914 stories Options

[Ace Le Count]

Edit: 6 years later...

Well, everyone, it seems like it's time for me to add my own story soon, since I now have a 914.

Also... I'm thinking about publishing an anthology (a book that's a combination of Porsche stories) maybe something categorized by Porsche model and then year within that. Think 356, 550, 911, 914, etc. If any of you are interested in doing this please let me know. I can't pay every person for their story, but could absolutely give credit to whom the story belongs.

I think this could be a cool read.

If you are interested, reply to this thread, or the other one. We want to hear your stories!

Original post:

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?

[racer914]

I've had a number of 914's over the years starting with a '73 2.0 that I bought off of the used car lot at the Pontiac dealer near Washington DC. in 1979. I had a '69 911S at the time and this 914 would be my wife's commuter car since we had no kids at the time. We kept that car 7-8 years and sold it to a friend in Atlanta after we had moved to Florida.
I almost immediately regretted it but had bought a newer 911 and with 2 kids we needed to keep a family car. In a few years, I bought a 74 2.0 that had been sitting and vandalized with the intention of building a race car. After 6 years of toiling over the project and writing lots of checks, we went racing! I had converted the car to a 2.8 liter six and raced it for more than 10 years. I later bought a '73 2.0 track car which my son and I also both raced. In the time between the two race cars, I also bought a '73 2.0 which my son and I restored for him as his 1st car. He drove it all thru high school and still owns it today some 27 years after I bought it. We've kept the tradition in the family, the last pic is my grandson on the hood of his dad's car shortly after he was born.
I got out of the 914's in about 2015 and threw away much of my parts stash when I moved in 2017. I should have known better. I love these cars having owned 10 or more over the years and wound up with a '74 2.0 that I bought site unseen in 2018. It took me a couple of years to get started on it as we had a bunch of building & remodeling projects to do. That car is my current project and it is being converted to a six for use primarily on the street. It may see a few track days after I retire from racing but for now I have other stuff to race. The metal work is finished and I am awaiting an opening at the shop for bodywork and paint.

This forum has been helpful to me and I've gotten some really good information and parts from it. Thank You for that!

Dave