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Posted by: Jeff Bowlsby Nov 5 2015, 09:59 AM
Please help me make sense of these license plate frames below so I know whether or not to include them on the 914 Classics Authorized SWAG webpage. They are from Porsche and/or VW-Porsche dealers, but I do not know and am trying to find out if they sold the 914.
http://bowlsby.net/914/Classic/Swag.htm
My only reference is a Porsche-Audi dealership list from September 1973, 8th edition that came with all 914s from that era. Find a link to it on the webpage above.
Do you have other 914 dealership lists you can scan (.pdf) and email to me for reference?
I am inclined to either not include these license plate frames below on the SWAG webpage unless you can confirm that these are legit 914 dealerships.
Note that apparently the same dealership or dealership group have both only Porsche frames and VW-Porsche frames (i.e. Competition Motors). Which one sold the 914 - one, both or none?
Was the 914 was sold at any of these dealerships? Info I have is that before the 914, dealerships sold VWs, and/or Porsches, sometimes just one or the other. Some dealerships sold both and I believe the 914 was sold through these dealerships early on. From around 1973 forward Porsche+Audi was created and I think it was Excellence was Expected says there was great resistance from current dealers to change over to become new Porsche+Audi dealerships – due to the high costs of starting new dealerships, advertising, building construction, etc. That probably explains why these frames below do not say Porsche+Audi on them (they were earlier than the P+A alliance), but I would like to know for certain. They may be legit 914 dealers if they predate the P+A merger, but I would like your input. Please only comment if know for certain do not speculate.
Thanks in advance...
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Posted by: blitZ Nov 5 2015, 10:33 AM
My brother bought his 72 914 from Temple Porsche and Audi in Tampa.
Posted by: Marv's3.6six Nov 5 2015, 10:35 AM
In 1971 I moved to Hermosa Beach, being the surf dude I was. (still am) I moved to a street a few blocks from the sand called 1st place the apartment was a few hundred feet off of Pacific Coast Highway.
I would walk to the laundromat up on PCH weekly. On these walks there was this Porsche car dealer between my apartment and the laundry. This dealer was the infamous "Vasek Polak" dealership. Vasek always had on display in the showroom many various race cars they had campaigned 550, 904, 906, 908, 910, 917 and others.
On one of my trips I noticed a 908/2 race car sitting right next to a brand new 914-6, I had to go in to look at this. Sitting side by side the cars were very similar, wheels out on the corners, mid engine, low etc. It was clear to me the 914-6 was a race car for the street... There and then began my love for 914's I also recall seeing the window sticker price, I think it was $5600 (?) and thought OMG I will never be able to afford a car that expensive!
So to answer your question Vasek Polak Porsche sold 914s early on.
Posted by: dcecc1968 Nov 5 2015, 10:47 AM
Jeff, this window sticker was in some manuals a fellow gave me... it lists the dealer.
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Posted by: Mueller Nov 5 2015, 11:27 AM
In 1971 I moved to Hermosa Beach, being the surf dude I was. (still am) I moved to a street a few blocks from the sand called 1st place the apartment was a few hundred feet off of Pacific Coast Highway.
I would walk to the laundromat up on PCH weekly. On these walks there was this Porsche car dealer between my apartment and the laundry. This dealer was the infamous "Vasek Polak" dealership. Vasek always had on display in the showroom many various race cars they had campaigned 550, 904, 906, 908, 910, 917 and others.
On one of my trips I noticed a 908/2 race car sitting right next to a brand new 914-6, I had to go in to look at this. Sitting side by side the cars were very similar, wheels out on the corners, mid engine, low etc. It was clear to me the 914-6 was a race car for the street... There and then began my love for 914's I also recall seeing the window sticker price, I think it was $5600 (?) and thought OMG I will never be able to afford a car that expensive!
So to answer your question Vasek Polak Porsche sold 914s early on.
Cool collection of pictures Jeff...
I wonder if the Vasek Polak is the most sought after and reproduced license plate frame there is?
Posted by: Jeff Bowlsby Nov 5 2015, 11:30 AM
My brother bought his 72 914 from Temple Porsche and Audi in Tampa.
