Prospective buyers - a couple of unique things of note on this 74 914-2.0 ......
Original Dunlop SP57 at spare:
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Early 74 MY (9/73 at VIN) with 73 MY carry-over part - Early wide-red-band OT gauge at Center Console, as well as original 74 Porsche or dealer supplied radio (I can't tell make):
- Dang! If that steering wheel was only cranked about 30 degrees to right, then we could read the odometer!
Sooo Bitchen to see unique stuff like this on a survivor 914!
I was also surprised to see how much the price was up for the 74 2.0 from the early 73 MY 2Ls "914S" with full Appearance & Sport Group options included for $5199 (IIRC Black & Metallic 914 paints only added $150 in 73 MY). This is now $7394.50 without the Performance/Sport Group's Sway Bars (it has the Fuchs 2L alloys, H4 Headlights weren't allowed by DOT in the USA back then).
IIRC the Perf. Group was $500-600 in 74 MY - so this is maybe $7500 price to compare a non-black 73 "914S" 2L to a 74 2.0 - almost a 150% price hike in one year! Can you imagine Porsche today raising the Boxster/Cayman from $60k+ to almost $100k or a 911 from $100k to $150k+ !!!???
Is it any wonder that sales rapidly tailed off from 73, with the base price of a fully loaded 2.0 going from $5199 POE West/$5099 POE East - to $6150 stripped POE West for this one - up to $7500 or $8500 +/- by 76 MY !!??
The more pix I see of this 914, the more of a "Steal" this price seems (pending a PPI of course), and George has done a lot to clean up the wheels (I agree on the silver wheels on a Black 914 especially) & other aspect of this 914, as well as to find himself an clean & excellent example!