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Posted by: orthobiz Sep 3 2007, 07:29 PM

...if you find yourself transporting 8 ft lightbulbs home in your SPORT utility vehicle!

Anybody else have pics or am I the only idiot out there (am I inviting a Krusty Komment or what????)



Paul

Posted by: familienauto Sep 3 2007, 07:41 PM

I don't have pictures but ours has recently been used to haul home several loads of groceries and a 100 lb bag of sand.

Zach

Posted by: smontanaro Sep 3 2007, 07:47 PM

I don't have pictures, but many years ago (about 1978?) I transported the front sheet metal and fenders (cut into two pieces) from a '53 coupe in my '55 Speedster between Iowa City and Indianapolis. Pulled out the passenger seat, left the top down. I used them for barter with the good folks at Tweeks, but I no longer remember what I got in exchange.

Skip

Posted by: SirAndy Sep 3 2007, 07:48 PM

does that count?
Andy

Posted by: JPB Sep 3 2007, 08:01 PM

Gotsta do what ya gotsta do bro skillet even if it makes you feel like a hick. I might not haul stuff like that but I'm living on the cheap to bank some bucks if ya know what I mean. ANDY, sick cage design

Posted by: Dr Evil Sep 3 2007, 08:59 PM

I brought a 6' X-mas tree home on the back of my motorcycle once

Posted by: So.Cal.914 Sep 3 2007, 09:16 PM

Early 80's my truck broke down so I had to put a full size wheel barrel strapped to the roof of my 914. Must have been quite a sight.

Posted by: Michael N Sep 3 2007, 10:42 PM

I needed sheetrock and my wife was out of town with the truck. I took the targa top off and cut the sizes of sheetrock I needed down in the parking lot of the hardware store. I ran the pieces over the top of the windshield and rested them on the targa bar. I held on tight and drove home slowly.

Posted by: Rand Sep 3 2007, 11:00 PM

Back when I was trading rear windows with Royce/Bondo, I hauled some lumber while the window was out.

Another time I hauled a partial piece of sheetrock... The top was off so part of it could stick out. Then it started to rain on my way home. That's when I discovered that you stay dry inside as long as you go fast enough... But the stoplights sucked.




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Posted by: orthobiz Sep 4 2007, 06:02 AM

Same thing driving at highway speed in a light rain with the roof off! Dang, I shoulda taken the rear window out yesterday! Meanwhile, I brought the old lights to a dumpster and one of them exploded as I gently put it in...guess I could have had a powdery glass nightmare...better lucky than smart.

Paul

Posted by: dflesburg Sep 4 2007, 07:51 AM

prefer driving around with half drunk women hangin out the top of mine... hope my wife doesnt see...

Posted by: Demick Sep 4 2007, 09:23 AM

I transported a 10 foot tall tree home from the nursery. Just put it in the passenger seat and drove real slow.

Demick

Posted by: RON S. Sep 4 2007, 09:45 AM

The guys here at work have been calling my 914 a SUV for years.

Souped Up Volkswagen.

Ron

Posted by: 73Phoenix20 Sep 4 2007, 11:31 AM

22K on it and you are hauling friggin' Light Bulbs? Oh, well, I guess you have to use it before you can justify putting it in it's rightful position... on jackstands! ;>))

I still love that paint!

Have fun and maybe we will see you back in the Keys next year!

Posted by: zymurgist Sep 4 2007, 12:58 PM

I did the same thing in the Corvette. I tried to go slow enough so the wind didn't rip the leaves off.

Posted by: Zundfolge Sep 4 2007, 01:03 PM

I transported 3 aspen trees in mine once ... and back when I had a 1st Generation MR2 I transported a large TV on the back deck lid (the rear spoiler held it in place beautifully).

Posted by: orthobiz Sep 4 2007, 03:18 PM

Haha, nearly 23K now!!! I've just been having a blast with it so no jackstands in the near future. Heck, we've got Garvey for that! I'm gonna have to come to Michiana and see you, either on my way to Brad's (nothing planned right now) or to some kind of Porsche event. Hey, maybe a garage cleaning at your house. Bet you don't even know all that you've got...

Paul

Posted by: smj Sep 4 2007, 07:02 PM

No pics, but I once brought a pair of 16' 2x8s home from the Home Despot in my 944S with the hatch bungee'd. I was good though, and tacked a red shop rag on the end sticking out the back so the cars behind me wouldn't impale themselves.

I can't count the number of times I've stopped to pick up my mail from the Mailboxes Etc and had to put some large box in the 914's passenger seat. Only once or twice has the box kept me out of 4th and 5th gear...

Posted by: race914 Sep 4 2007, 07:08 PM

Took my 110lb German Shepherd to the vet in my 914 when it was still street legal. Had to take off the top so he could fit. The top of his head & ears were way above the windshield frame. Got alot of looks. No one gave me any crap that day.

Must be a german thing...

Posted by: davep Sep 4 2007, 07:51 PM

Hauling trees home seems to be a common thread. I brought home a Christmas tree one time many cool winters ago. I have also hauled a party's worth of beer in it (14 cases of 2-4 I think, it was full everywhere).

Posted by: richardmosselman Sep 4 2007, 07:58 PM

Yep, I do some landscaping on the side and always end up at a nursery with the 914 when there is some huge sale on. Take off the passenger cushion and fill up the footwell and seat area as well as the two trunks. (Many, many times...I'll never learn!)

Cheers, Richard

Posted by: balljoint Sep 4 2007, 08:10 PM

Several hundred pounds of dog food.............on a regular basis.

Posted by: Dr Evil Sep 4 2007, 08:22 PM

Dude, ya got to raise your standards and date some prettier women

Posted by: Joe Owensby Sep 4 2007, 09:18 PM

When my '73 was new, in '73, it was my only car. I regularly hauled a hang glider tied to the top (folded of course, maybe 17 feet long). I graduated to real gliders, and then towed a 30 foot long glider trailer (roughly 4 ' x 4' x 30' long) behind the 1.7 liter. The trailer weighed about 1300 pounds, and the car pulled it like it wasn't even there. I had to continually remind myself that it was there when I was on curvy roads. Once hauled a large grandfather clock, with the top off. Once I bought a large table saw from Sears. It came in 4 big boxes. It was funny seeing the people at the store when I picked it up watch as my wife and I loaded one box in the front, a large thin box in the rear, and 2 boxes in the passenger seat. Then, my wife crawled into the space in front of the passenger's seat for the short ride home. JoeO

Posted by: Toast Sep 4 2007, 09:21 PM

A drum set.

Posted by: mudfoot76 Sep 4 2007, 09:29 PM

Firewood


And when I take the 914 to the track, both trunks are loaded up with tools, a canopy, folding chairs, cooler with food and drink, etc. People are always amazed at the amount of stuff two trunks can hold.

Posted by: balljoint Sep 5 2007, 06:12 AM

My wife says the same thing.

Just making deliveries, no people that I know are eating it.