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]

boy, thats a sweet looking car midway.
silver suits.
pedrini wheels are my favourite of the alloys.
in the 80s and 90s everyone seemed to want the fuchs on their cars in the usa, but back then those were my favourites. along with the mahles. suited the cars.

nice photo setting.
where is that in WA?
down south west somewhere?

hows the rego work in wa. probably works the same way here. only lhd 914s i've seen have been on historic plates. but that could just be because the owners want the cars on the plates for the deal on rego costs. i drove mine early on for about 18 months from time to time on temp. permits. you had to nominate a destination and the purpose had to be to seek quotations for engineering and mechanical work towards conversion. had to have a sign on the back of the car "LEFT HAND DRIVE" in letters six inches high and had to carry a passenger (presumably to look right for me). pain in the arse.

i'm guessing if you can be on normal rego lhd in WA you might be able to do that here as well, though i seem to recall that there has always been some provision for LHD cars in WA as i used to see them a bit from time to time. usually american cars from 60s and 70s. maybe off loaded by visiting us military staff at the bases up north in WA before they went back stateside.

the guy who owned a 914 in perth all those years ago was a mechanic who worked for arnoldi. from memory arnoldi himself had a karmann ghia (or two). the mechanics car was bought as a roughy imported in from cali and the guy had put a bit of time into it getting it looking clean and straight. he had done the conversion himself. i seem to remember it was over carbed and the engine was modified, he spent a bit of time trying to get it to run cleanly. but it was good seeing it around on the streets every now and then. once we drove past each other going opposite ways. probably the only time two 914s were seen on the same road at the same time in the history of WA.