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Posted by: sww914 Jun 26 2007, 12:08 PM
I often wonder about this.
Posted by: sww914 Jun 26 2007, 12:09 PM
This was supposed to be a poll, it looks like it didn't work
Posted by: sww914 Jun 26 2007, 12:10 PM
I wish I could delete so I didn't look so stupid.
Posted by: Blood red 914-6gt Jun 26 2007, 12:12 PM
Just make a new one.
I am 28. Often reffered to as "the kid who kicked my butt" at some AXs 
Posted by: sendjonathanmail Jun 26 2007, 12:53 PM
im 16....soon to be 17....end of story 
Posted by: Blood red 914-6gt Jun 26 2007, 12:58 PM
They will be calling you kid for a long time. Hey, at least you have a 914. I wish I would have got into them earlier. I think I was 24 when I started working on them.
Posted by: i love porsche Jun 26 2007, 01:00 PM
20 here 21 soon
Posted by: 914nerd Jun 26 2007, 01:01 PM
18 here
Posted by: markb Jun 26 2007, 01:06 PM
Oh I feel reeeeeeal old now. Just started my 2nd 1/2 century.
Posted by: customstarr Jun 26 2007, 01:11 PM
Young enough to still date girls in their twenties. Actually, I just turned 37 - my fiancee is 23. I'm a lucky boy.
Posted by: dflesburg Jun 26 2007, 01:11 PM
Old enough to know what "Made in West Germany" means.
Posted by: jgara962 Jun 26 2007, 01:14 PM
Wasn't there already one of these threads/polls a few months ago? 
Posted by: Vacca Rabite Jun 26 2007, 01:15 PM
32.
Zach
Posted by: zymurgist Jun 26 2007, 01:19 PM
Young enough to still date girls in their twenties. Actually, I just turned 37 - my fiancee is 23. I'm a lucky boy.
What does your fiancee think about you dating girls in their twenties?
Posted by: zymurgist Jun 26 2007, 01:20 PM
Old enough to know what "Made in West Germany" means.
Old enough to own a car and a turntable that were both "Made in West Germany."
Posted by: Tobra Jun 26 2007, 01:20 PM
43, youngest lookin' grandfather you ever saw
Posted by: iamchappy Jun 26 2007, 01:28 PM
I hate to think about it 52
Posted by: 1970 Neun vierzehn Jun 26 2007, 01:29 PM
Twenty three (23) here..........when my 914 was made 
Posted by: rmital Jun 26 2007, 01:34 PM
46....and nothin' funny to say about it....
Posted by: pankopp Jun 26 2007, 01:44 PM
my car's only 15 years older than me... i'm 22
Posted by: Ferg Jun 26 2007, 01:47 PM
32 
Posted by: DEC Jun 26 2007, 01:48 PM
43 and infected 
with the 914-Virus over 30 years 
Posted by: 1970 Neun vierzehn Jun 26 2007, 01:54 PM
sww914
Now that you've started this infernal "survey", ya know that you're expected to post periodic results of the "youngest", "oldest", "average age" and "median age" statistics on the respondents. 
Posted by: Cap'n Krusty Jun 26 2007, 02:05 PM
I'm so old, my first job was going through the permit process and filing the EIR for dirt. The Cap'n
Posted by: type47fan Jun 26 2007, 02:06 PM
Ok, here goes. . . 59 years, 5 months, 11 days, 7 hours, 49 minutes, but who's counting?
Got my first 914 when I was 29 in 1977. A '72 with 20K miles.
Thanks,
Posted by: 'Cause Jun 26 2007, 02:09 PM
........older than dirt!
Posted by: mikerose Jun 26 2007, 02:10 PM
50 and one day. That was to easy
Posted by: mills914/s Jun 26 2007, 02:12 PM
Im 30 and bought my first 914 at the age of 18. Im onto my second one now.
Posted by: sww914 Jun 26 2007, 02:16 PM
I'm 42, so if there was already a poll about this a few months ago, I've obviously forgotten.
The only thing that I can remember is righty tighty, leftie loosie.
Posted by: rigglet Jun 26 2007, 02:28 PM
I'm two years older than my car.
Posted by: Rob Ways Jun 26 2007, 02:31 PM
38. Too old to do this. Too young not to.
Posted by: kconway Jun 26 2007, 02:34 PM
40, soon 41
Posted by: RohJay Jun 26 2007, 02:35 PM
37... born the same year as my car
Posted by: hcdmueller Jun 26 2007, 02:40 PM
27 soon to be 28. I finally bought my 914 after over 10 years of wishing 
Now I just have to find more time for 
Posted by: Rand Jun 26 2007, 02:48 PM
I am 28. Often reffered to as "the kid who kicked my butt" at some AXs
Not by the gray-haired guy in the Miata.
Posted by: Johny Blackstain Jun 26 2007, 02:55 PM
You could call me the last of the Boomers or you could call me Grandpa X. I'm a Baby-Booming X-man 
. In other words, 44.5 yrs. First time I sat in a Teener I was 11. Same LE I own today.
Posted by: Kargeek Jun 26 2007, 02:58 PM
(53 in July) -My car was new the year I graduated from High School.
Posted by: eric914 Jun 26 2007, 03:18 PM
40. Took my first ride in my 914 last night. This was also my first ride in a 914 ever. I have been restoring the car for the last 4 years.
Posted by: Johny Blackstain Jun 26 2007, 03:24 PM
40. Took my first ride in my 914 last night. This was also my first ride in a 914 ever. I have been restoring the car for the last 4 years.
