Thank you for saving it, but yes, with your perspactive on it, look to sell it as there are track guys who know the handling prowess very well, and will appreciate getting there hands on one with a straight and cleaned up body/chassis, and will build it up right. It is not the many times more popular 911, and it is the boxy Porsche built by VW, with a cheap Porsche engine also built by VW. So it didn't have any takers, cause Kids dont care about it, middle aged and older guys probably didnt wanna Porsche chassis fail, as building Porsche is already very expensive, but what happens is, you start on a project, then realize there is a lot more work to do than you realize, as the tear down reveals half assed repairs, unseen rot, even a straightened chassis that is just done, or just over tweaked by to many hard miles. So with that in mind, it drew no interest. More over, these days when guys mess with 914's, they wanna go all Porsche, and that's very expensive🎉. Most in this day, are not looking to drop an American LS in a 70's light weight Porsche anymore. So if your gonna spend Porsche money, its gotta be a 911, or the 914 you build on has to be right from jump, no time to for fails, they cant get caught up with time and cost they didnt plan for, it aint worth it. Once you get the chassis/body sorted out, you will get offers, you wont have to complete it if you dont want to. Two things people will be looking for in a 914 is, a classic handling monster to play with till the market is ripe for it, or just looking to sit on it, till the market thing 🤷🏾♀️ For better definition for your sale, anybody looking to make it a weekend toy, or even a daily, will be looking to modify it and take advantage of mid ship handling, moreover Porsche chassis handling engineering. Guys over 50 are likely looking to resto mod it, putting a 3.6ltr air cooled 911 engine in it, shooting for a minimum of 350 to 400HP, possibly more. Then there is the period moder, hes looking to drop an even older 911 engine in it, shooting for a 914T concept, 200 to 220HP. Those numbers may seem small in this day, but we are talking about a 70's chassis built to a 1.6ltr engine, the 914 is less than 2000Lbs, and were talking about Porsche concept buyers, historical buyers and sellers, track lovers (circuit/road course) not street racers, not your typical 21st century fanzical persons who need a Japanese turbo monster or an American LS build.
I appreciate you taking the time to leave such a detailed comment! One of my coworkers is a big time VW bus / 914 / 911 guy. I kinda got lucky talking with him when I decided I was going to take on this project. He’s restored and owned a few 914’s/911’s and Buses, even worked on some 914-6’s. we’ve had lots of good conversation about this series I’m getting myself into haha. I am anticipating this becoming more than I expect it to be, I just hope I’ll be able to overcome those challenges. As of now, I’m hoping to keep it so my dad can enjoy it! It was something we were supposed to clean up when I was a kid, so I think it’d be really cool to get this back up and driving to enjoy it together
Excited to see where you take this thing, looks like a fun project!
Thanks brotha!
Porsche is a two syllable word.
Then it is settled! Thank you!!
Thank you for saving it, but yes, with your perspactive on it, look to sell it as there are track guys who know the handling prowess very well, and will appreciate getting there hands on one with a straight and cleaned up body/chassis, and will build it up right.
It is not the many times more popular 911, and it is the boxy Porsche built by VW, with a cheap Porsche engine also built by VW. So it didn't have any takers, cause Kids dont care about it, middle aged and older guys probably didnt wanna Porsche chassis fail, as building Porsche is already very expensive, but what happens is, you start on a project, then realize there is a lot more work to do than you realize, as the tear down reveals half assed repairs, unseen rot, even a straightened chassis that is just done, or just over tweaked by to many hard miles. So with that in mind, it drew no interest.
More over, these days when guys mess with 914's, they wanna go all Porsche, and that's very expensive🎉. Most in this day, are not looking to drop an American LS in a 70's light weight Porsche anymore. So if your gonna spend Porsche money, its gotta be a 911, or the 914 you build on has to be right from jump, no time to for fails, they cant get caught up with time and cost they didnt plan for, it aint worth it.
Once you get the chassis/body sorted out, you will get offers, you wont have to complete it if you dont want to. Two things people will be looking for in a 914 is, a classic handling monster to play with till the market is ripe for it, or just looking to sit on it, till the market thing 🤷🏾♀️
For better definition for your sale, anybody looking to make it a weekend toy, or even a daily, will be looking to modify it and take advantage of mid ship handling, moreover Porsche chassis handling engineering. Guys over 50 are likely looking to resto mod it, putting a 3.6ltr air cooled 911 engine in it, shooting for a minimum of 350 to 400HP, possibly more.
Then there is the period moder, hes looking to drop an even older 911 engine in it, shooting for a 914T concept, 200 to 220HP. Those numbers may seem small in this day, but we are talking about a 70's chassis built to a 1.6ltr engine, the 914 is less than 2000Lbs, and were talking about Porsche concept buyers, historical buyers and sellers, track lovers (circuit/road course) not street racers, not your typical 21st century fanzical persons who need a Japanese turbo monster or an American LS build.
I appreciate you taking the time to leave such a detailed comment! One of my coworkers is a big time VW bus / 914 / 911 guy. I kinda got lucky talking with him when I decided I was going to take on this project. He’s restored and owned a few 914’s/911’s and Buses, even worked on some 914-6’s. we’ve had lots of good conversation about this series I’m getting myself into haha. I am anticipating this becoming more than I expect it to be, I just hope I’ll be able to overcome those challenges. As of now, I’m hoping to keep it so my dad can enjoy it! It was something we were supposed to clean up when I was a kid, so I think it’d be really cool to get this back up and driving to enjoy it together