Porsche 914's

[Patcon]

There are about 40 - 914's at Copart in bakersfield, CA. I know there are a couple of guys here who have them or have had them. Posted for anyones curiosity

@conedodger

@psdenno

[conedodger]

Thanks PCon! I don’t need a darn thing but I spread the news...

Edited October 12, 2019 by conedodger

[go z racer, go]

I had a black 1970 Porsche 914 1.7...   so much fun to drive. Although, access to the engine was frustratingly limited. 

That said, I have been keeping an eye out for decent example.

[psdenno]

14 hours ago, Patcon said:

There are about 40 - 914's at Copart in bakersfield, CA. I know there are a couple of guys here who have them or have had them. Posted for anyones curiosity

@conedodger

@psdenno

Looks like some still have a few good parts to be scavenged from the "bones".  The listed "Estimated Retail Value" is interesting and accurate only if a drug smuggler left a suitcase full of Benjamins in one of the trunks.  Odd to see that many in one place off the beaten path..

Dennis

[Patcon]

4 hours ago, psdenno said:

Looks like some still have a few good parts to be scavenged from the "bones".  The listed "Estimated Retail Value" is interesting and accurate only if a drug smuggler left a suitcase full of Benjamins in one of the trunks.  Odd to see that many in one place off the beaten path..

Dennis

I thought the ACV's seemed really high unless there were some 6 cylinder cars there. I assume it was a shop or collector and they all ended up at Copart. I would think they would be fairly solid chassis because they are in Bakersfield. Might make good autocross cars. Only need the basics that way.

I was bored and browsing the older cars, up to 88, on Copart. Sometimes there is something interesting, but it's almost never close to me. ?

[psdenno]

55 minutes ago, Patcon said:

I thought the ACV's seemed really high unless there were some 6 cylinder cars there. I assume it was a shop or collector and they all ended up at Copart. I would think they would be fairly solid chassis because they are in Bakersfield. Might make good autocross cars. Only need the basics that way.

I was bored and browsing the older cars, up to 88, on Copart. Sometimes there is something interesting, but it's almost never close to me. ?

Didn't see any factory six cylinder 914s in the group.  I think you're right about it being a batch from a shop or, more likely, a collector that lost his storage space.  One of the cars had several bumper cones stashed on the passenger floor - nice parts to have & getting hard to find.  Sheetmetal looked fairly rust free and not wrinkled on most of them.

It would be fun to know the story prior to them showing up at Copart.  Nice find!

Dennis

[Patcon]

The other thing is, I bet they go cheap