I'm planning to be there for a couple hours or so around 7am.

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I'm planning on being there. Not sure what time, though.

--DD

Not me....they should advertise more, first I heard of it...too short of notice for me...busy.

I will be there. I believe it's the 25th anniversary. I used to attend even when I didn't own a 914. Found 1 deep six 8 yrs ago 75 dollars

I'm off to Orange County to see my son and DIL and drop off the 100 year old family baby bed. It's been used by nearly every baby in the extended family since my grandfather built it in the early 1900s. Some things are even more important than a swap meet!

Sorry I'll miss seeing you all.

The Cap'n

Very cool.
I am restoring my cradle, which my son was in....and now my NEW grandkid will get to use also....
Traditions are cool.

Rich

I'll be there around 9 am. Not sure if I'll drive the 914.

I used to go evry year as I lived in the Sunnyvale and always had a great time. This is a Porsche event put on by Parts Haven with a concourse area and of coarse the maine event is the parts swap with big attendance, it's not just 914 though as I rember they had a number of 914 people attend and I rember seeing a 914 with a 928 v8 transplant! Wish I could make it but I have a 7 year old boy who just loves Air Port days here in Ukiah.

Yeah a little to short of notice for me. I went once & it is a cool event. Probably would have tried to work it out to go. It's about a little over 9 hour drive. So I am going to pass. Although I wish I could make the trip down. I've got plenty of crap (I mean rare 914 parts ) I'd like to get rid of

I'm planning on being there for a few hours tomorrow ... hopefully around 7-ish.

I'll be there around 9-9:30.

Here are some pictures from today's swap meet.

This is the entrance road to Parts Heaven, whose building you can see on the right side of the picture
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If you want to park in the Porsche car corral, you have to pass this check point and have your car deemed worthy
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As is always the case, more 911s showed up than any other type of car. There was a big delivery truck taking up space in the corral so some of the 911s took to parking in the middle of the street.
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I got there early, but not as early as Mike Bellis. His 914 was the only car in the corral when I arrived at about 7:15am.
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First of two 550 Spyder tribute cars in the corral ...
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My 914 ...
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Pretty wild color combo on this 911
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Marty Yoeman's 914
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The second 550 Spyder in the corral
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Down in the swap meet area was this tangerine(?) 914. The owner originally had the 'take me home' sign on his car but had to remove it because too many people were asking how much he wanted for the car. It wasn't for sale.
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But I believe this 914 was for sale. Never did find the owner ...
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This beauty was also down in the swap area, but it wasn't for sale
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Check out the carbon fiber looking vinyl wrap on the roof. It looked incredibly nice! The owner said the vinyl wouldn't stick to the rain gutters, so he filled them in with bondo before doing the wrap.
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Now here's a crazy custom touch. The owner took a Campbell's soup can, cut it in half, painted it orange, and added a Porsche crest to make his own wheel caps
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The owner also custom made his center console and back pad
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The engine bay ... super clean
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Sandy (Seaside6) arrived just as I was getting ready to leave. Here is his factory six
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Another 914 that parked outside the corral
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In the concours section there were two 914s competing. First is a beautiful Bumblebee
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Next is this '70 914 that won last year's competition
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a 356 competing in the concours
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and another
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let's finish off with another view of the 550 Spyder
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I too looked at this 914; it is beautiful. Looked like all original paint except the passenger's rear quarter looked as if it had been repainted. The owner was a nice guy and offered that info up. He also said that he has only had the car about 1 year, after getting it from his dad. He was asking mid $40K when I spoke with him. I love the way this 914 sits. For me that is the perfect ride height.
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Thanks, this was my car, and yes, we were just having fun with the vintage sales sign, it wasn't really for sale, but when people persisted, I would mention the Excellence article with the similar original paint orange 74 1.8 car, where I think it said he turned down something like 45K for his car, and that I would do the same, as I couldn't replace it for that. My friend went over the whole car with his paint gauge, the entire car was from 2.1 to 3.6 thousandths, the part I thought was touched up he thought was just a flaw from the factory, after all these cars weren't perfect when new like today's cars are.

Fun day, but no one wanted my spare top... if anyone in the bay area wants a cheap spare top, let me know.

thanks for the excellent photo report, dave! sorry marie and i missed this one.

Great pics!

Thats quite a big turnout for the 914 guys.

To top it off... I had to borrow a jack from Tom Amon and pound my tranny flange back in. Lucky for me he had tools. It's time to chop up this car again...

The tools were a jack, a jackstand and a BIG AXE.

Mike's car did a nice job of marking its territory. I think Mike secretly likes having problems so he has an excuse to work on his car ...

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Looks like that car has a runny nose! Ha ha!

The swap meet was pretty cool, lots of beautiful cars but it seemed like it was a bigger turn out last year. Of course, I didn't get there till 10am so that might be part of the problem.

As for this 914, I really don't know quite what to think of it. It's a pretty busy looking car. A little too much so for my taste. Does this belong to the guy how owns 034 Motorsports? I've had work done there on my old GTI and they basically seemed mostly focussed on Audi's as I recall.

It belongs to me. The 034 guys have been real nice to me but I don't own the company.
I'm OK if it's too busy for you. We all have our own tastes. The car started life as a POC race car. So it has kept a race car theme.

Speaking of tops, the one on your 914 looked perfect. Did you have it refinished? If so, how was it done and who restored it?

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I think it is original, like the rest of the car. Got a great spare for you to practice on...

Mike,
I'd be fine if mine looked like a rough race car if it ran. You drive yours all the time to events. My hats off to you.

If you want another rough one to start another project let me know, you can have it at no cost.

Dave

Excellent pictures! Thanks for sharing

There you go Mike! You can now make a twin!

I am looking for my next project... It will make this one seem mild...