Mean machine
Sometimes we are sceptical, especially when it comes to the descriptions of the auction houses, we have our question marks. But sometimes this information also motivates us to dig a little deeper, to dig out another book, to search the internet for reliable information. No, we don’t think much of AI, it just keeps multiplying the same mistakes, Wikipedia can be good, but not either, the forums are more helpful, because wonderful collective knowledge comes together there. And sometimes there are also the true connoisseurs who put together great lists, usually visually awful, but very valuable in terms of content. So we also found a highly exciting list of all Porsche 914/6 GTs. And there we finally found the vehicle with the chassis number 9140430983. Which apparently actually belongs to the 14 (and not 11, as written everywhere, nor 12, as stated by Gooding & Co.) 914/6 GTs used by the factory.
Of course, we still don’t know whether the Porsche 914/6 GT offered by Gooding & Co. in Miami in 2025 is actually project number 914/43. So a test vehicle that was used by the factory for testing in early 1970 (but did not race), then sold in June 1970 to privateer Gotthard Egerland (who raced it), who installed a 210-horsepower engine from a racing 911-S in 1971. Egerland drove the mid-engine Porsche until 1975, then he put it away and only sold it to a German collector in 1997. The GT was then restored from 2019 and is said to have received a correct 901/25 engine. But then we have another question mark: we have very long lists of engine designations from Porsche, but we can’t find 901/25 anywhere. Well. Estimated price, by the way: $850,000 to $1,000,000 – quite a lot of money for a ‘VoPo’.
Of course, we have already told the whole story of the VW/Porsche 914 here. There are rare 911s here, and many exciting cars in the archive.
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