Is this picture photo shopped?, I never saw a 904 up close Options

[Big Len]

Is this possible? I can't believe it. The Cayman looks like a limo.

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[SKL1]

I remember when in high school I had friends with a TR3 and a MG Midget- we didn't worry about it back then and we lived thru it... another buddy had a 427 'vette, and we were VERY lucky to have lived thru many rides in that beast!!
If you are constantly worried about getting hit if you're driving your 914, or any classic for that matter, then sit at home on the couch and never leave your house!

[Tom_T]

I remember when in high school I had friends with a TR3 and a MG Midget- we didn't worry about it back then and we lived thru it... another buddy had a 427 'vette, and we were VERY lucky to have lived thru many rides in that beast!!
If you are constantly worried about getting hit if you're driving your 914, or any classic for that matter, then sit at home on the couch and never leave your house!

My uncle had a 58 Vette with a 327 which he pumped-ed in the 60's, which he drove from Santa Ana back to Pittsburgh PA when we still lived there - 48 hours flat on old 66 - not interstates back then, & then I rode in it with him back there & after we moved to San Diego in `63, & got to drive it some. He also raced it at the old OC Raceway drag strip & held 1st in class for a couple of years until he built it's "Rail," he also built a 32 Ford Roadster (with Rumble Seat intact) with a 427 - eventually blown/supercharged, in which I also rode around in, & the Vette & 32 Roadster were both "street legal" then (more or less). (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Riding around with my Uncle Merrill in his HiPo specials gave "hair raising" a completely new meaning! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/yikes.gif)

Fiberglass Vette body, chopped 32 Ford steel partial body, steel tube frame with tiny fiberglass shell on the Rail - none were much crash protection!

Later in `75 when I bought my 73 914-2.0 he chided me mercilessly for "...paying as much for a little 4 cylinder Porsche, as for a nice used V8 Vette!" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)

However, after I took him out in it with me on one of our OC twisties (Live Oak Canyon Rd. for those who kow the area here), he did concede that it was pretty fun! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/w00t.gif)

He never could drive it though, at 6'-5" 275 with UUUUGE size 16 shoes - they had to get one of the pro Steelers to donate their old set of size 16 cleats in order for him to play HS Football back in the late 40's/early 50's - so it was absolutely impossible for him to work the pedals on our 914s! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

So I guess I agree, if you're concerned or lack the Cajones - use the Camry or stay at home! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

And I'm of the same opinion about all the "Nannies" on modern sports cars & sedans that mask all of the driver's & car's shortcomings, & often likewise save their fannies. Although useful for the latter in safety - they never let a driver learn & hone their driving skills thru their own mistakes - what with all that electronic "cover-up."

So my point is, that our 914s & the other old school basic sports cars/coupes/sedans serve a purpose even today, & shouldn't be discounted because they're smaller & lighter than today's offerings.

By the same token, I think this is a valuable discussion on here, & am not discounting the values of the current vehicles.

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Tom
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