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Ace Le Count |
Feb 16 2020, 03:04 PM
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Looking for 4712908713 Group: Members Posts: 144 Joined: 20-February 18 Member No.: 21,910 Region Association: None |
Does anyone have some crazy 914 stories that they'd like to share? Maybe your son/daughter was born in one? Maybe you drag raced someone that was getting cocky because they thought their riced out civic was faster? Maybe you used a 914 as a getaway car after you robbed a bank? How has your 914 saved the day?
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Ansbacher |
Feb 16 2020, 06:35 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 689 Joined: 4-July 14 From: Tampa Bay, Florida Member No.: 17,589 |
This occurred just a couple of weeks after getting my first 914 back in 1984, when I knew absolutely nothing about these cars or really mechanics in general. I was coming home from night classes at the University of South Florida Bayboro Campus in St. Pete, Florida when the car died on I- 275 in the dark, with no flash light and no tools to speak of. Feeling desperate and stupid, I managed to squeeze under the car where I smelled a lot of gas. Totally blind, I could feel a fuel hose leaking near a fitting of some sort. With a knife I quickly cut the hose, removed the bad section and jammed it back on. Leak fixed and made it home, but I was drenched in gasoline. Looking back, it was a very simple repair, but at that time it was a real triumph and adventure. I'm lucky I didn't cause something to spark under there and immolate myself.
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