recommissioned., australian 914 Options

[wonkipop]

after 16 years of storage its back up and running.

had this for 31 years.
picked it up in chicago when i lived there back in late 80s/early 90s.
off the first owner.
brought it back to aus with me.

its largely original. 40k miles.
where its not original is i had to convert it to rhd. did that back in 92-93.
thats another story if anyone is interested.
rest of it is showroom stock and untouched.
just finished doing a clay bar deep clean on the phoenix red.
got to the end of today and i was back in 1974.

got inspired by 50th hoo hah. been at it since october last year.
co-vid lockdown got me some extra "vacation" time on the project.

keep on 914-ing all of you.

don't know if this image will work but giving it a try.

[wonkipop]

thanks for explaining what i meant Bleyseng.
had a laugh when realised unintended meaning.

yes it can also be dangerous to be lhd in a rhd country.
particularly in a 914 - the targa bar is a big blind spot when you arrive at an intersection or a roundabout and you are turning left giving way to traffic coming from the right. particularly if the car is slightly angled at the intersection as you often are.
(think right hand turn in america, but imagine yourself in a rhd drive car doing it).

road safety issues were the reason australia did not allow left hand drive cars to be road registered in most states until relatively recently. now they can be registered on restricted historic plates as a member of a club for the purpose of anachronistic recreation.

i'll try take some reasonable interior shots of rhd configuration today and post.

there are a few rhd 914s get around in australia. originally there were approx 4 in total here in the 1970s. two were imported via the australian distributor as assessment cars and ultimately converted in their workshops. both were 6s. another two were brought in via private import and were converted to rhd first in the uk by crayfords.
a good number came in during the late 80s to the late 90s. for the most part converted here. and now you seen a few lhd 914s getting around on historic plates.