A lot of parts cars out there, what do i do? Options

[Bruce Edge]

A lot of information lately about the new appreciation for the 914. I am so very happy about it because I dearly love these cars. In this area a lot of people know this and call me regularly about parts cars. Here in the South there is a lot of rusty 914, a lot are very restorable. So, what I'm saying, there is a lot of used parts. What is the future for these parts, with shipping being expensive, hackers, and the abundance of parts, are they worth buying up for future resale? I came from the 356 area and those parts are like gold
. because they made few cars. It just hard to walk away from Porsche parts, trying to get a handle on investing in the future of our hobby. Going to look at four cars tomorrow for probably under $2000. Let me know what you think, I probably to old to be contemplating this...

[larryM]

'yup - the days when we all were buying $500 914s & looking for used parts to "improve" them are long gone;

times past you could find 4 or more fresh ones in any pick-u-part yard every week with plenty of usable stuff on 'em plus engines & trans & alloys

[Bruce Edge]

'yup - the days when we all were buying $500 914s & looking for used parts to "improve" them are long gone;

times past you could find 4 or more fresh ones in any pick-u-part yard every week with plenty of usable stuff on 'em plus engines & trans & alloys

Thanks again guys, I’ll just walk away from this dream as reality sets in.
Between Facebook market place, Craig’s list and word of mouth, I count 8 parts cars with in a 100 miles of me at this time. Some with clear titles, so I can hope that some young energetic people will take one on as a restoration project.