914-6 Went and Looked at another Matching numbered. Options

[FourBlades]

If you have a rare car and you know you aren't going to restore it, then be responsible and sell it to someone who will, or at least prepare it right for storage and store it in doors.

What purpose does it serve being a DAPO and letting it rust outside for 25 years?

So you can say "I have an original six"?

Good for you. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)

John

[dw914er]

If you have a rare car and you know you aren't going to restore it, then be responsible and sell it to someone who will, or at least prepare it right for storage and store it in doors.

What purpose does it serve being a DAPO and letting it rust outside for 25 years?

So you can say "I have an original six"?

Good for you. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)

John

I agree. While it may be numbers matching, the car is not getting better just by sitting there. Unless action is taken, the car will probably never see the road again. I would be realistic with the owner: you are doing him a favor for getting the car out from the weeds.

[mepstein]

What really hurts is the car is only a few miles from the beach & has been for at least 25 years (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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If he knew the cars, he would Not have left them out in the Jungle

He really does know the cars and has been working on them for at least 30 years, why, when I know, that he has known the value of this car, he hasn't doe anythng, is beyond me.

Great, a Salty Jungle

My Offer $500 - Final Offer

$501

[jmill]

Game over. Even at $500 you'll wonder what the hell you were thinking.

[racerbvd]

OK, it is for sale, but the value of the parts are more than the offers that have been posted here.







It does have all 5 14" Fuchs..

[draganc]

thanks for the pictures. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif)

well, what's the asking price today?

after looking at the pics, I would not offer him my $3000 anymore. but that's just me. i'd love to have a -6, but for that kind of work and $$$ this car needs, I would buy a running car.

[Mr.242]

Part it out and the price of mine goes up!

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[eric9144]

So so sad...

There's a guy who lives a couple of miles from me with a 1968 Mustang GT500 K.R. I knocked on the door years ago and tried to buy it from him knowing it would likely be a body replacement deal and he refused saying he was going to restore it someday and had all the parts...it's still sitting there, rotting in his front yard...and yes I ran the VIN, it's real...

How these people get these cars and then let them get to this state just blows my mind!

[charliew]

I played that game with a guy that didn't work on cars but was going to learn on a 55 corvette in his garage. I gave up and quit asking after a on and off 7 or 8 year deal. My friend from san antonio knows where a 914 6 is setting in a garage but hasn't moved for quite a while. I told him to check on it but don't make a big deal over it as I'm not really into original cars as I don't know what I would do with it and I won't put another car in my shop now until I finish the ones there.

I don't understand leaving a 6 out in the weather unless it was junk or the title was questionable and only a long wait could make it saleable.

[SirAndy]

OK, it is for sale, but the value of the parts are more than the offers that have been posted here.

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That's one of the few 914s you could probably actually do a "frame off" restoration on ...
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[BKLA]

Wow, the value of rust must be at or very near the value of gold! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[racerbvd]

thanks for the pictures. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif)

well, what's the asking price today?

after looking at the pics, I would not offer him my $3000 anymore. but that's just me. i'd love to have a -6, but for that kind of work and $$$ this car needs, I would buy a running car.

$6,500, check out the cost for a correct set of HEs, 914-6 Webers, the oil tank & you are over $3K right there.. Course, the fact that it is a matching # car, with the Docs helps alot.

I don't understand leaving a 6 out in the weather unless it was junk or the title was questionable and only a long wait could make it saleable.

He said it was this bad when he got it 25 years ago..

[eric9144]

I'd be shocked if the HE's or the Oil tank were salvageable, or worth 3k when looking at the rest of those pics...

This is starting to be reminiscent of the 356 chassis that was posted up a while back where there was really nothing left but a vin plate, 40% of a rusted out body...and a seller with high hopes (read that (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smoke.gif))

[racerbvd]

I'd be shocked if the HE's or the Oil tank were salvageable, or worth 3k when looking at the rest of those pics...

This is starting to be reminiscent of the 356 chassis that was posted up a while back where there was really nothing left but a vin plate, 40% of a rusted out body...and a seller with high hopes (read that (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smoke.gif))

How many matching number 914-6s are left??? Porsche only built a total of 3,351, and many of those got bigger engines, crashed, raced, rusted completely away, flat of gone, so there is value in a matching # 914-6.
This is more than a chassis too.
I'm currently restoring a matching numbers 914-6 (course it was a much more solid car and I paid a lot more than $6K for it.

Course taking that one down to bare metal

& a full rebuild (see my blog) wasn't cheap either but when it is completed, it will be a brand new car (and have cost as much too)
Point is, the Vin & matching numbers have value, I have seen worse (many have you have too, just didn't know) cars brought back & shown.
This RSR clip sold for a crap load more, A HUGE crap load, BTW;

[Eric_Shea]

Rationalize all you want.. virtually "everything' on that car would need replacing.

Interesting "curio" on my book... nothing more. might as well stay as yard art.

[mepstein]

Will be "interesting" to see where the vin ends up.

[carr914]

He said it was this bad when he got it 25 years ago..

No way it was that bad when Jungle Boy put it out in weeds !

As Eric said, everything needs to be re-done. I've gone through this and I thought my car was bad, but this one is worse.

However I've seen the 356 Dudes resurrect worse cars

[SirAndy]

$6K, check out the cost for a correct set of HEs, 914-6 Webers, the oil tank & you are over $3K right there.. Course, the fact that it is a matching # car, with the Docs helps alot.

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The *only* way this can sell for 6K and come back as a complete car is if someone does a VIN swap.
There is simply no other way for this to be feasible.

If you did a correct restoration on that car after buying the hulk for $6k, you'd be sinking more into it than it will ever be worth.


I bet you we will see this VIN again on a very nice and solid car and it will be sold as "original" and "numbers matching".

But some of us will remember and know better when that time comes ...
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[racerbvd]

Well, it lived at a marina at on the ICW for 8 years before he bought it. So it is possible, but he took apart and stored the rest.

[pete000]

Wow, sad such a cool car got buried in the back yard, I see one good Fuch and one good 914-6 badge. Thats about it for me...

Good luck and that would be one cool story to see that chassis brought back to life !

I think 45 grand would be a better estimate to get it ship shape.