Its on the list, thanks.
Posted by: Jeff Bowlsby Nov 5 2015, 11:30 AM
So to answer your question Vasek Polak Porsche sold 914s early on.
Its on the list, thanks.
Posted by: Jeff Bowlsby Nov 5 2015, 11:31 AM
Jeff, this window sticker was in some manuals a fellow gave me... it lists the dealer.
Its on the list, thanks.
Posted by: Jeff Bowlsby Nov 5 2015, 11:35 AM
I wonder if the Vasek Polak is the most sought after and reproduced license plate frame there is?
Could be Mike...if'n your car came from V-P. Mine came from Rusnak, so I have Rusnak frames. And there are some other cool ones listed...Hawaii? Alaska? Canada?
Would be great to see more dealerships listed if there are more and of course photos of any other 914 dealership and dealer SWAG people can contribute.
Please post photos of what you have here.
Posted by: germanv82000 Nov 5 2015, 11:38 AM
I know some of the history of Thornton Motors in Stockton as I bought my last VW in 1964 from them. I have an old lic. plate frame from the dealership waiting for someone that wants it, in the meantime I will pursue info on the dealership.
Posted by: bandjoey Nov 5 2015, 12:55 PM
Bought my -6 from Forest Lane in Dallas. I've search for a frame for 2 years. The only one I located sold on Pelican for about $200.
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Posted by: pete000 Nov 5 2015, 01:51 PM
My 74 1.8 came from Kendon VW in Harbor City CA.
Took me a while to find a plate frame, quite rare. I got one from a guy in England who picked up a micro bus that had the frame on it...
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Posted by: Jeff Bowlsby Nov 5 2015, 02:55 PM
Bought my -6 from Forest Lane in Dallas. I've search for a frame for 2 years. The only one I located sold on Pelican for about $200.
Looks great! Added to the webpage, thank you.
Posted by: Jeff Bowlsby Nov 5 2015, 02:56 PM
My 74 1.8 came from Kendon VW in Harbor City CA.
Took me a while to find a plate frame, quite rare. I got one from a guy in England who picked up a micro bus that had the frame on it...
Added this Kendon frame too, thanks.
Posted by: Tom_T Nov 5 2015, 03:24 PM
Jeff,
I'm pretty sure that all of the CA ones you show here & on the site did sell 914s, but around 70-71-ish during the rolling requirement to add a Porsche+Audi building & area to their dealerships, those dealers' frames were also changed over to Porsche+Audi (IIRC they could use up their old stock of frames).
Can't speak to most of the other states' dealerships specifically, except Phoenix, Pittsburgh & Indy, where I had relatives & visited in 69-71.
Call, Oemail or PM me for a meal or whatever, if/when you're in Anaheim for that Fall conference you mentioned back in April/May.
PS - my 73 2L was originally sold from the Garden Grove dealer, although they had changed by that time.
Tom
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Posted by: pete000 Nov 5 2015, 04:02 PM
One interesting tidbit about Kendon. I heard he got the first 914-6 delivered to Southern California and it made Vasek Polak really upset as he wanted the first delivery in his show room.
Posted by: Jeff Bowlsby Nov 5 2015, 05:28 PM
Tom
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Thanks Tom. I am pretty sure the Porsche+Audi reorganization did not occur until around 1973, not as early as 70-71, but maybe I am wrong? I sold my EWE many years ago so cannot look it up.
Porsche ran the 914 program from mid-1974, which is one reason why the 75-76 cars seem a bit different than the earlier model years.
Will look you up next time I am I town, thanks for the invite.
Posted by: Jeff Bowlsby Nov 5 2015, 05:33 PM
One interesting tidbit about Kendon. I heard he got the first 914-6 delivered to Southern California and it made Vasek Polak really upset as he wanted the first delivery in his show room.
There are several frames related to "Harbor Cities" which is surprising to me...that's not that big of an area. Kendon, Atlas, Circle
Musta been a hot market for 914s back then!
Posted by: Larmo63 Nov 5 2015, 06:12 PM
There must have been more 914s sold in Southern California than anywhere else on earth…..
