$50K 914-6 for sale on Ebay, Awesome looking car! Options

[carr914]

Good gawd - all you nit-pickers. If that car is as nice as it looks the seller is taking a loss at 50k.

I agree. Every time a nice car comes around it is like a fuching contest around here to see who can tear it apart the fastest. 9 times out of 10 the car is nicer than anything the nit-pickers will ever own. Maybe that is their motivation, I don't know....

This car is gorgeous, regardless of price. Any of us would be lucky to own it.

99% of time I would agree with you (100% if it were in our Classifieds by a Member), but when anyone puts out such a Bold Statement as "Undoubtedly the Best Restored 914-6 in the World", it deserves a lesson in why it is Not.

[sean_v8_914]

fabulous 914. preserved from the evil grasp of rust and time. cars like this will outlast us all

[Ferg]

Such a nice car, perfect color combo, my absolute favorite.

[JawjaPorsche]

Between my junior and senior year in college, I worked at a bank in Atlanta. Down the street was a Porsche dealership. I used to go down there during lunch and sit in the cars and dream. They even had a 914-6 British Racing Green! I think on the stickler it was around $6,800! If I only knew then what I know now!

Such a nice car, perfect color combo, my absolute favorite.

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[gms]

I can only speak for myself but I think the people here who know the smallest details of a real six take up the challenge to show it is not "Undoubtedly the nicest restored 6 in the world" That is a bold claim and if you were to buy this car you would have to spend additional money to make it right. That being said I am always happy to see another six restored and cared for.

[toolguy]

What we see as an untruth {best restored six} is compounded but the fact that the restoration was apparently done by a business who touts their expertise. The things we all notice are the little details, easily corrected if they really know their stuff. That has to make me wonder about what else was overlooked.

Here is their website and their feature on this car. http://www.caporsche.net/images/portfolio/...146/images.html

Lot's of more detailed pictures, but what they show is more stuff done without attention to detail, which is a must for a true Concour car.
(914-6's didn't have the vent covers in the door jam vents, Red as in Koni struts, wrong color lower heater blower hose [ should be tan]. . . also looks like a 911 metal air cleaner box in place of the real 914-6 plastic six box. Then there is the radio antenna on the fender but it has a radio delete panel in the dash. . Wrong type battery and installed backwards . The dash has a Green TN4 "Driving Light switch" emblem, while the grill shows TN2 Fog lens. . . The front bottom pictures look nice, but still no pictures of the bottom of engine and pan.

The sad part is someone could buy this thinking they got "the best", and really got only a 'nice representation copy, with a 'period correct' motor. The good part is it just makes the real six's even more valuable. . . and shows how difficult it is getting to obtain all the correct parts. All in all, $50K is in the ballpark for the work done, but it certainly is not "The Best ".

[Cairo94507]

I didn't think the '70 sixes came with the insulated top? And that looks to me like the correct emergency brake; it appears to be a folding handle. All of my sixes came with that style. I thought (always) that was correct and it was the later cars that came with the non-folding handle. Am I just getting old or what?

[SirAndy]

Good gawd - all you nit-pickers. If that car is as nice as it looks the seller is taking a loss at 50k.

I agree. Every time a nice car comes around it is like a fuching contest around here to see who can tear it apart the fastest. 9 times out of 10 the car is nicer than anything the nit-pickers will ever own. Maybe that is their motivation, I don't know....

This car is gorgeous, regardless of price. Any of us would be lucky to own it.

When somebody starts their Ad with "Undoubtedly the nicest restored 914/6 in the world" i think we have all the right in the (914)world to pick that car apart.

As far as i'm concerned, with a statement like that, he's asking for it ...
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[porbmw]

I didn't think the '70 sixes came with the insulated top? And that looks to me like the correct emergency brake; it appears to be a folding handle. All of my sixes came with that style. I thought (always) that was correct and it was the later cars that came with the non-folding handle. Am I just getting old or what?

The 6s did not come with the insulated top...that one jumped out at me.

But then, so did the ebrake. Cuz as far as I can tell, it is correct AND it has that rubber gasket about halfway along, where the handle bends. I'm STILL looking for that #$#$ piece. If anybody has a nice one.....

