As the title states, what’s the elusive unicorn that would make you lose your mind if you found it at a swap meet or buried in an old timers garage?

I understand more parts are being reproduced and that’s awesome but sometimes original just can’t be beat or reproduced.

Please exclude one off or pure race stuff, while very cool and has potentially Uber cool stories behind them, they weren’t exactly offered to the public making them more unobtainium then holy grail. I guess I mean factory or factory authorized (or unauthorized) parts so we will start there.

A OEM LE spoiler

2 nos 73 doors, no bar

a bunch of GT parts, If you knew the PN they where available from the dealer... just like the last GT flair I bought ,,parts guy said its not available ...I said just order it...A week later new left front GT flair

A very clean set of black tartan seats.

with the spoiler. For me it was finding bracket for the CDI on the six.
Searched for 3yrs before Bruce Stone hooked me up for one. I wanted original not a repro.

New MPS, or new AFM for fuel injection

Which version?

For me, it was a really nice 70-72 chrome front bumper (thanks, Oscar!). Now, it would be a good pair of 15x7R wheels.

- 901 with factory LSD

- Front trunk Webasto Heater setup

- Car with a 6 digit VIN that starts with 914

Okay, that wins.

Also,



@Grego in Sac

French taillights
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A truly rust free tub

an original factory carpet set in charcoal for either 70-early 72 models or late 72-early 74 models

For sure. I've been looking for one for my Bumblebee for years now.

truly most elusive - but given that the brits are repro-ing MG shells, they may not be far off ????? (AA via China perhaps with $10K deposit upfront?)

Glad I bought the NOS carpet for our 73 from you many years ago . It looks amazing in the car !

Thanks!

The day is coming very soon when a solid, rust free, body in white will seem like a bargain at $25K.

I agree on all 3

Factory -6 rear valance

I was pretty happy when I found these at Hershey a 2 years ago..
When I bought therm, they were a mess. I paid 350.00 for them
and then sent them to PMB to make them new again..

Hella tail lights, any version.

Easy.....Italian front side markers (warts).

I can find anything else like to do 914-6's, etc...but not this.

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This ?

This ? ...... Yes, I have a dog

like this ?

Snagged this recently, only one I've ever found, so grail like.

Here's a few...

? not sure what 'like this ?' means

Luke
Hands down you take the cake !
Peresverance has earned results.

There was a Webasto tailored to a 914 ? That is rare !

Real GT stuff, especially when NOS.

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Very cool!

This find belongs on a TV show episode!

Wow!

Very cool! Thank you all for sharing!

Many, many wows !

Holy Grail Ptototype

Wait, so 73 doors didn't have the crash bars inside?

if that's the case, I just learned my 73 does not have 73 doors

Is that Dan McLaughlin's A.I.R. (orig) shop on Santa Anita Ave. in Burbank ? The mule for his A.I.R. wide body kit/ Bond turbo car ¿¿
Dan's shop had that Wooden Barn style low overhang like the pic

Best I can tell, there are three kinds of '73 doors: no bars w/early windows, no bars w/late windows, and bars w/late windows.



Have always wondered what happened to the Bond car. Has it been seen since back then?

Its been rebodied, but the owner has the original body work,, I ran into him on Facebook a while ago..

I have a right hand door from a Euro 73. It has the late window mechanism, but no crash bar.

I know it was a euro car because I parted out the Grey Market 914 it came off of.

Clay

My trips over to Dan's (rev in peace) clandestine A.I.R. "Body Shop" spanned 2 decades. I've got parts on 2 of my air-cools from his molds. Always a gentleman, great at his design + mfg. craft ; and knew everyone like Otis Chandler, James Garner, Richie Ginther. When he sold off that property, another buddy of mine Jack Kimoto bought the building, and brought in a new spray booth from Italy. Dan moved on to Irwindale.
That Bond car though @sixnotfour @rgalla9146 @horizontally-opposed

Saw it at P Parade

...not particularly a 914 part, but Dieter made this fit
It's previous life was in a March 83G with 962 power; '80's IMSA team the Leon Brothers. They put a rod through the case, sold off the engine, and went with SBC Chevy power...no podium finishes with bowtie power
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Finding a pair of NOS 8jx15 Fuchs on your local Craigs list has to be up there? The kind of thing you, ah, need to buy even when you don't need them....!

- Tony

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There is nothing quite like that smell, of NOS cardboard and wheel, I wish I could bottle it!

For me it was a 916 trans. Thanks to Martin Bott for making it and Patrick Motorsports for making it work.

Ah, you shook a memory loose…of that time I found an NOS 15x5.5-inch Mahle gasburner in a yard sale while driving by. I think my 914 had four-lug wheels back then, but I couldn't pass it up at $50—even as a high-school kid working at Toys R Us.

Guy never put his cordless phone down while doing the deal, as he had a band and was always booking gigs. Had a Bora in the driveway and a Bimota in the garage. Was a fun guy, and got to know him a bit as the years went by after that.

That wheel is still in my front trunk as a lightweight spare…

wow ..great story...

i got some, merican spec, came off my 74 1.8 so i could put it on the road here.
and running hella spec euro to be on road here. hope no one hits them.

dime a dozen back in 80s when i bought them, shoulda bought some more.

i got a spare set of hella front indicators thank god.
but i don't have any warts. !!!!