Posted by: Cairo94507 Nov 5 2015, 08:51 PM
Bought my '73 2.0 Appearance Group, Sepia Brown 914 new from Ely Porsche Audi in Hayward. On Mission Street just south of Lewelling.
Posted by: Maltese Falcon Nov 5 2015, 10:29 PM
I was going to purchase my brand new 914 2.0 at Max Dial Porsche+Audi on La Brea ave. In Inglewood. Bought it from Downtown L.A. P+A instead.
Got a better deal, a great couple hours Test Drive in the empty (back then) downtown streets too !
My salesman was Heinz Brinkmann, who was also a TV actor. If you remember "Combat" with Vic Morrow aka Sarge, was Brinkmann's nemesis .
Marty
Posted by: Mueller Nov 5 2015, 10:30 PM
Mine came from Ralph Cutright Porsche-Audi in Santa Monica, I just looked at the paperwork I have in the garage, I'll have to check the frame this weekend now!
I see you have that one on the list already.
Posted by: Jeff Bowlsby Nov 5 2015, 10:42 PM
I was going to purchase my brand new 914 2.0 at Max Dial Porsche+Audi on La Brea ave. In Inglewood. Bought it from Downtown L.A. P+A instead.
Got a better deal, a great couple hours Test Drive in the empty (back then) downtown streets too !
My salesman was Heinz Brinkmann, who was also a TV actor. If you remember "Combat" with Vic Morrow aka Sarge, was Brinkmann's nemesis .
Marty
I remember "Combat" Marty. Hope they rebroadcast that series someday.
I have an Aero Porsche Audi in Inglewood...were there two including Max Dial P-A?
Posted by: Jeff Bowlsby Nov 5 2015, 10:44 PM
Ely and Cutright are on the list...thanks!
Posted by: damesandhotrods Nov 5 2015, 11:04 PM
Neufeld Motors in Redwood City California was a VW dealership. It was on Main Street out by the 101, Bayshore Freeway. If I remember correctly their Porsche Dealership was in San Carlos California on the El Camino Real, Neufeld Porsche. Which I believe ended up in Burlingame California which became Rector Porsche.
Posted by: Jeff Bowlsby Nov 6 2015, 12:09 AM
Neufeld Motors in Redwood City California was a VW dealership. It was on Main Street out by the 101, Bayshore Freeway. If I remember correctly their Porsche Dealership was in San Carlos California on the El Camino Real, Neufeld Porsche. Which I believe ended up in Burlingame California which became Rector Porsche.
I have the Neufeld Motors frame in the first post, it has a VW and Porsche logo on it - this should be where the early 914s were sold. I also have the Neufeld Porsche+Audi frame already on the webpage. The way you describe it, I need to add the 'Neufeld Motors' frame...will do.
Posted by: Maltese Falcon Nov 6 2015, 12:48 AM
Aero Porsche @ 817 N. La Brea, Inglewood was there until '72-'73 (?)
Then by 1974 the name changed to Max Dial P+A, same address. I could drive by one of these days to see what is there today.
Also Westwood Porsche + Audi at Santa Monica+ Veteran (West LA) became the service facility for Beverly Hills P+A; and today it stands as a newly modernized B H Porsche dealership.
Posted by: JawjaPorsche Nov 6 2015, 07:13 AM
This week, I drove by where I bought my 914 42 years ago. The old Northlake Porsche Audi dealership is long gone. A huge LA Fitness building is there now.
Went from hauling ass to reducing ass.
Posted by: MJHanna Nov 6 2015, 07:33 AM
On your list you have DJ VW, Porsche Audi, Isuzu in Billings MT, that is (was) and independent shop not a dealer. If fact there were no Porsche dealers in Montana at that time and today. The closest ones were Spokane, Minneapolis or SLC. I don't know if any of the VW dealers sold 914's but they did not sell 911/912 Porsches new.
Posted by: Jasfsmith Nov 6 2015, 08:32 AM
Jeff:
You can add
Pine State Volkswagen Porsche+Audi
Hogan Road
Bangor, Maine
to your list.
