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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ Dutch delight with pictures

Posted by: Jacco Aug 9 2005, 09:48 AM

Hey Guys,

Last Saturday I participated in a small 914 get together in Gronigen, the Netherlands.
There were 9 914's and three that broke down on the way over and turned around.
It was an amazing day and did some great driving. We were very lucky with the weather, it was actually quite nice.
I only had one small problem when my throttle return spring broke and left me with an engine running at full throttle. It was a quick fix and was on my way shortly.

You can find pictures at http://914.hanig.nl
take note of the 914world.com hat in some of the pictures

Enjoy!

Greets,
Jacco

a quick teaser:

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Posted by: Ferg Aug 9 2005, 10:07 AM

Great pics!

Ferg

Posted by: tat2dphreak Aug 9 2005, 10:34 AM

great pics!!

Posted by: theol00 Aug 9 2005, 10:42 AM

nice shots - beautiful country!

Posted by: SirAndy Aug 9 2005, 10:47 AM

QUOTE (Jacco @ Aug 9 2005, 08:48 AM)
Last Saturday I participated in a small 914 get together in Gronigen, the Netherlands.

hey, i have friends in Groningen!

9 cars eh? i didn't even know there were that many left in europe ...
Andy

Posted by: Headrage Aug 9 2005, 10:54 AM

Why???

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Posted by: Jacco Aug 9 2005, 11:09 AM

Hey,
QUOTE (Headrage @ Aug 9 2005, 08:54 AM)
Why???

uhmmm good question... but it clearly shows the 914world.com script on the cap my buddy is wearing other than that, worthless picture, but its hard to see what you're taking a picture of with a camera above your head

Andy,

what part of Groningen do you have friends?
and yes there are running 914's in Europe there were even 2 914's who came all the way from Belgium.

Greets
Jacco

Posted by: seanery Aug 9 2005, 11:47 AM

Great Pics of the event!! But no wooden shoes?

Posted by: tdgray Aug 9 2005, 11:48 AM

Great Stuff Jacco.

Nice to see our Euro brothers represent WTG

Posted by: Jeroen Aug 9 2005, 12:49 PM

Hey Jacco, looks like fun!
Nice pics

Posted by: Jeff Bowlsby Aug 9 2005, 01:18 PM

Cool Pics Jacco...really makes us feel like we were there. Any chance you know of any 1974 914GT cars there?

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Posted by: SirAndy Aug 9 2005, 02:15 PM

QUOTE (Jacco @ Aug 9 2005, 10:09 AM)
Andy,
what part of Groningen do you have friends?

good question. i've never been in Groningen myself.

my friend Robbie Tempel and his (ex?) girlfriend Esther both sing in a punkband from Groningen called "FLEAS AND LICE",
they just finished their US tour a week ago ...

http://www.fleasandlice.nl/

Andy

Posted by: Gustl Aug 9 2005, 02:51 PM

wow, that's a couple of really cool pics
thanks for sharing

Posted by: Gustl Aug 9 2005, 02:54 PM

QUOTE (SirAndy @ Aug 9 2005, 06:47 PM)
9 cars eh? i didn't even know there were that many left in europe ...

Gustl, from good old Europe

Posted by: SirAndy Aug 9 2005, 03:00 PM

QUOTE (Gustl @ Aug 9 2005, 01:54 PM)
Gustl, from good old Europe

i was just joking!

Andy

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Posted by: tdgray Aug 9 2005, 03:07 PM

QUOTE (SirAndy @ Aug 9 2005, 04:15 PM)

my friend Robbie Tempel and his (ex?) girlfriend Esther both sing in a punkband from Groningen called "FLEAS AND LICE",

FLEAS AND LICE.... I thought that was the number 9 meal down at Hunan Gardens

Posted by: Bleyseng Aug 9 2005, 05:52 PM

Wow great pics, Jacco. I have been to Groningen, NL twice and isn't it frozen over by now??

