andrew911

Holy cow- the holy grail of 914's!!!!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Porsc...spagenameZWDVW

Some info from Dean Bachelor's book:

* Car was built to respond to Ferrari Dino
* Top targa panel fixed to body for extra stiffness
* 4-wheel ventilated brakes
* 185/70-15 tires
* Fuel injected 911s engine 190 DIN/ 210 SAE hp per book (the ebay ad says the car has the 2.7RS spec motor??? Carrera 2.7 had 210 DIN/230 SAE hp, but per Dean Bachelor the 911S motor was used...and Bachelor says the Carrera 2.7 was introducedin 1973) Some websites I looked at say 190/210 hp motor is used...one site had some performance numbers (don't know if they are factory, magazine, or made up) 0-60 6.6 seconds, top speed 145mph.
* fastest accelerating porsche for 1972
* Oil temp gauge and pressure gauge on dash- fuel gauge in center console
* 5-speed in normal pattern, with first up and to the left
* Per the book, 20 were made (vs. ebay ad says 11 were made- I notice other web sites claim 11 were made as well)
* The book also says the dash is color keyed to the interior, whereas this one is black dash. With such a specality car, it's possible things were changed from car to car. Is the dash on this 916 leather? Any other 914's with leather dash- was it ever an option? (I'm not very familiar with 914s...)

Take a look at the pics- beautiful! Wish I had endless money and garage space

-Andrew

andrew911

Here's a good article on the 916- you may have to zoom in to read it. Looks like the motor made 190 net SAE HP (the 210 is probably a gross SAE number). Interesting stuff!

http://www.autoatlanta.com/Life/rt_916/rt_916.pdf

Jay Gratton

That car is GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

andrew911

You would think a broker of such a high valued car would get the right engine in the description. I'm being picky here because the sellers sound very snobby to me:

" (WE REGRET THAT WE WILL NOT RESPOND TO INQUIRIES UNLESS YOU HAVE EXTENSIVE EBAY HISTORY OR YOU ARE A PREVIOUS CLIENT) "

So if you want this car and have the money to buy it but haven't bought/sold enough on ebay (in their opinion), they won't return your information requests....

racer

My recollection is that the 2.4L S motor was used in the 916. Rated at 190hp (not sure if DIN or SAE, but SAE values were slightly less than DIN values, so I am not sure how the 190/210 reference above is to be taken. Also, IIRC, at that ime (early 1970's) only US manufacturers used GROSS SAE numbers. Thats why many V-8's had seemingly hundreds more "brochure hp" than actual HP.)

Is it possible that given the rareity of the 916, that the owner went back to Porsche to have a 2.7RS spec motor installed? Possible - yes? Likely - not sure.

I have that old R&T issue with Peter Greggs' car. Seems like old times seeing it again

skl

have a picture on my garage wall of Gregg's 916 sitting in the grass at Daytona for the 24 hour in the early 70's... talk about bringing back good old memories!

Edgy01

Thanks for sharing. Makes me miss my 914 again!

skl

From the looks of your avatar, you're not suffering!

Edgy01

There is still nothing quite like a 914. Perfomance and practicality...and with only 69 HP in my 73 1.7.

kabel_Boxster

What a fantastic car! I am new to the Porsche world and did not know about this model, stunning. sold for just over 200k yeiks!

racer

"Bidding has ended" doesn't always mean "sold"... but $200K is a fair chunk of change isn't it.