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Pat Garvey
post Oct 7 2007, 06:44 PM
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I haven't checked, but figure this car has been posted on the Garage.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Porsche-914...sspagenameZWDVW

My point with this forum is - why do so many people paint the insides of the F & R trunks black? Why would someone take a very nice 914, such as this, & (in my opinion) trash its resale value?

I've seen this time & time again, on junkers & halfway decent 914's. To me, it's the death of any interest. I assume there's something to hide.

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post Oct 7 2007, 07:54 PM
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That cars been worked over pretty good. Holes in the dash. Different gauges. Different struts. Engine. Rear Bumper. Front valance. etc...

WAY too much money for a car that will need an additional $15k to make it right.

If this were a conversion car, some of the changes would be fine but, I tend to look at original -6's as a fairly rare piece if 914 history. I tend to like them the way they are.
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post Oct 7 2007, 08:31 PM
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That cars been worked over pretty good. Holes in the dash. Different gauges. Different struts. Engine. Rear Bumper. Front valance. etc...

WAY too much money for a car that will need an additional $15k to make it right.

If this were a conversion car, some of the changes would be fine but, I tend to look at original -6's as a fairly rare piece if 914 history. I tend to like them the way they are.


I remember thinking REALLY hard about spec'ing a 914 to that gold color in '72. Yeah, I know, most of you hate it - my wife hated it, which is why I have red (sometimes you need to barter a bit to get what you want). Besides, it was $300, which was 10% of the price of a 914-4 (never could figure out why black was that same price as gold or silver).

Back to the six on eBay......Not sure that it would take 15k, but at least 10. Still a decent example, though I would bet that most people would hold thier noses at the color (not me, of course). Oops, they just lowered the price to $28 - still way too much. My wife says the color isn't as bad as she remebered ( a good sign), so I think I may put a bid on it, though I'm sure it won't be accepted.

I can take care of some of it's foibles with spare parts. It just really bugs be why so many people think that semi-flat black paint is cool where it shouldn't be.

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Pat Garvey   Gold 914-6 on eBay   Oct 7 2007, 06:44 PM
Eric_Shea   Rust.   Oct 7 2007, 07:02 PM
orthobiz   You mean, they weren't all black cars to start...   Oct 7 2007, 07:03 PM
Eric_Shea   That cars been worked over pretty good. Holes in ...   Oct 7 2007, 07:54 PM
Pat Garvey   That cars been worked over pretty good. Holes in...   Oct 7 2007, 08:31 PM
davep   member '914insf' is the current owner. I ...   Oct 7 2007, 08:34 PM
sixerdon   Is that a "silver" 914-6" emblem on...   Oct 7 2007, 09:08 PM
Pat Garvey   Is that a "silver" 914-6" emblem o...   Oct 8 2007, 07:32 PM
Eric_Shea   $10k would be the proper paint job. Then t...   Oct 8 2007, 08:20 PM
jaminM3   It's up over $19,000. I know you guys kee...   Oct 9 2007, 11:53 AM
Johny Blackstain   I think it should fetch @ least $20K because ...   Oct 9 2007, 03:50 PM
TedK   I think it should fetch @ least $20K because...   Oct 9 2007, 10:27 PM
beech4rd   Maybe the hoses go to this thing, which is probabl...   Oct 9 2007, 05:43 PM
Johny Blackstain   Maybe the hoses go to this thing, which is probab...   Oct 9 2007, 06:03 PM
porschecb   From the additional 100 pictures he posted :D   Oct 9 2007, 06:09 PM
beech4rd   In the middle of the listing there is a link to a ...   Oct 9 2007, 06:13 PM
Johny Blackstain   This begs the question: why would you put an oil ...   Oct 9 2007, 07:31 PM
Eric_Shea   Nope. (well... it depends on if you're the ...   Oct 9 2007, 11:50 PM
SirAndy   anybody noticed the ugly welding around the front ...   Oct 10 2007, 01:52 PM
jd74914   It looks alike that was done a long time ago too ....   Oct 10 2007, 04:06 PM
TedK   Well, it just sold for 25,000 to someone in the Ne...   Oct 11 2007, 11:05 AM
orthobiz   That car is already "Europized" so the ...   Oct 11 2007, 02:27 PM
Bleyseng   Well, he got a steal for 17,000 Euros as there isn...   Nov 17 2007, 10:09 AM


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