The ad says this is a rare 914-S for sale. The car does not have FI.

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/cto/3470677982.html

This is gonna up some sh!t

How can it be rare if they built 1000?

Let's see:

1.) Atlanta area Porsche
2.) So exceedingly rare, they imported 1000 of them
3.) So exceedingly rare, they never created a seperate model for them.

Who in Atlanta would know something about this?

Well atleast I know what the "S" is for

The "S" on the back is slightly crooked.

Love the way the "S" was stuck on there. Just a little crooked.

Read the ad .... it was part of a litter.

I just hope that whomever looks at that car is smart enough to do some research first so they don't get taken by the idiot seller.

LOL!

Looks like his "S" designation is about to be dropped by his Porsche too. Nice looking car otherwise.

All the S stuff aside, and the fact that we know who is probably trying to sell it, it looks like a pretty nice car. Not $14XXX. but nice none-the-less...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the first 1k special edition CA cars have vinyl on the A pilars?

Yes and born in a separate litter

I'll have to dig up that pic of my '73 with the 914 ASS emblem . . .

Think I'll add an S to all of my cars!

I prefer the Type R, like all the tuner boys have.

It is a nice looking car, though for 14.5k I'd expect it much more original.

It appears to have the wrong front bumper .................................

If it weren't a NARP, you could put an "RS" on it and really have something special!

with the previous 3 posts

"S"=Special
"RS" = Really Special?

Did they actually have a "S" badge or were they just marketed as that?

Yeah, the S is tacked on and not sure where it came from.

Also, the Mahles, while probably the best looking of the 4 lug wheels, are NOT the gas burner variety (Which are only 5 lug).

So, without seeing it and know how original and rust free it is, I have no idea if it worth $14k. If it truly is a survivor it could be worth $10k or more (if they put the FI back on)

Kapt. Krusty, what is it about the front bumper that makes it not original?

Still a nice looking car. If its solid it might bring 14. Add 1 penny for the crooked s

"Ridiculously Special"

The Cap'n

Note the lack of "bumperettes" on the front. Some may crudely refer to them as "tits". You know I would never do that. Right. AFIK, 73s had 'em, pre-'73s didn't.

The Cap'n

Right, thanks, good point. Of course an "original/Survivor" car would not have had the holes filled and the bumper re-chromed.

I call BS unless one of us looks at it.

Oh and thank you, ever so, for your consistent use of proper words and strict decorum in avoidence of such foul words...

Your thanks are duly noted. "I Love Big Bumperettes"!

The Cap'n

Hey...Mine is an "S"

Seriously though...I've read somewhere that the first 1000 which have the vinyl on the windshield posts were the ones with the "S" designation that was a dealer promotion. Soon after the first 1000 shipped, Porsche killed that designation...and the next batch had painted winshield posts.

The car shown doesn't even have the black windshield posts so unless it's been painted...It's not even an early car.

I also remember the dealer referring to our car as an "S" when we bought it and talking it up as to why they were charging a premium.
"This isn't a regular 914, it's a 914S"

I was 16 at the time and very excited. Remember that day well.

Why can't all my 914's be an "S". We all know of the 914RS. If I wanted to be really rear couldn't I be The RSR?

Well my 2.0Lt doesn't have an "S" on the back nor does it have vinyl covers on the front pilars (B pilars yes) and yet the original bill of sale states is an "S" AND the legal letter size brochure discribes mine to detail that its an "S"

They didn't come with Webers .... they were Solex single barrels and officially were not imported to the US ........... I'm speaking of the "S" badge of course.

The only 914s with those carbs were the base model European market '74 1.8s.

The Cap'n

Well I'm just going to have to get an "RRR" cut for my rarrrre carrrr now...

I'll just have to pray that nobody takes it for a reference to Robin Williams as Mork, the way somebody took my "NONELVN" plate as some kind of Lord of the Rings reference...

Looks like an S to me, what's wrong with you folks?

How much time do you have?

I have a 73 sales brochure for the 914S.

You guys are so cynical...my Atlanta Special Edition (Vette) is a special "S" model and is #316/1000 - the "S" marker was a dealer add-on!!!

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"914S" was a USA marketing ploy 8/72 to about Jan/Feb/Mar 73 for the 914-2.0 model, and initially VW-Porsche wasn't even going to add a 1.7 or 2.0 badge to distguish between the two models!

So it could still have been marketed as a "914S" & not been one of the first 1000-2000 2.0's sold with the A-pillar vinyl "experiment" (it was also on early 1.7s with appearance group BTW) - would depend on the VIN & build date.

It should have D-jet, Fuchs 4 liter wheels, front tits, etc. if all original.

More on the 914S here for those who haven't read up on them...

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...=107851&st=

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That said... ....this could be Maury/me733's 73 914-2.0 ("914S") - an older member on here (age wise), which a friend is helping to sell for him, cuz I know he's been in poor health. He took good care of it, as he did his 356s before.

So maybe someone should check & see if it is his 914 first - before the sniping - and see if there is any way that we on here can help him out?

After all, that IS what has been done for others in similar circumstances here - you guys usually rally round to help out!

Just a thought!

PS - I'll try to call Maury or the ad guy tomorrow or this weekend to see if it is his & if we can help out in any way (I know his was yellow with a 914 S badge).

Ya, but Maury was a whack job The price fits his profile.

Decided the whole 'bedside manner' is just a bunch of hooey, Doc?

And I thought that guy was Murray, no? Or am I thinking of someone else?

For some reason that license plate is ringing a bell....it's a CA plate. Anyone else remember whose it was?

We were calling him Murray.

You were calling him Maury not Murray. Stop messing with my head!! Look up there . . right there . . . you called him Maury.

Yeah Murray - brain fart on my part!

Not a whack job IMHO - nice guy in fact every time I've talked or PMed with him, & a Nam Vet - so how about a little respect Doc!?

It could also be someone who bought it from him, cuz when I talked on the phone with him last year in May 2011 when we were back in GA for my son's Basic/AIT graduation, he said that he'd not been able to drive it much.

Respect has to be earned with actions, not demanded with words ...

Well, I am a Vet, and whack jobs served in Nam, too. The things are not mutually exclusive and I have had plenty of interaction with him on this site to have formed an opinion, and one supported by many others.

Back on topic, I do not see $14K+ in that car. Maybe in 10yrs.