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> Aug. '06 Excellence Mag Article -, 914 Sportomatic GT model ???
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post May 23 2006, 08:20 PM
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Excellence Aug. '06 just came out with an article of a 914 Sportomatic GT in Georgia . It's really interesting since it's a model that was supposed to be built but wasn't allegedly. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

Another one of those rare and mysterious models that exists but is not supposed to exist as per Porsche's records. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) Kinda like a "Ripley's Believe it or Not " . (IMG:style_emoticons/default/screwy.gif)
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post May 23 2006, 08:20 PM
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arent there a few 914/6 sportos?

ive seen pics of at least 2
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post May 23 2006, 09:47 PM
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QUOTE(Aaron Cox @ May 23 2006, 07:20 PM) *

arent there a few 914/6 sportos?
ive seen pics of at least 2
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) 914/6 sportos are rare but factory build and documented ...

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post May 23 2006, 09:55 PM
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But a GT? And why does the word Georgia immediately make me think there's a con artist in our midst (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol3.gif)
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post May 23 2006, 10:02 PM
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QUOTE(Eric_Shea @ May 23 2006, 08:55 PM) *

But a GT? And why does the word Georgia immediately make me think there's a con artist in our midst (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol3.gif)

GT means a lot of different things to different people ... as far as i know there was *no* factory build and raced GT with sporto, but a customer/dealer build GT or m471 is not out of the question at all ...

then, there's the people that call any car with GT flares a "GT" ...
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post May 24 2006, 06:38 AM
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QUOTE(Eric_Shea @ May 23 2006, 07:55 PM) *

But a GT? And why does the word Georgia immediately make me think there's a con artist in our midst (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol3.gif)

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) with the Georgia part. Or the George part.
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post May 24 2006, 10:45 AM
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QUOTE(GTPatrick @ May 23 2006, 07:20 PM) *

Excellence Aug. '06 just came out with an article of a 914 Sportomatic GT .


Uh, no it didn't. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif)

Unless that non-existant proofeader added an error-insertion -- like Al Holbert Jr. -- again... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Okay, just find/checked the text. I wish people would READ articles more carefully before posting misleading interpretation/information. "GT" only appears in the text twice, in the 2nd and 20th paragraphs, and only in reference to OTHER rare 914-6s...

This is the hate part of my love/hate relationship with the infer-nets.

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post May 24 2006, 10:50 AM
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Oh yeah, and just cuz no one has done it yet:

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post May 24 2006, 10:56 AM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Thanks Pete!
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post May 24 2006, 11:37 AM
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QUOTE(SirAndy @ May 23 2006, 08:47 PM) *

QUOTE(Aaron Cox @ May 23 2006, 07:20 PM) *

arent there a few 914/6 sportos?
ive seen pics of at least 2
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) 914/6 sportos are rare but factory build and documented ...

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Andy


my neighbor in college had a factory 914-6 sportomatic. this was in the mid-80s.

it was orange, had the "sportomatic" script on the back.

he let me drive it a few times. a weird driving experience! i kept touching the lever by habit and it would go into neutral. the windup of the engine through the torque converter sounded like a bus.

wish I would have taken some pictures!
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post May 24 2006, 12:01 PM
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QUOTE(914-8 @ May 24 2006, 09:37 AM) *

my neighbor in college had a factory 914-6 sportomatic. this was in the mid-80s.

it was orange, had the "sportomatic" script on the back.

he let me drive it a few times. a weird driving experience! i kept touching the lever by habit and it would go into neutral. the windup of the engine through the torque converter sounded like a bus.

wish I would have taken some pictures!

By 'taken some pictures' you mean, bought it off of him, right? Man, that would have been the bargain buy of the decade!
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post May 24 2006, 01:59 PM
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QUOTE(914-8 @ May 24 2006, 07:37 PM) *

it was orange, had the "sportomatic" script on the back.
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wish I would have taken some pictures!


I bet it looked like this one (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)


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post May 24 2006, 02:15 PM
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QUOTE(914-8 @ May 24 2006, 09:37 AM) *

my neighbor in college had a factory 914-6 sportomatic. this was in the mid-80s.


So where is it now???
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post May 24 2006, 02:20 PM
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