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post Mar 31 2019, 02:49 PM
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Saw this today. Guy just traded a vintage Mercedes for it.he has the build sheet and previous registration and it was built for Jeremy Renner the actor. He is his assistant apparently... V8, sounds amazing and runs like a top.


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post Mar 31 2019, 02:54 PM
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Saw this today. Guy just traded a vintage Mercedes for it.he has the build sheet and previous registration and it was built for Jeremy Renner the actor. He is his assistant apparently... V8, sounds amazing and runs like a top.



Ive seen one other Beach Boys version and it wasnt bad. This one looks pretty awesome, the rear scoops are likely functional and needed, but are the only thing I wish looked better.
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post Mar 31 2019, 03:15 PM
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I saw this on Facebook although not my cup of tea looks great best one I’ve ever seen!
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post Mar 31 2019, 03:22 PM
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post Mar 31 2019, 03:47 PM
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post Mar 31 2019, 03:53 PM
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Not a 914... at least not anymore.
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post Mar 31 2019, 04:41 PM
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I think BBR called the Monterey. Fit and finish is very good. I think the only made 160 or so and some were convertibles and others were speedsters like this one. As I said, Jeremy Renner had this one made. It has a 473XX VIN. Sorry Andy, I’ll get the whole VIN and put it in the registry next event. With that V8, it sounds like a super car.


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post Mar 31 2019, 05:05 PM
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944,914, MR2,Fiero hybrid. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif) It might sound good but
aesthetically..... ok beauty in the eye of the beholder.
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post Mar 31 2019, 05:37 PM
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I was at Porsche’s 50th at Monterey when it debut. Beautiful car.
BBR was also Venice Beach Auto Body next to Otto’s in Venice beach. I used to visit there shop a lot when John Williamson aka Otto was alive.
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post Mar 31 2019, 06:05 PM
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QUOTE(2mAn @ Mar 31 2019, 12:54 PM) *

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Saw this today. Guy just traded a vintage Mercedes for it.he has the build sheet and previous registration and it was built for Jeremy Renner the actor. He is his assistant apparently... V8, sounds amazing and runs like a top.



Ive seen one other Beach Boys version and it wasnt bad. This one looks pretty awesome, the rear scoops are likely functional and needed, but are the only thing I wish looked better.


If you look at the vintage ad above the side scoops had fins on them...that’s probably what’s missing.
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post Mar 31 2019, 06:53 PM
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QUOTE(ConeDodger @ Mar 31 2019, 01:49 PM) *

Saw this today. Guy just traded a vintage Mercedes for it.he has the build sheet and previous registration and it was built for Jeremy Renner the actor. He is his assistant apparently... V8, sounds amazing and runs like a top.



Ive seen one other Beach Boys version and it wasnt bad. This one looks pretty awesome, the rear scoops are likely functional and needed, but are the only thing I wish looked better.


If you look at the vintage ad above the side scoops had fins on them...that’s probably what’s missing.

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post Mar 31 2019, 07:29 PM
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QUOTE(jagalyn @ Mar 31 2019, 05:53 PM) *

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Not much 914 there anymore. I would call it a hybrid.
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post Mar 31 2019, 07:41 PM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) Like the Rayco, Chalon, slant nose, etc. they were very cool in the 80's. Definitely not as popular now. Most people these days want the vintage / GT look.
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post Mar 31 2019, 07:43 PM
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I always thought that the change in the windshield angle on these (or any 914) made the car look really good.
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post Mar 31 2019, 08:27 PM
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I agree. I have always thought that the 914 top is a little too tall and upright and that a more angled windshield and slightly chopped top gives the car a better shape.
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post Mar 31 2019, 08:34 PM
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Some value a modified car... others a stock original. Anything that resembles something that came from the factory, whether original or a modified car will always be more valuable that an aftermarket car.
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post Apr 1 2019, 05:49 AM
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Its now a f355 basically



Funny how once you add v8 , rake the windshield
Add huge tires and tacky body cladding
You get a supercar from what used to be a
(914-4 not a supercar)

Now im really seeing how closely related the
914/8 and f355 are
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post Apr 1 2019, 06:57 AM
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it looks to me like a Boxster and a 944 had a baby,
front is 944ish, rear is boxster but uglier scoops , but overall, I really like the car,
I just don't look at it like a 914 because it isn't, but as its own entity its pretty cool.
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post Apr 1 2019, 10:31 AM
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Here’s Jeremy Renner actually driving the car...


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post Apr 1 2019, 11:08 AM
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Here’s Jeremy Renner actually driving the car...

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