Renegade V-Eight: 1972 Porsche 914
The 914 was meant to slot into Porsche’s showrooms below the premium 911 but to also fill the top of VW/Audi’s lineup with a Volkswagen badge. But the suits at Porsche didn’t want to risk having the VW nameplate tarnish its image and convinced VW to allow it to sell all 914’s exclusively through its USA dealer network with a Porsche badge on the front. The resulting car was slow but great fun to drive due to its mid-engine layout and 2100 lb curb weight, but today’s next example has had the dial turned up to 11 with a 350 cubic inch crate motor. Find this 1972 Porsche 914 V8 offered for $14000 in Long Island, NY. Tip from Rock On!
From the seller:
1972 Porsche
condition: good
cylinders: 8 cylinders
drive: rwd
fuel: gas
paint color: green
title status: clean
transmission: manual
type: convertible
1972 Porsche 914 with full Renegade Hybrid conversion.
The body is in real nice shape for a 914 targa top, with no hell hole issues, rock solid floorboards. Car is not all hacked, Renegade kit is done right.
Interior is in nice original shape. No crazy aftermarket gauges. All VDO gauges work and have conversion kit to run with V8.
Nice stock looking sleeper!!
Upgraded suspension with 911 brakes 5 lug conversion with Porsche cookie cutter rims.
GM Crate 350 with new Edelbrock 650avs, Edelbrock performer intake, headers into magna flow mufflers.
Car runs great with hardly any miles on since conversion. Car handles like it’s on rails and is a blast to drive with the SBC.
This is a great driver quality car with great patina, has lots of small dents and chips as u can see in pics. Drive it just the way it is or do a restoration.
$14k or trade for something equal or money coming my way. Let me know what you have.
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Always liked the lines of these + the minimalist look of the interior, but for 14 grand I would hope the exterior would look better than this. Bet it's a blast to drive though!
Its actually a good deal when you consider its all Renegade Hybrid parts and put together well on a solid rust free example. You have to know the conversion market. A solid car is 5k min, add ALL CONVERSION PARTS from quality engineered Renegade Hybrids and it adds up. Nothing botched. It IS a blast to drive 🙂
Why not a 90 degree v6 instead ? I imagine it would be hard without dropping the drivetrain to do a water pump / alternator etc.
The odd fire 90 degree V6s tear up the transmissions.
Most GM BOP family V6 are evenfire after 1975
Vortec V6 fuel injected from factory after 1995 would be nice.
No V6 will ever sound as sweet as a V8.
Would like to see the total & weight per wheel on this just out of curiosity. No mention of tranaxle upgrades.
Transaxle is good for 300hp without clutch dumping. Commonly known in the industry of 914s.
A reasonable price maybe, I’m sort of concerned that there isn’t a photo of the cooling system and whatever holes have been cut in the front structure to make it work.
There are a few ways to configure things underneath that I would also want to see a photo of.
The ATS wheels and appropriate tires are nice to see.
The original Craigs List listing had ALL of the necessary photos including the excellent cooling set up developed by Renegade Hybrids.