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> Happy Birthday 914!, 45 years ago today - 9-11-69 - world premier of 914!!
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post Sep 11 2014, 02:01 PM
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At the Frankfurt Auto Show

https://www.stuttcars.com/porsche-models/914/

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post Sep 11 2014, 02:27 PM
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Makes me feel old- the new Porsche dealer in Cedar Rapids, Iowa at the time (Gruber Porsche+Audi) needed to get a 914 from Minneapolis to CR for their grand opening. It was a European model, blue, with the VW portion of the VW-Porsche emblem on the back panel covered up and a Wolfsburg symbol on the steering wheel instead of a Porsche crest. One of my best friends (also a gearhead and future 914 owner as well) and I offered to drive it down from Minnesota- drove up in a Audi 100LS (remember those??) Was in the winter and must have been 1969... ah, memories...



Great synopsis above BTW...
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post Sep 11 2014, 02:33 PM
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Today is my birthday. I'm 45. Wow! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/olympic914.jpg) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif)
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post Sep 11 2014, 02:50 PM
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Thanks for the link, Naro, great article!
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post Sep 11 2014, 04:11 PM
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QUOTE(Phoenix914 @ Sep 11 2014, 01:33 PM) *

Today is my birthday. I'm 45. Wow! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/olympic914.jpg) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif)

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post Sep 11 2014, 04:14 PM
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Yaaaaay!! Happy birthday 914!!

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post Sep 11 2014, 04:20 PM
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I find it interesting the Cayman 987 has a birthday on the 14th of September (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

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post Sep 11 2014, 04:20 PM
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I was just thinking...couldn't they have waited 3 days and had the premier on 9-14 instead of 9-11?
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post Sep 11 2014, 04:43 PM
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Whoa! My 914 poster is in the article...
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post Sep 11 2014, 05:04 PM
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QUOTE(Phoenix914 @ Sep 11 2014, 01:33 PM) *

Today is my birthday. I'm 45. Wow! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/olympic914.jpg) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif)

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/birthday3.gif) you are meant to own a 914! It is written!
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post Sep 11 2014, 05:18 PM
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A day that changed all of our lives for the better (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Sep 11 2014, 05:38 PM
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QUOTE(lonewolfe @ Sep 11 2014, 07:04 PM) *

QUOTE(Phoenix914 @ Sep 11 2014, 01:33 PM) *

Today is my birthday. I'm 45. Wow! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/olympic914.jpg) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif)

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/birthday3.gif) you are meant to own a 914! It is written!

Thanks! Any previous doubts have been vanquished. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Sep 11 2014, 05:42 PM
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I remember the premier of the 914 well! I was a junior at the University of Georgia. I thought the 914 design was beautiful and I wanted one badly. The 914 became my carrot. When I graduated from UGA, I got a brand new Bahia Red 73 which I still have today! I had to get a red one because UGA's colors are red and black. A traded in my 68 VW Fastback for my 914! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Note: I got married on 9-16-69! That marriage only last 362 days! But my love affair with the 914 has lasted 16,425 days and counting!

http://76.162.11.251/tuck/bicycling/914.htm


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post Sep 11 2014, 06:00 PM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/birthday3.gif) thank you papa Porsche for the great addiction!
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post Sep 11 2014, 06:15 PM
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Wow, 45 yrs ago I was starting 1st grade, was still recovering over the moon landing just 3 weeks back, had no idea what a 914 was & the only thing I knew about Porsches is that his green 917 kept beating my purple Ferrari every time my Dad & I raced with my original hot wheels (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Sep 11 2014, 06:32 PM
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In that first post, the arch for the front wheel well is a little rounder than usual...
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post Sep 11 2014, 07:59 PM
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That's because that car has a 908 engine in it and was built for Dr. Piech...
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post Sep 11 2014, 11:37 PM
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Great reference material! The 1.7 type 4 engine shown in the article is from a different application. Type 2 or type 41, 42, or 46 (411/412). As we know, type 47 is the 914.

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post Sep 11 2014, 11:51 PM
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I'm amused that they think all US-bound 914s had L-jetronic FI...

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post Sep 12 2014, 05:49 AM
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