When was the first time you saw a 914?, When, where, etc Options

[7TPorsh]

First exposure was 1970 at Beverly Hills Audi Porsche. Front lot was a rainbow of 914s lined up in all colors. Wish I had a picture but I was 8 and nobody carried cameras back then.
Loved them at that point. Then a few years later I saw a long haired, moustached dude driving one. He was sitting at the light with two blondes in the car. Girls seemed to be having fun and the dude was smiling ear to ear.

That did it.

[7TPorsh]

First exposure was 1970 at Beverly Hills Audi Porsche. Front lot was a rainbow of 914s lined up in all colors. Wish I had a picture but I was 8 and nobody carried cameras back then.
Loved them at that point. Then a few years later I saw a long haired, moustached dude driving one. He was sitting at the light with two blondes in the car. Girls seemed to be having fun and the dude was smiling ear to ear.

That did it.

[Maltese Falcon]

I was seeing these different looking Porsches all around SoCal in the early '70s, never thought much about them. One evening at a nightclub parking lot (near Vasek Polak Porsche), I saw a badass yellow six with the m471 flares. I was on the hunt for a 914 since January 1974. I was given the 914 keys (by a good friend ) to his1972 1.7, and took it for a couple hours through the Hollywood Hills canyons. I was amazed by its ability to grip the road like a go kart, but going uphill with little horsepower was a different story. I loved the car but for the sake of power, I started looking for used 9146 models. After checking out a dozen or so used 6's...I only found cars that needed major body, and drivetrain work. So I made the decision to spend the money on a new 2.0, then make my own 6 cylinder conversion later. The invoice is what happened next ; 45 years ago this month...

[Maltese Falcon]

....seems like yesterday that I signed the invoice ; well except for the decades of designing and fabricating that have gone into this car . It did get its first six cylinder transplant in 1978, a single turbo/ CIS 2.7 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)