, moved the fuel pump to the front, mostly drivability changes that enhance the value to me as a driver. I couldn't care less what these minor changes do to potential resale value because the car will not be for sale in my remaining lifetime! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) |
Tom_T |
Aug 15 2017, 09:04 PM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,320 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California |
I wonder how some of the minor changes I'm making to my "mostly original" 73 1.7L Dad's Mistress affect the value, but the true value to me is driving Dad's old car. She is truly rust free in all body parts, still has original factory paint on the battery tray! I have had the outer body painted in the original beautiful Delphi Green, moved the fuel pump to the front, mostly drivability changes that enhance the value to me as a driver. I couldn't care less what these minor changes do to potential resale value because the car will not be for sale in my remaining lifetime! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) The fuel pump move to the front up behind the steering rack cover was a factory Service Bulletin item, with a factory supplied kit, so that shouldn't hurt any 70-74 which has it moved to resolve the vapor lock problem in the heat. Not sure what your other items are, but if they stick with period correct &/or easy to revert back to stock, then it's usually not a problem. That yellow 1.8 with +/- 3K is a time capsule & probably won't be driven much at all. While I'm not as pessimistic as Lawrence about all cars being outlawed, I think that they will become more rare as time goes on, but then I'll be dead & gone before they're completely outlawed - if that is even legally possible & feasible in the future. Steve is correct on that 75 1.8 - it's a $40-50K estimate - I hit the wrong key with my flyin' fingers! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) .... but that would a big increase for a 1.8 value, if it even reaches $40K! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// |
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