James Smith
Posted by: damesandhotrods Nov 6 2015, 09:52 AM
Neufeld Motors in Redwood City California was a VW dealership. It was on Main Street out by the 101, Bayshore Freeway. If I remember correctly their Porsche Dealership was in San Carlos California on the El Camino Real, Neufeld Porsche. Which I believe ended up in Burlingame California which became Rector Porsche.
I have the Neufeld Motors frame in the first post, it has a VW and Porsche logo on it - this should be where the early 914s were sold. I also have the Neufeld Porsche+Audi frame already on the webpage. The way you describe it, I need to add the 'Neufeld Motors' frame...will do.
Maybe someone a little older can chime in, but as far as I remember the Redwood City location was VW sales and service only. A 914 would only have been sold and serviced in San Carlos…
Posted by: Maltese Falcon Nov 6 2015, 10:15 AM
Just a side note; the original start-up location for Performance Products was just across the street from Westwood P+A. They picked the perfect spot !
Posted by: Philip W. Nov 6 2015, 10:27 AM
Not California, but my car was originally sold thru Porsche Audi North, Dublin Ohio.
The marine I bought it from was at 29 Palms CA, so it spent a good bit of time in the West 
Posted by: Jeff Bowlsby Nov 6 2015, 10:28 AM
On your list you have DJ VW, Porsche Audi, Isuzu in Billings MT, that is (was) and independent shop not a dealer. If fact there were no Porsche dealers in Montana at that time and today. The closest ones were Spokane, Minneapolis or SLC. I don't know if any of the VW dealers sold 914's but they did not sell 911/912 Porsches new.
Thanks! I indicated DJ as an indy repair shop. Check out the P+A dealership list linked at the top of the webpage, it indicates there were 3 914 dealerships in MT back then (1973).
Posted by: Jeff Bowlsby Nov 6 2015, 10:31 AM
Thanks All, for your help. All updates/corrections above have been made. Keep the comments and SWAG coming if you know more, happy to update the webpage with new/better information if you post it here or send it to me.
Posted by: germanv82000 Nov 6 2015, 11:11 AM
Checked Stockton phone books and it appears Thornton motors dropped their Porsche affiliation at the end of 1969. 1970 phone book lists only VW. Porsche dealer was Travalle Motors for some years and now no dealership here.
Posted by: Jeff Bowlsby Nov 6 2015, 11:24 AM
SO do you think that Thornton never sold 914s, that they would have been sold only by Travale?
Posted by: MJHanna Nov 6 2015, 12:51 PM
On your list you have DJ VW, Porsche Audi, Isuzu in Billings MT, that is (was) and independent shop not a dealer. If fact there were no Porsche dealers in Montana at that time and today. The closest ones were Spokane, Minneapolis or SLC. I don't know if any of the VW dealers sold 914's but they did not sell 911/912 Porsches new.
Thanks! I indicated DJ as an indy repair shop. Check out the P+A dealership list linked at the top of the webpage, it indicates there were 3 914 dealerships in MT back then (1973).
Here is a listing for the 1969 dealers: http://206.214.215.12/forums/showthread.php?73631-Listing-of-US-and-Canada-Porsche-Dealers-(1969)
I'm wrong on my statement in 73 there was a the dealer in Missoula, MT.
The books are kind of misleading, in the 69 list it shows Wilcox as a "dealer in Billings" but they were a VW dealer and did not sell Porsches. My Dad bough a 70E and went to Spokane as he could not buy one in MT at that time. He just sent me a email confirming this info. Trust me if he could have bought it by driving downtown vs. a 550 mile trip one way,he would have done it in a heartbeat.
Posted by: Gustl Nov 6 2015, 04:04 PM
Jeff,
I saw that "Martin Johnson Porsche+Audi, Oakland" is in your list, but no photo.
My car was originally sold there in May 1971
I think that I still have the original lic plates + frames, but it's somewhere in the basement - I hope to find it soon ...
Posted by: 914time Nov 6 2015, 04:34 PM
This week, I drove by where I bought my 914 42 years ago. The old Northlake Porsche Audi dealership is long gone. A huge LA Fitness building is there now.
Went from hauling ass to reducing ass.
