Suggestions on selling an original 6? Options

[rburks]

Howdy - I've been lurking for quite a while hoping I would get the spark back to get my 914s back on the road, but it appears my wife is winning out with remodeling the house and my garage space is ever dwindling.

So here is my dilema and question. I have two 914s, a 71 914-4 and an original 70 914-6 that have been garaged for almost 20 years now. We also have way more cars than we need (7 at this time), and the pressure is enormous by the wife unit to eliminate cars.

So if I am going to sell, I want to sell both at the same time and just not look back. I have owned both cars for almost 25 years and this will be tough. And selling won't be as much about money, as about selling to someone who is as passionate as I was when I bought them.

So any advice anyone can offer about how I should go about this? I don't even know what the current value is. But I know if I sell I want to sell it all and not look back (i.e., sell both together). Its a hard thing to part with these. Any advice appreciated.

PS - Posting here because my neighbor is a passionate member and folks here seem to genuinely love these cars.

[rburks]

QUOTE (ArtechnikA @ Jul 14 2005, 10:59 AM)

if you have reasonable expectations and represent the cars accurately, you should have no trouble finding interested buyers here.

Thanks ArtechnikA, that's exactly the type of advice I am looking for.

And you are correct on all counts. These cars have been sitting for a very long time. I have rarely (about 4-5 occasions in 20 years) taken them out for a Point A to Point A drive, and more frequently would fire them up in the garage. But everyone should be aware that getting a 35 year old car back on the road will take time and money. Of course the plus side is there has been no wear or tear in that time. When my buddy rebuilt his it was like every component seemed to fail, so that is worth noting.

As for why I have not fixed it up myself. Well, I am now much older and just don't have the time with 4 boys (2 in college) and a couple of homes, and two wives (one ex). And as many of you probably know a divorce will suck the lifeforce out of you. It was a titanic struggle to hold on to the cars through that about 10 years ago. But why I really haven't put them back on the road is I have lost my motivation to work on cars. Don't get me wrong, I currently have some very fast cars, but they are under warranty and when they break I can let the dealer fix it.

What I have in my Poschephile history is the previous owner of the 914-6 sold me the car because I had a passion for it, and he cared about that more than selling it to some di%$head for top dollar. That matters to me. I am just trying to find out what I should look for in selling the car, I am sure you guys all know what you are looking for in buying a car.

If I do decide to go ahead and sell these I think anybody that deals with me will find I am very honest and straightforward. I can tell by my lurking that most folks here are the same way. And of course, some are not.

Cars are cool, and I have a real affinity for my 6, but life does move on. This week I have two of my sons having surgery, so this is a nice distratction from that stress and worry. And BTW, my 16 who is having two surgeries is still pleading for the 6, though I do not believe that would be in his bests interests (my parents taught me that you will value something far more earned than given).

Hence my desire for a passionate owner.

Thanks again for the great advice!