Wow! Kick ass & congrats!!
Posted by: Travis Neff Jun 26 2007, 03:39 PM
37 
Posted by: BMXerror Jun 26 2007, 03:46 PM
Wasn't there already one of these threads/polls a few months ago?
Yup... 22. AKA "That annoying kid with the loud ass, funny lookin' ferin thing." I live in a hick town.
Mark D.
Posted by: BarberDave Jun 26 2007, 03:48 PM
OK you Youngins your all babies. 69 today 6-26 -07, born in 1938.
When my 73 was born ,i was 34 yrs. young. Oh boy to have had my 914 then.
But my time was taken with starting a bussness and family , i did a pretty good job ,on both, i guess! Dave 
Posted by: markb Jun 26 2007, 04:41 PM
Posted by: sendjonathanmail Jun 26 2007, 04:51 PM
happy bday dave...
Posted by: Blood red 914-6gt Jun 26 2007, 04:54 PM
Happy birthday Dave.
I am 28. Often reffered to as "the kid who kicked my butt" at some AXs
Not by the gray-haired guy in the Miata.
Well, I was talking more about the PCA events. Those damn Miata's with 300hp shouldn't even be in my class
Posted by: grantsfo Jun 26 2007, 04:58 PM
Young enough to drive a race car with a metal seat with no padding, old enough to feel it the next day.
Posted by: Blood red 914-6gt Jun 26 2007, 05:03 PM
Posted by: bd1308 Jun 26 2007, 05:13 PM
I'll be 21 in 4 days.
That'll be intresting.
I'm old enough to experience what its like to have a 914 that constantly demands time, money and work.
And the worst part is, I have 3 cars now, and two are aircooled 
Posted by: Blood red 914-6gt Jun 26 2007, 05:20 PM
Mabe now you should ditch the Mazda and get a 911. Then you would have three air cooled cars
Posted by: bd1308 Jun 26 2007, 05:25 PM
The mazda is the only one that works lol
I thought about it, but with all of the $$ these cars require i'd have to live in the 911!
Posted by: pin31 Jun 26 2007, 06:50 PM
Thanks for asking....... 
46 and still kicking ass !!
Posted by: vanaman Jun 26 2007, 07:34 PM
im old enough to join the military and give my life for the country.
but not old enough to drink.
aka 20
steve
Posted by: Blood red 914-6gt Jun 26 2007, 07:39 PM
So true. I think they should change one age requirement or the other. If you can be a solier you should be able to drink, but then again with as little as they get paid I'm not sure if they can afford to drink 
Posted by: BiG bOgGs Jun 26 2007, 07:47 PM
I'm 40. I am finding that some of my childhood experiences are hard to explain to young geeks these days. Like helping my father carry boxes of punch cards into the university he taught at so that he could load a program into the main frame. (Looking back I am suprised he trusted me not to drop them) And although I never became a big video game player, I did play a very early version of moon lander on a mini main frame computer. The computer only took up about half of a room.
Posted by: Headrage Jun 26 2007, 08:03 PM
48 and feeling like 70.
These frickin cars WILL sap the life out of you....
Posted by: Pat Garvey Jun 26 2007, 08:06 PM
So true. I think they should change one age requirement or the other. If you can be a solier you should be able to drink, but then again with as little as they get paid I'm not sure if they can afford to drink
Bought my first new Porsche(a 914/4) when I was 25. Cost all of $4,295 with appearance group(paid for it in 18 months). Made $10k a year as a chemist that year. Two years earlier I made 126.50/month as a buck sergeant in the Army (think they're underpaid now?). Bought my first house in '74 - 2700 square feet (new) for $40k. Unfortunately the interest rates were 13.5% then (think the rates are high now?). See if you can figure out my age.
BTW, I still have have the 914, though it's not nearly what it was when I bought it. It's better.
Pat
Posted by: degreeoff Jun 26 2007, 08:18 PM
Young enough to still date girls in their twenties. Actually, I just turned 37 - my fiancee is 23. I'm a lucky boy.
Yeah me too my man...35 just got rid of the 45 year old and started on younger models...26-28 now.....not as lucky as you but eh? whatcha going to do ?
I have a formula for dating no no's Your age divided by two + 7....
Oh and my car is 1 month newer than ME!
Posted by: orange914 Jun 26 2007, 08:36 PM
my mustang is 40
sons 914 is 34
sons honda is 14
wifes taurus is 2
oh crap do you mean me??? 
Posted by: BahnBrenner914 Jun 26 2007, 08:43 PM
I'm 20, my two cars are a combined age of 60 (1978 ford fiesta, 1976 914). And I'm old enough to have pictures of my mom holding me in front of the berlin wall in front of the brandenburg gate.
Posted by: bd1308 Jun 26 2007, 08:59 PM
you'd think with a post count of over 7000 i would have been on board a lot longer than I actually have been.
(its been reset too)
Posted by: SGB Jun 26 2007, 09:30 PM
Who else is besides me is BMO- "before microwave ovens"?
C'mon. Nobody remembers when we had the chinese calender? Before the contenents separated? wasn't long ago....
Posted by: ClayPerrine Jun 26 2007, 10:08 PM
I am 43. I remember as a 6 year old watching the Apollo 11 moon landing.
I also remember the first microwave oven. My aunt and uncle had it. It was an Amana Radarange. I thought it was totally cool. And way over-engineered. They had it up until a few years ago and it still worked.
