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> Chicago Area 914 Gathering & Swap Meet, Saturday, May 16, 2026, 9:00am-noon
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post May 15 2026, 05:33 PM
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In 1974, Andy Miller had spent 2 years in the Navy and decided to buy his first new car. He bought a brand new 1974 Porsche 914LE Bumblebee from Cavanaugh Brothers Motors in Manchester, NH. His brothers Norm and Vince are co-hosting this event. As far as we know, this car is one of only two LE’s still with their original owners. The car has been inoperable for a number of years. Two weeks ago, we drove to Rock Hill, SC to retrieve the car and bring it back here for Norm and Vince to restore for Andy.
Picture of Andy with the car all loaded up for the trip back to Illinois:


Picture of the car enjoying its first trip to Buc-ee’s on the way back.


Fun fact: You might be wondering why the car is all black. Turns out that when Andy went to buy it, the dealership told him it was ugly and said they would paint it all black for free.

The plan is to restore it to original condition, prior to them painting it black. There are going to be a number of parts needed for the restoration. Here is a partial list – if you have any of these and are coming to the event, please bring them:
Motor mounts
Trans mounts
Heater flaps in shroud small aluminum
Heater control boxes
Fan for 2.0 engine
Cylinders heads for 2.0
Push rod tubes
Side marker lenses
Front 1 turn signal lens


I have a bit of these parts as well. I see what I can round up as well.
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post May 15 2026, 05:48 PM
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For all who are attending:
12:00pm is NOT a hard stop for the event.
We are willing to hang around as long as people are having a good time!
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post May 16 2026, 06:17 AM
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Don’t worry all, the light rain is almost over for the day. Should be a nice one after it’s done. I may not get there right at 9 but I’ll get there. Really looking forward to catching up with everyone!
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post May 16 2026, 06:32 AM
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QUOTE(Chris H. @ May 16 2026, 07:17 AM) *

Don’t worry all, the light rain is almost over for the day. Should be a nice one after it’s done. I may not get there right at 9 but I’ll get there. Really looking forward to catching up with everyone!

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Breaking soon/now......we're still going. Roads will be wet, just means an extra good cleaning later this afternoon. And wipe down when we arrive. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)
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post May 16 2026, 08:34 AM
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Heading out now ETA 10:45 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)
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post May 16 2026, 09:29 AM
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You all have fun! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Looking forward to looking at pictures.
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post May 16 2026, 11:40 AM
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Good time. Perfect day/weather. It was good to meet some many and hear their stories.

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post May 16 2026, 02:48 PM
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Thanks to all who attended! You made it a great event!
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post May 16 2026, 04:25 PM
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Great event! Thanks for putting this together.

Here are some random pics.
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post May 16 2026, 05:33 PM
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Great event! Thanks for putting this together.

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We had a great time today, heard some wonderful stories and saw alot of great cars. It was good to put faces to names.

Thank you all for putting this together.

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post May 16 2026, 05:53 PM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) Great event! Nice to see some familiar faces and meet a few folks as well. Thank you for putting it together! Hope everyone had a safe trip home.
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post May 16 2026, 06:12 PM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) Great event! Nice to see some familiar faces and meet a few folks as well. Thank you for putting it together! Hope everyone had a safe trip home.

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post May 16 2026, 08:05 PM
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Great weather and a really nice turn out! Thanks for hosting this event!

914 Guru Brad Mayeur and his wife Paula were able to attend. It was really nice to meet some new faces as well as catch up with some long time 914 friends.


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post May 16 2026, 09:19 PM
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Great Time
Thanks to our Hosts planned to perfection and Oscar Thank you for the Hat !!!!!

Wish I would of had more time to Meet with everyone
Even missed an opportunity to say Hi to Brad and Garoid

Hope to get together again Soon

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post May 17 2026, 07:27 AM
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Had a great time meeting up with you all. I was surprised on the car turnout. Thank you to the organizers and to all that participated. Hopefully we can do it again.
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post May 17 2026, 08:50 AM
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That was fun, thanks Jeff, Vince and Norm. Best, Mark Lindner
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