Someone mention that "Who Keeps A 914 More Than 5 Years" got me thinking about creating this unscientific poll

The Number of Years can represent one 914 or several different 914's over the years.

That poll shows more OO's than I would've expected, although I'm as close to an OO as you can get, having bought mine at 3 years old when the OO's family outgrew the 914.

I'm the second owner of my 73 914-2.0, having picked it up as my 3rd car in Dec. `75, and I still own 3 of my 5 owned ever since starting to drive in 1967.5 -

#1 - `68 Opel Kadette Notchback 2dr Coupe I4 1.1L 4spd
#2 - `69 Pontiac Ventura 4dr Sedan V8 400cid/2bbl Auto
(it was Dad's & I got when the Opel's engine blew in `71 during college)
#3 - `73 914-2.0 ... a "914S"
#4 - `85 BMW 325e 2dr Coupe I6 2.7L EFI 5spd (just finishing rolling resto)
#5 - `88 VW Westy H4 2.1L EFI Auto (just finishing rolling resto)

That's not counting my parents cars, nor the "unofficial #6" `88 Honda Civic Hatchback which was my wife's brothers' (2) since new & passed on to her when the last died, & we did a rolling resto for our kids to drive, now my son's car.

Also technically I do have 2x 914s - with a 74 2L body shell for body/rust repair panels in the garage too, but I bought it with no suspension/wheels - so in my mind it's a big box of 914 parts!

However, we may add a true #6 at some point, as a "tow-capable" vehicle for my wife's recent addition of a restored vintage 1960 Avion T20 travel trailer ( a "fat silver twinkie" similar to Airstream). ... but then, they're never really done, so I've got myriad little projects to do on it too!

So I tend to keep, maintain & restore my cars, but still use them to drive, although our total aggregate annual mileage is down now that kids are grown & gone, & I tend to use rental on long trips. I'm not much of a "serial offender."

Cheers!
Tom
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PS - the unofficial definition of those who asked your initial who keeps a 914 over 5 years is: "flipper" or "ADD Car owner" or maybe "just plain bad luck" .... as one of our group here is experiencing now with what to be his next resto project.
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Great topic.

The question is a bit skewed though, I can't answer correctly. I've had 914s on/off since 1998, but never kept one for more than 2.5 years.

My comment was more about the constant upgrading/changing/partscars that some go through. I looked at a 74' a few weeks ago where the guy had 3 entire cars worth of parts that he'd pulled and recycled the bodies.

1998-1999 : 1976 2.0 : Sold when I had to pay for my wife's Medical School
2005-2007 : 1973 2.0 : Sold when I bought the company I was working for at the time.
2005-2005 : 1974 1.8 : Parts car that we had a sawzall party for.

My first one bought in 1979.
Still have it.
That's 34 years.
Can you beat that?

bought my first and only one in April 1973
914-6 #619
It was traded in to the dealer for a 911
when the warranty was about to expire
Still have it.. although it is apart.

Bought mine 71 in 1975...and still tinkering with it -
Oh and I still have it too.

Yep. August, 1973. Still have it. That's 40 years.

Owner since 74..

Ok i need to elaborate, had my original 73 2.0 car that i bought in 74 till i cut it up the shell in 2003, i used all of the parts from that car to
make a six conversion track car back into a street car, which i restored into the turbo monster. I have had 3 other 914s along the way that i played with or parted out.

I can't beat that...b/c I don't still have it.

bought my 1st in 77' over 36 years ago, but I've owned 7 (see sig)...that should at least be an honorable mention.

Purchased mine February 1973. Car payments was around $125 a month. Traded in my 68 VW Fastback.

Bought my first one new in 1974, sold it in 1977 to pay for the 914-6 that I bought from the OO and still own.

Have had my conversion car for over 15 years as well, so I guess I'm not a 'flipper'.

1st 914 1.7 in 85
1st 914-6 in 88
2nd 914-6 in 92
3rd 914-6 in 03
25+ Parts Cars

Other Porsche's include:
4 911 67 S, 73 T Targa, 73 E, 73 T
1 944 84
1 924 Turbo 81

yup, 914-6 1978 and still have it.. and my Dad bought a six in 1976 for $3250.00 and still have that.

Bought my 914 in the summer of 1987. Bought an 87 Carrera in the spring of 1994 but sold it in 2008. Still have the 914 though. Loved them both but the 914 is family.

I've owned my 914 for 30 years.

I think scotty b might own it now

Bought my 74 in 2002. it keeps me young and entertained.

1980

28 years and three 914s. I went the 944 and 911 route for a bit, but seem to come back to the 914. All Yellow.

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Chris....You and the cars have aged well

How about what percentage of this time was/is your 914 on jackstands?

Konrad

Bought my first one in 1980 and have had at least one ever since

Bought my first 914, a '73 2.0 appearance group car brand new in July of '73. Then my first Six was in 1980. The second Six was in about 1985 and my present (and last) Six bought in February 2010.

Owned the black '74 since new, picked it up from Downtown L.A. Porsche Audi. It had the 26 miles or so on the odometer. The bit of mileage was one of their marketing tools...as in "We test drove it in Germany".
About 50,000 actual chassis miles now. Many engine / transmission change-ups, probably 7 different air cooled in all.
Marty

Bought my first in 2010, and have bought 5 more since!

Started with air cooled VW's in the 80's. Bought my first 914 in 1990. I bought a 911 once, had it for a short while. Sold it and bought another 914...

Damn, we're a bunch of old men

Purchased in May of 72...still got it, still drive it!

I am the 3rd owner of my 73 2.0. I picked it up in October of 97; I used it as a daily driver for ten years. It has spent two years in storage, and about two months on jack-stands. I have two rollers at this time also.

Bought my first 914 in 1975. Have owned four through the years. One was a factory six with flares. Built a track/street six from the ground up. Also owned a '73 911T. Now have a '75. Once had three adults and an Irish Setter in the 914 for a trip to the store.

The conversion six.....

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I am the 3rd owner of my 72 that I bought in 1980 that I still have to this day. I bought my 2nd in 1982 and owned if for 5 years

Got mine in 1980 73 2.0 I think thats 33 years

Got mine in April 2005...then found the World

...really really wish it had been the other way around.

new '72 purchased in Idaho and had for 3 years---family resulted in sale
acquired 6 over the years and only one left.---currently a '72 tangerine orange just like the first one.

Bought #4702903114 in July 1975 from the original owner. I still have it, and it runs as well as its 85 hp will permit.

I bought #4732907267 on 8/21/96. I sold it late summer/fall of 99 to guy in Kentucky. Purchased my 1970 in 2003 and have had it ever since with a long list of parts cars and project cars.

Anyone have thier original dealer bought 914?

Purchased mine from Northlake Porsche Audi in Tucker, Georgia. Long gone, LA Fitness is on the site now. I have the invoice and window sticker.

I got my first one in the early '80s , then got it back again (my brother) in the
late '90s , Bill D.

Bought my 73' in 1986. I'm the second owner. Made a few mods over the years.
Still enjoying the adventures and friends made by owning a 914.
Cheers

Always loved them since I saw one the first time on the fwy in the early 70s. I bought mine in Oct. 1977 and had it since and still love it.

1st.: 1973 - a '71 (sold)
2nd.: 2006 - a '75 (the 'BB')
3rd.: 2007 - a '71 ('Howard')
4th.: 2008 - a '72 (sold to T H O M A S, became the Dark Knight)
5th.: 2009 - a '72 (5-lugged roller - sold)

Umm, yes. Thought I stated that in my first post.

Edit: did not say that in first post, but I did buy it brand spanking new.

I bought my 73 2 liter from the original owner in 1985. Drove it in the summers for 25 years and have been restoring it for 3 years.