Retro, Bring it back Options

[914.SBC]

I think Porsche should come out with a retro model 914. I mean the Camaro, Challenger and Mustang have taken off big time. Dodge is even coming out with a retro Dart from what I hear.

How cool would it be if they made a retro 914. Hell they probably would all be 6 cylinders at least. Can you imagine what it would look like. I bet it would be pricy.

[Tom_T]

Now that we're kid free, I might pop for a new "Retro 914" as a DD. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)

... gee, that would be car number 6 for me since 1969 ....ever.... not counting my parents cars nor my son's/kids' cars.
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)

I don't think it was the CRZ's nor 914's size being too small Rob, nor would it be for a smaller 914-ish sub-Boxster, so long as you're not trying to cart around a family/etc.

Honda missed the boat on the new CRZ with lack of a sport set-up & wider range - and the back seat comes in handy for most since it's NOT an S2000. The Hybrid CRZ should be 50-60 mpg, cuz the standard & lighter Civic gas I-4 easily get in the 40's!

The small CRX of the 80's period was the hot ticket, and the rest of their Civic sedan & HB rounded out the line & engine choices.
One guy in PCA OCR AX's his 87-88 HB:


.

My son's 88 Honda Civic Hatchback DL has the base 1.5L, & he's getting 40-42 mpg on the highway & mid 30's around town. I mostly got 35-38 driving it back to Ft Drum NY for him this last July - primarily because it has no AC & it was 100+ on the heat wave of the century all the way, & having the windows down screwed the aerodynamics enough to knock 20-25% off the mpg. I did get 42 mpg on one tank in N. AZ up I-17 & down I-40 around Flagstaff at night when it was cool enough to close the windows.

Here's a pic of my son's 88 Honda HB, at about 124k miles, after we finished the refurb/rolling-resto in April 09, after his uncle left it sit in a storage lot for 5+ years (it's been in the family since new with my wife's 2 brothers, before the last to own it passed away in 08) -


.

I did a refresh & paint chip touch-up & had it serviced in June, then drove it 3200 miles to him - now at about 157k miles, so he'd have wheels on post:

> Dang! ....spilled my coffee again on my Johannes' "914 Comin-n-Goin" T-shirt! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif)
> As I (IMG:style_emoticons/default/type.gif) he's driving it down to my brother's house in VA near DC for Xmas, and he drove 1200 mi each way to my daughter's for T-giving in Asheville NC.
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)

[dlkawashima]

Just adding "The Dean" pics in here ... for posterity.


http://europeancar.automotive.com/69667/ep...ster/index.html

From the Pelican board:
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/forums.pelicanparts.com-12234-1324596428.1.jpg)
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/forums.pelicanparts.com-12234-1324596428.2.jpg)
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/forums.pelicanparts.com-12234-1324596429.3.jpg)

[SirAndy]

Just adding "The Dean" pics in here ... for posterity.

The rear isn't too bad but the front just looks all wrong ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon8.gif)