Question on this 914, Searching Options

[CaptainCrunch]

Hello 914World! I am a new member looking for a 914. I owned a 1975 2.0 and a 1970 914-6 back in the day. Prob. Can’t afford a 6, but am feeling the pull to get back into one. Watching sites for a while and am curious what you guys think of this car and dealer.


https://www.schmitt.com/inventory/1974-pors...14-convertible/


Thanks for any thoughts you might have!

[wonkipop]

of interest when you take a second look.

cocoa mats look like they might be the real deal from back in the day.
i had a set in mine when i bought it in 89 and still have them.
identical mats. colour. foot pad. standard issue dealer options.
(know you can get remakes, but they don't look like them - but photos hard to know).

shift lever knob is also original dealer mod option available back then. leather if you didn't like bakerlite. similar version had porsche emblem was offered. along with the small steering wheel mod (dealers did that one too though not on this).

a funny car - its all there by the looks of it.
inners are very clean. may have been resprayed in there?
but the front trunk area looks very clean, stickers all there etc.

just very shiny.
and EFI is long gone.

i'd guess its a once around the clock job.

gold letters on engine lid when should be silver.
but that was a common tart up in the 80s.
along with the rear 911 reflector bar.

it looks a lot like a lot of cars i looked at back in 89.
same sort of mods very common.
front spoiler, carb conversion etc.

wonder if its a kind of time capsule from the late 80s that has been resurrected and glossed up a lot.

as noted - wheels are recent ad on.
(was running rivieras?)
the steelie spare with a cinturato P3 on it confuses the picture.
thats an old spare tyre if i am not mistaken?
not original maybe, but could be pretty old.

the thing that really glares for me is the alum silver sill thresholds.
they should be black plastic on a 74.
they have definitely been replaced.

and a cali dash would be cracked? if original.
they were even cracked in 1989. maybe only one crack. but cracked.