73 914 2.0 salvage title, Need help on pricing this for sale Options

[moshman53]

Greetings!
I’ve owned this ‘73 since 2000 and have looked after it as a daily driver for years. It’s now time to let it go. I initially never had concerns with a Salvage Title, but now realize just how important it is and that it’ll never really go away.

1973 Porsche 914 2.0
- Salvage Title -
Purchased in 2000 for $5,000
84,000 miles
Vin Numbers match throughout.
Delphi Green Metallic (repainted, with original color)
Vinyl-covered roll bar
Dual horns
Chrome bumpers
Fog lights
5 1/2" X 15 Fuchs wheels
165/15 tires
Leather-covered steering wheel and shift knob
Center Console
Center arm rest with storage compartment

Original Blaupunkt Radio

Dual Weber Carb installed (saved original D-Jet too.)
Engine runs great
Transmission solid
Brakes solid

Moderate rust, but nothing structural except the Left Rocker Panel - rust from battery
Seats have torn/broken vinyl

I’m reaching out for some creative feedback regarding what I might ask for this car…or more importantly, what I might get for this car!

Thanks In advance!!

Mōsh in Durango

[JamesM]

Why did it get a salvaged title?

What is the extent of the issues now?

I feel like this is becoming more of a moot point given the number of cars that have had the majority of their parts replaced and chassis rebuilt from swiss cheese rusted hulks. Unless you are talking about the high value, low mile barn finds I generally look at a 914 as the value of the sum its parts.

If what you have is solid, doesn't really matter what is written on a piece of paper.

[GregAmy]

I feel like this is becoming more of a moot point given the number of cars that have had the majority of their parts replaced and chassis rebuilt from swiss cheese rusted hulks.

EXACTLY what I came here to post.

But with the whole "concourse" thing going strong (and we allowing it to infect us) someone is surely going to complain about a dented-fender salvage-title car being less worthy than a clean-title massive rustoration...because they just don't know.

Oh well.

[LefthandRev]

I feel like this is becoming more of a moot point given the number of cars that have had the majority of their parts replaced and chassis rebuilt from swiss cheese rusted hulks.

EXACTLY what I came here to post.

But with the whole "concourse" thing going strong (and we allowing it to infect us) someone is surely going to complain about a dented-fender salvage-title car being less worthy than a clean-title massive rustoration...because they just don't know.

Oh well.

I collect and trade in vintage guitars. This shit started happening to that industry in the 90s with the advent of the big dick-weasel named George Gruhn.

Gruhn started coming up with a heap of things that would cause instruments to lose value. Many of them are valid, some are just cork-sniffing nonsense, like re-fretting the instrument (think of that as putting new brakes in a car), or a replaced input jack, etc. The problem is, I've encountered a great number of times when Gruhn is outright INCORRECT about his assessments, but because he established a name for himself, nobody questioned it. Gruhn is an arrogant prick.

A lot of this has fallen off to the wayside as bullshit in the last decade, but a refinished guitar loses half the value almost off the bat. A guitar with a broken headstock that's been masterfully repaired again is 50%. However, a refinished + broken guitar will go for about the same price as one which only has one of the two problems...

The difficulty is that in the 60s and 70s, when these guitars were still relatively young, many people would just do things to them without thinking. Rout out neck pockets to fit larger pickups, or "fix" a guitar that's been scratched or legitimately road-worn by repainting it. Today, that shit is considered bad ju-ju and "ruins" the value.

I have a 1963 Gibson Firebird VII. One of twenty Firebird VIIs made in that year. Depending on which way the wind blows, this instrument can fetch between $15k and $20k. I opted to re-fret the guitar this year because I don't plan on selling it until I'm an old geezer. By then, if we still have an economy, it'll be worth a fucking mint.

The point of my story is, of course, that all of this cork-sniffing BS about a car being worth less is a load of garbage ready to be taken out to the curb. If your car is solid, runs well, looks good, and most importantly, makes you happy, screw all that bullshit.

/rant mode off.

[GregAmy]

If your car is solid, runs well, looks good, and most importantly, makes you happy, screw all that bullshit.

Amen. Because unless you're dick-weasel George Gruhn trying to flip guitars for money, instead choosing to be someone who wants to play a classic guitar, then it just doesn't matter.

Right now the 914 community is slowly being lured into ridiculousness by the George Gruhns. This is not why we have these cars.

So don't let it infect you. Go buy a nice re-fretted guitar and enjoy playing it well.

GA