2.0 914 Porsche engine and other parts for sale. Looking for a reasonable offer. I have tin, housings, flywheel, clutch, jugs, heads, ect. Back in about 1980 my father purchased an 914 drivetrain to power a Kelmark GT in a vw beetle chassis. Well we never finished it obviously and now I would just like this stuff to go to a good home for a reasonable offer. My day sent heads and short block to a guy in Detroit back in the 80’s. I’ll get pics as soon as I get a hand getting engine down out of loft. It should be split again and cleaned resealed and re assembled. My opinion only. I’m no 914 guru. Thanks for taking the time to read.

That’s the part I’m struggling with. I see bare engine cases only are 1,000 dollars on eBay. Assembled long block core engines are 3,000. Transmission are are all over the board. I’m not looking to get top dollar or really even close but I’m not giving it away either. Help me value it as if a mutual Freind of ours was buying it. Please I’m truly asking for an honest opinion / offer.

It's fine to use ebay for comps but you have to use sold prices, not asking.

Asking price = pie in the sky
Sold = what people are paying

Good luck with the sale.

Two 1/2 years ago I purchased 2.0L GA000099 as a complete core engine with a complete a nearly complete FI system, and an unbroken side shift transmission for $700. That was a very good price for an unknown core in my opinion but it also sat unsold for a couple months when listed at $900. I had to factor in time and gas for a 14 hour round trip to pick it up well.

You've got some pros and cons to what you're offereing. Its a basket engine but on the other hand some of the parts can be more easily verified.

As Mepstein stated, E-bay sold listings are the best place to set price. Many others are just pie in the sky looking for a sucker.

I'll give you a concrete example: I love vintage stereo stuff. I've been looking for a particular old school auto equalizer / booster. Realistic 12-1956. Don't ask why I want one of these --

https://www.ebay.com/itm/165011314618

A really nice NOS one popped up complete with box, owners manual, and original sales receipt from 80s. It sold for an eye popping $500 - not to me Next week, two others pop up listed at $600ish and $440 if I recall. The $600 unit clearly has a broken face plate! The $440 unit is missing a slider knob. Both have been sitting unsold for 1/2 year and neither are worth anywhere near that price. These go for about $80-100 for a nice one on other forums than e-bay. Given their age the trick is finding a nice one and neither of these two are nice!

The $500 NOS unit was an anomaly and a nice unit for the right collector. But there is no way the other two units are worth anywhere near the asking price.

You might do better parting out the SSI stainless heat exhangers seperately - those move regularly here for $700-900 in nice clean, tested condition.

Transmission is early tail shift (not as desirable as side shift) and will leave some wondering what on earth happened to it to break the tail housing. Doesn't match vintage of the engine case but might still have core parts worth saving.