At the Frankfurt Auto Show

https://www.stuttcars.com/porsche-models/914/

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Makes me feel old- the new Porsche dealer in Cedar Rapids, Iowa at the time (Gruber Porsche+Audi) needed to get a 914 from Minneapolis to CR for their grand opening. It was a European model, blue, with the VW portion of the VW-Porsche emblem on the back panel covered up and a Wolfsburg symbol on the steering wheel instead of a Porsche crest. One of my best friends (also a gearhead and future 914 owner as well) and I offered to drive it down from Minnesota- drove up in a Audi 100LS (remember those??) Was in the winter and must have been 1969... ah, memories...



Great synopsis above BTW...

Today is my birthday. I'm 45. Wow!

Thanks for the link, Naro, great article!

Yaaaaay!! Happy birthday 914!!



--DD

I find it interesting the Cayman 987 has a birthday on the 14th of September

I was just thinking...couldn't they have waited 3 days and had the premier on 9-14 instead of 9-11?

Whoa! My 914 poster is in the article...

you are meant to own a 914! It is written!

A day that changed all of our lives for the better

Thanks! Any previous doubts have been vanquished.

I remember the premier of the 914 well! I was a junior at the University of Georgia. I thought the 914 design was beautiful and I wanted one badly. The 914 became my carrot. When I graduated from UGA, I got a brand new Bahia Red 73 which I still have today! I had to get a red one because UGA's colors are red and black. A traded in my 68 VW Fastback for my 914!

Note: I got married on 9-16-69! That marriage only last 362 days! But my love affair with the 914 has lasted 16,425 days and counting!

http://76.162.11.251/tuck/bicycling/914.htm

thank you papa Porsche for the great addiction!

Wow, 45 yrs ago I was starting 1st grade, was still recovering over the moon landing just 3 weeks back, had no idea what a 914 was & the only thing I knew about Porsches is that his green 917 kept beating my purple Ferrari every time my Dad & I raced with my original hot wheels

In that first post, the arch for the front wheel well is a little rounder than usual...

That's because that car has a 908 engine in it and was built for Dr. Piech...

Great reference material! The 1.7 type 4 engine shown in the article is from a different application. Type 2 or type 41, 42, or 46 (411/412). As we know, type 47 is the 914.

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I'm amused that they think all US-bound 914s had L-jetronic FI...

--DD

I was conceived right around that date.

Watch the 'race practice' video. He almost ran over a guy trying to cross the street!