Anyone try donating a 914?, Too many cars... Options

[worktheweb]

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My wife and I have decided that living in Northern VA with 5 cars and 1 cycle is costing us too damn much. Those of you fellow NoVAns can appreciate personal property tax and insurance and such.

Anyway I have to lose 3 cars soon and the 914 is one of the three. I'm wondering if anyone has tried donating a 914 to Purple Heart or one of the other charitable organizations. If so, how do you value the car? NADA lists 3 prices for a 1973 2.0 914:
$2,925 (low retail), $4,150 (average retail), and $5,400 (high retail). I know that after 2004 the IRS is reworking the auto deduction laws so this is the last year to get a favorable deduction.

I'm looking at deducting it vs. selling it just for expediancy. However if someone wants to buy it here's the specs;

1973 2.0L w/~78K miles
fiberglass flares
new Kumho tires
new brakes (19mm MC, front calipers, all hoses, all pads, rebuilt rears, new parking brake cables)
rebuilt Dellorto 45s
recent tuneup (runs good but needs something other than the 009 distributor that's on it)
new CB performance fuel pump and pressure regulator
SS heat exchangers
center console
POR15'd floor panels
bad white paint job
brown interior currently stacked on car except for door panels which are installed!
rust around windshield
other stuff as I remember

I need to get $3K for it which means I eat about $3K in parts/repair costs but I get rid of it. You other 914 owners know the drill on that one... I found a picture from 2001 but I'll post something newer after I get home if anyone is interested.

[Rhodes71/914]

Here is my take on donating a 914....

I bought my car on ebay. The seller really didn't know what he had and only had a 2 sentence description and 2 pictures. I took a risk and it paid off. Turns out they bought the car at an auction and I think rallied it for a while until it died and they couldn't get it to run.

Through some paperwork that I got with the car I was able to contact the owner that donated the car. Seems he had it for almost 10 years and it was his baby. Same with the person he bought it from.

When I went to get the car it was at a diesel truck repair yard and was with some other cars that looked like auction purchases adn they weren't pretty. Who knows what would have happened to that car.

Bottom line IMHO is if you care what happens to your 914 sell it to somebody that really wants it.