1972 Porsche 914 Sportscar Yellow RWD Manual base

First off, the Porsche 914 is an enthusiast car. This is a certain experience of ownership that isn’t just the turn key drive that you’d find in a C5 corvette or Mazda Miata. So expect the unexpected with this. There’s an awesome article called “a few things to know before stealing my Porsche 914” in Hagerty’s website that was written a few months ago. It really helps understand what these cars are like lol

If you are familiar with them, then you know what you’re looking at and what you’re getting. I listed this car as a project, however, I think it’s nicer than that. But everyone’s opinion on condition varies. It starts, runs, drives, stops, reliably. The windows roll up and down. The radio even works. The underside of the car is very clean for it being 50 years old.

The list of issues

The outside door handles do not work. However the inside ones do and work great so I use those. I only drive on nice days with the top off and windows down so this issue never bothered me much.

The seats have some issues as you can see in the pics

There is some bubbling in the paint on the trunk. This is a pretty common 914 issue from the moisture that gets in there from the engine running.

The car itself though has no rust on the body or the chassis

The “hell hole” from the battery tray is crusty but not as bad as some I’ve seen. I tried to take a decent photo to show this.

The tires are older and while they have good tread. I’d say they’re over the “safe age” of being driven on. I use them around town at low speeds in the urban areas I drive in. And while I wouldn’t be afraid take this car on a couple hour long road trip. I wouldn’t on the tires that are on it.

Overall I think this is a great project 914 you can get right in an drive the way it is if you don’t want to work on it right away. I’ve probably made this car sound worse than it is, but I want to be as up front as possible so the new owner knows what they’re getting. The shifting definitely takes some getting used to (refer back to the article I mentioned earlier) but the drive of this car is just a fun experience that most other classics I’ve driven just don’t quite have the same level of feel. Imagine driving an early Miata, with the engine in the back, a shift connected to a bowl of jello at both ends, inside the interior of a Lotus Elise with the technology of the flinstone mobile. And you have arrived inside the Porsche 914. Happy driving!