Nice late E! Gracias.

I know the starter of the thread owns one, so do not take personal. But the 912 E has good and bad to me. I have owned 2 of these cars. Sold both of them.

Most of this you know, the good is a cheap VW engine easy to maintain. Good on gas, galvanized body, great look, kinda of a old long hood look.

But the car is sooooo under powered it's almost scary. On the Chicago interstate ramps, I found myself better off in a Honda Civic 1.9 liter. Not to be smart, I find these cars to be a Porsche joke.
There is a sub-culture for anything in this world, but these cars are not worth the 20k+ people want. Part of it is low volume of 2099? Only sold in the US for a reason, plus the engine must be left stock to pass CA emissions, that make the car slower....if you want to keep original and sell to the masses of Porsche buyers.

I think any or most 912 cars not E is what to buy over this slow, pathetic example of a Porsche.

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Porsche 912E, 1976

You owned 2 E's, yet you sound pretty ignorant on its character. It is not easy to maintain (compared to a 911) nor very slow for a sub 100 hp car. Guess your examples were "special".

Christian, that dude got an important detail wrong; said the 912E had a VW engine, but it actually has one of these, right?!?!?!

http://images.drillspot.com/pimages/6954/695461_300.jpg

I enjoyed my 912e but there's no way I would have kept the engine stock if it was a long term car. I would have done a 150hp Raby massIVe engine or 911 swap. It needs more powa!

Is that an aid you have in your bedroom? You are hardcore, man��

As you know Matt Rabys "tune up" is not cheap!

The old adage is,"Which part of racing did you think was going to be cheap?" I'm gonna change it to which part of owning a Porsche...

In all seriousness this is where DIY is essential. Part of why I have a spare type IV in the barn is to build a hot engine without using a numbers matching engine. The other part is even if the build takes a year, the car can still be enjoyed while the build is happening. Christian, you need a core 2.0 914 engine and an engine stand...

Yep, and you should see what that engine is hooked up to in thar - all the chics dig it!!! :D

Well, he would also need a set of testicles that resemble something other than sesame seeds for such a project! :D

Nice repaint (look at engine bay pic)!

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Yikes - that's a bad paint job! They also got the exhaust pipe and didn't have time to take off the 912E badge - (or to color sand the car.)

But that's not too surprising- Syosset is the key word here - (LuxSport/Exotic Classics)

^^^ It's really something that some people are so sloppy and lazy that they can't be bothered to mask things off properly and/or clean off over spray - disgusting workmanship right thar!

This just came up for sale. Nice color and the steels actuctually flatter the car. They were an option in 1975 if I recall correctly.

But look at the repaint. 45k euros come on! And my all original 912 has still not sold at 30k.

You forgot the link Christian.

And what happened to yours? How much did you get for it?

Sorry,

https://m.mobile.de/auto-inserat/porsche-912-schuifdak-beveren/222262491.html

I still have mine. An Italian and a German has looked at it but the original "worn" paint put them off. Neither of them were Porsche people though. I bet it would have sold if it had a cheap respray - but I would never do that to Bee. He is what he is!

https://m.mobile.de/auto-inserat/porsche-912-e-kopenhagen/214121455.html

I've had a few E's and its not the lack of power its the sound of the engine that made me tire and sell them. A car that looks that good should not sound like an old vw camper van :eek:

Check this out - a rare pic of Christian taking his Bee to its top speed (max attainable RPM on the .5 degree hill he was climbing, too)!!! :eek:

http://services.edmunds-media.com/im...x477-89957.gif

I'm not sure how this is construed as a good thing.

IMPOSTER!

The speedometer on the E only goes to 150 (not taken it to there yet myself though) and my camera lens does not have all those fluid stains as shown in the picture.

Funny, I always took you for the wooden Nardi wheel and leather gloves kind of guy.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-cars-sale/903603-1976-porsche-912e-28k.html

nice little silver one and very fairly priced IMO.