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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ Aug. '06 Excellence Mag Article -
Posted by: GTPatrick May 23 2006, 08:20 PM
Excellence Aug. '06 just came out with an article of a 914 Sportomatic GT in Georgia . It's really interesting since it's a model that was supposed to be built but wasn't allegedly. 
Another one of those rare and mysterious models that exists but is not supposed to exist as per Porsche's records. 
Kinda like a "Ripley's Believe it or Not " . 
Posted by: Aaron Cox May 23 2006, 08:20 PM
arent there a few 914/6 sportos?
ive seen pics of at least 2
Posted by: SirAndy May 23 2006, 09:47 PM
arent there a few 914/6 sportos?
ive seen pics of at least 2
914/6 sportos are rare but factory build and documented ...
Andy
Posted by: Eric_Shea May 23 2006, 09:55 PM
But a GT? And why does the word Georgia immediately make me think there's a con artist in our midst 
Posted by: SirAndy May 23 2006, 10:02 PM
But a GT? And why does the word Georgia immediately make me think there's a con artist in our midst
GT means a lot of different things to different people ... as far as i know there was *no* factory build and raced GT with sporto, but a customer/dealer build GT or m471 is not out of the question at all ...
then, there's the people that call any car with GT flares a "GT" ...
Andy
Posted by: 70Sixter May 24 2006, 06:38 AM
But a GT? And why does the word Georgia immediately make me think there's a con artist in our midst
with the Georgia part. Or the George part.
Posted by: horizontally-opposed May 24 2006, 10:45 AM
Excellence Aug. '06 just came out with an article of a 914 Sportomatic GT .
Uh, no it didn't.
Unless that non-existant proofeader added an error-insertion -- like Al Holbert Jr. -- again...
Okay, just find/checked the text. I wish people would READ articles more carefully before posting misleading interpretation/information. "GT" only appears in the text twice, in the 2nd and 20th paragraphs, and only in reference to OTHER rare 914-6s...
This is the hate part of my love/hate relationship with the infer-nets.
pete
Posted by: horizontally-opposed May 24 2006, 10:50 AM
Oh yeah, and just cuz no one has done it yet:
"What issue, I haven't gotten my issue yet!!!!!!!!!" 
Posted by: mike_the_man May 24 2006, 10:56 AM
Thanks Pete!
Posted by: 914-8 May 24 2006, 11:37 AM
arent there a few 914/6 sportos?
ive seen pics of at least 2
914/6 sportos are rare but factory build and documented ... Andymy neighbor in college had a factory 914-6 sportomatic. this was in the mid-80s.
it was orange, had the "sportomatic" script on the back.
he let me drive it a few times. a weird driving experience! i kept touching the lever by habit and it would go into neutral. the windup of the engine through the torque converter sounded like a bus.
wish I would have taken some pictures!
Posted by: JmuRiz May 24 2006, 12:01 PM
my neighbor in college had a factory 914-6 sportomatic. this was in the mid-80s.
it was orange, had the "sportomatic" script on the back.
he let me drive it a few times. a weird driving experience! i kept touching the lever by habit and it would go into neutral. the windup of the engine through the torque converter sounded like a bus.
wish I would have taken some pictures!
By 'taken some pictures' you mean, bought it off of him, right? Man, that would have been the bargain buy of the decade!
Posted by: Gustl May 24 2006, 01:59 PM
it was orange, had the "sportomatic" script on the back.
...
wish I would have taken some pictures!
I bet it looked like this one
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Posted by: davep May 24 2006, 02:15 PM
my neighbor in college had a factory 914-6 sportomatic. this was in the mid-80s.
So where is it now???
Posted by: Eric_Shea May 24 2006, 02:20 PM
"What issue, I haven't gotten my issue yet!!!!!!!!!" 
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