FS - 1974 914 Can Am Bumblebees (2), Consecutive Number Ltd Edition Bumblebees! Options

[BumbleJim]

BOTH CARS SOLD!

$45,000 each! or best offer

I am offering two (2) original, consecutive number 1974 914 Can Am Ltd Edition Bumblebees. These rare consecutive number Porsche’s
were built at the Stuttgart plant and found there way to a Knoxville, TN dealer (Carmichael Porsche Audi).

To be offered as a pair, or I will consider breaking them up. I also have a custom 34’ trailer that I had built to haul both Porsche’s! $45,000 each (cash or bank wire).

Vin number 4742914739 and 4742914740.

Both are beautiful and run great! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/slap.gif)

Both are listed on the Can Am Registry, and both come with the Porsche Letter of Authenticity.

Worked on by Porsche Specialists Haydon Brothers of Orange County. Always garaged, covered, and transported by covered trailer!

#39 reads 85,403 miles
#40 reads 64,019 miles
After restoration both have less than 100 additional miles. Ready to show!

$45,000 each

951-482-5115 or direct email: jrsjoc@gmail.com (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif)

Here's a brief CAN AM history:

The Porsche 917/30 crushed all competition in the Can-Am series in 1973. Porsche dominated the series with Penske driver Mark Donohue winning the last six of eight total rounds. As a result, the SCCA rewrote the rules to essentially outlaw the last of the truly unlimited road-racing cars.

In 1974 Porsche celebrated the success of its 1,000 plus-horsepower racing machine by selling 1,000 special 914s, each a 2.0-liter model with a couple of specific options and each available with special badging and only two specific color schemes.

Known officially as the 914 Limited Edition, or LE, all 1,000 cars were shipped to North America for sales in the U.S. and Canada. Porsche selected the LE moniker because the SCCA simply asked too much for the rights to license the Can-Am name on the cars, though they agreed in principle to allow it. Today 264 cars are known to exist according to the 914 Can Am Registry. Surviving cars exist in Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Switzerland, and the USA. (See http://bowlsby.net/914/CanAm/914CanAmRegistry.htm).

Along with the regular Appearance Group option (fog lamps and center console with clock and additional gauges) at $300, the LE package added an additional $320. The add-ons set these 914’s apart including a special interior, alloy wheels, a spoiler below the front bumper, front and rear anti-roll bars and one of two unique paint combinations, highlighted by a "negative" stripe that spelled out "Porsche" just above the rocker panels.

Porsche imported 500 cars with black as the primary color and 500 in Light Ivory. The black cars all featured Sunflower Yellow rocker panels, bumpers, spoiler, and wheels, earning the car the "Bumblebee" nickname. The white cars were accented in the same places with Phoenix Red, a nearly orange color, giving rise to the "Creamsicle" name.

Although Porsche made a 1.8-liter engine available as the base engine in the '74 914, all LE's came equipped with the 2.0-liter flat-four. Porsche created a heavily revised version of the Volkswagen powerplant which was first offered in 1973. Small increases in bore and stroke yielded a 1,971-cc displacement against the base 1,795-cc engine. The result was a robust 91 hp in U.S. which was a considerable upgrade over the 72.5-hp Porsche listed for the smaller 1.8-liter engine. Acceleration in the roughly 2,100-pound car improved enough to allow the 914 to respectfully face the rest of the competition in the class--sports cars primarily from the U.K. and Italy.

Despite stumbling out of the blocks with it in 1970, by 1973, Porsche had fixed most of what ailed the four-cylinder 914, primarily with the more powerful 2.0-liter engine. But the engineers also fitted a new gearbox. Earlier 914s, with their notably balky shifting, used a linkage that connected at the far rear of the transmission. The new-for-'73 transaxle featured a connection closer to the front of the unit, allowing for a smoother-acting shifter via a shorter linkage rod.
“I wanted to design a car young people could afford.” Dr. Ferry Porsche

Magazine reviewers of the day, who had been harsh in some reviews when the car debuted in 1970, began praising the car once the larger engine had been fitted. Handling prowess--truly the car's single most attractive attribute--remained strong, due to a fully independent suspension with torsion bars up front and coil springs at the rear. Unassisted power steering allowed for excellent feedback and control of the lightweight machine with near 50/50 weight distribution. Disc brakes at all four corners provided plenty of stopping power.

Bumblebees and Creamsicles have come back into fashion in recent years. Certainly, rising values and a strong appreciation for originality have helped their cause. Today, these truly limited-edition LE's have gained their own cult following. One source indicates that only 25 percent of the original 1,000 imported cars remain extant.

[My 914]

Do you have some pictures you can post?

[BumbleJim]

Do you have some pictures you can post?

I tried to but said they were to large. I’lltry Again. Any tips?

[JeffBowlsby]

Jim, you might want to edit your post above for the VINs. They are actually 14739 & 14740.

[BumbleJim]

Just did. Thanks!

[Cairo94507]

Nice looking cars. GLWTS. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[burton73]

Great looking cars. x2

Good luck with the sale

Bob B

[Creamsicle New Zealand]

WOW (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drooley.gif)

[CH24B]

Those look real nice. What kind of mileage is on them?

[BumbleJim]

Those look real nice. What kind of mileage is on them?

#39 has 85,403

#40 has 64,019

But after restoration, both have less than 100 miles on them.