Cash Price--$3900
Here's the story if you haven't seen the thread...
About ten years ago the husband of an elderly couple who owned the car for years passed away. The widow drove the car for a while but driving a clutch 914 became increasingly difficult as time passed but she didn't want to give the car up for sentimental reasons. Anyway, she took the car to a Porsche repair shop and had the car converted to an automatic. This 914 has been pretty much a daily driver up to about a 1 1/2 ago when I bought it.
Since purchasing the car, I have cleaned-up and improved the conversion, gutted the inside of the car and renewed it with new carpet, paint etc. I did have the rotors turned and new pads installed. I think one of the calipers may stick once in a while, just haven't taken the time to follow-up on it.
Thinking I was going to paint the car I started feathering paint chips etc out so there are primer spots here and there.
All the seals on the car are in wonderful shape. I replaced a handful of the seals that were questionable.
The motor is a stock 1.8 Ljet as far as I can tell. The exhaust has been converted over to 2ltr exchangers and banana muffler as part of the automatic conversion. The motor runs pretty darn good, but could use the lifters adjusted--sounds like there is a noisy lifter when cold then sounds like your typical 1.8 motor. The car drives very nice, doesn't pull or shake and the transmission works great. The PO said the motor had a valve job about 3 years ago.
I also added new red top optima.
The transmission is out of an Audi 5000 and all the conversion parts I was told are either Porsche or Audi. Originally the shifter was Vanagon, but I installed one out of an Audi 5000 and it looks great.
The original conversion had a console, which I removed and put in a triple gauge in the dash cluster. Originally the shop had altered the pedal set by removing the clutch pedal and enlarging the brake pedal. I replaced the pedal set with a sportomatic pedal set which was a complete bolt in, plug and play solution.
If one was so inclined, they could easily change the car back to a manual transmission--everything was a "bolt on" conversion. The only cutting involved a small section of the trunk which was raised to accommodate the starter sticking up a bit.
The tread on the tires look great, but on close inspection you can see drywall cracking.
There is a small crack in the lower passenger corner of the windshield.
The car is rust free and solid. The rear passenger taillight must have leaked and some rust had started in the corner--the spot was ground off and treated.
I added a passenger stock mirror and rekeyed all the locks. Everything works, electrical is all good and functions correctly.
The pictures posted are when I first brought it home, and the re-renewed interior and a video taken the first week I had the car. If interested, I can post fresh pics.
Mark
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UN2gZ-nYLA
