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Will This Perfect Porsche Be the First Million-Dollar 914?
A 1970 factory works Porsche 914/6 GT looks like it could set a record price at Gooding & Company‘s upcoming Amelia auction.
Said to be one of just 12 examples built, it was used as a test car by the works department before being sold on to a German racer who campaigned it in a variety of autotests, hill climbs and circuit races. Gotthard Egerland scored a huge number of class wins in various disciplines and his most notable result in the car was at the 1970 ADAC Eifelpokalrennen 500 Kilometers of the Nürburgring, where he finished in sixth place.
Egerland continued to race the 914 until 1976 when he put it away in storage. Over 20 years later it was sold to a fellow enthusiast, and then passed on to German vintage racer Markus Schachtschneider in 2004 who took part in historic events across Europe.
The current keeper acquired the car in 2019 and sent it for a thorough restoration at Porsche experts Gaswerks Garage of Paramus, New Jersey. All of this history is detailed in a 65-page report by Le Mans Winner, factory development driver, and Porsche specialist Jürgen Barth.
Setting motorsport-spec 914s apart from their road-going siblings were a stiffened chassis, with uprated independent suspension featuring torsion bars up front and trailing arms with coil springs at the rear. Ventilated four-wheel disc brakes were fitted behind Fuchs alloy wheels. Those, in turn, sat beneath extended arches in steel, while fiberglass was used on the deck lids, bumper and rocker panels to save weight.
Porsche’s 901/25 twin-plug two-liter flat six provides an estimated 210 hp at 8000 rpm, fed by twin Weber 46 IDA carburetors. A five-speed manual transmission sends drive to the rear wheels.
The vivid orange paintwork matches the original factory color, and with barely any usage since its restoration, the 914 is in immaculate condition.
In 2020 Gooding & Company sold another 914/6 GT for $995,000 and the estimate for this one is that it could top seven figures.
I can’t see the 914 as a million dollar car don’t get me wrong it’s cool for what is and makes a good classic to work on however it doesn’t hold the same status as any of the 911 cars or even the 356, 550, 924, 944, and 968.
I like 914s but never in my wildest fever-sweat-soaked delusional dreams have I EVER conceived of one worth a million dollars!
I had no idea a 914 could go for this much considering how they seem to be the classic Porsche with the least love out there. I have seen some really nice ones out there but nothing that looked like it was worth a million.
Love the 914/6 but for this kind of money? What’s the going price on a decent Focke-Wolf 190?
A fool and his money are soon parted…
Nik, you should re title your article to include “at auction”.
A million dollar + 914 transaction has already occurred over 5 years ago…
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/lofiversion/index.php?t343307-0.html
I clicked on the link you shared and am curious why you state this as some kind of fact when the first post there includes “PS: With respect to both parties, the purchase price will not be disclosed.”
So I’m supposed to just trust you, a person who didn’t even leave their name, in saying that transaction was over $1M. Sure buddy…
Yeah…what HE said!
😅…
I was the creator of that thread on the 914 world and currently own it.
1970 Le Mans class winner. Was at Renn 7 at Laguna with it, too.
You can google it..
You seem like you really want to brag about something but basically refuse to tell us what. Congrats on your car, I think.
If you are trying to issue an honest correction to the author, it would probably best be done in a clear message, not a wild goose chase.
Again, I’m right with Randy Ol’ Jar on this. If someone is claiming that #40 sold for over a million dollars somewhere, maybe that someone should be providing proof in order to be taken seriously.
I wouldn’t pay that much for a 914/6. but for one of the two 914/8’s I would be tempted to pay that much if I had it…
To drive a 914/6 is by far the best handling and fun car to ever! They are truly worth what someone is willing to pay for it! If I had that kind of money, this is the car I would buy.
My buddy has a 3.L race car and it looks more like a VW than a Porsche underneath. I guess you are buying more of the history than the actual car. To bad it’s probably going to be on a pedestal now and not on the track anymore.