In my recent search for a 914 I’ve come across four partly finished conversions; about 1 per week. I’m not looking at many cars so they seem more common than should be. All Four conversion attempts were about 6-8 years old.
One had been blasted and primed with a 6 cylinder installed, rest of the car was in boxes. Other three were in about the same unfinished state; car had even modified to where I couldn’t take it back them back to stock 914.
Was there a surge of conversion in early 2000s? Maybe an article or magazine story?
Also the guys doing the conversions weren’t really the hands on kind and didn’t appear to be too knowledgeable about the process, they appeared more of the hiring type. Not intended to be a negative comment.

Did I just get lucky or is this common? For the guys that are successful in completing a decent 914-6,how much experience do they usually have?
The four cars I saw, one sold for $1500, second one said he would take $2000. I think they got too much.

Failed projects go for pennies on the dollar. Usually several years after the project is abandoned. At that point the owner just wants it gone.

This applies to all makes and models...not just 6 cylinder 914 conversions.

Well for me its been 10 years of part-time work and money, hope to be on the road this summer.

Cost, already had 74 914, body work free, paint $10,000, engine long block $2,500, Pmo's 4,000, shift parts 500, shocks/spring 500, brakes 600 etc. I think my cost is close to $25,000. Hope this helps. MarkClick to view attachment Click to view attachment

Looks like it will be well worth the wait. Going to be a stunner, nice work!

The /6 engine alone is worth 4x that (or more).

There was a time about 15 years ago when /6 engines were reasonably priced and a good alternative for people who wanted more power in their 914.

I can guarantee none of the cars I saw looked anything like that.