consensus of price, 1973 Options

[Delaware914]

Afternoon all, With winter almost done (dont look at the snow outside), i was thinking about spring and my 914..
All things being equal is there any thought on the pricing for these models?

[mepstein]

“Depends on how well that car was bought 4 years ago.“

Exactly.

Look at a bunch of recently sold cars on eBay, BAT and World that are similar to your car and you will have a good idea what yours will sell for.

For sale = dreams
Sold = reality

[TRP]

“Depends on how well that car was bought 4 years ago.“
...
Look at a bunch of recently sold cars on eBay, BAT and World that are similar to your car and you will have a good idea what yours will sell for.

This. This right here.

If you are brave, you could post more info and see what the collective thinks. Everyone here will be a whole lot more civilized than the shark tank comments section over on BAT.

Not very many standard/run of the mill 914s have gone for 28k+ on bat in the past 6 months. There have been 3 or 4 that were standout 'original' or one owner cars that brought good money. Motor swapped 6cyl cars bring the big money (enough to recoup the cost of the swap?... maybe.)

Have a look Have a look at the 'scatter plot' of cars sold. Each individual black dot is a sold car, mouse over the dots above 25k and closer to 30k, compare your car to those and you should get an idea... if you sold on BAT and found the right number of bidders. (crap shoot these days)

28k for a 73, 2.0 -- My opinion, with little research, it would have to be a pretty clean and special car.

For what it's worth, I think silver is a fine color for a 914.

[billh1963]

..... if you sold on BAT and found the right number of bidders. (crap shoot these days)

Yep...BAT is so oversaturated with auctions these days I think some cars don't get the attention they deserve. Also, there seems to be more incidents of non-paying bidders. The tin foil hat crowd thinks there are more shill bidders now that classic car prices are weakening and sometimes the shills get stuck with the high bid.

[TRP]

..... if you sold on BAT and found the right number of bidders. (crap shoot these days)

Yep...BAT is so oversaturated with auctions these days I think some cars don't get the attention they deserve. Also, there seems to be more incidents of non-paying bidders. The tin foil hat crowd thinks there are more shill bidders now that classic car prices are weakening and sometimes the shills get stuck with the high bid.

I agree with you, my car was on BAT and it didn't get the attention people thought it deserved. In the end, that worked in my favor because I paid what I consider a fair price for it. The reality is that classic car prices are down across the board and by a noticeable amount from just 6 months ago. A 28k dollar car 4 years ago (when the market was pretty crazy) to now is a totally different market for most cars. The shill bidders getting stuck with a car is poetic justice imho, unfortunately when the seller gets caught in the middle, it's a bummer for them.

What's going to happen is that people don't know where the bottom is so buyers and sellers are going to have unrealistic expectations on what to pay. I'm thankful to not be in a position where I am buying or selling right now.