Ferry Porsche's 914/8 - Fact vs Fiction Options

[perrysan]

Many years ago I read about Porsche's Weissach team making a special 914 with a detuned 908 flat eight for Ferry Porsche's 60 birthday - the 914/8. There seems to be no dispute about this as the car is in the Porsche museum. However, my recollection from years ago is that when Ferry got in the car, he was so pleased with it that he drove away from his own birthday celebration to enjoy the car, much to everyone's surprise.

Recently I re-read an account of this and it stated rather flatly that Ferry wasn't terribly impressed with the car, so it was relegated to the museum--end of story. Convinced this was some revisionist history from an anti-914 author, I did a google search and found more confirmation that Ferry wasn't impressed with the 914/8.

Did I rewrite my memory of the 914/8 story to better align with my 914 fascination, or are there two competing narratives?

Similarly inconsistencies exist for Piech's 914/8 - He never drove it / it wasn't street legal to he drove it all over town for a few years scaring everyone in the car's wake.