Thanks for providing bbq lunch and also for diagnosing/fixing my vacuum problem.

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Great shot, Clark.

Jake was an awesome host today. Impressive shop and super nice employees.
Thank you Jake!

I'm jealous..........

lots of cool cars

oh RATS!

some cool stuff

thanks jake!!

LOTS of 914's!

Leaving Helen for the wanderabout adventure...
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However funny today...this would be best described as a CLUSTER_ _ _ _!
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There was one-stall, for alll involved...oh boy (and girl), that line was long!
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Neither the roads or scenery in Georgia disappointed...
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...a trooper on these twisty roads too!
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Awesome number of 914s at Jakes place!

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That doesnt look like a Dodge!

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Wow, I'm jealous & sad that i'm not there enjoying it with all of you , well at least I
get a couple of shirts from it , I will definitely be there next year , hurricane or no hurricane ,
keep enjoying yourselves , cheers Bill & Luz D.

Teener Show at Okteenerfest in Helen today. Awesome day to show off our passion.

Awesome display of 914s.

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Awesome display of 914s.

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Red one is mine! Original Owner!

HOME!

Thanks to everyone for coming. What an amazing weekend and group of people.

Rest a bit and then start adding some photos.

Thank you to all those who attended. Best weekend ever!

Ali and I arrived home just before 2:00. Ended our 914 weekend with a drive down the Dragon and across the Foothills Parkway

Photos showing all 914s in the car show can be found starting at post #37 in the Photo Thread.

Arrived Bryson City just after 2pm. Plan to drive the Dragon tomorrow.

Unfortunately, I got behind a Volvo SUV from Ohio
20-25mph the entire way. I even pulled off a couple times and waited but would catch up in just a couple corners.

Finally home.

With detours and re-routing, took 11 hours on the road to get home. The old car held up amazingly well. Glad I packed the earplugs....

Well our luck wasn't as good going home. I never heard any noise or vibration but I had a left front wheel bearing totally fail. Probably ruined the spindle. Driving along and heard a bang and felt it in the wheel. Then drove like crap. Fortunately for Ali and I bob was within an hour of us and he sent Nadine on in Huey and he came to the rescue with the trailer.
Home safe and sound. Thanks Bob!!!!

Bob rocks! One other thing beside the spare exhaust stud that keep in the bag of tricks. Wheel bearings! Wish I had been with you guys. Enjoyed watching you work and you inspire me to do more for others. Love you Bill and Ali.

Betty and I are in Vicksburg MS. for the night. The car is running great. Gonna get some sleep then finish the drive home tomorrow.

We will post pictures when we get home.

Betty wants to know if registration is open for next year...

Thank you to Bob, Nadine, Steve, Mike and everyone who made this event such a great success. Special thanks to Jake Raby for the starter and Clay and Betty for keeping me on the road once again this year.

Kelvin

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Guys,
It was really nice to meet all of you. I was shocked by the number of people who pulled me aside to thank me for my contributions here, and elsewhere.

It was a great group, and everyone respected my property, and facility. Maybe next time we can have power, and can show you more of what we do around here.

1056 miles round trip and "Summer" treated me well as always. 28 mpg with dual 40's at 80 mph, can't beat it! Nice seeing old friends and meeting new!
Let's do it again next year

Jake, it was extremely nice meeting you yesterday since we are kinda like neighbors! Thank you for your hospitality and especially your dedication to keeping our Porsches running!

Terry

Really enjoyed the weekend; so many awesome people and great cars. Can't wait until next year!

My favorite photo from the weekend... my oldest boy and youngest boy, both admiring a beautiful Creamsicle...

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That is a great photo!

Once again, a great event

I am sure there are other worthy contributors behind the curtains.

These folks will have to thank them for me...
Thank you to Bob, Nadine, Steve, Mike, Jake Raby & Co, plus all the other vendor donations. Everyone made this event such a great success.

Clark

Here is some hand-held footage of the afternoon drive:

https://vimeo.com/234405562

Both runs, morning and afternoon, were a lot of fun. Roads that rival or beat the tail of the dragon, and with less traffic, too. Could have done without the housefire, though....

P.S. Does anyone know how to directly embed a Vimeo video on this forum?

Since the live uploader doesn't seem to be working anymore, I'll post some pics here.

