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]

my 14 is american sourced from my stay in chicago back in 88-90.
L jet.
which i like.
had twin carbs on my squareback. ok when they were in tune, which was about 5% of the time. solex carbs too - awful. the linkage set up was not the greatest design vw ever came up with. never seen a euro 1.8, there would not be any here. hope they did a better job on the carb linkage than they did on the type 3.

the majority of 14s here are usa sourced, apart from that initial bunch of cars, less than 10, that arrived here in the early 70s. i remember driving the metallic green crayfords car back in the 90s. euro spec 2.0 with djet. it had a lot of get up and go.
i know i'm not supposed to say this, but my impression of it was that it was at least as fast off the line as a standard tune 6 in everyday traffic as i also had a brief drive of the same owners 6 when he first got hold of it. though after he finished with giving it a once over, it was a fair bit fast than a euro 2.0 4. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/evilgrin.gif) what i remember most about the 6 was just how much louder it was in the cabin. i've read elsewhere the euro spec 2.0 4 was a fairly good match for the 2.0 L 6. a lot of down low torque in the 4.
don't rev out as nicely as a 6, or have the great fan scream sound. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)

don't think the usa got renault clios.

i'm not disappointed by the XAS tyres/(tires). i have the soft bilsteins on. the car has sway bars front and rear. the 165s make it ride comfortably on the sometimes crappy roads around here without being too soft - they have a lot of compliance in the sidewalls. i went back to skinny tyres because i wanted to recover a different experience of driving. the clio gives me my modern fix. i'm not into originality for display/concourse reasons, don't do that scene, i'm interested in the driving experience of originality.

my third car is a big citroen xm. the "fleet" is all about variety.
i inherited an 08 audi A3 "sportwagen" and had it for a while. i hated the feel of driving it and gave it away it was so bad.

currently i am cutting the rust out of a 94 ford falcon ute. you think a 914 has a hell hole. the fords managed to recreate krakatoa right behind the passenger cab.
i'm looking forward to getting that ute on the road. aussie ranchero (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif)