What made you want to get a 914?, I will start Options

[burton73]

What made you want to get a 914?
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) I will start.

I had friends with 911 and I got a 911. When I spun a bearing in my 73 911 my car was in the machine shop in Burbank, CA I went there for lunch on a regular basis.
One of the friends of the owner had a factory real 914-6 with a 3.0 in it. This was back in 1978 and this was not the norm for 914s

Well this friend gave me a ride back from the restaurant and I noted not only how his car seemed faster than my 911 but he was going around 50 miles per hour and he made a right turn. I thought we would crash but instead his car in Slot Like form just made the turn. Like on Rails like a fast ride in Disneyland.

After that I always wanted one. And when someone stole my 911, I got my first of many.

Bob B

[IronHillRestorations]

1978, after a girl pulled out in front of my Opel GT and totaled it; I started shopping for a car and came up on a white appearance group '74 1.8 with steel wheels. I'd always liked the 914, and hadn't drove one until then. Four months later, and after putting new SSI's on it, it was a victim of the winter of '79. Got a Datsun 200SX, which was a nice car, but not close to a 914. Four months after that I found another 914, and sold the Datsun. I kept that for 15 years, and restored it twice. I only sold it because I had a wide body 914 that I ended up putting a 3.0 into, that was 1993 long before 6 conversions were so common. I have a few 914's (none roadworthy) but unfortunately the only ones I drive belong to customers, and have to get my Porsche fix with a '91 Targa.