Posted by: Johny Blackstain Jun 26 2007, 10:32 PM
I am 43. I remember as a 6 year old watching the Apollo 11 moon landing.
I also remember the first microwave oven. My aunt and uncle had it. It was an Amana Radarange. I thought it was totally cool. And way over-engineered. They had it up until a few years ago and it still worked.
I was 7 & my neighbors across the street had the RadarRange !
Posted by: type47fan Jun 26 2007, 10:40 PM
So true. I think they should change one age requirement or the other. If you can be a solier you should be able to drink, but then again with as little as they get paid I'm not sure if they can afford to drink
Bought my first new Porsche(a 914/4) when I was 25. Cost all of $4,295 with appearance group(paid for it in 18 months). Made $10k a year as a chemist that year. Two years earlier I made 126.50/month as a buck sergeant in the Army (think they're underpaid now?). Bought my first house in '74 - 2700 square feet (new) for $40k. Unfortunately the interest rates were 13.5% then (think the rates are high now?). See if you can figure out my age.
BTW, I still have have the 914, though it's not nearly what it was when I bought it. It's better.
Pat
You are 60 and some change. . . .wadda I win?
Posted by: andys Jun 26 2007, 10:41 PM
Who else is besides me is BMO- "before microwave ovens"?
C'mon. Nobody remembers when we had the chinese calender? Before the contenents separated? wasn't long ago....
And dial telephones, B&W TV's when few could afford color sets, slide rule in college, carbon paper; yup, BTDT.
Funny though, I have less time now with all the modern "time-saving gadgets" then I did then.
Andys
Posted by: STL914 Jun 26 2007, 10:44 PM
I am 43. I remember as a 6 year old watching the Apollo 11 moon landing.
I also remember the first microwave oven. My aunt and uncle had it. It was an Amana Radarange. I thought it was totally cool. And way over-engineered. They had it up until a few years ago and it still worked.
I was 7 & my neighbors across the street had the RadarRange !My wife and I bought a RadarRange when we got married over thirty years ago. A house fire in 97 finally did it in. Her folks still have one and it's working fine. They don't make them that tuff any more.
Posted by: Blood red 914-6gt Jun 26 2007, 11:18 PM
So true. I think they should change one age requirement or the other. If you can be a solier you should be able to drink, but then again with as little as they get paid I'm not sure if they can afford to drink
Bought my first new Porsche(a 914/4) when I was 25. Cost all of $4,295 with appearance group(paid for it in 18 months). Made $10k a year as a chemist that year. Two years earlier I made 126.50/month as a buck sergeant in the Army (think they're underpaid now?). Bought my first house in '74 - 2700 square feet (new) for $40k. Unfortunately the interest rates were 13.5% then (think the rates are high now?). See if you can figure out my age.
BTW, I still have have the 914, though it's not nearly what it was when I bought it. It's better.
Pat
Well, if you bought the car when you were 25, and it was an appearance group being either a 73 or 74. My guess is 73 if you only paid 4,295 as I think a 74 went for 4,500 +. So I guess that would make you 59. Am I right?
Posted by: PanelBilly Jun 26 2007, 11:41 PM
52
When I went to highschool, I bought a 2 year old 914 from my brother. It cost me $100/month and I paid for it with my earnings from lifeguarding at the local pool.
Posted by: elwood-914 Jun 26 2007, 11:46 PM
48...... too old to crawl under the damn thing all the time......too poor to have someone else do it. 
Posted by: bernbomb914 Jun 26 2007, 11:47 PM
you are all babes in the woods.my first car was a 29 model A
74 years young
Posted by: eg914 Jun 27 2007, 12:07 AM
49, and thanks to Bernie for making me feel young!
I used punch cards for the main frame at college. I still call CDs records (my daughter thinks its funny).
I feel older when crawling under the 914, but much younger when driving it. I guess it balances out.
Posted by: Blood red 914-6gt Jun 27 2007, 12:27 AM
49, and thanks to Bernie for making me feel young!
I used punch cards for the main frame at college. I still call CDs records (my daughter thinks its funny).
I feel older when crawling under the 914, but much younger when driving it. I guess it balances out.
I can see why she thinks it's funny as they are NOT records
. Oh well, they all play music though.
Posted by: BarberDave Jun 27 2007, 03:50 AM
BernBomb: I was 69 ,yesterday
Let's make these kids feel bad.
1. Whats the first price of a gallon of gas ,you remember?
Me; 29.9 ,I could drive all week to school & work for $ 3.00
1st. car ; 46 Ply. 2door, paid $200.00, 1st yr Ins 250.00
I could eat dinner for a $1.00, Huge berger,fries,and a malt
seem to remember some change back to..
Aunt lived on the farm, 6 party line phone that had a grank on the side
I only wonder what the next 69 yrs will bring
Dave
Posted by: RON S. Jun 27 2007, 08:20 AM
I'm 45.
And damn sure feel it too. 
Ron
Posted by: seejay5 Jun 27 2007, 08:27 AM
18. I just got my first 914, '73 "the nose mobile", and Im going down to get a '72 this week.
Posted by: Igor Jun 27 2007, 10:03 AM
I'm 22 and married to a 19 year old. And I have been happely married for almost 4 years 
Posted by: Blood red 914-6gt Jun 27 2007, 12:33 PM
I'm 22 and married to a 19 year old. And I have been happely married for almost 4 years
So you got married when you were 18 and she was 15?
Posted by: bembry Jun 27 2007, 01:35 PM
I'm two years older than my car.
Me too--the 914 that is.
Posted by: dbledsoe Jun 27 2007, 01:54 PM
58 today, 59 next week. I got one foot on the brake and one foot on the gas pedal and I still can't get no satisfaction. I do all my own 914 work by myself, including engine swaps (Buick V6), trans axle swaps, engine builds, etc.
"There must be some way outta here, said the Joker to the thief. There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief." BD 
Posted by: Johny Blackstain Jun 27 2007, 02:06 PM
I'm 22 and married to a 19 year old. And I have been happely married for almost 4 years
So you got married when you were 18 and she was 15?
Posted by: dflesburg Jun 27 2007, 02:10 PM
WHATS A "TURNTABLE" ?
LOL - kidding I am 43
Posted by: JmuRiz Jun 27 2007, 04:02 PM
I'm 30, so I guess I know a little bit of the new and old stuff.
Grew up playing with toys that didn't play by themselves (like toys today did), no cable TV, having to get up to change the channel, remember me and my brother getting LPs for the cool cover art (Kiss Alive anyone?), microwaves actually looked like radiation machines and sat on their own 'cart' in the kitchen, no internet, and the atari and apple II were the hot items.
Posted by: maitaiken Jun 27 2007, 04:09 PM
I've been 21 three times now. First car was a 55' Ford with "three on the tree" and set me back $350. Gas was 19.9 cents a gallon for Sunoco 190. How many of you old teeners remember the "dial the octane" knob at Sunoco? I can still crawl under a 914 (ask Dan) but can't jump back up like I used to. First Porsche was a 70' 914/4 that I bought from Stoddards of Ohio and now 44 Porsches later.........
Ken...
Posted by: RoninEclipse2G Jun 27 2007, 05:16 PM
I'm 22 and married to a 19 year old. And I have been happely married for almost 4 years
So you got married when you were 18 and she was 15?
I thought I got married young.I was 20 and she just turned 19, that will be 7years ago this december. She got the creamsicle for her highschool graduation present
Posted by: levonfarra Jun 27 2007, 05:48 PM
I am celebrating my 9th anniversary of age 30.
Posted by: sendjonathanmail Jun 27 2007, 05:50 PM
blink.gif I thought I got married young.
I was 20 and she just turned 19, that will be 7years ago this december. She got the creamsicle for her highschool graduation present
you gave your wife your creamsicle??? what the hell is wrong with you!!!
--JON
Posted by: Blood red 914-6gt Jun 27 2007, 06:03 PM
blink.gif I thought I got married young.
I was 20 and she just turned 19, that will be 7years ago this december. She got the creamsicle for her highschool graduation present
you gave your wife your creamsicle??? what the hell is wrong with you!!!
--JONThat's not what it says. He is saying his wife got one for graduation, but he didn't say he gave it to her.
Posted by: 1970 Neun vierzehn Jun 27 2007, 06:13 PM
"There must be some way outta here, said the Joker to the thief. There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief." BD
Drive on out past desolation row, along the watchtower, then turn onto Rt. 61
Posted by: 1970 Neun vierzehn Jun 27 2007, 06:19 PM
Gas was 19.9 cents a gallon for Sunoco 190. How many of you old teeners remember the "dial the octane" knob at Sunoco?
Ken...
....and getting Steve McQueen/LeMans goodies from the Gulf station
Posted by: RoninEclipse2G Jun 27 2007, 06:39 PM
blink.gif I thought I got married young.
I was 20 and she just turned 19, that will be 7years ago this december. She got the creamsicle for her highschool graduation present
you gave your wife your creamsicle??? what the hell is wrong with you!!!
--JONThat's not what it says. He is saying his wife got one for graduation, but he didn't say he gave it to her.
You are correct sir, her father horsetraded a corvair engine and $200 for it shortly after we began dating. He and I have put it back together.
Posted by: rleonardccemtp Jun 28 2007, 01:31 AM
I'm towing the middle of the road at 36. My wife is the same age as my car.
Posted by: Igor Jun 28 2007, 01:32 AM
I'm 22 and married to a 19 year old. And I have been happely married for almost 4 years
So you got married when you were 18 and she was 15?
I was 18 1/2 she just turned 16 2 months before the wedding
Posted by: nola914 Jun 28 2007, 07:03 AM
29 .....when my '73 was built !!!!
Posted by: jaminM3 Jun 28 2007, 10:57 AM
3 years older than my car. I was the same age as my first '76 914.
I am a bicentennial baby and named after Benjamin Franklin...
Posted by: George H. Jun 28 2007, 11:06 AM
I am a bicentennial baby and named after Benjamin Franklin...
your name is french loving bald guy?
Posted by: slapshot914 Jun 28 2007, 11:28 AM
Crap, I just realized I'm 62!!! How'd that happen? I remember gas price wars dropping the cost of a gallon to 14.9 cents. $1 in the tank and cruise all night with my buddies. First car was a 48 Plymouth, second a 51 Chevy 2-door hardtop (worth more today than I paid for my first house). Then I bought a 59 TR3 (turned turtle on me while driving it to work one morning-damn that hurt!), followed by a TR4. First air-cooled car, a 62 VW. Then a VW camper van. Took that one with us to Alaska in 78. Damn near froze to death in it.
