What have you bought/ sold your 914 for? Options

[wbgoggans]

We’ve all seen the recent 914’s on bring a trailer big numbers, but has the private market adjusted to these new numbers? Please reply with a photo, and other important info that would effect the value of your car.

[Slam254]

I'm one of the suckers who got all fired up and overpaid on BaT. 1973 2.0 really clean body/paint/interior. Based on the comments I figured I could find a local Porsche mechanic and get the engine/brakes/trans cleaned-up. I bought in Sept of this year. She was so pretty. It ran but not well. It smelled like gasoline.

I found THE local air cooled Porsche guy, I told him to bring it up to perfectly restored stock condition (don't hot rod it). He said he would do it, it will be expensive, and I wasn't allowed to ask him how long it would take. He called me a week later and told me to find 3 parts that aren't available anymore - you guys helped with that a great deal THANK YOU ! ... and the fuel lines were hard as a rock and it's a good thing she didn't catch on fire.

6 weeks and $9,000 later I got it back just in time to take her to the West Coast Ramble last month. She runs SO good. I drive it every weekend. I love it. I've wanted a classic car for so long I'm happy I finally did it.

So .... bought for $28,700 ... $9,100 rebuild .... $500 misc parts, coco mats, etc.
$38,300.

The plan is enjoy it for a couple summers and sell it in around 2023 ... I'll probably get $25 - $30k for ir and I'm good with that. I have no illusions that it will be worth sixty grand or something like that but I'll tell you what, she runs like a champ right now.