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Senior member, and old dude ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 3,848 Joined: 2-January 07 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 7,414 Region Association: Southern California ![]() ![]() |
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 |
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Member ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 401 Joined: 17-May 16 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 20,004 Region Association: None ![]() ![]() |
My Father was always into Porsches, He had a 356 when I was too young to remember, a 76 turbo and a 78 SC. So I had been around them growing up.
My first car was a Thing (181) at 16. Got my license suspended for 6 mo. so I sold the 181, took the money 6 mo. later to by a used Ghia convertible. On the way to the lot, I passed another lot with a 73 green 2.0 for a couple hundred more. Bought it, and loved it. A neighbor had a ‘68 911L Targa. He was selling the 2.0 and putting a 2.4 in, so I bought the motor, found an oil tank and was on a way to a conversion. Before the neighbor put the 2.4 in he found a good deal on an SC so he bought that and offered me the 911L roller and would put the motor back in. So I sold the 914 and got into a 911. I drove the L for a few years and it was cool, but I always missed the 914. Later I bought an ‘84 Carrera Targa and drove that for 18 years until I sold it and bought a 993 Targa. All the while I missed the 914. So the 993 was in the shop for a rebuild last year and I was renting a Fiat 500 and I was thinking, maybe I should pick one of these up for around town to keep the mileage down on the 993.Then I though to myself WTF? Buy a Fiat? Why not pick up the car you miss so much? So I did. Now I am driving the 993 to the metal supply store to pick up 18 ga every few weeks to repair what was hidden when I bought the 914. -Andrew |
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