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914 Make-over, AA is building an "Extreme 914" |
ThinAir |
Apr 19 2004, 11:46 PM
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Best friends Group: Members Posts: 2,542 Joined: 4-February 03 From: Flagstaff, AZ Member No.: 231 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Grassroots Motorsports Magazine arrived today and as I flipped through it I noticed a brief mention of Automobile Atlanta doing an"extreme make-over" to build a "2004-model year" 914. They've got 8 "weekends" of the project posted so far. I didn't read it carefully, but I didn't see anything all that special going on. There are lots of pictures of what they're doing.
http://www.autoatlanta.com/service/914make...over-intro.html I don't know why the 3 dots keep being inserted into the above url. If you click on it, it works, but if you type it in with those 3 dots it won't work. |
ThinAir |
Apr 20 2004, 12:01 AM
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Best friends Group: Members Posts: 2,542 Joined: 4-February 03 From: Flagstaff, AZ Member No.: 231 Region Association: Southwest Region |
What's up with this forum? I type in a subject and a message and it get's changed by someone else to be something I didn't mean it to be? Are the admins playing games? I am not amused! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/chair.gif) It is not OT and I did not put the (hhehehehe) into the subject.
I shared it with the group for whatever it's worth, not as an endorsement of AA or the project. I expect readers to poke fun of it (like most things AA does), but I also expect my message to be MY message. |
Brad Roberts |
Apr 20 2004, 12:19 AM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 19,148 Joined: 23-December 02 Member No.: 8 Region Association: None |
um.. who changed it ?
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Brad Roberts |
Apr 20 2004, 12:26 AM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 19,148 Joined: 23-December 02 Member No.: 8 Region Association: None |
Big deal (about the car) we built a complete car in what .. 16 hours ?? (Jenny's) stripped two tubs and built one completely from bare tub to complete runner/driver.
If you have money/parts it can be built in 10 days. B |
Rusty |
Apr 20 2004, 04:31 AM
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Wanted: Engine case GA003709 Group: Admin Posts: 7,941 Joined: 24-December 02 From: North Alabama Member No.: 6 Region Association: Galt's Gulch |
I did... and was only messing around. Sorry, Ernie. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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4WheelDrifter |
Apr 20 2004, 05:05 AM
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Having a mid-life crisis @ 35 Group: Benefactors Posts: 201 Joined: 15-April 04 From: Bethel, CT Member No.: 1,934 |
Ernie, any 914 info is good info. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Speaking of things that get changed around here, everytime you type "Bradholio", this board adds "holio" to it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif) See? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol2.gif) |
dflesburg |
Apr 20 2004, 06:34 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,720 Joined: 6-April 04 From: Warm and Cheerful Centerville Ohio Member No.: 1,896 Region Association: None |
As the years go by I become less and less impressed with Automobile Atlanta.
George has always treated me right when I deal with him but some of the other people there have shipped me junk when they promised OEM new parts. Plus I have been working on my car for almost 12 years. Now that's something to see... lol |
DuckRyder |
Apr 20 2004, 08:06 AM
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Avatars Mode: OFF because of the recalcitrant few. Group: Benefactors Posts: 767 Joined: 8-January 03 From: Georgia Member No.: 110 |
I think if you can go there and deal with george you are fine. Not sure I would order long distance after some of the stories.
I had a long talk with george one day when I was in. He really does know alot about 914s and loves them, deep down he's just a guy trying to make money at his hobby. I think his help gets him a bad rep sometimes. It really is hard to get good help. That is my two cents any how. |
davep |
Apr 20 2004, 08:14 AM
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914 Historian Group: Benefactors Posts: 5,151 Joined: 13-October 03 From: Burford, ON, N0E 1A0 Member No.: 1,244 Region Association: Canada |
QUOTE(ErnieDV @ Apr 19 2004, 09:46 PM) I don't know why the 3 dots keep being inserted into the above url. If you click on it, it works, but if you type it in with those 3 dots it won't work. Those 3 dots indicate the URL was contracted to a shorter length to display. The correct URL is still there so it works. Typing in the contracted version means it will be missing something, and cannot work. In netscape the full URL shows up in the bottom bar when the mouse pointer is over the link. |
3liter914-6 |
Apr 20 2004, 08:27 AM
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Master of Clueless Posts Group: Benefactors Posts: 310 Joined: 12-October 03 From: State College, PA Member No.: 1,238 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Wow. The PO traded a rusty, but reasonable '76 + $14,000 for an AA '74 914 2.0. That's nuts. They don't sell on consignment down there, do they? I've got a clean '74 2.0 I'd love to get $14,000 for, no trade in necessary (unless you're trading the last /6 GT found in an abandoned warehouse).
