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[Ace Le Count]

Does anyone have some crazy 914 stories that they'd like to share? Maybe your son/daughter was born in one? Maybe you drag raced someone that was getting cocky because they thought their riced out civic was faster? Maybe you used a 914 as a getaway car after you robbed a bank? How has your 914 saved the day?

[mbr]

I turned 16 in 1989 and had bought a 1970 VW Beetle about 2 years prior to that so I had time to work on it, fix some minor rust and do some mods to make it cool for a 16 year old to drive. 6 months after I turned 16, I found a 73 914 2.0 and sold the Bug and bought the 914. I did not realize how much rust the 914 had until after I bought it. I was driving it one day and took a hard corner and the seat broke loose from the floor. Luckily I was able to maintain control of the car and used some metal plates to reattach the seat track to a less rusty part of the floor. I drove it for a few more months until winter came and due to the rusty rockers there was no heat or defrost. As a new driver, it seemed unsafe to have to scrape the frost off the inside of my windshield while driving and I realized it wasn't the right car to drive daily in the winter and I sold it. It was so much fun to drive but unfortunately it had seen too many salty winter days. According to DMV records, it is still registered and alive so I guess I sold it to the right person!