So I"m on the fence on this.

It is a nice car, and thanks, Gusti, for the pics, it puts things in perspective.

It takes a lot of work, and money, to bring these back. It's great to see it as good as it is.

But I'm with T.C. and others, re the bold statement. It is kind of like laying down the gauntlet.

[nathansnathan]

I didn't think the '70 sixes came with the insulated top? And that looks to me like the correct emergency brake; it appears to be a folding handle. All of my sixes came with that style. I thought (always) that was correct and it was the later cars that came with the non-folding handle. Am I just getting old or what?

It's almost definitely the late parking brake handle in this pic
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/caporsche.net-11782-1330454220.1.jpg)

but it looks like an early in this pic
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you can see the folding one doesn't have that angle that is definitely in the top top pic there.
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/images.thesamba.com-11782-1330454221.3.jpg)
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[porbmw]

WTF
Missed that....TWO ebrakes... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

[jonferns]

Maybe they realized it afterwards, because those are definitely 2 different brake handles

[porbmw]

I'm guessing they did the "later version" first, it looks a bit scabbier (word?), metal not cleaned up etc, and then swapped it out with the correct, earlier.

I want.... (the rubber...don't think there's a market in this for Mikey/Mark)(IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

[toolguy]

Like I said, It's the little details. . the drivers seat belt receiver is in upside down. . the red button is suppose to be on the bottom . . they used a passenger side for the drivers side. . . and the seat recline knob is on sideways. . looks like there isn't enough room for it to fit properly. . . .
They asked for it. .

[struckn]

As mentioned some minor faults BUT this restoration appears to have produced a 914-6 that may be above the quality of "factory new". IMO

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[porbmw]

Um

With respect....no. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

I"ll take an off the factory assembly line 6 any day over almost any restoration....pretty hard to get it ALL right...parts are scarce. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

[MoveQik]

Good gawd - all you nit-pickers. If that car is as nice as it looks the seller is taking a loss at 50k.

I agree. Every time a nice car comes around it is like a fuching contest around here to see who can tear it apart the fastest. 9 times out of 10 the car is nicer than anything the nit-pickers will ever own. Maybe that is their motivation, I don't know....

This car is gorgeous, regardless of price. Any of us would be lucky to own it.

When somebody starts their Ad with "Undoubtedly the nicest restored 914/6 in the world" i think we have all the right in the (914)world to pick that car apart.

As far as i'm concerned, with a statement like that, he's asking for it ...
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Seriously? It's an eBay ad. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) It is subjective at best and written by someone trying to sell something(an incredibly nice six, I might add). Maybe in his mind this truly IS the nicest restoration he as ever seen.

[URY914]

I am SO glad you guys pointed out the problems with this car. I was just about to hit the "Buy it now" button. Thanks for saving me $50k. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[carr914]

As mentioned some minor faults BUT this restoration appears to have produced a 914-6 that may be above the quality of "factory new". IMO

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Factory New would have the Factory Motor.

I've said from the beginning that it is a Beautiful Car and I hope they get the $$$, but the beginning Statement & Lack of Details leave feeling disappointed. The little things can be corrected ( and serve as a Badge of Honor to the buyer), but they should have been addressed

It may be that the eBay Ad was just to draw interest. I know my car will probably not make it to the end of the Auction based on the Calls I've been receiving.

T.C.

[larryM]

Good gawd - all you nit-pickers. If that car is as nice as it looks the seller is taking a loss at 50k.

I agree. Every time a nice car comes around it is like a fuching contest around here to see who can tear it apart the fastest. 9 times out of 10 the car is nicer than anything the nit-pickers will ever own. Maybe that is their motivation, I don't know....

This car is gorgeous, regardless of price. Any of us would be lucky to own it.

agreed.

We cogniscenti constantly berate the cars of fellow owners - i don't get it

- aren't we just a tiny club of folks of mostly modest means interested in an almost forgotten car that time has passed by, all hoping for the prices to rise enuf to justify the money we've spent restoring or personalizing and customizing our own?

We should all be celebrating any 914 we actually see running and driven. And congratulating anyone who actually sells one for more than they have "invested".

A rising tide ....


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