O/T life is weird, Is the Carrera GT the fully evolved 914??? Options

[Mikey914]

So for my day job, I work for an airline, yes that’s odd enough, but sometimes it takes odd twists. My trip is rescheduled abut 4 times leaving me to catch a shuttle the company arranged for to drive from LAX to San Diego. Getting in after 2AM. Long day.

So they have me in the back and I start talking to the guy next to me. The subject of cars come up. Well of course we had to talk about the 914. Showed him a picture and the effect was he was awestruck. Mentioned that he always wanted a Carrera GT. He pointed out something I hadn’t really noticed before. The 914 really looks similar. I had seen the car up close and never made the connection on the styling ques. But then he showed me a picture, and it all was so obvious to me.

Really nice dude, lives in LA and I invited him to stalk us here. @jim_hoyland apparently he lives near you. Told him you might be able to get him a ride in one. Or to just show up for one of the drives in the are to at least get a good look at one.

Meanwhile, after all the excitement last night, I get a call from crew scheduling letting me know there’s a big storm that they think will affect operations out of JFK, and my flight is canceled, so
I’m going home early. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[Maltese Falcon]

Yessir, fun to look at the CGT as the 914-10 ! The (theoretical) resemblance even more visible when the CGT is topless...really breaks up the flowing lines and gives it a big go-kart look to it like our 914s.
In the side profile of both red cars, on the CGT you can see the "Extra stretch" of body rearwards from the cockpit area; for stuffing that drivetrain in there.
YouTube has some good CGT driving vids, handled by Walter Rohrl (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif) A CGT even without exhaust work= one of the Best sounding sports cars ever !
AND, when the 986 Boxster ads hit media in 1997, Porsche buried the 914 heritage and touted the Boxster lineage direct to the 550. Things must have changed over in Zuffenhausen...today they see the bucks in the 914 (Classic).