Love this!
Posted by: Jeff Bowlsby Nov 6 2015, 05:08 PM
Jeff,
I saw that "Martin Johnson Porsche+Audi, Oakland" is in your list, but no photo.
My car was originally sold there in May 1971
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I think that I still have the original lic plates + frames, but it's somewhere in the basement - I hope to find it soon ...
Done. Thanks Wolfgang!
Posted by: Beeliner Nov 6 2015, 05:45 PM
I bought my first three from "Five Towns" in Hewitt, L.I., N.Y. Starting 1971.
My soon to be Best Man bought a 911 in bronze with a huge black "911" over almost the entire front hood. So they sold some of them as well.
Posted by: ejm Nov 6 2015, 06:32 PM
Plate frame for the Connecticut dealers list
I was told this sign came from the Jones P/A dealership in Springfield Mass which folded around 1977. Now it hangs in my garage 
Posted by: Jeff Bowlsby Nov 6 2015, 07:24 PM
I bought my first three from "Five Towns" in Hewitt, L.I., N.Y. Starting 1971.
My soon to be Best Man bought a 911 in bronze with a huge black "911" over almost the entire front hood. So they sold some of them as well.
Five towns? I don't have that on the list. Was it a VW, Porsche or VW-Porsche dealership and should I add it?
Posted by: Jeff Bowlsby Nov 6 2015, 07:25 PM
Webpage is updated to here.
Posted by: moe Nov 6 2015, 08:10 PM
I know some of the history of Thornton Motors in Stockton as I bought my last VW in 1964 from them. I have an old lic. plate frame from the dealership waiting for someone that wants it, in the meantime I will pursue info on the dealership.
I may be interested in your frame.
Posted by: SKL1 Nov 6 2015, 08:58 PM
Got my '71 from Gruber Porsche+Audi in Cedar Rapids, IA in Nov, 1970, and my dad got his '71 914 from the same dealership later the next spring. I don't remember a specific license plate frame from the dealership- it's been a long time!!
Posted by: dlkawashima Nov 6 2015, 09:06 PM
Carlsen took over from Gus Mozart sometime in the early to mid 70's. I know they sold 914s out of the Palo Alto site, though I don't know exactly when they started.
Saw this one recently on ebay, but I'm not sure if it's from the 914 era. Mike Nagy might know ... I believe he has one of these license frames.
Posted by: VegasRacer Nov 6 2015, 11:59 PM
The first 914 I ever sat in was in the Showroom of Art Bunker Porsche / Audi in Kansas City. (I found these images on The Samba via Google.)
Posted by: Jeff Bowlsby Nov 7 2015, 10:38 AM
Thanks Dave, John, updates made.
Posted by: germanv82000 Nov 7 2015, 12:08 PM
SO do you think that Thornton never sold 914s, that they would have been sold only by Travale?
I think that is probably the case.
Posted by: DamonsCarrera Nov 7 2015, 12:53 PM
Bill Yates definitely sold 914s in San Juan Capistrano CA. Cotton Goff was a Volkswagen dealership. There was a Porsche dealer located next to Cotton Goff in Buena Park called Park Porsche, where my Dad bought an Audi. I think the two dealerships had the same owner but I'm not sure.
Posted by: Jeff Bowlsby Nov 8 2015, 09:42 PM
Cotton Goff also sold Porsches according to the license plate frames I have on the webpage.
Posted by: The Cabinetmaker Nov 22 2015, 07:30 AM
Driving down south memorial in Tulsa in 1973. Saw a red car sitting outside. Thought "what kind of car is that"? Turned around, went inside, took a test drive, and bought it on the spot. Bahia red 1.7 with appearance group and pedrinis. $5050.00. Still have it
http://s290.photobucket.com/user/vsg914/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-11/20151119_165921_zpsyh7pjpnn.jpg.html
Posted by: Jeff Bowlsby Nov 22 2015, 09:00 AM
Thanks, I put this on the webpage. 2 different license plate frames for Conine-Swab
Posted by: garrettlee2 Nov 22 2015, 07:41 PM
any pictures or plate frames of colliey Porsche Audi of riverside ca?