On the road to Helen :
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Downtown Helen, GA:
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One of the local residents:
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View of the hotel from the bridge over the Chattahoochee River:
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A pic from the morning drive on Friday :
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The gathering at Jake Raby's shop:
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The car show on Saturday:
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Packing up to go home :
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Many thanks to everyone involved in setting up this event and making it work. My wife and I had a great time, and we're looking forward to next year.

Better than the Dragon. Hands down.
No idiots, just as twisty, and more fun,

I drive those same roads 12-15K per year testing customer's engines before they ship. That main 52 mile loop is my preference. Nothing like it early in the morning before all the damn tourists wake up and ruin it!

I had a great time for the limited amount I was involved - BIG THANKS to Tommy for the passenger seat! I hear you won an award for a great car well done - congratulations! My kids had fun seeing the cars on the green on Saturday before we left to spend more family time. The roads were great even with the evidence left from the hurricane everywhere and Jakes hospitality was perfect for lunch and a break in the days driving. More BIG THANKS to Bob and the organizing folks behind the event, working hard to make it all look so easy! For whomever won the Maddog front sway bar reinforcements - put them to good use! They were on my list but I wasn't at the banquet to see who won...
I doubt if I'll make it for next year but these last 2 have been a great experience! Hope everyone made it home safe and for anyone thinking about attending next year, you won't be disappointed. Thanks again for a great time!

I found out the house fire was one of my church member's home. He lost power because of Irma and was running a generator which was the source of the fire. Total loss. Fortunately, no one was hurt.

Was great to finally meet Tony (Cracker). His LS-powered 914 is an absolute BEAST. He took me for a ride and it was just crazy. The car just works. We were behind him and his daughter for a while (a very little while!) on Friday's drive, and had a blast trying to keep up.

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This looks like a really great event. I need to try to make it out for it sometime...

-Steve

Just a peak of what's under Cracker's bonnet .....

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Steve, you just need to hit the SoCal one first, if Oscar does a repeat! It was a great event too, if a shorter time.

I need to make the whole thing myself, but already had other commitments last Saturday.

However, I agree that this Okteenerfest is a great one too, & hope to make it to one if we're back there at the right timing (daughter/family have lived in NC/VA/TN since 2011, so not impossible if timed right).

I really enjoyed seeing these pix of all the 914s cruising about the southern end of my ancestral homeland!

Excellent job by the organizers, sponsors & participants!

Cheers!
Tom
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Tony, that's just friggin' NUTZ!!


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Agree Joe. Somehow I was not offered a ride but not holding that against Tony. Loved seeing the car just the same. Beautiful build! Was great meeting you and your daughter Tony.

Joe, really nice to finally meet you and your family also. All in all a great weekend. Sara and I will definitely do again. This is a "not to be missed" event.

Clearly I have a bias for this event. Not selling any other event short but this event has grown and become something that I just never could have never even remotely thought possible. I really hope that as we move forward we can work with other events to continue to support the 914.

I want to do the WCR and go to Hershey someday.

Glad you enjoyed the ride and no thanks necessary, just get your suby project on the road and you can return the favor the next Okteenerfest

Great job Bob, Nadine and all those involved organizing and staffing the event! My buddy Dave and I really enjoyed Okteenerfest 2017 even though we had to bring an Audi TT as Dave's 914-6 build was not ready.

It was a special treat for me to see JoeD's 914 as I owned and just about lived in this car from the early 80's until 2001 when I reluctantly sold it. So many cross country trips, autocross events, track days and just good times... I really miss it. So nice to see it end up in Joe, Nathan and family's care, it has a good home.

I met so many great people, appreciated so many nice 914s, scored a ride in Cracker Tony's wild 914-8 and yea enjoyed a schnitzel accompanied by some accordion music. Great to see Raby's place and eat some Georgia que too.

I plan to attend in 18, wouldn't miss it, 914 or no.

Pedro

Steve,

It was a pleasure meeting you and Sara as well! Regarding the ride...no offense or snub intended! I only took a couple of gentleman out (Epstein took too long to respond and Pedro got his ride).

There has been some discussion regarding a semi-annual "Atlanta area" gathering or event for local folk...hopefully that will come to fruition. Lets provide each other with rides in our cars at that time...it would be quite the experience to witness first hand what an original and 100% stock car feels like.

Tony