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aircooledboy |
Apr 20 2004, 12:18 PM
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Sweet Pea's 1st ride in daddy's "vroom -vroom" Group: Members Posts: 1,672 Joined: 4-February 04 From: Rockford, IL Member No.: 1,629 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Anybody else notice that apparently they were trying to sell that rusty hunk of shit for $3950 before it became the "extreme 914" candidate. In one of the early pics showing the flares being added, it is on the lift and still has 3950 on the windshield. THIRTY NINE FREAKIN' FITY???????????? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/stfu.gif)
Damn, my car must be worth about 30 grand then. |
aircooledboy |
Apr 20 2004, 12:19 PM
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Sweet Pea's 1st ride in daddy's "vroom -vroom" Group: Members Posts: 1,672 Joined: 4-February 04 From: Rockford, IL Member No.: 1,629 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Sorry, that should have said "non-running rusty hunk of shit."
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Scott S |
Apr 20 2004, 12:42 PM
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Small Member Group: Members Posts: 1,697 Joined: 30-April 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 633 |
Great - I can see it now - a rusty pos with a "9014" body kit glued to it....
Really - what keeps that guy in business? I don't get it. Are there really that many people out there that have our little cars that dont have internet access? there isn't a 914 board on the planet that doesn't trash the guy. |
DuckRyder |
Apr 20 2004, 12:43 PM
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Avatars Mode: OFF because of the recalcitrant few. Group: Benefactors Posts: 767 Joined: 8-January 03 From: Georgia Member No.: 110 |
QUOTE(3liter914-6 @ Apr 20 2004, 10:27 AM) Wow. The PO traded a rusty, but reasonable '76 + $14,000 for an AA '74 914 2.0. That's nuts. They don't sell on consignment down there, do they? I've got a clean '74 2.0 I'd love to get $14,000 for, no trade in necessary (unless you're trading the last /6 GT found in an abandoned warehouse). yeah he does sell on consignment |
ThinAir |
Apr 20 2004, 05:02 PM
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Best friends Group: Members Posts: 2,542 Joined: 4-February 03 From: Flagstaff, AZ Member No.: 231 Region Association: Southwest Region |
QUOTE(LB (otherwise known as Rusty) @ Apr 20 2004, 03:31 AM) I did... and was only messing around. Sorry, Ernie. :( Apology accepted. I'm glad (no joke about this) that you have time to fool around with stuff like this considering where you are. It just struck a real nerve with me because the right to express yourself without fear of someone else (ie government) changing your message is so basic. In fact it's one of the reason's I figure you are in Iraq. Ok, enough about that! On to AA... I don't buy anything from AA except stuff that I absolutely cannot find anywhere else (like injector elbow hoses). I've heard too much over the years about how they do business from people who have been burned and I don't like their attitude in general - that they are doing you a favor by being willing to accept your business. Then there's the way everything get's phrased like it's marketing - just the intro to this series is enough to make me sick and/or roll on the floor laughing myself silly. Still, I'll give AA this much - when I bought my 914 back in 1990 they were the only resource that I could find. This forum didn't exist, I don't think Rennlist or Pelican Parts existed either. The best resource I had for 914 info was the old AA newsprint catalog with the exploded parts diagrams. Between that and their 914 tips book I learned a lot. Maybe they weren't all that great back then either and it wasn't obvious, but mostly it just seems like an organization that lost its way as it became successfull. |
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