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> Pics of the first 914/6 production car, Saw it yesterday at Kundensport!
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post Jul 27 2009, 10:51 AM
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So yesterday Rick Evans (2-Oh), Mike Dodgen (Mike D), Leaman, (Heeltoe) and myself participated in the TRE Motorsports Santa Monica Hills run. It was a great day. There were over 50 P-cars; 5 of which were 914's! Part of the adventure was stopping at Kundensport. There are some amazing cars in that place! They are in the process of restoring a 917. But, what I was most interested in was the very first production / demonstartor 914/6! This was the first 914/6 released in Europe as a "public demstrator" car. It is chassis #011. What a car! (BTW - they are planning on having it complete in time for the GAF in Ventura in September). The car was set up for local racing so it has GT rear calipers, early S front calipers and a front sway bar. Also, anyplace where the regular 914 was spot welded this had a total of 4 spot welds in the same area. They said it definately made the car stiffer when they had it on the chassis machine.

Here's a shot from the front. That's Mike Dodgen And Leaman standing next to it. Mike wore his glittler laced Piloti's just for the occasion.

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Here's the dash. The car only has about 9000 kilometers on it.

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And of course the engine. What also makes this car rare is that the numbers all match; case, engine # and all body badging.

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Like I mentioned they plan on having this car done for the GAF in ventura. It's ready to go back together. I look forward to seeing it again in one piece. Oh, and the owner of this car also has an original 914/6 GT that he is also planning on bringing to the GAF.
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post Jul 27 2009, 11:08 AM
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Twine plug motor was in the first euro car ??
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post Jul 27 2009, 12:30 PM
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yupp - and as you can see, it has a 10k tach (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)
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post Jul 27 2009, 12:46 PM
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yupp - and as you can see, it has a 10k tach (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)

And no red line on said tach....cool
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post Jul 27 2009, 12:55 PM
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What is that car doing in CA? What is the history? Was it found in the desert?

hehe (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Jul 27 2009, 12:55 PM
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Picture from months back

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post Jul 27 2009, 01:17 PM
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Picture from months back

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Actually, I asked if this was a picture of the same car and they said "NO, that was not it". #0011 never had flares.

As for the history, I spoke Tony, the current owner, and he said that the car came to New York for the opening of a new Porsche/Audi Dealership. Then it went on tour to several other dealerships and auto shows. After that is sold to someone in Pennsylvania and was never registered. It changed hands a few times over the years but again was never registered. He found it in storage somewhere in OC, California. And for only having 9000 Kilometers on it, it was a complete mess. There was some rust that they figure was from years of rat pee! Of course that wire harness was all chewed up. He said it looked like several animals had used it for a home and they even pulled a wasps nest the size of a football out from under the dash.
NICE!
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post Jul 27 2009, 01:42 PM
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Here are a few more pics... and a bad pic of a framed publicity photo


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post Jul 27 2009, 01:45 PM
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And here is the 917
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Exciting isn't it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)
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post Jul 27 2009, 01:51 PM
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QUOTE(Mike D. @ Jul 27 2009, 03:17 PM) *

QUOTE(carr914 @ Jul 27 2009, 11:55 AM) *

Picture from months back

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Actually, I asked if this was a picture of the same car and they said "NO, that was not it". #0011 never had flares.

As for the history, I spoke Tony, the current owner, and he said that the car came to New York for the opening of a new Porsche/Audi Dealership. Then it went on tour to several other dealerships and auto shows. After that is sold to someone in Pennsylvania and was never registered. It changed hands a few times over the years but again was never registered. He found it in storage somewhere in OC, California. And for only having 9000 Kilometers on it, it was a complete mess. There was some rust that they figure was from years of rat pee! Of course that wire harness was all chewed up. He said it looked like several animals had used it for a home and they even pulled a wasps nest the size of a football out from under the dash.
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Maybe that is his GT then.

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post Jul 27 2009, 01:51 PM
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A few more from around the shop...
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Nice wall paper on the paint booth!
And next what to do with that old 928 motor (no offense Rick)
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post Jul 27 2009, 02:07 PM
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Beautiful! Thanks for posting those. Is this the car Eric Shea posted pics a while back on the brake restoration he was doing for it?

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post Jul 27 2009, 02:15 PM
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The flaired 914-6 is Armandos GT, Tony's is yellow was at gaf in 06 ?
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post Jul 27 2009, 04:18 PM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) the flared car in the pic is Armando's extremely correct GT clone. #11 is Tony's and is a narrow bodied car as seen in Steve's pics (those calipers look familiar? Check the classic threads). Tony also has a yellow dealer built GT that we did the calipers on.

The car came from the Wigglesworth estate and from a friend of the family prior to that.
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post Jul 27 2009, 04:19 PM
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QUOTE(Mike D. @ Jul 27 2009, 12:51 PM) *
And next what to do with that old 928 motor (no offense Rick)
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no offense, but this ain't a 928 engine, but it is a Porsche, no,..not a SUV engine either,, think INDY
928 rocks, great car, only way to travel
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post Jul 27 2009, 04:40 PM
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I spent a few minutes looking at that one too. Didn't look like the 928 motor I remembered... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)
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post Jul 27 2009, 06:19 PM
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I spent a few minutes looking at that one too. Didn't look like the 928 motor I remembered... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)



Ehee, whatever.... I walked by it and snaped a shot, all I saw was water cooled v8 with 4 cams. Guess I should have taken a closer look at the p/n. Come to think of it, there was no oil pan, so it would have to be dry sump... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)
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post Jul 30 2009, 02:12 PM
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Love this thread! Motivating me to get off my a** and in the garage...

Thanks for sharing.
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post Jul 30 2009, 10:58 PM
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