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Brett W
post Sep 18 2011, 09:35 PM
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I found these in the trunk of my new car, look like regular 914 shocks with some sort of two+ inch extension on the top. Why in the world would someone install these?Attached Image Attached Image
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post Sep 18 2011, 09:40 PM
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I'll take them...
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post Sep 18 2011, 10:05 PM
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Seriously? Why?
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post Sep 18 2011, 10:09 PM
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QUOTE(Brett W @ Sep 18 2011, 11:05 PM) *

Seriously? Why?

If Eric wants them they must be worth something? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)
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post Sep 18 2011, 10:10 PM
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QUOTE(Brett W @ Sep 18 2011, 09:05 PM) *
Seriously? Why?

To raise the car? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)
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post Sep 18 2011, 10:19 PM
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QUOTE(SirAndy @ Sep 18 2011, 09:10 PM) *

QUOTE(Brett W @ Sep 18 2011, 09:05 PM) *
Seriously? Why?

To raise the car? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

To build one of these?

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Seriously, I don't know their official use but they will raise the car.

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post Sep 18 2011, 10:37 PM
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Next project... Let's just say "Moab"
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post Sep 18 2011, 10:38 PM
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QUOTE(Eric_Shea @ Sep 18 2011, 11:37 PM) *

Next project... Let's just say "Moab"

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post Sep 18 2011, 10:49 PM
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interesting guy built that. Me and Sue have bumped into him at a few events. car has a 2.5 six. his business card is him as a young man in a photo in teh Porshce factory work line, building a 911
where's that baja 914 photo?
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post Sep 18 2011, 10:59 PM
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as I was looking for teh baja car i got side tracked on these and thought some might like where I went...so I had to share


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post Sep 18 2011, 11:00 PM
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Moab! I love Moab, just never thought of my 914 in Moab (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

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where's that baja 914 photo?


Laguna Seca at the 2010 "Historics" when Porsche was feature marque.

There was a row of 914's on the access road accross near turns 2 & 3

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post Sep 18 2011, 11:04 PM
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anybody have the red strip poster with the CHP ticket?
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post Sep 19 2011, 04:38 AM
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post Sep 19 2011, 06:09 AM
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interesting guy built that. Me and Sue have bumped into him at a few events. car has a 2.5 six. his business card is him as a young man in a photo in teh Porshce factory work line, building a 911
where's that baja 914 photo?


Tom Woodward. He's the guy who owned Carranza racing in NJ and did the vin switch on my car when he built it. Along with the other sleazy repairs. I found him on ebay selling Porsche parts under the name Prince-Porsche or something similar. Many shady stories attached to the operation and eventual closing of his shop in NJ before he moved west.
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post Sep 19 2011, 07:14 AM
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interesting guy...
there is a real Baja 914 running around somewhere. white w blu cage
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post Sep 19 2011, 07:15 AM
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VIN swap? legal or not I aint EVER touchin anything with a kinky lookin VIN
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post Sep 19 2011, 07:35 AM
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VIN swap? legal or not I aint EVER touchin anything with a kinky lookin VIN


The vin swap was unknown to me for 25 years until Scotty B (and 914World) uncovered it in my build thread. Tom sold me a '74 that was really a '71 body. It was taken down to bare metal when Tom/Caranza rebuilt it and sold it to me so I'm sure he was the one who did it. People on this board who remember him and the shop have contacted me and told me about other shady dealings he was part of. The red and white 914 was on ebay at one time. Maybe it has my cars vin?
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post Sep 19 2011, 07:59 AM
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scary. did you incurr legal ownership issues?
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post Sep 19 2011, 08:08 AM
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scary. did you incurr legal ownership issues?


No, as far as the state of NJ, DMV, insurance, ect. it's a '74. The welded in vin in the trunk and windshield match up to the vin on the paper registration. It's not like people at the dmv know the minor differences in the cars. Now that it's a GT inspired car with a 6, it looks differ even more from a normal 914. This happened 25 years ago and I don't foresee any future problems. I'm not selling and if I did, I would make full disclosure. Still, doesn't mean I don't still have bad feelings towards Tom and the way he scammed me for both the vin and the bondo & tar paper covered rust issues that remained with the car. It was a hack job and he knowingly scammed an 18 year old kid - me!
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post Sep 19 2011, 10:27 AM
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Wonder what roof rack that is? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)
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