914 newby buyer, Is 6000.00 a decent buy for 71 914 Options

[Ratrod87]

Hello I'm hoping someone can tell me if 6000.00 is a decent price for a 71 porche 914. I recently came across one for sale locally and immediately fell in love with the car. I have never owned a porche and know very little about them. This car seems to be rust free other than the hell hole and I saw three little paint bubbles on the passenger side door. The car is the original color but has obviously been repainted at some point and no be longer has original engine or transmission. It currently has a carburated 2.0 bus engine and short throw 5speed according to current owner. The interior is mostly original and in decent condition with only minor flaws and comes with new carpet kit. Rockers, floor pans appear to be rust free and it has been garage kept. It does run. Any advice would be much appreciated.

[iankarr]

Have you checked out the classified section here on 914world? I'd feel much better about buying from a member who has a vested interest in not scamming you....(IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

[Ratrod87]

Have you checked out the classified section here on 914world? I'd feel much better about buying from a member who has a vested interest in not scamming you....(IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

I have been looking at the classifieds on this site, seems like the prices are all over the place , cars that I browsed on here that seem like they are in the same price range seem to be in worse shape then the one I'm looking at of course that may not be the case. The one thing that has me nervous about the car I'm looking at is it doesn't have the original drivetrain. He fired it up and it seemed to run good other than a lifter tapping which he attributed to the car sitting for a while and having hydraulic lifters. The hell hole doesn't bother me very much because I have lots of experience dealing with repairing rust because of all the other cars I have owned and my personal shop has a car lift and would be very easy for me to remove the drive train to repair the hell hole correctly. I guess I have some thinking to do. Thanks everyone for the advice.

[Superhawk996]

He fired it up and it seemed to run good other than a lifter tapping which he attributed to the car sitting for a while and having hydraulic lifters. The hell hole doesn't bother me very much because I have lots of experience dealing with repairing rust because of all the other cars I have owned and my personal shop has a car lift and would be very easy for me to remove the drive train to repair the hell hole correctly. I guess I have some thinking to do. Thanks everyone for the advice.

Hydraulic lifters are a giant red flag. OEM is solid lifter. Hydraulic is not the way to go for 914's. Make sure this isn't a bus motor via engine serial number. Even if it is a 914 case, someone has rebuilt it with hydraulic lifters and a hydraulic lifter cam. Not a good selling point. Only way to fix is to split case and rebuild the engine. EDIT: oops -- sorry I missed that you already know it is a bus engine. Even worse!

The rust should scare the crap out of you. I have lots of experience with metal fabrication. I built this tank from scratch.



Rust in the hell hole should not be underestimated. The rust on my car scares the crap out of me and like you, I know what I'm doing and have the tools to fix it. Fixing hell hole and longitudinal rust is not easy (or cheap).


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