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> When was the first time you saw a 914?, When, where, etc
Mark Henry
post Feb 18 2019, 07:39 AM
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For me mid-70's, I'm walking home from high school, this /6 with GT flair and the car was a rat rod in grey primer, it was on my home town main drag and the guy was honking on it. I actually didn't know it was a 914 till I saw a 914 with GT flairs up close a few years later.

It was pure sex, I was 13-14yrs/old, I probably went home and spanked one off to a car. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif)
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post Feb 18 2019, 08:04 AM
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A black one parked on the street because my neighbor was having a big party. Mid 70’s so I was probably 9 or 10. Seared into my brain and never went away. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Feb 18 2019, 08:12 AM
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Early seventies: a green 914 was being chased by the cops through the narrowstreets of Sunset Beach. The 914 eluded the police until it drove into a golf course several miles away and got bogged down....
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post Feb 18 2019, 08:21 AM
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QUOTE(jim_hoyland @ Feb 18 2019, 06:12 AM) *

Early seventies: a green 914 was being chased by the cops through the narrowstreets of Sunset Beach. The 914 eluded the police until it drove into a golf course several miles away and got bogged down....

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post Feb 18 2019, 08:41 AM
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My parents garage.. late summer of 1971. It had been in the garage for over a year till I was born (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
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post Feb 18 2019, 08:43 AM
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First saw one in Osnabruck in 1970. Not impressed, as I had a 1967 911S when I was in Germany.
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post Feb 18 2019, 08:49 AM
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April 1971; a high school buddy bought a 914-6 and decided to take me for a ride, in the rain. I thought he was going to kill us and almost shit myself several times that night. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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post Feb 18 2019, 09:15 AM
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Around 1987, a dad of a kid on my football team had a yellow 914/6. I only saw it a couple times when the weather was nice and he picked him up in it, but it left an impression.

Later I saw a 'best car for $15k' article in R&T and Jeff Zwart's response was his personal 914/6...before he modified it for the Alaska-Panama rally.
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post Feb 18 2019, 09:36 AM
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New one at a VW dealership in Spokane Wa when they first came out 1970.

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post Feb 18 2019, 09:47 AM
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1990 When I first came to the US (SoCal) for an internship.
My uncle in had a green 914-4 2.0.
When I moved to the US in 1992, I tried to buy one myself (But could afford the $2,000 price-tag).
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post Feb 18 2019, 10:54 AM
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A real car, not a photo? In 2017 when I went to a Porsche seller to check out what ended up being my first 914. Since then I have seen two other 914's at classic car events in The Netherlands and three in the US.
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post Feb 18 2019, 11:03 AM
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1989 in Vancouver. I was 16 and it was our last big family holiday. We'd spent a couple of weeks driving from Calgary to Vancouver through the Rocky Mountains. I remember walking though a car park and at the end was a black 914. I instantly fell for it and said to my Dad "I'll have one some day".
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post Feb 18 2019, 11:07 AM
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1985 March 20th. The day I bought my 73 2.0. I had never really paid attention. It looked like it came off the showroom floor, Black. Wish I could find it again.
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post Feb 18 2019, 11:47 AM
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1979 when my older Brother purchased a 75-1.8L in Youngstown, Ohio
Owned it for 4 years, always put up for the winter, then was stolen!

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post Feb 18 2019, 12:37 PM
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1969 Geneva auto show pic in R&T. After admiring and lusting for a 356 and 911 912 for all of my early youth, I thought "my god what did porsche do making that thing? Where are the headlights? Dog pan hubcaps? How could they go from the 912 to this?
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post Feb 18 2019, 12:37 PM
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and then, several years later, I dedicated my life to the car
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post Feb 18 2019, 01:11 PM
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Winter of 1971. I was 12, sick at home and my dad brought home a 1970 Adriatic blue 914 he bought from some soldier. He gave my sisters a ride already in it by the time I went into the garage to see it. He had earlier in the fall taken me with him to test drive a silver 912. This 914 was really different. Flip up head lights, 3 sets of seat belts, where was the engine? We had that car until 1982 when i sold it to the daughter of my welding buddy who would patch it up after it broke in half in 1981. Boy did I want a 911! After 2 911 cabs, a 356A, 4 914s, 1 912, 2 944ts, and a boxster I am finally fixing up my soon to be dd irish green 914 2.0L.


The circle of life my friends, the circle of life.
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post Feb 18 2019, 01:31 PM
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In high school 1970, rich kid on our bus route. his dad bought him one for his 16th birthday. Silver, appearance group -4. he was always hammering it. saw it a lot at school. Didn't think much about it... I wanted a Vette

Years later upon seeing mine, a motorcycle friend told me he cut up a wrecked one. someone was using the engine/trans to build a trike. description fit. he gave me two Mahles and a roof just to get them out of his garage. I have the roof on my car now.
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post Feb 18 2019, 02:26 PM
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QUOTE(Mark Henry @ Feb 18 2019, 05:39 AM) *
When was the first time you saw a 914?

Early seventies, growing up in Germany.
There weren't many of them around so they really stood out whenever you saw one.

Didn't like them at all ...
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post Feb 18 2019, 02:48 PM
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I saw a six in the early eighties while living and racing bicycles in the bay area. Had to have one. I made plans to purchase a four to convert. My friend showed up at my house the day before my purchase with a autotrader magazine that had a six going up for sale in San Rafael. I was there the next morning to purchase the car. Didn't expect that the sixes would ever be worth what they are getting for them today. Thanks to Andy for keeping this site together so we all have a school to learn from and to all the awesome people who share advise and knowledge. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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