Posted by: Jeff Bowlsby Nov 22 2015, 08:08 PM
any pictures or plate frames of colliey Porsche Audi of riverside ca?
No, I have Sierra Porsche listed as the Riverside 914 dealer. Did Colley sell them too?
Posted by: RARE 6 Nov 22 2015, 11:31 PM
Johnson-Bozzani Porsche in downtown Phoenix. Bought the -6 new there on 9-14-71. Put the frame back on this summer after completing the redo.
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Posted by: Sm914650 Sep 14 2023, 03:02 PM
Does anyone have any info on Rudi’s in Burlingame? Have asked a few guys from the area older than me and they all never heard of it. Of course everyone knows Neufield and Dave Rasmussen but no knowledge of Rudi’s.
Posted by: Sm914650 Sep 14 2023, 03:03 PM
Also, was Rector not selling 914s in Burlingame yet? Figure maybe they didn’t start til the late 70s possibly. Maybe my Bay Area folks can help me get some answers!
Posted by: ClayPerrine Sep 14 2023, 03:09 PM
Driving down south memorial in Tulsa in 1973. Saw a red car sitting outside. Thought "what kind of car is that"? Turned around, went inside, took a test drive, and bought it on the spot. Bahia red 1.7 with appearance group and pedrinis. $5050.00. Still have it
http://s290.photobucket.com/user/vsg914/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-11/20151119_165921_zpsyh7pjpnn.jpg.html
That is the same dealer that sold Betty's 74 originally.
Posted by: dr914@autoatlanta.com Sep 14 2023, 03:58 PM
we sold them back in the 70s! LOL
Posted by: Maltese Falcon Sep 14 2023, 04:01 PM
Jack McAfee Imports* on Hollywood Way, Burbank Ca. / then moved to a bigger facility on Victory Blvd. Burbank. In 1974 this biz was sold and became Allen Porsche+Audi.
Jack's son Rex is a professional racing photographer, and active in PCA, and sometimes on the Samba.
*Sold VW, Porsche, Audi.
Posted by: windforfun Sep 14 2023, 04:01 PM
we sold them back in the 70s! LOL
I believe you. Post a pic of a "70s license plate frame.
Posted by: Maltese Falcon Sep 14 2023, 04:09 PM
Jack McAffe's front lot on Hollywood Way
Posted by: Maltese Falcon Sep 14 2023, 04:16 PM
One of McAffe's newsprint ads discovered fossilized on a broken slab of our concrete pool deck (2015), while the workers were demo'ing for backyard remodel. My building permit collection shows that the orig pool was poured in 1963 !
Posted by: 914043 Sep 14 2023, 05:13 PM
Pretty sure my 6 came from Wester Porsche/Audi
Posted by: bandjoey Sep 14 2023, 05:18 PM
Bought my -6 from Forest Lane in Dallas. I've search for a frame for 2 years. The only one I located sold on Pelican for about $200.
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Posted by: ClayPerrine Sep 14 2023, 05:20 PM
Bought my -6 from Forest Lane in Dallas. I've search for a frame for 2 years. The only one I located sold on Pelican for about $200.
Both Wes Hildreth and Ed Mayo worked there.
Posted by: Sm914650 Sep 15 2023, 08:16 AM
Also, was Rector not selling 914s in Burlingame yet? Figure maybe they didn’t start til the late 70s possibly. Maybe my Bay Area folks can help me get some answers!
*i think i can answer my own question, that Rector was transitioned from Neufeld Burlingame, and figure it wasn’t around yet for 914 sales. Guess i have to take my Rector frame off my 73
Can anyone confirm if Neufeld in San Carlos or Neufeld in Burlingame was the primary 914 distributor? See some 914 ads on Google for San Carlos.
Also if anyone has any idea what Rudi’s Burlingame is or turned into, would love to know.
Posted by: Sm914650 Sep 15 2023, 08:20 AM
San carlos
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Posted by: JeffBowlsby Sep 15 2023, 09:33 AM
San carlos
That ski rack is the first accessory on an accessory we've seen.
