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brcacti |
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1974 914 1.8 ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 674 Joined: 17-July 19 From: PHX AZ 60 miles south Member No.: 23,302 Region Association: Southwest Region ![]() |
https://drivetribe.com/p/the-914-8-is-porsc...gSOyB4loLz4mUHg
Who owns these 2 cars ? |
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914 Guru ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 5,559 Joined: 30-December 02 From: NoVA Member No.: 50 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region ![]() ![]() |
They're both at the museum
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Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1,680 Joined: 19-February 11 From: north Scottsdale Member No.: 12,732 Region Association: Upper MidWest ![]() ![]() |
One was driven by Piech, the other a gift to Ferry.
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I. I. R. C. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 6,812 Joined: 18-March 03 From: West TN Member No.: 439 Region Association: None ![]() ![]() |
In '97 I exchanged about three emails with the Porsche museum trying to check out either one, no dice.
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Advanced Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 4,790 Joined: 25-July 15 From: New Zealand Member No.: 18,995 Region Association: None ![]() |
One was driven by Piech, the other a gift to Ferry. My reading suggests the good doctor wasn't that impressed with his car,I'am thinking a GP based motor wasn't a great street drive (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) . |
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Resident German ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Admin Posts: 42,191 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California ![]() |
914-8, only 2 made 1969 And your point is? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) http://www.914world.com/specs/prototypes.php . |
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Advanced Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 3,456 Joined: 12-May 04 From: San Francisco Member No.: 2,058 Region Association: None ![]() ![]() |
Been interested in these cars for a long time, and finally met the man who built both. Was fortunate to spend an afternoon with him as part of a research project for "Issue 0" of 000, which was the first time he had seen the cars in 50~ years. Pretty neat.
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1974 914 1.8 ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 674 Joined: 17-July 19 From: PHX AZ 60 miles south Member No.: 23,302 Region Association: Southwest Region ![]() |
914-8, only 2 made 1969 And your point is? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) http://www.914world.com/specs/prototypes.php . The link you provided was quite interesting, the point was to find out more about them. You helped a lot with that |
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I. I. R. C. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 6,812 Joined: 18-March 03 From: West TN Member No.: 439 Region Association: None ![]() ![]() |
One was driven by Piech, the other a gift to Ferry. My reading suggests the good doctor wasn't that impressed with his car,I'am thinking a GP based motor wasn't a great street drive (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) . The engine for the Dr's car was de-tuned, and I want to say that he put quite a few KM's on it |
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914 Wizard ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 12,338 Joined: 2-January 03 From: SLO Member No.: 81 Region Association: Central California ![]() ![]() |
There's always been just enough lore around 914s that despite Porsche giving up on them, they really were great cars.
I mean, c'mon, did they stuff a 917 motor in a 924 and give one to their cousin Dieter for his 9th birthday? Maybe, but you get the point... |
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914-6 GT in waiting ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 19,843 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region ![]() ![]() |
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Village Idiot ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 8,649 Joined: 25-May 04 From: About 5NM from Canada Member No.: 2,105 Region Association: Pacific Northwest ![]() ![]() |
914-8, only 2 made 1969 And your point is? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) http://www.914world.com/specs/prototypes.php . I hadn't seen that write up before, thanks for sharing the link. Very well done. |
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Advanced Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 3,456 Joined: 12-May 04 From: San Francisco Member No.: 2,058 Region Association: None ![]() ![]() |
The engine for the Dr's car was de-tuned, and I want to say that he put quite a few KM's on it It was, and he did. The orange 914S didn't get a lot of use. Apparently more powerful but not so tractable or nice to drive on the street. The silver 914S with Weber carbs instead of race MFI ended up with a lot more km on it, though it's hard to know what the split looked like between Ferry driving and Ferry riding in the passenger seat. I get the sense he did a fair bit of that. It's also said he was a really smooth driver and nice to be with as a passenger, where one family member said riding with Ferry's sister (who had a reputation for driving through the alps very quickly) was, ahem, "inconvenient." I too think this pair of 914Ss are among the ultimate 914s, alongside the Le Mans winner, the Daytona winner, the IMSA winner(s), the Marathon cars, and maybe a handful of interesting privateer 914 race cars. |
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that's what I do! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 20,065 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Port Hope, Ontario Member No.: 26 Region Association: Canada ![]() |
Some good pics here.
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1974 914 1.8 ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 674 Joined: 17-July 19 From: PHX AZ 60 miles south Member No.: 23,302 Region Association: Southwest Region ![]() |
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Advanced Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 3,456 Joined: 12-May 04 From: San Francisco Member No.: 2,058 Region Association: None ![]() ![]() |
^ To my surprise, I am actually in that last pic. That was when we shot the Piëch car for Panorama. Michael Alan Ross with the camera.
I have no doubt Ferry's was the better car, but I still love the orange one. |
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1974 914 1.8 ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 674 Joined: 17-July 19 From: PHX AZ 60 miles south Member No.: 23,302 Region Association: Southwest Region ![]() |
^ To my surprise, I am actually in that last pic. That was when we shot the Piëch car for Panorama. Michael Alan Ross with the camera. I have no doubt Ferry's was the better car, but I still love the orange one. YOU are the camera guy ? or one of the others? |
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bandjoey ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 4,934 Joined: 26-September 07 From: Bedford Tx Member No.: 8,156 Region Association: Southwest Region ![]() |
Are ou forgetting brutis ?
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I built the lightest 914 in the history of mankind. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 126,095 Joined: 3-February 03 From: Jacksonville, FL Member No.: 222 Region Association: None ![]() |
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