Porsche 914

I was looking for a Karmann Ghia as that was my first car
but I guess I'm not the only on as the KG sells for crazy money
considering it sold next to nothing when new .

But I found that I can still get the Air Cooled engine experience with the
Porsche 914 and for far less money than a KG and the bonus is the 914
is a Fantastic car Handling is Excellent , the targa top comes off
and I can't get the smile off my face

The car is a Bargain as just like when new , the Porsche snobs don't give it any respect due to the fact it's VW powered And the VW people are busy looking for VW cars so the 914 can be had for short money
their loss

seller mis-represented the vehicle, car was represented to not have any rust holes; however the car had many blatant rust holes and required 10k worth of work to fix. this is the second time ive bought an older car on ebay and been deliberately mislead. ebay buyer protection will not cover you on an older car so Id suggest not buying any old cars on ebay unless you can see the car for yourself. Its a shame full grown adults make a business out of screwing people on ebay---fortunately, ultimately cheaters never win.

Really a cool car. Turned out to be better than I would of exspected. Never can tell how a car really looks from photos only.

Bottom line do not trust a inspector,or a seller. I bought a piece of junk for to much money represented to be a safe functional car IT IS NOT. I felt I had been defrauded after having a Porsche repair shop check it out and attempt to make it functional Some hail damage if you look real close BS the car looked like it had been beaten with a hammer and painted. The floor had been dangerously repaired with wood and sheetmetal. What a piece of crap barely a parts car.

I didn't received the car yet. The seller don't send on time
the necessary document's to transport the car.
I am very dissatisfied with this situation.

Well I did not buy this particular vehicle. The car was descibed as being in a time capsule. Looking like it just came off the showroom floor. The paint was described as shiny, original with no chips or scratches. Descibed as being only a couple small dings in the door. Well the existing paint was shiny from turtle wax ICE no doubt. The paint did have a couple spots where the paint was missing and rust was showing. There was also some grey colored spots in a few places from What I don't know. Now the dings. The whole back side of the rear trunk had been dented in & it looked like someone had did the best they could to get it out without loosing any paint but you could still see all the ripples from it being knocked out. There was also more than just dings on the doors. There were some in the rear quarter panels also. Then I got in the car to drive it & had a little problem moving the seat back but know biggy. I went too far back & then it would not go forwards at all. The engine was lacking in HP and was bogging really bad like it needed a tune-up or something. The couple selling the car told me thats how fuel injected Porsches ran & that I must have driven asperated ones in the past. The female offered to drive it for me to show I guess that I didn't know how to drive a Porsche. I declined unless she was going to drive me everywhere in it I was thinking. At one point the female stopped me & corrected me that the cars maker is pronounced PORSHA not PORSH. I thought that was odd but replied that that is how I pronounced it PORSHA. When I came back from my short test drive i went to open the driver side door from the inside & it would not open. That was it for me I had seen enough & told them I did not want to purchase the car. They said fine they didn't want me to if I wasn't happy with it. Well you know I didn't see a person even try to fix the door so it seemed to me like they weren't really trying to sell it. Very airigant people. I was told my deposit would be refunded & I have yet to see it. They have given me a song & dance about EBAY having a case against me for a nonrefundable deposit ( yeah right!). The listing said no where in it that the deposit would be non refundable. So I have started a case against them with EBAY for my deposit. I personally would not deal with these individuals again!

We are actually taking off the old 1971 fuel injection system and installing webers on the car. Satisfied with the car overall, but it definitely needs some work. Getting all new rubber for the windows and doors, new carpeting, new tail lights and rear Porsche reflector. Doing some work on the body, new seats, installing heater boxes, and changing the color from white to a dark pewter color.
Even though we are doing a lot of work to it, for the price I got it for, I'm happy to own this porsche. Since it's a slant nose front end which has cracks in the fiberglass, forgot to mention we are ordering a new slant nose front end from Toronto, Canada, where they make them.
Bottom line, will look nice when we're done with it- even though it's taking more work than we originally thought it would need.

