The tub trip story:
I made it back - BarelyGlenn Stazak wrote me an email. In the thread that ensued, some new information has come to light with regard to my car. He also provided me with some documents and a letter from Bob Wood himself.
Thanks Glenn!
I'm going to post some of the info from Glenn, and from Larry Lee's db that he provided me with prior to my purchasing the car. For those of you that don't know, Larry has been collecting 914 advertisements from Excellence and Pano and other sources for many years. Feel free to email him at llee50@stny.rr.com
Larry Lee sent me the following upon my request to him for information in which I provided little else than the VIN number:
Hi Mike,
Yes, I have 2 entries on your car. One from 1987 and the other from 1992.
This car hasn't changed hands very much.
Looks like it spent most of its life in Arizona. Hope this helps.
70 914 2 "Roadster" 914043####
"Orange/blk int, exc orig cond, Ariz rustfree car, reblt 2.0E eng, S pists,
Turn 6
swaybar, #140 springs, alloys, gas shocks, new mast cyl, new rotor & pads."
$10500
"Ron" "Vance"
"1932 E. Meadow Dr."
"Tempe" "AZ" "85282"
"602-967-9143" 9/1/1987 "Panorama" PG 105
70 914 0 "Roadster" 914043####
"Orange/blk, mech sound, Carrera chain tensioners, s/s brake lines,
proportioning valve,
dry cell battery, H-4 headlts, 205/50-15 TAs, Fuch whls, factory sway bar,
recent major
svc and reblt carbs, new clutch, 11 blade fan, alternator and ""S""
distributor."
$0
"Don"
"602-997-2785" 12/1/1992 "Excellence" PG 116
This database is an effort by Porsche 914/6 enthusiasts to document these
rare and unusual
sports cars. 3363 of these cars were produced over 3 short years starting
in 1970 and in
the intervening decades, these few have left their mark on the streets and
race tracks of
the world. Due to their age and competition potential, many of these cars
have compiled
interesting and colorful histories.
The purpose of this effort is to provide current owners a place to research
their cars
and a place for them to share any research they might have done. For the
prospective
buyer, this provides a place to research cars they might consider buying.
The things that
you might find in this database include information on originally installed
equipment,
original engine and transmission serial numbers, previous advertisements in
national
magazines, names and addresses of previous owners and owner submitted
information.
This database is intended to promote the preservation of Porsches first mid
engined
roadster and is aimed at those who appreciate these cars.
My database currently has 2385 entries with 770 unique serial numbers.
There were 3363 of these cars produced with about 1700 of them
being officially imported into North America.
The information in my database comes from several sources, these include:
Every issue of Panorama from 1970 to date,
Every issue of Excellence from April 1987 to date,
Every issue of Road & Track from 1970 to date,
Some issues of Hemmings from 1998 to date,
Defunct publications like Porsche Trends Gallery
And other random publications like AutoWeek.
Various web sites from about 1996 to date. The web sites include among
others:
Road Glue
http://www.roadglue.com/914/6 Registry
http://www.stazak.com/914reg/914 club
http://www.dgi.net/914/The Rennlist
http://www.rennlist.org/Automobile Atlanta
http://www.autoatlanta.com914 Owners Association
http://home.earthlink.net/~deeds/Ebay
http://www.ebay.com/And random other web sites like PCA region web sites and personal web sites.
Also personal observations of 914/6s at various East Coast and Midwest
events.
I used to do a price run on the database from time to time but haven't been
able
to do this since I changed database programs due to Y2K issues. The
following chart
is the output of the price run. Its getting kind of stale but should give
you some
idea of the price trends for these cars.
PRICE HISTORY FOR TYPE 914-6
REPORT DATE 09/13/99 21:02:11
FOR CARS WITH PRICES BETWEEN $1 AND $99999
AVERAGE MAXIMUM MINIMUM NUMBER OF
ADVERTISED ADVERTISED ADVERTISED DATA
YEAR PRICE PRICE PRICE POINTS
------------------------------------------------------------------
1971 5300 5300 5300 1
1972 5725 9000 4750 10
1973 4980 6195 3800 10
1974 5467 8950 3700 17
1975 5710 11000 3800 47
1976 6348 11000 4375 25
1977 8115 15500 4750 32
1978 8594 15000 900 49
1979 8033 15000 3600 38
1980 9124 19500 2500 39
1981 10296 25000 2500 38
1982 12297 25000 5700 58
1983 12392 55000 1500 59
1984 10936 23000 3500 73
1985 12580 23000 5750 87
1986 12156 30000 6500 59
1987 13831 85000 6000 71
1988 13832 45500 750 51
1989 11842 30000 3500 57
1990 16109 40000 4200 40
1991 19964 85000 750 81
1992 17067 45000 4250 82
1993 15373 45000 4000 115
1994 13850 50000 4500 127
1995 15646 44995 4750 84
1996 17606 35000 7500 53
1997 17781 40000 5000 69
1998 18086 45000 3000 52
1999 18477 29500 4000 24
Larry Lee
Vestal, NY.