27,000 mile original '74 on BaT, This will be interesting Options

[Big Len]

I'm going for it, $71K.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1974-porsche-914-59/

[wonkipop]

I'm going for it, $71K.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1974-porsche-914-59/

thanks for the tip @Big Len

i checked that one out, wealth of info for our 1.8 L Jet history research.


can't agree with comments on BAT site saying orange side stripes have to go. the original owner ordered that car as a GULF 917 homage?
brilliant.

don't know if its really a 28,000 miler, but its a low mileage very original very honest car that has had to have all the usual things sorted after a long time in storage.

if it really did go into storage in 85 it stacks up.
thats exactly what mine was like when i bought it off the original owner in 89.
though there is an oil change service sticker dated 99? and 20,000 miles.
unless its actually 79 on the sticker badly written.

there has been a bit of work done around the new fuel tank.
look closely you can see the two small bolts that hold the front trunk hood release handle up under the cowl have been painted over.
some paint has been shot around in that area.

all the engine hoses are original. still got the reddish hose from the decel valve.

very obvious battery tray repair and renew.
but so long as its been done properly and the rust has gone no further.
looks like the rear trunk is up on one side.
its not a broken roller. the hinge plate must have let go?
hopefully not a sign of some extensive battery acid spray damage?

be watching this one.

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what is it with these very original unrestored unmolested 74 and 75 1.8s that keep popping up every couple of months? who would have thought 30 years ago that they would have been so cherished and left alone.