Saw my first 914 in 1972 when my sister's boy friend brought her home from a date. Love at first sight. I thought it was the coolest car I'd ever seen. Always wanted one, and finally bought my first 914-73 1.7-in 1990. Still got it, but its now the parts car. Bought my second one, a 73 2.0 in 1992. Daily driver. Still do all my own work on it, but I'm getting tired of laying on the concrete floor.
Posted by: dimitri Jun 28 2007, 12:11 PM
More than twice the age of my 1974 914 type 47, not quite twice the age
of my 1970 914-6 type 914, owned since 1970. D 
imitri
Posted by: Joe76 Jun 28 2007, 01:45 PM
59. Bought mine new in '76 and could never part with it.
Posted by: JRust Jun 28 2007, 02:25 PM
Turn 35 in August! My twin daughters just turned 12. I really didn't feel old before that
Posted by: John Jun 28 2007, 09:42 PM
I'm old enough to know better, but young enough to do it anyway.
I'm old enough to have been participating in PCA DE events for 20 years, but young enough to have children that are 1 and 3.
By the way, I'm not yet 40.
Posted by: LarryR Jul 19 2007, 12:10 AM
at the ripe old age of 37 I am old enough to know better than to fool around with porsches... but still to young to care since I own 3.
I have to admit I am strongly considering dumping them all for a z06 corvette that will do everything I want but I guess a 3.6 911 , a v8 914 and who knows what I will do with that sc is much mor fun.
I guess anyone can just buy a finished product but it takes an aged gear head to build thier own and walk their own path 
or is the brain starting to go 
Posted by: bigkensteele Jul 19 2007, 12:21 AM
I am 38. I own a 911 and my 914, and I don't have time for either of them thanks to my two daughters who are 5 and 1. There are also the house projects and all the other crap that comes with this age.
I believe that the ideal age to own a 914 is 22 to 28 (when most people have plenty of time and a little money) or 45 to ? (when most people have a little time and plenty of money). If you get married and have kids, let's face it, the cars take a backseat, and they should. Kids are more important than cars. Yes, I am kicking myself for saying that, but it is true. My true legacy on this Earth won't be the car(s) that I restore, but the people that I raise.
Ken
Posted by: woobn8r Jul 19 2007, 09:27 AM
I'm 47 and have 2 kids (7 and 11)....Who said I had plenty of money???
Kids are away at summer camp this week so I feel like I'm 25 all over again!
I remember when "White Rose" "BP" and "Supertest" were all popular gas stations up in Canada...and the attendant washed your windshield as well as checked your oil...
Posted by: kpex914 Jul 19 2007, 02:42 PM
16 here
Posted by: racerbvd Jul 19 2007, 02:46 PM
41 and still plays with cars & bikes But, I'll turn 42 in a month 
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Posted by: SirAndy Jul 19 2007, 03:02 PM
How old are you?, Tell the truth!
21
Posted by: derekdenman Jul 19 2007, 03:20 PM
The 914 that I was taken home from the hospital after I was born was 12 years old at the time...That was 1986. I bought my first 914 sight unseen when I was 17, after saving up for 3 years, and drove it from Oakland CA to Dallas TX in the middle of the summer. Now I am 21 working on my third rebuild.
Posted by: orthobiz Jul 19 2007, 04:38 PM
41 and still plays with cars & bikes
But, I'll turn 42 in a month Careful on that bike or you may not make 42!
Paul
Posted by: LarryR Jul 19 2007, 09:55 PM
I am 38. I own a 911 and my 914, and I don't have time for either of them thanks to my two daughters who are 5 and 1. There are also the house projects and all the other crap that comes with this age.
I believe that the ideal age to own a 914 is 22 to 28 (when most people have plenty of time and a little money) or 45 to ? (when most people have a little time and plenty of money). If you get married and have kids, let's face it, the cars take a backseat, and they should. Kids are more important than cars. Yes, I am kicking myself for saying that, but it is true. My true legacy on this Earth won't be the car(s) that I restore, but the people that I raise.
Ken
The cars are an excellent way to stay close with your kids and make your hobbies theirs. I only have one. My daughter is 11 and she has been to the races, swap meets, car shows, on and on ... almost every weekend since she was about 3. Sometimes I think she likes my cars more than I do. I figure that she will get them when I am gone...
She does not help with the mechanical work (My wife would kill me) but she does hand a wrench while I am under the car.
Posted by: GeorgeRud Jul 19 2007, 10:13 PM
Made it to 55 so far. My first 914 was a 74 2.0 liter bought when I was in Grad School (yeah, I also was very used to punch cards and Fortran IV programming).
I also remember going to see LeMans on the night it came out at a DriveIn, and Grand Prix in Cinerama!
I agree with many of you that now things are more hectic with all the time saving devices we have to deal with. It's great to go to the garage and play with cars that have carbs, and can be easily serviced.
Unfortunately, the same trouble with it being very easy to get under the car, but a SOB to get back up. Luckily, my 21 year old son is a willing tool passer, and is learning about cars the old fashioned way, rebuilding them!
Posted by: Steve Thacker Jul 20 2007, 10:07 AM
48 and still feel like 20 look more like early 30s. I refuse to age.
God bless genetics...Thanks Dad!
Posted by: Porcharu Sep 8 2012, 12:08 AM
47 years young but still feel 25 or so!!
Posted by: porbmw Sep 8 2012, 12:10 AM
57 today
So I went for a drive in the 74 teener I recently fixed up for my daughter....
