1971 Porsche 914 - Porsche Color Code 7210 - Signal Yellow, $2500 OBO Options

[Blown59]

I purchased this car to be used as a parts car, but after some research (and some still pending), everything is leading to this being an original car. Chassis/engine/trans and custom Signal Yellow paint. Not sure of official numbers yet, but hoping this is a one of one car....

I buy my car to build and modify to my liking. I purchased a numbers matching '69 912 back in 2016, which I restored, but I dont like feeling like I have to keep it all original. I want to customize and do to the car what suits me. That being said, I completely respect and feel some cars should be saved and built as originals, and this is one of them.

This car has front end damage to the passenger front and it affected the headlight bucket, front portion of the wheel well (shock tower seems to be okay). Hell hole is in surprisingly good shape. The longs have not been exposed as they still retain the original sill plates and rocker covers with original plastic rivets which I dont want to remove. The next caretaker can do that.

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[BillJ]

You should take the rockers off to show condition. And a pic of the hell hole.

And forum requires a price. Looks.like a worthy car to restore

[Blown59]

As soon as I get the rest of my images resized, I will add them to this thread.

[JeffBowlsby]

Thanks for your role in saving this one.

[Blown59]

You should take the rockers off to show condition. And a pic of the hell hole.

And forum requires a price. Looks.like a worthy car to restore

I have pics of the hell hole, just have to get them resized and uploaded. I have about 20 more pics. If anyone is interested, it might be easier to email them in full resolution??

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[fiacra]

You should take the rockers off to show condition. And a pic of the hell hole.

And forum requires a price. Looks.like a worthy car to restore

I have pics of the hell hole, just have to get them resized and uploaded. I have about 20 more pics. If anyone is interested, it might be easier to email them in full resolution??

Pretty easy to get a free dropbox account, put all the photos in a folder, then create a clickable link to access the folder. Easy to do and it lets you share literally hundreds of photos if you wish.

[Blown59]

Is there something Im missing? What is preventing this seemingly rare and unique car from selling? Please, enlighten me...

I would really like to clear up the garage space and recoup funds to advance my other project.

[sixaddict]

Don’t kill the messenger but I would say price is your basic indicator.
I don’t see the color as being that much of a value builder plus based on collision damage this is a major project.
Obviously this is my opinion which could be off base ……..if you don’t get action either something isn’t that much in demand OR the price is off or both.

[burton73]

Don’t kill the messenger but I would say price is your basic indicator.
I don’t see the color as being that much of a value builder plus based on collision damage this is a major project.
Obviously this is my opinion which could be off base ……..if you don’t get action either something isn’t that much in demand OR the price is off or both.

I agree with @SIXADDICT Color on this car means nothing. Now if it was a very cool paint to match color you may have had something but the yellow is IMHO not as good as the cannery yellow stock yellow. It is all about condition and this car need a full restoration

You need more pictures, and the price needs to be much lower. Try $2,000 or $3,000. OBO And see if you can get a buyer. It looks like the hell hole is good but you need pictures of the bottom of car in the to see if the right long area are comprised. Remove the right rocker cover and get good pictures.

The amount of body work needed to restore this car just for the passenger side front put this out of reach to anyone that wants to restore it and be made whole in the deal. You have a second car shown so you know a bit abought these cars.

The truth is this car does not pencell out.

You asked,


Best Bob B

[targa72e]

I second. Based on the condition of the rest of the car there is no reason not to remove the rockers as that can be on of the most expensive areas to fix. This is a total restoration and the more of the ugly you share the more likely someone it to decide to restore it as they can identify how much work needs to be done. More pics are always good and price is probably too high based on condition.

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[Blown59]

I can appreciate each one of those replies.

Yes, I know a fair bit about these cars. I am not an expert by any means. I do know this is a rare-ish and extremely unique car/color combo and the color badging is also quite unique. My struggle is with valuation. I would presume this combo would provide a premium of some degree. I figure if on a concours level, maybe 10-15% over a "common" car. But again, this is just my speculation.

I'm not looking to flip this for any sort of grand slam deal. Because I struggle with valuation and had to provide a price, I provided one... $12,345 or best offer. I hoped interested parties could read through the price and just make me an offer. Fair deals are always the ones where a buyer and seller both walk away happy and pleased.

I bought this for a parts car, but uncovering the uniqueness, I cannot in good conscience part this out. I agree with the sediments of a lot of commenters this should be saved. I want to see it saved. But it's not my type of project.

All this being said, I figured interested parties would contact me and make some offers. I'll see if I can get down to the garage later today or tomorrow and pop the passenger rocker cover for some pics.

So as for the price, I'm not greedy... I want to be fair, but don't really know what fair is.

[Front yard mechanic]

Drop the one