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Posted by: NJ914Guy May 29 2011, 11:16 PM

Well, after countless hours of restoration and fine detail work, the old girl took her first 'official' trophy today at the 7th Annual Spring into Summer Car Show at The Promenade in Marlton NJ. It was a tight class (Pre 1980 Euro Imports), and the competition was tough, but the Nepal Orange 914 was loved by the judges. First place went to a very nice 1969 Triumph TR6 Roadster. The 914 took a very close 2nd. Third went to a replica VW Beetle modeled after the famous #53 Herbie Bug. That bug has hundreds of show wins, and the owner was not happy that the 914 edged him out today!

Dozens of folks stopped by to visit and chat. Many were owners of newer Porsches or folks who remembered the 914 when introduced back in the 1970's. The general message from the judges and crowd was that it was nice to see a solid example still on the road, and that it was refreshing to see something other than Camaros, Mustangs and Corvettes at the show.

Below is a pic of her with the trophy gently displayed on top of the targa roof.

While it was nice to win, the best part of the day was the great drive to and from the show in the 85 degree summer weather!

Posted by: CrashDown May 29 2011, 11:36 PM

Got yourself a beauty there dude.... Congrats!

Posted by: saigon71 May 30 2011, 12:57 AM

Sweet looking car! Congrats!

Posted by: SirAndy May 30 2011, 04:26 AM

Now all that's left to do is to fix those upside-down turn signal lenses ...

Posted by: abnrdo May 30 2011, 04:26 AM

Way to go!!!

Posted by: Michael N May 30 2011, 04:34 AM

You would have taken 1st if the judges thought you could fit a bigger trophy in your car.

Your 914 is looking great!

Posted by: 914 shifter May 30 2011, 04:37 AM

awesome

Posted by: Garold Shaffer May 30 2011, 06:15 AM

Posted by: mepstein May 30 2011, 06:42 AM

Great looking car. I usually see that show but missed it this year. Just a couple miles away from my fathers house. There used to be quite a few teeners driving around south jersey.

Posted by: jzdu May 30 2011, 10:24 AM

Beautiful car. Love that color.

Posted by: McMark May 30 2011, 10:28 AM

Awesome!

Posted by: Krieger May 30 2011, 12:11 PM

Good job, thats a lot of work.

Posted by: Tom_T May 30 2011, 12:35 PM

Nice work!

Posted by: Elliot Cannon May 30 2011, 01:29 PM

Congrats. Nicely done.

Posted by: CrashDown May 30 2011, 06:31 PM

you sir..... have eyes like an eagle....lol

Posted by: tod914 May 30 2011, 06:48 PM

Way to go! Your car looks spotless.

Posted by: NJ914Guy May 30 2011, 07:26 PM

Thanks for all of the kind words guys! Now, can someone point me in the right direction on the turn signal lenses. Which we do I need to flip them?

Posted by: SirAndy May 30 2011, 07:47 PM

They are just upside down. There's a horizontal line about 1/3 up on the lense which is supposed to be on the down side.
Yours are mounted with the line on the up side.

They should be mounted like in the picture below. The all amber lenses like yours still have the dividing line for the parking light bulb section on the bottom.

Posted by: Valy May 30 2011, 08:15 PM

And the side markers are mounted upside down or left<-->right too.

Posted by: pdlightning May 30 2011, 10:31 PM

Very NICE!

My favorite color also!

Posted by: PanelBilly May 30 2011, 10:35 PM

Too sweet

Posted by: 914dave May 31 2011, 04:48 AM

Congratulations, the car looks outstanding.

Posted by: schreiber May 31 2011, 08:33 PM

Congratulations on the win! She's a beauty!

Posted by: JmuRiz Jun 1 2011, 08:20 AM

Good catch.

Great looking car though...congrats on the trophy!