Great 914 Content on Youtube, Porsche test drivers Options

[sechszylinder]

Hello,

attached is a link to a YouTube video about test drivers. The film dates back to around 1970. From about the 7:00-minute mark, it shows test drivers carrying out test drives for Porsche with the 914 and 911.

It’s a really great and fascinating video that I didn’t want to keep to myself.

Enjoy watching!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZv0O-2OdmQ


Benno (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_flagge6.gif)

[DRPHIL914]

Hello,

attached is a link to a YouTube video about test drivers. The film dates back to around 1970. From about the 7:00-minute mark, it shows test drivers carrying out test drives for Porsche with the 914 and 911.

It’s a really great and fascinating video that I didn’t want to keep to myself.

Enjoy watching!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZv0O-2OdmQ


Benno (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_flagge6.gif)

well id have to brush up on my German! no CC in english, but interesting how different times were, he was lighting up his second cigarette in the guys office 2 minutes into the video. it was like that back in the 60's and 70's !

[wonkipop]

Hello,

attached is a link to a YouTube video about test drivers. The film dates back to around 1970. From about the 7:00-minute mark, it shows test drivers carrying out test drives for Porsche with the 914 and 911.

It’s a really great and fascinating video that I didn’t want to keep to myself.

Enjoy watching!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZv0O-2OdmQ


Benno (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_flagge6.gif)

well id have to brush up on my German! no CC in english, but interesting how different times were, he was lighting up his second cigarette in the guys office 2 minutes into the video. it was like that back in the 60's and 70's !

i'd seen a portion of this before. the porsche bit.
here it is.
its overdubbed in english.
the guys talking are factory mechanics and test drivers and the cars are being taken on their acceptance runs straight after manufacture.
the bit where they are all standing around in the country side is a very coy conversation about exactly how fast they drive them on the public roads. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wmW5COZ0Z8

for me the bit at the end with the NSU RO80 was a real bonus.
those things are beautiful. to look at and to drive.
a mate of mine has one which i've driven a couple of times.
its still got its original wankel enginer. a matching numbers NSU is real unicorn -
especially since its a real early one before they sorted out the tip seals in the rotors.
most of them got at least 3 new engines while still less than 3 years old.
the spark plugs for NSU are genuinetly totally and absolutely unobtainium these days.
a couple of europeans horde them. my mate has three sets which he religously rotates, has cleaned and guards with his life. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

914s and NSUs were so far out in front on a lot of fronts back at the end of the 60s and start of the 70s.

thanks for posting this @sechszylinder