Great Surinamese food shops there! Roti and Boyo..hmmm

Wow, 9 cars that actually run! Amazing.

Posted by: type47fan Aug 9 2005, 08:28 PM

Excellent photo essay! Really enjoy seeing the clean, uncluttered lines of the euro 914s.

Thanks for sharing.

Posted by: Bigbohr Aug 9 2005, 08:51 PM

QUOTE (Jacco @ Aug 9 2005, 09:09 AM)
there were even 2 914's who came all the way from Belgium.

I was just checking out the rides of my fellow countrymen and noticed there are three 914's with belgian plates ... Great!
Looks like it was a fun event! Thanks for sharing the pics.

Posted by: MW 914 Aug 9 2005, 09:09 PM

Great pics. Sorta funny to see the old Chevy Blazer in one of the pictures.

Posted by: ThinAir914 Aug 10 2005, 12:01 AM

QUOTE (Jacco @ Aug 9 2005, 10:09 AM)
... even 2 914's who came all the way from Belgium.

I'm always amused at the different way that Americans and Europeans look at things. "In America 100 years is a long time, in Europe 100 miles is a long distance." is the way I've heard it.

I sure wish I could have been there! I recognized some photos from the Groningen Ring. One of my Grandfathers came from Baflo and one of my wife's Grandmothers came from Bedam so we always visit the area whenever we can get to Europe. We were hoping to make it there this year in September, but had to change plans. I really appreciate seeing all those photos! It made me feel like I was there with you.

You didn't sell T-shirts for the event did you? I'd buy one for sure!

It was interesting to see the photo of the steering wheel with a VW logo on the horn pad. The cows in the background was a great touch too!

So what was the route of your drive? It sure looked like fun!

Posted by: Jacco Aug 10 2005, 01:49 PM

QUOTE (ThinAir914 @ Aug 9 2005, 10:01 PM)
I sure wish I could have been there! I recognized some photos from the Groningen Ring.

You didn't sell T-shirts for the event did you? I'd buy one for sure!

It was interesting to see the photo of the steering wheel with a VW logo on the horn pad.

So what was the route of your drive? It sure looked like fun!

Hey Ernie,

That's right some pics were on the Ring Groningen! Amazing you recognize it

There were no t-shirts, here were not that big on merchandise, would be cool though!

I don't have the route we took handy at the moment, but some places we visited were:
Groningen, Zoutkamp, Pieterburen, Eemshaven. We mainly cruised around the northern part of Groningen.

The only traffic lights we encountered were on the ring Groningen, other than that it was mostly deserted backcountry roads.
No speed bumps, no lights, no speed camera's! Man it was a blast.

The Wolfsburg logo on the steering wheel is a standard Euro spec item on the 914

Greets
Jacco

Posted by: DipShit Aug 10 2005, 02:16 PM

Great photos - thanks for sharing!

Posted by: Brent Aug 10 2005, 02:43 PM

Sweet pics...all 95 of them. I love summer! All the 914's represent WorldWide!
-Brent

Posted by: 914Timo Aug 11 2005, 12:37 AM

Great pics, Jacco. Looks like you have had a lot of fun there.

Very nice 914s. too. I liked a lot the red one. It was very low and looked good.

Posted by: Lou W Aug 11 2005, 12:51 AM

Great pictures

Posted by: type47fan Aug 11 2005, 06:01 PM

QUOTE (Jacco @ Aug 10 2005, 12:49 PM)
The Wolfsburg logo on the steering wheel is a standard Euro spec item on the 914

Jacco,

Anybody over there interested in trading a euro Wolfsburg crested horn pad for the Porsche crested version we have here? Although, I suppose you could get them from the 911 . . . . Oh, well. . . .

Thanks,

Posted by: Jeroen Aug 11 2005, 06:21 PM

QUOTE (type47fan @ Aug 12 2005, 01:01 AM)
Anybody over there interested in trading a euro Wolfsburg crested horn pad for the Porsche crested version we have here?

I can trade you one...
PM me if you're interested