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| perrysan |
 Sep 7 2022, 03:46 PM
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Rob Perry  Group: Members Posts: 29 Joined: 3-November 10 From: Roanoke, VA USA Member No.: 12,353 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region  |
Many years ago I read about Porsche's Weissach team making a special 914 with a detuned 908 flat eight for Ferry Porsche's 60 birthday - the 914/8. There seems to be no dispute about this as the car is in the Porsche museum. However, my recollection from years ago is that when Ferry got in the car, he was so pleased with it that he drove away from his own birthday celebration to enjoy the car, much to everyone's surprise.
Recently I re-read an account of this and it stated rather flatly that Ferry wasn't terribly impressed with the car, so it was relegated to the museum--end of story. Convinced this was some revisionist history from an anti-914 author, I did a google search and found more confirmation that Ferry wasn't impressed with the 914/8. Did I rewrite my memory of the 914/8 story to better align with my 914 fascination, or are there two competing narratives? Similarly inconsistencies exist for Piech's 914/8 - He never drove it / it wasn't street legal to he drove it all over town for a few years scaring everyone in the car's wake. |
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| 914Sixer |
Sep 7 2022, 04:58 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,882 Joined: 17-January 05 From: San Angelo Texas Member No.: 3,457 Region Association: Southwest Region 
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Piech's 914/8 story was that he dove it like he stole it. By contrast Ferry was not real excited about his car. You might say it was the difference of age. No way to know for sure, but the mileage might be an indicator of which version is more true.
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| sixnotfour |
Sep 8 2022, 09:12 PM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 10,430 Joined: 12-September 04 From: Life Elevated..planet UT. Member No.: 2,744 Region Association: Rocky Mountains 
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The silver 914 is a 916 prototype , 8cyl. with a sunroof.. and gas door/
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| IronHillRestorations |
Sep 9 2022, 06:30 AM
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I. I. R. C. Group: Members Posts: 6,719 Joined: 18-March 03 From: West TN Member No.: 439 Region Association: None
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I read that Ferry put quite a few KM’s on the 914/8
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| ttwitc9516 |
Oct 25 2022, 10:43 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 21 Joined: 13-September 03 From: Champaign, Il Member No.: 1,157 |
I love my 914's dearly but I can see where the Porsches were less than enthusiastic about them. They represented a screwing pretty much all the way around for them. Peich's excitement is understandable as they probably appreciated the publicity for Audi as they were racing the 917's as Porsche-Audi around that time.
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| URY914 |
Oct 25 2022, 05:48 PM
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I built the lightest 914 in the history of mankind. Group: Members Posts: 120,596 Joined: 3-February 03 From: Jacksonville, FL Member No.: 222 Region Association: None |
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| URY914 |
Oct 25 2022, 05:51 PM
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I built the lightest 914 in the history of mankind. Group: Members Posts: 120,596 Joined: 3-February 03 From: Jacksonville, FL Member No.: 222 Region Association: None |
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