Posted by: Dion Sep 15 2023, 09:34 AM
Out here on the right coast my 1973 914 was delivered by ALGAR Porsche/Audi before it became widely more recognizable as Algar Ferrari.
Al Garthwaite ran the two dealerships in different locations between Rosemont and Paoli
Pennsylvania.
Posted by: Shivers Sep 15 2023, 10:10 AM
I grew up in the San Gabriel valley and out there, back then I saw Bozzani on a lot of them.
Posted by: gandalf_025 Sep 15 2023, 11:25 AM
This is really beat up, but my spare keys
were always attached to it..
Posted by: 914sgofast2 Sep 15 2023, 12:49 PM
Humphrey VW Porsche in Hayward, California, sold 914's and Porsche 911's and 912's from the same showroom in the late 1960's to early 1970's. They even had a Parts and Service Department that stayed open until 9:00PM at night for a while! You won't find that at a dealership these days.
Posted by: 914sgofast2 Sep 15 2023, 12:59 PM
I want to add that Niello Porsche is the oldest continuously operating Porsche dealership in Northern California. They are now located in Rocklin, California, but originally started out in Sacramento, California. Wes Lasher Volkswagen was the original VW Dealer in the Sacramento area and then Niello bought into the company and it became Lasher-Niello VW Porsche; then they split up and Wes Lasher was bought out and it became Niello Porsche. I believe that the Niello family has been selling Porsches since 1956. Lasher's family continued selling VW's until 2022 when they sold their VW and other (Subaru, Jeep, Chrysler, etc) dealerships.
Posted by: johnhora Sep 15 2023, 01:18 PM
Don Corlett Porsche Audi, Inc
741 So 3rd St
Louisville, KY
Posted by: flipb Sep 15 2023, 01:35 PM
Mine was initially sold at Towson Valley Motors in Maryland, and looks like it was resold there at least once more from records in the owner's manual.
Posted by: seanery Sep 15 2023, 08:51 PM
Whitey came from Vasek Polak. Having lived a few blocks from them when I lived in LA, I had some sentimental attachment to them.
I now have a VP frame holder for Whitey, and my Macan has one too!
There's a guy on eBay who sells them, not cheaply, and they are exactly the same as those old dealer ones. I matte cleared both of mine to try to deter any rust on that potmetal frame. They look really nice.
In 1971 I moved to Hermosa Beach, being the surf dude I was. (still am) I moved to a street a few blocks from the sand called 1st place the apartment was a few hundred feet off of Pacific Coast Highway.
I would walk to the laundromat up on PCH weekly. On these walks there was this Porsche car dealer between my apartment and the laundry. This dealer was the infamous "Vasek Polak" dealership. Vasek always had on display in the showroom many various race cars they had campaigned 550, 904, 906, 908, 910, 917 and others.
On one of my trips I noticed a 908/2 race car sitting right next to a brand new 914-6, I had to go in to look at this. Sitting side by side the cars were very similar, wheels out on the corners, mid engine, low etc. It was clear to me the 914-6 was a race car for the street... There and then began my love for 914's I also recall seeing the window sticker price, I think it was $5600 (?) and thought OMG I will never be able to afford a car that expensive!
So to answer your question Vasek Polak Porsche sold 914s early on.
Cool collection of pictures Jeff...
I wonder if the Vasek Polak is the most sought after and reproduced license plate frame there is?
Posted by: seanery Sep 15 2023, 08:52 PM
I think Giganti Porsche + Audi did the 914s from the start. One of their old mechanics owns the place that services my car, I'll ask him.
Posted by: Rufus Jan 27 2024, 10:48 PM
Maybe add this one too:
Everett 423/D90 - Humphrey Volkswagen, Inc
98201 5415 Highway Place & Evergreen Way
Tel. (206) 353-1192
Ref:
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?act=ST&f=2&t=368949&st=0#entry3125852
Posted by: KSCarrera Jan 28 2024, 02:31 AM
Scala O'Brien Chicago - this is where my 914 was sold in 1975. It appears they ended up in a legal battle with PCNA when, having been promised sole rights to Porsche sales in the Chicagoland area, they took PCNA to court when they discovered a second Porsche dealership was to open in Chicago...
