1975 | Porsche 914 2.0

Lot details

Year: 1975
Make: Porsche
Model: 914 IMSA GT Evocation road/race
Registration: JEU 694N
Chassis No:
_4752904758
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Engine No: TBA
Mileage: TBA
(a): Meticulously built
(b): Superb performance

The 914/6 GT was a racing car built by Porsche, based on the 914 model with a 6-cylinder engine and GT performance package.

In 1970, a 914/6-GT finished 6th overall at the Le Mans 24 Hour race (beaten only by prototypes like the V12 Ferrari 512 and Flat-12 Porsche 917K). It won not only its class (GT 2.0) but also the class above (GT 2.5) beating all the Porsche 911s - including all the factory entries. 914-6/GTs also competed in some of the most important race competitions of its era, such as the Targa Florio, Monte Carlo Rally and Daytona 24 hours. Brian Redman and Walt Mass successfully campaigned a 914-6/GT in the IMSA road racing series.

This 914 (6-GT) is not only a head turner on the road but also a serious racing car on the track.

It is powered by a 318 bhp, 1974 spec 3.0 RS race engine, fully balanced RS internals, pistons, rods, big valves and flowed cylinder heads and boat-tailed alloy casings, Bosch period MFI unit, correctly machined towers, RSR flywheel &clutch, flowed exhaust system &s/steel twin pipe silencer, built by Steve Winter at JAZ Porsche and set up on the dyno at Bainbridge.

Power is delivered through an oil cooled 915 transmission fitted with a short top gear and WEVO 906 style rear shifter and 911 short shift aluminium tower.

Baffled and foam filled aluminium fuel and oil tanks, with front mounted oil cooler and Aeroquip s/steel braided hoses and aluminium fittings.

Full FIA roll cage by Custom Cages tied into the suspension pick up points, Protrac racing shock absorbers adjustable for bump, rebound and ride height with Polybronze bushings all round. Fully corner weighted and aligned - spec sheet comes with the car. Brakes are SC vented discs, with AP-Racing balance bar and uprated master cylinder.

Externally this 914 has been fitted with factory style GT panels, flared steel wheel arches and lightweight glass fibre bonnet, boot and bumpers and painted in outrageous Blood Orange livery.

Internally the traditional 914/6-GT dashboard has been enhanced with colour coded instruments. The seats and harnesses are by Sabelt and FIA approved. The door cards are RS style with leather pull straps to release the doors. A heated windscreen is fitted and the rear window has a sliding vent. A pop off Momo Prototipo steering wheel completes the period racing feel.

Wheels are period style lightweight genuine Minilite 8”and 9”x 15J wheels shod with semi-slick e-marked road tyres. A full set of Avon racing slicks come with the car.

The car has detachable 24-hour style spot lights to the front and an FIA rain light at the rear.

This car has been built to a full racing spec by an experienced 914 racer and is seriously quick round a track, yet fully MOT'd and street legal. This Porsche is a superb IMSA evocation with bundles of power from its 3.0 litre engine and would be fantastic to drive on the roads or just at home on a circuit or hillclimb. Consigned by James Good