Car's condition not completely accurate. There is rust that would be difficult to see unless on a lift or ramps. A driveway inspection was not adequate. My son and I drove nearly six hours to pick up the car with a rented trailer, not easy to turn around and go home with an empty trailer. I am entirely responsible but learned a lesson. We just have more work to add to our project. It is repairable and had many admirers at Porsches to Oxford this weekend.

My feelings are not for the porsche 914 as a car but this particular car, I was sold this vehicle by being told it needed minor rust repair but paint and interior were good and engine ran great when in fact the paint is shot the car has rust on every panel the engine burns a lot of oil , huge blue clouds, but the worst of it if the car is rusted in half the rails are gone not rusty GONE the passenger door won't open the driver door won't close the roof won't latch. This car is a parts car at best and is beyond a economical restoration, you can buy 2 914's for what it would take to fix this one. Beware of Stephen Maimone a guy with the ebay name porsche-doctor. When i got the car i tried to email him a bunch of times and he never responded once. I now have this pile of crap polluting my driveway because i don't want to lose all my money but i can't rip somebody off like was done to me. ebay could not help me due to cars age. I can't understand why someone would do such a thing he very easily could have listed it as a project car or a parts car and may have even got close to what i paid but he would have sold it to someone who was looking to take on a large costly venture..... i was not. That is all i can say on that matter just be real careful when shopping for a 914 they are prone to rust, as i now am painfully aware, and not all people are honest with there ads.

This is a very unique car. It is considered an entry level Porsche with questionable legitimate claim to the Porsche name, however, the truth is it is a real Porsche hence the 900 designation not unlike the 911, 930, and 997. In 1969, when the 914 was first introduced, it came with many options including a Porsche 911 engine. The Porsche factory wanted to prove the 914's capabilities to the world using the international racing stage. Not many people realize that this so called "poor man's Porsche" won in it's class in the world's largest racing venues including La Mans and Monte Carlo. Back then one could acquire a 914 with an 80hp four cylinder engine, which was very similar to the 356 and 912 Porsche models that preceded it, up to a 210hp six cylinder race engine that had a 10,000 rpm tachometer and would make peak power at 8000 rpm. The factory even made two 8 cylinder 914s possibly to prove the point that the 914 was capable of a lot more than your average MG, Fiat, or Karmann Ghia, not to mention Ferrari of the time! The reason most 914s are under powered is because that is what the public chose to buy back then. The six cylinder 914 with leather interior, 911 Carrera engine and brakes just simply didn't sell. It actually surprises me that the name VW put people off because the original VW design was done by a Porsche family member, the original production car to bear the Porsche family name was a modified VW design. Heck, even the latest Porsche 911 sports cars use the original VW Beetle engine configuration not to mention that VW owns Porsche today. The person who ran Porsche in 1969, when the 914 debuted, runs VW today! VW not only owns Porsche but also owns Audi, Bentley, Aston Martin, Lamborghini, and Bugatti! To call a car a VW, to me, seems like it would be a very good compliment. Yes the 914's were partially built at a VW factory and shared some parts with some models of VW's it was designed by Porsche, it was named by Porsche, it was raced by Porsche and it was sold by Porsche as part of the Porsche line up. You could buy one with a Porsche engine although most did not and it shared the major components such as suspension, transmission, and gauges with the Porsche 911. I own a 914 as if you couldn't tell. It has 1989 911 front suspension, which bolts right in because it is the exact same design, it has a 1991 911 engine, which also bolts right in, and 1989 911 brakes. It was almost entirely built with used Porsche parts, because that is what fits a 914, and it will out pace almost any modern sports car on the road or on the track. What car can one pay $100 for, which a friend of mine just did, and can also, with the right original options, sell for $400,000? Yes, they are the same car! Different options make a difference but if you buy any 914 you are buying a true Porsche with nearly limitless potential. If you have one take good care of it- it is a Porsche and it needs to be well maintained and original or tastefully modified to keep it's value. The reason 914s feel like go-carts when you drive them is because they are race cars and not Karmann Ghia's. I hope this helps.

Sincerely,

Dean Clark