Which VW and Porsche dealerships sold the early 914s?, For the 914 Classic Authroized Swag webpage Options

[Maltese Falcon]

I was going to purchase my brand new 914 2.0 at Max Dial Porsche+Audi on La Brea ave. In Inglewood. Bought it from Downtown L.A. P+A instead.
Got a better deal, a great couple hours Test Drive in the empty (back then) downtown streets too !
My salesman was Heinz Brinkmann, who was also a TV actor. If you remember "Combat" with Vic Morrow aka Sarge, was Brinkmann's nemesis .
Marty

[Mueller]

Mine came from Ralph Cutright Porsche-Audi in Santa Monica, I just looked at the paperwork I have in the garage, I'll have to check the frame this weekend now!

I see you have that one on the list already.

[JeffBowlsby]

I was going to purchase my brand new 914 2.0 at Max Dial Porsche+Audi on La Brea ave. In Inglewood. Bought it from Downtown L.A. P+A instead.
Got a better deal, a great couple hours Test Drive in the empty (back then) downtown streets too !
My salesman was Heinz Brinkmann, who was also a TV actor. If you remember "Combat" with Vic Morrow aka Sarge, was Brinkmann's nemesis .
Marty

I remember "Combat" Marty. Hope they rebroadcast that series someday.

I have an Aero Porsche Audi in Inglewood...were there two including Max Dial P-A?

[JeffBowlsby]

Ely and Cutright are on the list...thanks!

[damesandhotrods]

Neufeld Motors in Redwood City California was a VW dealership. It was on Main Street out by the 101, Bayshore Freeway. If I remember correctly their Porsche Dealership was in San Carlos California on the El Camino Real, Neufeld Porsche. Which I believe ended up in Burlingame California which became Rector Porsche.

[JeffBowlsby]

Neufeld Motors in Redwood City California was a VW dealership. It was on Main Street out by the 101, Bayshore Freeway. If I remember correctly their Porsche Dealership was in San Carlos California on the El Camino Real, Neufeld Porsche. Which I believe ended up in Burlingame California which became Rector Porsche.

I have the Neufeld Motors frame in the first post, it has a VW and Porsche logo on it - this should be where the early 914s were sold. I also have the Neufeld Porsche+Audi frame already on the webpage. The way you describe it, I need to add the 'Neufeld Motors' frame...will do.

[Maltese Falcon]

Aero Porsche @ 817 N. La Brea, Inglewood was there until '72-'73 (?)
Then by 1974 the name changed to Max Dial P+A, same address. I could drive by one of these days to see what is there today.
Also Westwood Porsche + Audi at Santa Monica+ Veteran (West LA) became the service facility for Beverly Hills P+A; and today it stands as a newly modernized B H Porsche dealership.

[JawjaPorsche]

This week, I drove by where I bought my 914 42 years ago. The old Northlake Porsche Audi dealership is long gone. A huge LA Fitness building is there now.

Went from hauling ass to reducing ass.

[MJHanna]

On your list you have DJ VW, Porsche Audi, Isuzu in Billings MT, that is (was) and independent shop not a dealer. If fact there were no Porsche dealers in Montana at that time and today. The closest ones were Spokane, Minneapolis or SLC. I don't know if any of the VW dealers sold 914's but they did not sell 911/912 Porsches new.

[Jasfsmith]

Jeff:

You can add

Pine State Volkswagen Porsche+Audi
Hogan Road
Bangor, Maine

to your list.

James Smith

[damesandhotrods]

Neufeld Motors in Redwood City California was a VW dealership. It was on Main Street out by the 101, Bayshore Freeway. If I remember correctly their Porsche Dealership was in San Carlos California on the El Camino Real, Neufeld Porsche. Which I believe ended up in Burlingame California which became Rector Porsche.

I have the Neufeld Motors frame in the first post, it has a VW and Porsche logo on it - this should be where the early 914s were sold. I also have the Neufeld Porsche+Audi frame already on the webpage. The way you describe it, I need to add the 'Neufeld Motors' frame...will do.

Maybe someone a little older can chime in, but as far as I remember the Redwood City location was VW sales and service only. A 914 would only have been sold and serviced in San Carlos…

[Maltese Falcon]

Just a side note; the original start-up location for Performance Products was just across the street from Westwood P+A. They picked the perfect spot !

[DRPHIL914]

Not California, but my car was originally sold thru Porsche Audi North, Dublin Ohio.
The marine I bought it from was at 29 Palms CA, so it spent a good bit of time in the West (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[JeffBowlsby]

On your list you have DJ VW, Porsche Audi, Isuzu in Billings MT, that is (was) and independent shop not a dealer. If fact there were no Porsche dealers in Montana at that time and today. The closest ones were Spokane, Minneapolis or SLC. I don't know if any of the VW dealers sold 914's but they did not sell 911/912 Porsches new.

Thanks! I indicated DJ as an indy repair shop. Check out the P+A dealership list linked at the top of the webpage, it indicates there were 3 914 dealerships in MT back then (1973).

[JeffBowlsby]

Thanks All, for your help. All updates/corrections above have been made. Keep the comments and SWAG coming if you know more, happy to update the webpage with new/better information if you post it here or send it to me.

[germanv82000]

Checked Stockton phone books and it appears Thornton motors dropped their Porsche affiliation at the end of 1969. 1970 phone book lists only VW. Porsche dealer was Travalle Motors for some years and now no dealership here.

[JeffBowlsby]

SO do you think that Thornton never sold 914s, that they would have been sold only by Travale?

[MJHanna]

On your list you have DJ VW, Porsche Audi, Isuzu in Billings MT, that is (was) and independent shop not a dealer. If fact there were no Porsche dealers in Montana at that time and today. The closest ones were Spokane, Minneapolis or SLC. I don't know if any of the VW dealers sold 914's but they did not sell 911/912 Porsches new.

Thanks! I indicated DJ as an indy repair shop. Check out the P+A dealership list linked at the top of the webpage, it indicates there were 3 914 dealerships in MT back then (1973).

Here is a listing for the 1969 dealers: http://206.214.215.12/forums/showthread.ph...-Dealers-(1969)
I'm wrong on my statement in 73 there was a the dealer in Missoula, MT.
The books are kind of misleading, in the 69 list it shows Wilcox as a "dealer in Billings" but they were a VW dealer and did not sell Porsches. My Dad bough a 70E and went to Spokane as he could not buy one in MT at that time. He just sent me a email confirming this info. Trust me if he could have bought it by driving downtown vs. a 550 mile trip one way,he would have done it in a heartbeat.

[Gustl]

Jeff,

I saw that "Martin Johnson Porsche+Audi, Oakland" is in your list, but no photo.
My car was originally sold there in May 1971

I think that I still have the original lic plates + frames, but it's somewhere in the basement - I hope to find it soon ...

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[914time]

This week, I drove by where I bought my 914 42 years ago. The old Northlake Porsche Audi dealership is long gone. A huge LA Fitness building is there now.

Went from hauling ass to reducing ass.

Love this!