Offered for sale is a unique and rare period correct Crown Turbocharged 1972 Appearance Group Porsche 914 1. 7. Black on Black with 5 genuine Fuch wheels. This could be the black sheep bastard younger brother to the very fine 70 914-6 currently up for auction here on ebay. The potential is here in Spades. This car has some issues that will be described in the condition section below. I have owned this 914 for roughly a year. and will tell you what I know of the history. The car had a early 1990's makeover. including black paint. 911SC rear trim piece. lower rocker trim. Appearance Group front spoiler. crome bumpers (which were blacked out). center console and seats. I believe the car was turbocharged prior to the makeover and it is a very rare 1974 Crown kit with the original documentation as shown. The car has it's original correct EA code engine. I was told from the prior owner that the engine displacement was increased to 2. 0 liter when it was rebuilt with the Crown turbocharger. I don't have verification to prove this however. The Crown kit appears to have been professionally installed and includes a Bursch tuned exhaust. The car was converted to 5 lug 911 and from what I was told front 911 front suspension components were added. The rear has upgraded Bilstein gas shocks. Included are 5 period correct genuine 911 6x15j Fuch wheels. The 4 on the car would be correct for this 72 car if it were a true 914-6. They all are dated 7/71 except for the spare which is dated 73. The wheels are in amazing condition with no curb rash. These 5 wheels on their own would fetch $2500-$3000 I was told. It's riding on Pirelli P400 185 65's with less than 100 miles since mounted. The car had a turbotail spoiler on the back which is included but was removed at some point. ConditionMechanical: This car has been off the road for roughly 4 years. Prior to taking ownership. the former owner told me that the car died while idling at a stop light. He was able to restart it and get it home. Then he parked it in his driveway covered until I bought it last year. It was driven regularly until parked. The owner told me he was pretty sure it had an electrical gremlin that caused it but other than changing the fuel pump and a few relays didn't full sort it out parked it covered and stopped driving it. Upon taking ownership I replaced the spark plug wires. plugs and points. put new fuel injectors in it. changed the oil and filter. bought a good used fuel injector computer (2 will be included). put fresh gas in it and got it running and drove it short distances. I also replaced the ignition switch. I never fully sorted it out myself with my limited mechanical ability. I found that it would misfire and backfire and sometimes it would pull strong with the turbo others time it would stall and die. It idled fairly good the times I had it running. I am by no means a Porsche mechanic and this is as far as I got with it. I believe the fuel tank and lines need to be looked at and cleaned out fully and perhaps the valved adjusted. It's been sitting now for about 6 months and I never got back to it. My original plan was to remove the engine. sell the Crown kit (I was offered $1500 for it. probably worth $2000) and put in a Porsche 6 engine to make this a very nice 914-6. At any rate I got short on funds and have parked in my driveway covered since. I believe the wiring should be gone through. especially the fuel injection wiring and back relay board. I think that's where the problem may lie. The throttle cable end came off so it will need a new throttle cable or fixed on the back end. I also bought a bushing kit for the shifter front and back as the shifting was a bit sloppy. The clutch and gears appear fine. The brakes are working but should be renewed I imagine. Body: The cars outward appearance is fantastic! It sits beautifully and many people have commented how nice it is. It appears there was some rust repair done before it was repainted. The passenger side rear jack point needs to be addressed for rust repair. While the car was sitting for 3 years water was trapped on that side from below the battery box and it rusted through that side of the floor pan. I have shown it in the photos the best I can. From what I could tell the car was sitting on un level ground favoring that side and it attacked that side only from what I can tell. I have shown photos with the seats out. The floor pans otherwise appear to be in good shape. That jack point area will need to be fixed since it affects the rigidity of the passenger side seat floor pan. The car sits level to my eye. Looking under the car underside pan looks decent other than some surface rust. Other spots I can see slight rust are a passenger side rear corner of the trunk. a small spot on the front drivers side trunk area down near the spare tire. some bubbling paint areas on the rear trunk lid and small surface bubbles on the hood. The paint is in nice shape. there are blemishes here and there and you can see some slight variation in the paint where the rear whale tail was removed and subsequently painted over. The seats look pretty good. The interior was re carpeted in a black/blue motif that looks very tasteful. The center console has VDO gauges including a boost gauge from a 911 turbo. It has the original banjo steering wheel. The glass is all very good. This car could be considered a very unique. very nice project car with some rare parts. I believe a handy Porsche enthusiast could have this back on the road in no time. either with the original turbocharged engine or a six cylinder dropped in. The car will be sold as is with no guarantees. $1000 non refundable paypal deposit required within 48 hours. I have 4 original 1967 Porsche 912 chrome Lemmerz 15 x 5 1/2 wheels that I can include for $400. I am willing to ship the car worldwide. buyers will have to make all arrangements ahead of time and know what it entails before doing the buy it now. I am willing to store the car for up to 3 weeks. but full payment will need to be made within 5 days. Please be serious if you click on buy it now. It waists everyones time if you don't intend to follow through with the purchase. r>