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/

[Superhawk996]

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Very nice car that anyone could be proud to own.

However, I'm not buying that it's only 27K miles. Seems to me that folks are taking advantage of the 5 digit ODO way too often.

Pedal pads seem to have some significant wear on them for 27K. I think there is too much rust and road debris abrasion on the bottom side to be 27K. I bought my Miata used with 30K+ miles on it and it had far less road blast / abrasion on bottom side than this car has.

I could be wrong but I'm a doubting Thomas by nature.

[wonkipop]

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Very nice car that anyone could be proud to own.

However, I'm not buying that it's only 27K miles. Seems to me that folks are taking advantage of the 5 digit ODO way too often.

Pedal pads seem to have some significant wear on them for 27K. I think there is too much rust and road debris abrasion on the bottom side to be 27K. I bought my Miata used with 30K+ miles on it and it had far less road blast / abrasion on bottom side than this car has.

I could be wrong but I'm a doubting Thomas by nature.

its a strange one.

had a good look at photos while i was adding data to L Jet research we have been doing.

more careful look at the oil change sticker on the door reveal. 8/77 - 20,010m. the car was sold new 9/74. original owner was doing 7,000m a year at that point.
if that mileage kept up until 1985 the car would be approx a 70-75.000 m car.

to be a 29 K m car the driving pattern by the owner must have changed drastically before it was stored away in 85. that is possible.

or it could be a broken odo car. (but still sub 100K miles).

wherever it has sat stored has been very humid. the surface corrosion on all the plated engine parts/bolts is not something i would expect on a dry stored car. (see the AFM to aircleaner bolts and other engine fittings). mine is not corroded like that and neither are several members cars here that have been well looked after. all those bolts plates etc in and on engines look better than that.

the condition of the tool kit is surprising. lots of surface rust on jack.
(missing plastic bag). original may have been lost and its a replacement?

other strange things are drive shafts still have white painted stamped numbers on them. (i didn't know about those numbers on driveshafts until i saw these photos, long gone on mine). those driveshafts have not seen over 100K miles. much less.

it could be a very good car but one i would want to take a close look at in person given the battery tray work and some other clues. i can remember looking at cars in 89 that had shot hell holes even then, but cosmetically were still very good otherwise.

i'd like to know more about the engine and just how it was stored.
and recommissioned.
30+ years is a long time to be doing the woody allen trick with the VW in a cave.
but it can be done. if the engine was stored right. topped right up with fresh oil before storage. i did it, but only for 16 years. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

EDIT
its also got a strange engine bay back pad.
they should be grey if stock and unmeddled with.
that one looks like its been pulled out and shot with some kind of black ripple finish paint. someone's been in that engine bay and done a big clean up/dress up.
dunno why you would change the back pad on a 29K mile car?