(Bob) Humphrey’s VW Porsche-Audi dealership, Washington State, Location and performance modifications they did? Options

[Rufus]

Been doing some digging on the history of my car. Seems it was sold new at “Humphrey’s”.

I’ve been told by credible sources there was Humphrey’s VW Porsche-Audi dealer in Everett, Washington. But another credible source has told me Humphrey’s was a VW Porsche dealer in Bellingham, Washington.

The only Humphrey Porsche dealer I find listed both in Jeff Bowlsby’s thread:

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...amp;hl=Humphrey

and in an Early911SRegistry thread of 1969 Porsche dealers:

https://www.early911sregistry.org/forums/sh...-Dealers-(1969)

is Humphrey VW Porsche in Hayward, CA..

Can someone please clear up my confusion? I have no local knowledge of that area of the country.

I also understand Humphrey’s was somewhat active in doing 914/6 performance mods and / or selling performance modified 914/6’s during that era. Any insight on this is also welcome.

Thanks guys.

[Rufus]

Awesome! Great info @sixnotfour . Thanks!

So there must be more to your story; … how you first became aware of the group of 914/6’s, found out who they belonged to, learned what Bob was doing with them, some of the work you saw in progress, who you talked to, did you visit just to see what was going on, aside from the obvious (color, narrow vs wide body) were they all similar or did some have distinctive features, stuff like that. Curious where they are today.

Please share what you recall. It’s a cool story (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif)


P.S. Sixnotfour, regarding the CIS vs carb question on my car. Years elapsed between ‘78-‘80’s when you recall seeing it at Humphrey’s, and ‘91+/- when Jay H. bought it with a carbed 2.7L (based on what Jay and the 2nd owner prior to me have reported). In that time someone could easily have replaced the CIS with carbs.