What's a '74 914-4 worth?
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2019 11:03 am
A buddy of mine bought a '74 914 about a decade ago - I helped him eyeball it and drove it home for him at the time.
He originally bought it with the plan to hack it into a V8 conversion, a Lemons car, or something similar. As his interest has waned, I've been eyeing it with halfhearted dreams of dropping my small-block chevy race motor in it - but I just can't bring myself to hack on a REALLY clean 914.
The car is not showroom new, obviously - the paint is raised in several places and it probably needs a PROPER paint job. However, the rust is minimal - the battery tray is complete! - and the car runs and drives as-is. It's also got a spare block; not sure if the engine in the car is matching numbers or not.
I know the value for these things is all over the map - any guesses on what people might pay for a California 914 that runs and drives and is cosmetically - given the age of the car - about a 6 or 7? Just trying to help my buddy gauge how much of a bad idea it would be to hack this car up vs. buying a less in-demand candidate for mayhem.
Here's what it looks like at the base of my driveway - I used it for DD a couple of years back when the 996 was down for a bit.
He originally bought it with the plan to hack it into a V8 conversion, a Lemons car, or something similar. As his interest has waned, I've been eyeing it with halfhearted dreams of dropping my small-block chevy race motor in it - but I just can't bring myself to hack on a REALLY clean 914.
The car is not showroom new, obviously - the paint is raised in several places and it probably needs a PROPER paint job. However, the rust is minimal - the battery tray is complete! - and the car runs and drives as-is. It's also got a spare block; not sure if the engine in the car is matching numbers or not.
I know the value for these things is all over the map - any guesses on what people might pay for a California 914 that runs and drives and is cosmetically - given the age of the car - about a 6 or 7? Just trying to help my buddy gauge how much of a bad idea it would be to hack this car up vs. buying a less in-demand candidate for mayhem.
Here's what it looks like at the base of my driveway - I used it for DD a couple of years back when the 996 was down for a bit.