Porsche Profiles: Ken Ellaway 1974 914/6 Restomod Build

Let’s face it, the Porsche 914 was not the most iconic of sports cars in the storied history of the brand. A joint collaboration between VW and Porsche, it was designed to be both the entry level car for Porsche, as well as a sports car for VW that would replace its not-so-sporty Karmann Ghia. The result was a mid-engined car in 1970 that came with either a flat-four from VolksWagen with 80 HP, or a flat-six from Porsche’s 1969 911 T with 110 HP.

By 1974, the 914 was selling globally, with US and Euro specs, wide and narrow bodies, and was in a constant state of evolution. While it had sold very well in its first couple of years of production, it did slow down in sales when the Porsche 911 and then the Porsche 911 S of the G-series of cars were released. This made later versions of the 914 rarer than the early year models, but there were still more than enough cars sold to make them somewhat common.