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Fiberglass side skirts that said Porsche

Dual Monza or Ansa Exhaust

Take that pesky fuel injection out! Go BIG CARBS.

Chalon

When I bought my 914 in 2002, it had an air dam in the front and a whale tail bolted to the rear deck lid!

Never mind the shifter was so sloppy it would hardly shift and the brakes were almost non-existent.

"PORSCHE" Windshield Banner.

Roughing up perfect chrome bumpers and trimpieces with sandpaper and spray paint them matte black for a sportier look.
(No, I never did this myself, honestly.)

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Blacking out all the chrome on the car.

Paint the white headlight surrounds black like the newer cars.
Cut down the rear valance of a 6 and make it like the newer cars..

Louvered hood and slant nose conversion

PORSCHE rear reflector (that usually doesn't quite fit).

An AutoAtlanta 9014 kit
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916 style front end.

Centerline wheels !

Drilling holes in the hood for Rally lights
Drilling holes in the car to lighten it

Swapping in a v8

Beach Boys Racing mod's

A buddy of mine designed those and sold the rights.
Chalon kit.
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I took this pic around 1987 in Pomona.

Back when I first got my 914 (during the 80s), I wanted to do this to it:

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This is the "Diablo 914". There was a big write up on it in VW/Porsche magazine, and I loved it. I still have the magazine from then.

Luckily for me, I didn't have the available finances to do it. Now that I am older, I know I would have regretted it. I can appreciate the 914 body for what it is now.

Clay

Same - but I still like them?!?!

-Steve

Was a bit young in 1980, but my first dream for my tired red 914 was a full 916 kit with AZEV five-spoke wheels in silver. But it was just a VW&Porsche-fueled dream that I had no way of affording while working nights at Toys R Us.

And then the idea of a very simple 914 that sits nicely on good wheels/tires started to come into view…

Gotta admit, I wanted several of those listed. Now I am like Less is More.

Cant believe this has not been mentioned yet.

HOOD BADGE, to make it a real porsh.

A 914 should have had a hood badge from the factory.

And yet...........

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And yet they put one on a 924... a car originally designed to be an Audi sports car and built with VW and Audi parts.

At least the 914 had a bunch of 911 parts in it.

To each their own, but the 914's nose just looks incomplete to me without something there.

I understand why the 914 didn't get a hood crest, and why originalists don't like to see them (I wouldn't drill a hood to add one, or mount one to a highly original 914). But the fact that so many 914s had Porsche badging on their steering wheel and engine lid—not to mention the fact that all were designed, engineered, developed, and supported by Porsche—justifies its place on the car IMO. Frankly, the P-O-R-S-C-H-E letters on my engine lid always seemed disingenuous to me when I had a Type IV. Love the style of those grille letters, but decided to mount a 914-VW-Porsche badge out back instead.



And far more than quite a bit of 911 parts sharing: The 914 was designed under Butzi, engineered under Piëch, developed under Piëch, and supported by Porsche. Raced and rallied by the Porsche factory team, as well.

The 914 also started out with a Porsche typ number, unlike the 924—which to my knowledge may be the only Porsche to start out with a VW typ number (EA425, iirc) and be retroactively assigned a Porsche typ number.

Riviera 5-spoke wheels on a standard 914 4x130 bolt pattern.

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I actually still like the look, but will put the proper Fuchs 2L Alloys on mine for the resto.
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And also changing paint colors like daily outfits!

Mine was L80E Light Ivory from the factory, then was repainted by the P+A dealer in Sahara Beige & then Gold before the OO/PO bought it new i11/9/72, then I bought it Dec. `75 & then did Copper metallic in 1976 with some rust spot repairs, & Anthracite Grey metallic myself in my 1983 rolling resto.

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Thanks for this @ClayPerrine ! . . .while this may be familiar to the veteran 'Teeners, it is new to me, and from these 2 pics, at least, I 'd call this the best proportioned kit I've ever seen (in 2d pictures).

I mean no disrespect to the classic Ferrari freaks (which, often, but not always, includes me), but as a classic car nut and (even worse) an automotive design sculptor, I think the modeling, proportion and design of that front (and perhaps the car as a whole) would stand up against the Maserati 300S, Ferrari 250 GTO and 250LM.

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The bodyside and rear quarter have a bit of 245 Dino too . . .

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Methinks the Diablo looks better than the GTO kit on a 240Z, at least in the door to rear-quarter transition (though the GTO's is perhaps a bit abrupt as well . . .I know - blaspheme! ).

Depending on the rear treatment, I'd love to drive one (based on a rusted hulk) if the header/windshield were cut down 35mm or so. . .

Would I rather have a 904 kit - absolutely . . .still . . .

I would also love to see pics of the rear and read that VW/Porsche magazine article. I'm expecting a debacle, as no kit car I've ever seen was very well done from all angles - would love to be surprised though . . .proper tailights (form,proportion and placement) would be critical here.

Marcus

I have resisted the hood badge for years, I have them in decal and crest form even with out the pins for no drilling installation. I think not having one makes it a bit more unique being the only Porsche never to get one. Funny how the owners manual shows the car with the badge making me think it was going to have one then at the last minute marketing big wigs said no !

Look,
I bought mine in 1986. Let’s see rear reflector, rear air dam, duel blade wipers, Blinking theft deterrent light, personalized plate & ANSA Quad muffler!

Tinted windows look really '80s on 914s.

Non stock quasi-Italian side mirrors? Yuck.

Ooooh. Guilty as charged, ca 1991.

20+ years later you learn even the earliest and simplest of FI beats out carbs almost all the time.

Baby turbo Vitaloni mirrors.

Oh and maybe a Drakkar Noir cologne holder.

Now we're cooking with gas.

Don't forget the Riken radials…

A real WOOD dash face.

Still available link below

Wood dash kit

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And a pull-out stereo…

I was 5 years old and didnt know Porsches existed. I liked blue Ford tractors and farm equipment.

Oscar ! ?

I have a pair of them, with the mounts, I would sell if anyone is interested.

Yes, they were on my 914 in the 80s and 90s. But I grew up and now I love the look of the factory mirrors.

Clay

Little black rubber antennas!

Here's what I wanted to do -
"Upgrade" to the late style bumpers - Had an offer to trade, but decided too much work.

Don't hate me I was young and stupid.

I had this....

911 style dash.
Rayco body kit. The rayco has to be the very worst looking kit for the 914.

Cutting up doors for speakers