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Posted by: krazykonrad Jul 20 2023, 09:49 AM

The Corvette 914 is currently at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky.


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Posted by: krazykonrad Jul 20 2023, 09:53 AM

Posted by: dr914@autoatlanta.com Jul 20 2023, 09:57 AM

The Ferrari F40 914 is looking mightly ugly here at automobile atlanta

Posted by: krazykonrad Jul 20 2023, 09:58 AM

Posted by: krazykonrad Jul 20 2023, 10:00 AM

I’m working on getting the VIN from the museum.

Posted by: SirAndy Jul 20 2023, 10:22 AM

Posted by: r_towle Jul 20 2023, 10:26 AM

Not bad….interesting ideas

Posted by: Root_Werks Jul 20 2023, 10:27 AM

So the Vette is actually a 914?

Posted by: SirAndy Jul 20 2023, 10:29 AM

Sorta, that story was covered here some time ago ...

Posted by: flipb Jul 20 2023, 10:32 AM

There's some 914 under there somewhere. https://www.motortrend.com/vehicle-genres/mid-engine-chevrolet-corvette-concept-xp-897gt/

Posted by: JeffBowlsby Jul 20 2023, 11:01 AM

More info and photos on my page here, last car on the list: https://bowlsby.net/914/Classic/Exceptional914s.htm





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Posted by: Root_Werks Jul 20 2023, 03:01 PM

Neat history on the 914/Vette. Weird, but neat.

Posted by: technicalninja Jul 20 2023, 04:35 PM

That's an A6 compressor. A rolling turd that weighs 30+ pounds!
It's notable that it does not have a belt on it.
Probably didn't matter. Those didn't work very well back then even on R12.
Front seals were absolute trash...

Posted by: 930cabman Jul 20 2023, 05:09 PM

I didn't know Corvette and 914 could be used together?

Posted by: wonkipop Jul 20 2023, 05:30 PM

thanks for the pics @http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showuser=5610

always been interested in that vette project.
sweet bit of USA car design from a golden age.
love the windscreen with the visible fold.
(though i bet it causes some distortion right where you don't want it. )

think these projects (there was another one as well) were all intended to have the GM rotary engine then under development. this one would have got the smaller engine and the other prototype from around the same time would have had the big engine ( 4 rotor? ).

Posted by: sixnotfour Jul 20 2023, 09:35 PM

Posted by: arbitrary Jul 21 2023, 02:31 AM

I got in touch with Tom Falconer, the chap who helped rescue this car, and he said the following:

"It never had a GM viN , just Gm experimental engineering numbers. There was no trace of any Vw or Porsche numbers. It was the underbody shortened and widened. With 914 brakes , steering and suspension."

And he sent me this photo from when Octane magazine did an article on the car in Feb 2018.

Posted by: krazykonrad Jul 21 2023, 06:17 AM

The black trim at the bottom of the windshield is pretty wide. I wonder if the 914 VIN is still under there?

Posted by: ClayPerrine Jul 21 2023, 07:54 AM

The legal vin is the one in the right front shock tower. If they used the complete inner fender assembly, it should be there.

Posted by: SirAndy Jul 21 2023, 09:21 AM

Am i the only one here who thinks that car doesn't look half bad?

Posted by: BillJ Jul 21 2023, 09:30 AM

Probably lol.

Kidding. It does look ok

Posted by: ClayPerrine Jul 21 2023, 09:33 AM

Meh...

But you can see where they got the front end design for the Chevy Monza.

Posted by: VegasRacer Jul 21 2023, 10:50 AM

I like the gold wheels.

Posted by: 73-914 Jul 21 2023, 03:34 PM

I would drive it