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The John Straub Porsche 914-6 GT is on BaT |
eric9144 |
Mar 16 2021, 11:40 AM
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gereed75 |
Mar 23 2021, 07:24 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,260 Joined: 19-March 13 From: Pittsburgh PA Member No.: 15,674 Region Association: North East States |
As I’m sure most of you know, there is additional info on this car included on Armando’s “definitive” GT site
https://pbase.com/9146gt/dealer_9146gt_race...153_john_straub It is as authentic of a M471 modified car as there is out there. As much as I like signal orange, the fact that this car was color changed at the time of its M471 modification is a valid part of its true history. Thinking of changing it back would be a tough decision .would you return the Conda Green Max Moritz car back to its original Light Ivory!? |
horizontally-opposed |
Mar 23 2021, 10:16 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,432 Joined: 12-May 04 From: San Francisco Member No.: 2,058 Region Association: None |
As I’m sure most of you know, there is additional info on this car included on Armando’s “definitive” GT site https://pbase.com/9146gt/dealer_9146gt_race...153_john_straub It is as authentic of a M471 modified car as there is out there. As much as I like signal orange, the fact that this car was color changed at the time of its M471 modification is a valid part of its true history. Thinking of changing it back would be a tough decision .would you return the Conda Green Max Moritz car back to its original Light Ivory!? ^ Good point on the gray. While my aesthetic preference would be to return the car to Signal Orange, I do like it in the gray and it's part of the car's history. Hmm. Maybe I'd go back to orange for my time with it and let someone else redo the gray if they want it? I dunno. Nice thing is, either way, it's an exterior only. Unless there' a real need to redo the car on a rotisserie, I'd avoid that at all costs to prevent erasing the patina and vibe of this car, which has always been wonderful to me. "Perfect" 914s are on the rise, great survivors or simple well used and presented cars are getting rarer. Earlier comments wondering how this car will do vs the Daytona winner struck me as the wrong way to look at John Straub's old car, just as so many nit picks do. I've raced against that car, and have seen it in so many paddocks at premiere events as a spectator. I have no idea how it would come through a PPI, or what it needs, but it's a super cool car with a lot of cool history and a lot of great parts installed in period. The idea that it might not get bid up to the level of some rough "so-so" restorations of plain 914-6s is wild to me. Sad to see the confidence shaken by comments on that BaT thread, especially as they get tagged to that VIN "forever," and while I feel funny about getting involved in comments on a car for sale given my day job, I've thought about it this time as a number of people seem to confuse me our own Pete000 over there on BaT (my username is pstout, but I'm just about never logged in). |
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