914 Valuation Help Options

[Jack Daniels]

I've posted this on Pelican and PCA Potomac, but I thought I'd post here too.

I'm getting ready to put my 914 on the market and I'd like some help with putting a price on it. A little history... My father bought it new in '74 and used it as a daily driver. He drove it for 10 years and it started getting old, having problems and he just let it sit. He ended up giving it to me and I put it in indoor storage for about 8 years or so. Then in the late 90's I began restoring it. I first removed the engine, cleaned it and replaced all the oil seals and everything else that was worn out. The fuel injection was not working so I replaced it with the single carb setup that you see in the pictures (I know, I know), but I have all of the FI components in a box in my attic. I've also replaced all the rubber fuel lines. It runs good even with the single carb, although I know it's a no-no. Now on to the good stuff. I have a friend who owned a bodyshop and was a hot rodder and very familiar with restoring cars. I gave it to him for however long it took and said make it look beautiful. He dissassembeled the entire car, removed the small amount of rust that was on the passenger side, painted it with the factory original blue metallic and charged me $4000. He put in a new windshield too. I also had four new struts put in at that time. When I got it home, I worked on the brakes, replaced a frozen caliper and all new brake cables. Just recently I put in a new master cylinder and a new set of pedal bushings. I'm trying to remember everything I've done, but it's been so much I may have missed something. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves. I really appreciate the help here and thanks in advance.


I'm posting links instead of images since they're so large.

http://www.stevenferris.com/914/914a.jpg
http://www.stevenferris.com/914/914b.jpg
http://www.stevenferris.com/914/914c.jpg
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http://www.stevenferris.com/914/914e.jpg
http://www.stevenferris.com/914/914f.jpg
http://www.stevenferris.com/914/914g.jpg
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http://www.stevenferris.com/914/914i.jpg
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http://www.stevenferris.com/914/914l.jpg
http://www.stevenferris.com/914/914m.jpg
http://www.stevenferris.com/914/914n.jpg

Regarding the interior. I found an old guy in Manassas who worked out of his house and specialized in stitching interiors and tops for Porsches. He reupholstered the seats and the rear firewal cover using original-style materials. They look just like new.

I should add that the car has been stored indoors in my printshop (climate controlled) from the mid 80's until the resto in the late 90's when I sent it out for bodywork/paint. Since the resto, it has been garaged, covered and never driven in any kind of weather. That's about 20+ years of never getting wet.

Also, I went looking through my paperwork and found the original sales receipt, color chart and brochure for the car.