Posted by: Jett Jan 28 2024, 09:00 AM
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Posted by: MartyYeoman Jan 28 2024, 12:18 PM
I remember being a sophomore in high school (1969) and going to Carlsen Porsche/Audi on Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco with my parents. I didn't have my drivers license yet. They bought an Audi Super-90. I remember sitting in a 914 on their showroom floor. Must have been the first model year for the 914. That started a love affair to this day. Not sure if it was a 914-6 of not but I do recall how it was green and had what I thought was a sloppy shifter. I believe they closed up shop in SF and moved down the peninsula to Redwood City then Palo Alto. I'm still looking for a Carlsen San Francisco plate frame. 
Posted by: Maltese Falcon Jan 28 2024, 09:44 PM
Westwood Porsche + Audi corner of Santa Monica Bl. & Veteran St. in West L.A.
In current days this is now the home of Beverly Hills Porsche; which happens to be almost 4 miles west of the City of Beverly Hills
License plate salute goes out to The Capn' Roger Penske today with his Team's overall P1 at Daytona24 in the Porsche 963 !
Posted by: Pursang Jan 28 2024, 11:11 PM
Pretty sure my 6 came from Wester Porsche/Audi
I'm from a military family. We were stationed at Fort Ord from 1957 to 1960. Got to know the Westers. Dad wanted to buy an Elva Courier he had on his lot but was too tall to fit with his hat if the top was up. That was (is?) a military reg. So he bought a Bugeye Sprite that had been Don's sisters car (as I recall). The Sprite was my first car when I started college. My brother was on Don's pit crew for his California races (356, RS60, 904, 906, and Genie). Those were the days!
My car was originally sold out of Tom Carsten's Autohaus in Tacoma.
Posted by: Maltese Falcon Jan 29 2024, 10:24 AM
I was going to purchase my brand new 914 2.0 at Max Dial Porsche+Audi on La Brea ave. In Inglewood. Bought it from Downtown L.A. P+A instead.
Got a better deal, a great couple hours Test Drive in the empty (back then) downtown streets too !
My salesman was Heinz Brinkmann, who was also a TV actor. If you remember "Combat" with Vic Morrow aka Sarge, was Brinkmann's nemesis .
Marty
I remember "Combat" Marty. Hope they rebroadcast that series someday.
I have an Aero Porsche Audi in Inglewood...were there two including Max Dial P-A?
Jeff, one of my C+C buddy's says that Max Dial P+A /Inglewood, CA. then became Atlas P+A. Atlas was the brainchild of Mike Salta who owned the Pontiac dealership in nearby Culver City. The dealership name "Atlas" is Salta spelled in reverse
The Inglewood dealership in current times is a couple of storefronts + a big lot .
Posted by: dgw Jan 30 2024, 12:26 PM
I read through the whole post and didn't see anything about Anderson in San Jose. I was in the place in 1970 and they had a brand new 914/6 and one 911 on the showroom floor. I ended up buying the 911.
Posted by: JeffBowlsby Jan 30 2024, 12:33 PM
I read through the whole post and didn't see anything about Anderson in San Jose. I was in the place in 1970 and they had a brand new 914/6 and one 911 on the showroom floor. I ended up buying the 911.
Anderson is on my swag list in San Jose.
Later became Anderson Behel in Santa Clara.
https://bowlsby.net/914/Classic/Swag.htm
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Posted by: anderssj Jan 30 2024, 01:07 PM
Didn't see Alpine Porsche-Audi mentioned in the thread...
Alpine Porsche-Audi in Colorado Springs was originally owned by Duane Mentzer; he was also involved with the formation of Alpine Mountain Region around 1975. I think they sold 914s from the start--an upperclassman in my Squadron at the AF Academy had a blue '71. IIRC, Alpine sold 80+ to my classmates in May 1972.
Picture borrowed from a thread on the 911 registry. I had one on my car too, but it got broken when a young lady "tapped" my car from behind. 
Posted by: double-a Jan 31 2024, 12:32 PM
another example of Portland, Oregon's Continental Porsche - Audi
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