/6 to /4 conversion, Is this guy crazy? Options

[Lawrence]

I just got off the phone with a guy here in Kansas who said he had a 1971 914 GT.

He claims that it was originally a 914/6, but that the engine was damaged, and the previous owner put in a 1.7/4 just to keep the car running. They couldn't find a 2.0/6 to put in the car.

Anything is possible, given enough money. Does this make sense?

-Rusty

[Brad Roberts]

Very few body shops put forth the effort to make the flares flow together with the body as nicely as the factory did. If you close your eyes and run your hand up INSIDE a GT flared car done by Porsche... the body feels like it was stamped with the flares in place. They are that smooth.

I touched my first M471 car back in 1986 in a friends garage. I vividly recall reaching into that fenderwell to see if the flares where steel or fiberglass... when I felt they where steel.. I kept going with my hand and could not beleive how smooth the transition was from the stock body to the flare. I still wasnt convinced... then I found the steel rear valance that came out to meet the GT flares. At this point I was almost convinced my friend wasnt lying to me.. but the car was Black and I didnt beleive they sold any Black M471 cars.

Anyway.. I could go on and on about this car. It kinda makes me sick to my stomach. I couldnt afford the car when it came up for sale about 6 years ago. Then I saw a write up on it in Panorama about 2 years ago. I found out I lost out to Brumos Porsche. It was real and had 18k miles on it. Right now I have the chance to put another M471 car back on the street and this one has 14k miles on it and still sits on the original tires !! The VIN number shows it to be on the GT list... but it was never fully converted. It does have the 908 brakes on it with adjustable Koni's.

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