Posted by: speed metal army Sep 8 2012, 12:17 AM
Im 12.
Posted by: bulitt Sep 8 2012, 12:32 AM
i was young when this thread was started...
Posted by: shoguneagle Sep 8 2012, 05:22 AM
I guess I will join all these "aged tales". I am 17, or was tha???? What childhood????
Ok! I am up there with Bernbomb and Barber Dave. I am 70 and will become younger in a couple of months.
I have had two 914s which were recovered from the "Junk Yard". Sorry, it should be caled the Salvage Yard, Wrecking Yard, Parts Supply Yard, "Moon Nite Auto Supply", etc. Still fighting the sickness and battle with great enjoyment and apprehension.
I have seen and been involved in anything and everything from war, high technology, areospace projects, banking and whatnot during my young years. I have retired from the Military after 29 plus years of active and reserve duty, retired banker and financial activities, involved in the Gemini Program, and whatnot.
Where did the time go??????
After all the above, I need a rest. Good Nite, Bernbomb and Barber Dave; good nite all.
Steve
Posted by: JamesM Sep 8 2012, 06:16 AM
Old enough to know what "Made in West Germany" means.
I just pulled some fuel hose off one of my cars that was stamped with that. A bit scary when i thought about how old it probably was.
Posted by: mrholland2 Sep 8 2012, 08:04 AM
Well, I'm 29, for the 18th time (47) and teach at a small college. The other day, a group of rice rocket guys were standing around my 914 wondering what it was.
I think there are a few new 914 fans here so maybe there will be more than 3 or 4 in the whole county someday
Sean
Posted by: ww914 Sep 8 2012, 08:12 AM
Well, I guess I am not the oldest at 68. A young 68 however, I'm off to my first AX tomorrow. My goal is not to spin out or hit any cones. Don't much care what the time is as long as I improve it with each run. Wish me luck.
Posted by: islabob Sep 8 2012, 08:27 AM
72, still driving and enjoying my 914 regularly (hasn't been on stands for 11 years).
Posted by: toolguy Sep 8 2012, 08:35 AM
Old enough that this is one of my childhood toys. . . read the bottom. . .
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Posted by: turk22 Sep 8 2012, 09:35 AM
150 Dude, and still young!
just turned the big 5-0.
Posted by: porsha916 Sep 8 2012, 10:08 AM
I am 56, my first car was 1964 356sc convertable I payed $300 for! : the owner said the engine was seized and the clutch cable was broken, I found the clip had come out of the clutch cable and pulled the plugs, put MM oil in the cylinders, rotated the crank with a wrench until free, then with the starter. Reinstalled the plugs and started it up, my brother drove around the block(he had a license). The next porsche in 76 was a 1970 914-6 40k miles, paid $4000 for it.
Landed a jet, and a 3000hp airplane on a carrier while I was in the Navy.
Have owned about 30 914's, currently own 8, it is a disease.
Raced 914's at a circle track in Maine, eventually was the fastest car in the 4 cylinder class.
Have tried to live by two things - (1) God is my master, I live by his rules (2) Getting old is not for SISSIES
Posted by: walterolin Sep 8 2012, 12:13 PM
I'm 66, closing in on Shoguneagle. I still own a Teac A1500 reel to reel, Pioneer SX-990, and a Konica AutoReflex T - all from the 1970 Pacex catalog which 'eagle might recall.
Bought my 70 1.7 in 1977, daily driver for many years (and only had one breakdown in all that time). Currently almost completely dissasembled, getting ready to go to the paint shop. Mostly original including the passenger side foot rest, I am missing the rear valence.
Posted by: Drums66 Sep 8 2012, 12:17 PM
.......Im the same age as THIN AIR
(thank god I feel good!!)
Posted by: Porschef Sep 8 2012, 06:29 PM
Physically, I'm about chronologically right. (51)
Mentally is a difrint story...
Posted by: Todd Enlund Sep 8 2012, 06:45 PM
Landed a ... 3000hp airplane on a carrier while I was in the Navy.
Musta been a SPAD?
Posted by: eyesright Sep 8 2012, 08:48 PM
Just turned 61 
Enjoyed drooling over 914's in college. Couldn't afford one then adn they aren't making them any more. This one is a white '70 -6 conversion. The ebay ad was not well represented but it'll turn out all right, just more expense and work than expected. Photo is coming home from the paint shop. AR wheels gotta go. They'll be on ebay some time soon. Hopefully in 6 months I'll have some photos on the Fuchs 5 spokes.
Posted by: paroxysm Sep 8 2012, 09:39 PM
I'm turning 33 had my car since 98 only drove it for 3 months has now had $25000 invest into it and still not done.
Posted by: jockellis Sep 8 2012, 10:44 PM
Last year I celebrated my 21st birthday for the third time. When I was 20, I could drive my Super Roadster about 50 miles from college and back for a buck worth of 33.9 cent high test. But in slaloms, it got less than 1 mpg.
Posted by: kbrunk1 Sep 8 2012, 10:46 PM
I often wonder about this.
55 and trying to get one off blocks!
Posted by: ThinAir Sep 8 2012, 11:28 PM
Today is birthday #61. I spent the day at Red Rocks Classic. A pretty good birthday!
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Posted by: dlo914 Sep 9 2012, 11:58 AM
Just turned 28 a week ago.
Posted by: RON S. Sep 9 2012, 03:40 PM
I'm turning 33 had my car since 98 only drove it for 3 months has now had $25000 invest into it and still not done.
