Description
The car is a rare RIGHT HAND DRIVE conversion and is in really nice condition, in one of the best colours for the model (Phoenix Red) with additional features you don’t get with an original 914-6. I have owned two original 914-6, and consider this car to be better than an original, at half the price, the cost of a good original 914-6 today being circa £100, 000.
The 1972 4-cylinder donor car was imported from a US warm state ca 2008 by the previous owner and benefited from a bare metal respray in Phoenix Red; the engine was replaced with a 911 2. 4T 6-cylinder engine ca 2009, using Rich Johnson weld-in engine mounting brackets. I bought the car in 2010 and it was professionally converted to right hand drive in 2011.
Specification :
2. 4 litre engine
Pressure-fed chain tensioners
Side shifter gearbox
Stainless steel heat exchangers
Uprated brakes
Adjustable passenger seat
Inertia reel seatbelts
Airflow ventilation
Model appropriate registration plate
The following work has since been carried out to bring the car to its current condition:
Factory dry sump oil system using all necessary oil pipes, factory oil tank etc. complete with oil cooler.
Camshaft timing upgraded to pressure-fed tensioners, including new timing chains, ramps, sprockets etc.
Modified later lower cam covers and gaskets fitted.
914/ 6 flywheel and clutch disc pressure plate release bearing (renewed 2026)
40 TIN Zenith carburettors (recently professionally cleaned and rebuilt, using factory throttle cable carburettor linkages) and factory air box and filter.
New Permatune CD and coil electronic point ignition
911 3. 2 Carrera uprated starter motor fitted.
All new engine tinware and heater flappers are fitted, with 914/ 6 stainless steel heat exchangers (Hayward & Scott) and 911 exhaust using all factory brackets, and using 914/ 6 rear valance.
New Pierburg fuel pump and filter using stainless steel fuel lines
911-style oil pressure/ temperature instruments including 6-cylinder rev counter
SUSPENSION
Front
Complete front 911 suspension with turbo tie rods and front anti-roll bar
5-stud hubs and BMW 320i calipers and discs
19mm brake master cylinder
Fuchs 15” x 6” wheels x 5 fitted with 195/ 60 Falcon tyres (new spare)
Rear
914/ 6 rear suspension – with Koni shock absorbers and 914/ 6 springs
5-stud hubs conversion
The 4 cylinder 5 speed gearbox was overhauled, converted from tail-shift to side-shift using new linkage bushes, and re-used
The following work was carried out to convert to right hand drive:
Front bulkhead was modified to accept RHD pedal box
Petrol tank modified to accommodate new bulkhead
Dashboard modified and reupholstered
Wiring loom extended to enable relocation of fuse/ relay panel, and switches
Relocation of switches etc. to right hand side
Modify sill to enable relocation of handbrake to the right hand side
Reposition steering shaft and UJs
Gear lever bias reset to right hand drive position
Right hand drive full carpet set
In addition :
Separate fuel gauge and console
Upgraded fuse panel to modern blade fuses
Cibie headlights/ spotlights with halogen bulbs
Re-trimmed seats with new inertia reel seatbelts
Rear boot gas struts
Engine lid gas strut
New windscreen and trim
Windscreen washers converted to electric operation
High level LED brake light
USB charging point
The car has MOT until August 2027, has been regularly serviced and is stored in a dry garage.
Recently treated with Lanoguard Under Body Protection
The car is a rare RIGHT HAND DRIVE conversion and is in really nice condition, in one of the best colours for the model (Phoenix Red). I have owned two original 914-6, and consider this car to be better than an original, at half the price, the cost of a good original 914-6 today being circa £100, 000.
