RHD 914, what's value of a rhd 914 Options

[9146-racer]

Hi, I haven't been on here for ages, sorry to have missed you all.
I have just been reading an article on the RHD Crayford cars and really would appreciate a value for one.
My car is a 1969 Crayford, in fact I understand it to be the first one ever.

I've owned it for about 30 years and now am considering parting with it, but what's it worth?

[wonkipop]

the yellow car in the garage next to the red meng car went back to the UK.
it is claimed in sale advert that it was a crayfords car, 75 model. there is a story a 75 or 74 came originally to aus direct from crayfords to western australia but could never be road registered. the story went it was sold to someone in singapore in 1980 and left the country.

would make sense as the two 73s that came into aus via crayfords as first owner cars were the last gasp and last chance. something occurred in relation to the ADRs (australian design rules) that meant the cars after that would not meet standards, but not certain on exact reasons. so the 75 model or was it a 74, no one is clear, had registration difficulties. (australia is funny about putting cars on the road, as there was provision for what is called a personal import, those cars don't have to meet all the ADRs, but for some reason that third car didn't make it in the right way).

its known 1 went to hong kong, likely thats the macau car that was seen in the 80s already a rolling wreck. and 1 went to singapore or malaysia or 1 each to singapore and malaysia. possibly the red meng car? that then ended up rebodied as said above?
the red car has wiper set up reversed. crayfords never bothered with that in all the cars i have seen. nor have i seen anyone reverse the wiper set up in later conversions down here.

i last saw the white car that was in australia just before i left for the USA in 1988.
i had tried to buy it in 1986 or 87. the owner of the car made contact with the organiser of the first australian 914 register in the early to mid 90s, so he still had it then.
i've not seen either him or the car since.

the green crayfords car had two owners up until the late 90s.
i was offered it by the second owner, the guy who established the first version of the 914 aus register. i agonized but decided to keep my 1.8, too much sentiment attached and not enough funds for two cars.

as far as i know no crayfords cars went to NZ.
they are a very rare beast because they were unbelievably expensive back in their day.
no rational person ordered one, you had to be obsessively fixated on having a 914.
it was cheaper to buy a new 911 in aus than do the crayfords thing.
how many people would do that?
i imagine the story is the same re uk cars.
what would you have. a crayfords RHD 914/4 or a factory RHD 911 for same or even less$?
i don't believe any 6s were done by crayfords but i might be wrong.

here is what i have.

the metallic green 73, 2.0 still in aus.



white 73, 2.0 was in aus, still may be. last seen by me in 88.
(in 88 it still looked like it did in modern motor article, graphics, unique aftermarket alloys, front spoiler, blacked out chrome targa trim, windscreen protector clips - thats real aussie stuff you fixed a mesh screen in front of windscreen for the all too common windscreen destruction flying rock moment when you would have had to ship in a screen from europe at great cost because the aussie distributor had you by the nuts, in 88 still untouched and intact - even remember how much it sold for in circa 86 - $17,500 AUD, i was trying to haggle down to 15K, got walked right over the top of).



yellow car parked next to meng car, back in uk. (may have been the third aus car?).



the green uk crayfords car in a bad way.