I'm 5 years older now since this thread started..(50)
I got my Rust Rocket back in 98' also. I've put the time to good use. Not to mention the $$$$$.00 it's took to get there
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Posted by: Drums66 Sep 9 2012, 04:22 PM
Today is birthday #61. I spent the day at Red Rocks Classic. A pretty good birthday!
......cool ride....catch you in a week(61)....you too eyesright
Posted by: euro911 Sep 9 2012, 04:27 PM
Currently 58, but grew up with all my older brothers' friends (68 and 66). I remember gas being 19 cents/gallon (for my go-karts and Taco and Bonanza minibikes).
Grew up with B/W TVs, AM radios, tube amplifiers, idler-wheel turntables, 45s, LPs, R-R tape decks, Honda Mini Trails, Dewey Weber 9'6" long boards, pong ...
Bought my first 914 (a '71) in 1973. Not very practical (my mom's words) so I didn't have it long
Bought my first 911 (a first year '64) in 1977 (still have it)
Bought and sold more 911s & 912s in the 80's (still have a few)
My wife bought me a '75 914 in 2006 ... I bought her a '71 in 2007 
Also picked up a 5-lugged '72 that I planned to race ... age and playing too hard in my younger years finally caught up with me, so it sits under a cover ...
I still think young ... I think
Posted by: MoveQik Sep 9 2012, 09:01 PM
According to Erc Shea I am 50.
Posted by: karmanbuilt Sep 9 2012, 09:04 PM
Hi all.....hitting 66 28th of this month. It won't be as bad as it was hitting a truck head on in my bug in'96. Broke both legs, broke my femur in three places, and fractured my neck. They put me back together with rods and pins, [b]Gorilla Glue wasn't around then. Got my first 14 in '96 also.....didn't get to enjoy it much. The car I love to hate the most! But now, working on it is just kicking my ass!! Well, you gotta go big, or stay home!
Posted by: Maltese Falcon Sep 9 2012, 09:51 PM
Ron S.
Amazing metamorphasis! , this gives me hope to bring another project out of the boneyard.
Not too shabby
Marty
Posted by: Maltese Falcon Sep 9 2012, 11:18 PM
Check the date on the Eine Mark, fast forward to the next conflict which to this day has a DMZ at the 38th parallel.
That's when I showed up !
Posted by: RickS Sep 9 2012, 11:35 PM
The year I was born:
Average Cost of new house $10.250.00
Cost of a gallon of Gas 22 cents
Average Cost of a new car $1,700.00
Average Monthly Rent $85.00
Movie Ticket 70 cents
Life Magazine 20 cents
the year was '54, and I am now '57.
Of course at age 0 to 2 I was too busy messing myself, and chasing tit to remember any of that. What I do remember were gas wars and the local gas stations (at least 2 per corner) where the gas went down 5 to 7 cents a gallon to say 26 cents and you still got full service (air tires, wash all windows, check oil, and water and either get free drinking glasses or trading stamps). Cars didn't have seat belts, and wearing the rubber wheels off my red firetruck peddal car. Also the first man into space, the Kennedy assasination, prop airliners ( and the first jet liners) first man on the moon, and doing my damnest to avoid going into the hell call Vietnam, again while chasing tit and getting messed up.
Nice to see I have a lot of company in the 50, 60, 70 year old contingent. Of cours considering the cars are about 40 years old, it just figures.
Have owned a 72, 911T targa (hence my love for open top driving) and currently own a 73 911 and my favorite summer day hot rod, the 71 914.
Posted by: euro911 Sep 10 2012, 12:06 AM
Nice car, Rick
If I didn't have enough 914s already 
... I'd hold out for a nice silver one.
Posted by: balljoint Sep 10 2012, 05:55 AM
Hmmm. We are all now 5 years older than when this thread was started.
Posted by: walterolin Sep 10 2012, 11:58 AM
[quote name='RickS' date='Sep 10 2012, 01:35 AM' post='1736850']
...at age 0 to 2 I was too busy messing myself, and chasing tit...
There's been a change??
Olin
(Nice 'teener)
Posted by: ww914 Sep 10 2012, 12:11 PM
The year I was born:
Average Cost of new house $10.250.00
Cost of a gallon of Gas 22 cents
Average Cost of a new car $1,700.00
Average Monthly Rent $85.00
Movie Ticket 70 cents
Life Magazine 20 cents
the year was '54, and I am now '57.
Of course at age 0 to 2 I was too busy messing myself, and chasing tit to remember any of that. What I do remember were gas wars and the local gas stations (at least 2 per corner) where the gas went down 5 to 7 cents a gallon to say 26 cents and you still got full service (air tires, wash all windows, check oil, and water and either get free drinking glasses or trading stamps). Cars didn't have seat belts, and wearing the rubber wheels off my red firetruck peddal car. Also the first man into space, the Kennedy assasination, prop airliners ( and the first jet liners) first man on the moon, and doing my damnest to avoid going into the hell call Vietnam, again while chasing tit and getting messed up.
Nice to see I have a lot of company in the 50, 60, 70 year old contingent. Of cours considering the cars are about 40 years old, it just figures.
Have owned a 72, 911T targa (hence my love for open top driving) and currently own a 73 911 and my favorite summer day hot rod, the 71 914.
Rick
That is a nice, clean car. I see you went with 5 studs, but kept the original look. Do you recall what size wheels and tires are on your car? This is what I would like to do.
