'74 914 2.0L with only 5K miles.... |
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'74 914 2.0L with only 5K miles.... |
Cal |
Feb 14 2018, 10:24 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 615 Joined: 19-November 14 From: Philadelphia Member No.: 18,138 Region Association: North East States |
This should be interesting to follow early next month at the Gooding & Company auction at Amelia Island......'74 Porsche 914 2.0L with only 5,000 miles. It was part of the Brumos Collection since 2003. The estimated auction price is between $60 - $80K....without reserve. This might set a new mark for 914/4's.
https://www.goodingco.com/vehicle/1974-porsche-914-2-0/ Attached image(s) |
Cal |
Feb 15 2018, 10:06 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 615 Joined: 19-November 14 From: Philadelphia Member No.: 18,138 Region Association: North East States |
My '74 2.0L was built just 67 cars before this one....
Unfortunately, rust proofing was pretty common back in the day. Attached thumbnail(s) |
JawjaPorsche |
Feb 17 2018, 06:30 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,463 Joined: 23-July 11 From: Clayton, Georgia Member No.: 13,351 Region Association: South East States |
My '74 2.0L was built just 67 cars before this one.... Unfortunately, rust proofing was pretty common back in the day. When I bought mine new my dealer tried their darnest to get me to get the rust proofing option. I refused and it was one of my best decisions. My wives, well that is another story. |
Tom_T |
Feb 17 2018, 12:11 PM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California |
When I bought mine new my dealer tried their darnest to get me to get the rust proofing option. I refused and it was one of my best decisions. My wives, well that is another story. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) Been there, done that! ... one ex anyway! The dealers made & still do make big profits on dealer installed services, options & accessories - so they pushed the Zeibart & other stuff. This can be really ludicrous, in trying to sell you things already on your new car, such as the VW dealer "automatically" adding on ScotchGaurding the upholstery for our `88 Westfalia CamperGL - when the Westfalia Plant who finished the full campers already did it, & it's listed in the VW Sales brochure!! Needless to say, I had them remove the "automatic charge" as total BS! Also, a few of the unscrupulous Porsche+Audi dealers back in the day were notorious from removing the alloy wheels from 914s coming from the factory so equipped, replacing them with steelies, & then offering to "add them" for the customer at extra cost - thereby double charging for the wheels (i.e.: both on window sticker price + dealer invoice options price over sticker price). This was in addition to the even more common P+A dealer trick of stealing the alloy spares, replacing with a steel spare, & then selling a set of 4 at 100% profit from the stolen spares from every 4th 914 sold that way. A few buyers got savvy & insisted that they replace the stolen spare alloys factory fitted to ALL alloy equipped 914s 70-76 MYs (it was never a Porsche cost saving measure, as some have said). Unfortunately the original owner PO from whom I bought my 914 not only didn't know about the steal the spare trick, but also apparently didn't know that the BO Recall was supposed to replace the incorrect p/n: -00 non-self-centering 2L Fuchs with a new set of 5 p/n: -01 self-centering (hub-centric) wheels to fit over the "new for 73 MY" self-centering front hubs' lip at the center hub. So the dealer sold them 4 Rivieras at extra cost & stole the alloy spare for a steelie. That dealer was one of the worst for all of the dirty tricks, & is no longer around, Also, the PO original owner of my 73 bought the black underbody/wheel wells black spray-on coating only, which I have to say did stop rust coming from the outside - in, but not much good from the inside - rusting out, as where the window washer bottle & MC leaked down into the lower cavities to the bottom (as well as all those topside spots where 914s are notorious for rusting in-to-outside where Karmann injected foam, etc.). Fun-n-Games in Porsche-land! Back to the actual subject at hand with this gorgeous Zambezi on Black 74 2.0 - to tie the above back in - it looks like this one escaped the spare alloy thievery of it's dealer, as it has all 5 Fuchs 2L's intact! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drooley.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/first.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads/post-18138-1518704236.jpg) . (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// |
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