NPoCP: cheap Parsch

"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
04/26/2020 at 09:39 • Filed to: NPOCP

$1300 for a Porsche 914 has to be a NP, right?

Hmmmm ... Maybe not!

!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!

DISCUSSION (28)

Just Jeepin' > shop-teacher
04/26/2020 at 09:47

I dreamt last night that I rear-ended and rolled over an old Porsche. Stay away from me if you know what’s good for you.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > shop-teacher
04/26/2020 at 09:57

The cracking fiberglass and bindi is scary, but not as scary as the rust underneath. And in 200% positive that there is rust underneath

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > shop-teacher
04/26/2020 at 09:57

Not cheap enough... Crack Pipe at anything over $500

pip bip - choose Corrour > shop-teacher
04/26/2020 at 09:58

buy it!

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly
04/26/2020 at 10:03

Your decimal point is still two places too far to the right.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > shop-teacher
04/26/2020 at 10:16

That car has negative value.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly
04/26/2020 at 10:17

That car has negative value. Maybe if it had a cool steering wheel...

shop-teacher > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
04/26/2020 at 10:23

I think you might be low-balling your estimate!

shop-teacher > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly
04/26/2020 at 10:24

I don't think it's a smart buy at $500 either. Although at that price I'd be tempted to make a rallycross beater put of it.

shop-teacher > Just Jeepin'
04/26/2020 at 10:24

Duly noted!

shop-teacher > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
04/26/2020 at 10:25

Oh come on. Every car has a scrap/parts value. And whatever that is for a 914, that's what this is worth.

shop-teacher > pip bip - choose Corrour
04/26/2020 at 10:25

Hell no!

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > shop-teacher
04/26/2020 at 10:38

There’s an easy test:

Jack up one wheel of the car. Raise that wheel 9 inches off the floor.

If the other three wheels keep in contact with the pavement? Run the fuck away. Fast.

shop-teacher > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
04/26/2020 at 10:49

I would be willing to bet that at least two wheels are still on the ground. Or the jack will just punch through where you're lifting it.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > shop-teacher
04/26/2020 at 10:54

That 914 unibody was incredibly stiff when it left the factory. Regrettably (this is un-like the X1/9) the areas they were most likely to accumulate serious rust were also the areas where the structural integrity was compromised.

What is known as “the hell hole” was prone to significant water collection... and a rot through there basically is the “chassis stiffness” turning into a piece of wet, over-cooked pasta .

shop-teacher > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
04/26/2020 at 10:59

Good to know! I'm not in the market, as I just stumbled into this one while randomly browsing, but I do like the 914.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > shop-teacher
04/26/2020 at 11:10

It should be “the next Porsche worth preserving”... but it’s hard to find good examples. It was so much better than the 912, so it’s ironic to see 912s sell for $50K and bad-roller 914s sell for $500.

But, hell-hole...

http://ollies914.blogspot.com/2013/05/infamous-914-hell-hole-repair-begins.html

Roadkilled > shop-teacher
04/26/2020 at 11:14

There aren’t enough good parts on this car to make it worth parting it out. You will spend far too much time removing the few parts that you can sell, and those parts will be in such bad shape that they won’t bring in any money. The scrap metal value of the rest isn’t going to cover your losses.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > shop-teacher
04/26/2020 at 11:39

At $500, it’s 24 hours of Lemons eligible

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
04/26/2020 at 11:41

Well I didn’t say it was a nice price at $500... just DEFINITELY crack pipe over $500

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > shop-teacher
04/26/2020 at 11:49

Np for a p arts car. I can see through the floor, so I’m guessing the side clamshells are rotted. and then theres the questionable body work. If it had t he transmission it would be worth alone a few k. The engine could be worth close to that much as a core. the car did have the 5lug conversion that alone is worth @500 in parts. It has the dual twin carb conversion, which is @1k inparts.

shop-teacher > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
04/26/2020 at 12:01

Oh wow!

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > shop-teacher
04/26/2020 at 12:26

I should note without the FI the engine only worth 500-800. depending if 1.8 or 2.0. I don’t how the duel twin carbs would play into that.

shop-teacher > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
04/26/2020 at 20:09

No worries. I'm not buying it, but it's interesting how specific things on certain vehicles can be worth more than you would think.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > shop-teacher
04/26/2020 at 20:50

My dad and I have bought a couple parts cars. One we bought @2004 for the fuel pump, as the car was super botched repaired after an accident in the 70s that the original owner drove it is nuts.

Funnyu we picked up one 2 years ago. We stop down the road to get lunch . And we’re sitting on the trailer and the owner comes out “is that the car out on route XX” he then starts asking what we’re going to do, how he was thinking of buying it etc “uh we’re going to use it for parts”. This guy was devistated, this thing was rust with some useful bits on it. As we were tighting down the straps, we were stretching the car. he whole underside was gone with the tires flat on the ground and t he trailing arms were paper thin with holes.

Kinja'd!!!

shop-teacher > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
04/26/2020 at 22:43

Yipes!!

pip bip - choose Corrour > shop-teacher
04/27/2020 at 04:15

shop-teacher > pip bip - choose Corrour
04/27/2020 at 08:34

My wallet is happy though. Plus, if I dragged that thing home, my wife would make me live in it.