Posted by: Niklas Sep 10 2012, 01:23 PM
I am 46.
Posted by: 6freak Sep 10 2012, 02:34 PM
mostly kids! that explains alot
Born in 1964 Renton Washington ...Old enough to know a fool and he`s money will soon part
Posted by: The Metal Surgeon Sep 10 2012, 02:45 PM
38
Posted by: somd914 Sep 10 2012, 08:27 PM
I recall crowding around our 19" black and white TV (complete with rabbit ears) to watch Neil Armstrong step onto the moon and the birth of the 914 around the same time. Can't say as a kid I ever imagined owning a 914 at age 48!
I wonder what my kids will be driving will be driving in their late 40's - likely won't be gas powered!
Posted by: Bullethead Sep 11 2012, 03:17 PM
57 as of today.
Posted by: FAT DANNY Sep 11 2012, 04:56 PM
33.8
Posted by: Pat Garvey Sep 12 2012, 07:39 PM
Old & getting older.
Remember watching Sky King on Saturday mornings, Cisco Kid on Sundays, Friday night fights with my Dad, my Fanner 50 & Buntline Special. Oh, and there were the daily vendors in the neighborhood selling bakery items, fresh meat, milk in a glass bottle with a cardboard cap, the fresh veggie van, the egg man. There were also the occasional Fuller Brush and Electrolux door-to-door salesmen. Worst of all was the Daisy pump BB gun (big mistake on my Dad's part).
On summer days I didn't go to day camp. My mother kicked me out of the house after breakfast. Played baseball & cowboys & indians all day, as well as bike trips.
Wouldn't trade a day of it! I'm 65 & still have the best toy I ever got - my 72 914, which I bought in August '72.
Posted by: Bob L. Sep 12 2012, 10:29 PM
Just turned 46
Posted by: euro911 Sep 13 2012, 12:07 AM
Remember watching Sky King on Saturday mornings, Cisco Kid on Sundays, Friday night fights with my Dad, my Fanner 50 & Buntline Special. Oh, and there were the daily vendors in the neighborhood selling bakery items, fresh meat, milk in a glass bottle with a cardboard cap, the fresh veggie van, the egg man. There were also the occasional Fuller Brush and Electrolux door-to-door salesmen. Worst of all was the Daisy pump BB gun (big mistake on my Dad's part).
...
Wouldn't trade a day of it! I'm 65 & still have the best toy I ever got - my 72 914, which I bought in August '72.
People look at me funny when I mention the egg man
...ours was Mr. Jenkins, delivered eggs in a '53 Chevy station wagon.Fanner 50s are gone, but I still have the matching belt-buckle derringer that took 'Greenie Sick-em Caps'
How many of you guys had Gilbert Erector Sets?
Posted by: toolguy Sep 13 2012, 09:58 AM
OK remember these came in Sugar Pops. FREE. they had a submarine and this frogman. . add baking soda in the base and put it in a glass of water and watch it rise and dive. . or remember the best Sat morning show. .
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Posted by: Rand Sep 14 2012, 03:45 PM
The older I get, the older old gets. My body may be 46, but I refuse to act it.
Ok, it was funny when the first person said they were 12. But that joke is old and this thread only means anything if people get real. If we could filter out all that (how is it funny any more?), this is actually interesting.
I rolled some dice. I figure Jamie is 30something (it's ok to be very late), Troy is 45, SirAndy is 46, Gint is 57,
Z. is 5ff-6sss-errrrr-bunnypoint55.
Roger loves Z.
But Roger has been aging and therefor absent.
Miles is miles from here.
Is that a rutabaga?
Posted by: potomacmidget Sep 14 2012, 05:27 PM
I will be 47 in 3 days....
Posted by: Pat Garvey Sep 14 2012, 06:54 PM
Remember watching Sky King on Saturday mornings, Cisco Kid on Sundays, Friday night fights with my Dad, my Fanner 50 & Buntline Special. Oh, and there were the daily vendors in the neighborhood selling bakery items, fresh meat, milk in a glass bottle with a cardboard cap, the fresh veggie van, the egg man. There were also the occasional Fuller Brush and Electrolux door-to-door salesmen. Worst of all was the Daisy pump BB gun (big mistake on my Dad's part).
...
Wouldn't trade a day of it! I'm 65 & still have the best toy I ever got - my 72 914, which I bought in August '72.
People look at me funny when I mention the egg man
...ours was Mr. Jenkins, delivered eggs in a '53 Chevy station wagon.Fanner 50s are gone, but I still have the matching belt-buckle derringer that took 'Greenie Sick-em Caps'
How many of you guys had Gilbert Erector Sets?
I had one! They were a lot fun & good for shorting the tracks on my brother's Lionel 3 rail. I was always pissed that he got that instead of me.
Posted by: poorsche914 Sep 14 2012, 07:27 PM
Erector set, American bricks, and Lincoln logs
Posted by: Bullethead Sep 14 2012, 10:39 PM
Had Lincoln Logs and later an jumbo Erector set, but what got me in trouble was a Gilbert chemistry set. Tortured my little brother's GI Joes something awful.
Won as a door-prize at the Soapbox Derby awards dinner in 1966, this was my favorite childhood toy: a Monza Jr.
Mine came with a Tecumseh 3 1/2hp motor, but within a year I'd blown it up (a couple of times!) with self-mixed mystery fuel.
Not long after that I spent my busboy savings on a McCulloch 91 and Carlisle slicks. Our neighbors hated me.
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