I didn't know what to make of it. it made waxing the car in front of hot chicks weird. It had the potential for degradations of the rack holes (a problem many too young here will never know the dimension of...) .......But. (one "T"}
Other than its utilitarian simplicity.... it was butt ugly and poked holes in the metal. But wait a minute.....
I used that car to drive between Tulsa and Baton Rouge with one or two fuel stops in rain, snow, sleet and mud and the rack allowed me to never consider any car bigger in capacity than the 914. My girlfriend had her four suitcases of God knows what strapped thereon and I had a my leather dopp kit in the front trunk stinking of fuel/... Ahhh such was life.
She was happy riding in a Porschhhhh and I was happy driving a mid engine car in my very early twenties with a chick that had luggage (and a rack). (Most don't have luggage in college back then.... Baggage, yes. Luggage. No)
The rack on the trunk / Ugly or simi-ugly maybe. Like so many things not up to a 9 or 10, there are many that serve a good purpose in their simplicity and, dare I say, ugliness.
That 914 luggage rack was one of them.
Today, we overcome lack of storage with an additional SUV in addition to the SUV we already have.
We tow my 914 to 914 events so I don't have to consider heat or a radio one can hear - much less AC - a non-starter if one wants to be less than rank-gamey at these 914 social events / arriving in the 914..
It is a world of contrast my friends.
Enjoy it. It never lasts.
(Hal Holbrook - Wall Street)
and kept out of sight when not in use.
nice to tow some times and enjoy modern comforts.
(see what I did there?)
if you can't handle it . 
put down the hash pipe and back away my friend 
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