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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ Sebring 12 Hours 1977

Posted by: URY914 Mar 4 2005, 04:57 PM

Steve (smg914) sent me these to post, I cleaned up the color some but ithey need more.

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Posted by: URY914 Mar 4 2005, 04:58 PM

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Posted by: URY914 Mar 4 2005, 04:59 PM

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Posted by: URY914 Mar 4 2005, 05:01 PM

I love this guy's IMSA approved pit crew uniform. Is that Nomex

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Posted by: Travis Neff Mar 4 2005, 05:02 PM

How fashion goes out and back in again! However it swapped from the fellas to the ladies. Spot the guy in the overalls with the undie reveal, haha

Posted by: URY914 Mar 4 2005, 05:07 PM

Look how wide thiose flares are! You could put another tire under there.

Posted by: URY914 Mar 4 2005, 05:16 PM

QUOTE (synthesisdv @ Mar 4 2005, 03:10 PM)
He's got your wheels in the rear anyway.

I saw that...good eye David.

Posted by: synthesisdv Mar 4 2005, 05:16 PM

He's got your wheels in the rear anyway.

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Posted by: john rogers Mar 4 2005, 06:39 PM

According to the records there were three 914/6s entered, #51, 54 and 85 and one 914/4 #20. Any pictures of #20 anywhere?

Posted by: ws91420 Mar 4 2005, 06:45 PM

Hey one was up on jackstands like ours. LOL

Posted by: sixnotfour Mar 4 2005, 08:54 PM

Cool old photo's,
I think this from the same year.

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Posted by: Brett W Mar 4 2005, 11:22 PM

They must have come over from the dirt track next door.

Posted by: smg914 Mar 4 2005, 11:48 PM

QUOTE (john rogers @ Mar 4 2005, 04:39 PM)
According to the records there were three 914/6s entered, #51, 54 and 85 and one 914/4 #20. Any pictures of #20 anywhere?

This picture could be car #20 but I can't read the number. It does say 914-4 on the front bumper so this must be car #20. The picture after this one will be of car #51.

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Posted by: smg914 Mar 4 2005, 11:48 PM

Car #51

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Posted by: rick 918-S Mar 5 2005, 12:52 AM

Dood! Vintage!

Posted by: Gustl Mar 5 2005, 03:19 AM

QUOTE (john rogers @ Mar 5 2005, 01:39 AM)
According to the records there were three 914/6s entered, #51, 54 and 85 and one 914/4 #20. Any pictures of #20 anywhere?

are there any VINs recorded?
would be interesting to me

Posted by: redshift Mar 5 2005, 03:44 AM

QUOTE (URY914 @ Mar 4 2005, 06:57 PM)
Steve (smg914) sent me these to post, I cleaned up the color some but ithey need more.

Uhh.. TELL NEIL YOUNG TO GET HIS HAND OUT OF.... LUKE DUKE'S ENGINE BAY!

M

Posted by: Curvie Roadlover Mar 5 2005, 04:43 AM

QUOTE (redshift @ Mar 5 2005, 04:44 AM)

QUOTE (URY914 @ Mar 4 2005, 06:57 PM)
Steve (smg914) sent me these to post, I cleaned up the color some but ithey need more.

Uhh.. TELL NEIL YOUNG TO GET HIS HAND OUT OF.... LUKE DUKE'S ENGINE BAY!

M

Posted by: URY914 Mar 5 2005, 06:43 AM

I attened The 12 Hours of Sebring in 1972 with my Dad, I was 13. And 1978, 79,80,81,82,83,84,85,87,88,89,90,91,92, 94, and 98.

It was a wild place a few of those years. There was a story in Hustler Mag around '79 or '80. The promoter wasn't able to cut a deal with the local cops so there was about 150,000 people and about 15 rent-a-cops. I saw some pictures that a friend took of a couple girls on top of a school bus giving a lesson in anatomy with about 5000 drunk guys cheering them on. This was not a show-your-tits contest. It was more like hide-the-long-neck-Bud.
Things got out of hand in a BIG way.

And there was also a race going on.

Paul

Posted by: maf914 Mar 5 2005, 07:19 AM

That's going way back Paul!

I remember seeing the Wynn's sponsored 914 when I first started going to the early IMSA Camel GT races, but I had never seen the T-Bird Swap Shop 914. I do remember the various Swap Shop 935's and 962's though.

What a contrast in the way the Sebring pits looked then and how they look today. In today's IMSA ALMS series everyone in the pits is dressed in team uniforms and the cars are all squeeky clean. The pit officials would probably never let that guy dressed in denim overalls over the pit wall. But you would still find plenty of guys who look like him in Green Park!

One day I'll dig up and organize my photo collection and find all of the old racing 914's. Yeah, right....

Posted by: Brett W Mar 5 2005, 07:34 AM

There is a replica of the Wynns car that shows up to run some of the HSR events from time to time. I don't know if it is original or not.