RHD 914 Options

[Unobtanium-inc]

Anyone ever seen this one, it was new to me.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-mar...rive-914-a.html

[jim_hoyland]

Converted RHD in Singapore, formally owed by Meng Foong

[wonkipop]

Converted RHD in Singapore, formally owed by Meng Foong

i believe the late Meng Foong had two rhd cars before he died?
there was also a yellow one.
the yellow was a 75 model and definitely a crayfords car and is now back in the UK.
i believe it originally was ordered by an Australian and was delivered to western australia.
it was unable to be put on the roads here as the cut off for new Australian Design Rules prevented it being registered. it was sold to a buyer in Singapore in the 80s.

i am not sure about Meng Foong's red car that he rebodied.
it may have been a Crayfords converted car delivered new to singapore in the 1970s or it may have been a later conversion done in singapore itself? but i would say its likely it was also a crayfords car.

there are only a handful of these crayfords cars that were done when the cars were new in the 1970s. thats what makes them special.

there is an abundance of rhd converted cars that were done in Australia in the 1980s and 1990s. whole different kettle of fish.

the #1 crayfords car is significant for that reason. i believe it featured in the London Motor Show.

the blue car on the cover of CAR magazine is probably the second car that was done.

a green car, terminally rusted was advertised for sale in the UK approx 5 years ago.
it did not look like it was salvageable.

of the two cars that remain in Australia. one (saturn yellow metallic) is in very good preserved condition and is in Sydney. the other a white car has disappeared off the radar. it was still around in original condition about 20 years ago when i last heard of it. i believe it also went to Sydney. previously both cars were in Melbourne right through the 80s and 90s.

so there are not many left. my estimate is 3-4 cars that still are on the road internationally. 2 in the UK and 2 in Australia (if the white one still exists)

nearly all the crayfords cars started out as UK delivery european spec cars.
except maybe this one being shown here.
9146-racer would know all the details on this very first one.
i think crayfords got hold of it so early in the piece to look at the viability of conversion that they sourced it from a VW porsche dealer in Europe.

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there are two other significant rhd cars that were done back in the 70s when new. both are sixes. both of these are still in Australia. these are another kettle of fish again.

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then there are many more that were converted to rhd in australia in the 1980s and 1990s. all were sourced from the USA. these are not significant. not like the crayfords cars. the quality of the conversions varies from excellent to poor.

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admittedly its a specialist interest, and probably has limited appeal or meaning in the USA to a collector. so difficult to know what its worth. i guess it takes an auction where there are two buyers. like any auction?

with the state of things internationally its not a great time to be having to sell a car like that. i hope the sale goes well.