Great coverage and discussion. Just posted this morning:

https://youtu.be/Ukn4liRG88I

-Steve

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ukn4liRG88I

Just finished watching it, really like Jay's channel, lots of neat cars and the second 914 I believe he's had on.

Nice 914-GT!

In our last Malibu drive the owner Thomas brought this car. Really nice guy and awesome car.

YES... a stunner of a car!!!!!

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Learned something new from this- never saw the sway bar inside the trunk before. Very cool

Love it. Thanks Steve

Great video, great car. Thanks

Great video. After 52 years this car is still relevant.

how long before mr. leno buys one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tevszu3rPO8

Is better for regular 914 guys... with GT aspirations.

Hopefully Jay will buy this one...

Jay Leno tries the first 914/6 GT ever made. Jay seems to be a closet 914 enthusiast.
Here's the link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ukn4liRG88I

Siverson beat you to it. http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=361639

I liked the last five minutes when his guest drove it the way it was meant to run. Looked and sounded great.

What a cool video with 2 great car-guys.

Threads merged ...

Fantastic

Enjoyed watching it.

Eric Shea was on the show with his beautiful car a few years back!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tevszu3rPO8

Awesome video - lots of good info. That car looks immaculate.

LOL — what gear are you in now?

Yup- a manual trans is almost like an anti-theft device. The dog leg 901 takes it the rest of the way there!

“If you’re a 911 guy and you see one of these, give him a thumbs up- it’ll cheer him up.”


Was really fun to watch. Thanks for posting!

That car is amazing, super cool video! I like Jay and Randy both real car enthusiasts!

Leno should check out #40.

He probably won't, as I don't throw keys to celebs or influencers.
A couple of years ago his show was looking for a 914 for his youtube. All was good until I let their producer know that he wouldn't be getting the keys to the flat fan car...only riding along (and I do drive spiritedly) in the pass seat. So that turned them off. Thank you, but I've learned the hard $$$ way with turning my hot rods into "Press Cars" (C+D magazine circa '80s) and their test drives. It turned out well for our 914World tho as I recommended @Eric_Shea yellow gt tribute to them !

This was a really fun video...thank you very much!! As soon as I get my next million I am buying one of these...but it may not be enough. Meanwhile....anyone know where a cheap Chevron station is??
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In L.A. I do like the prices + quality of Sinclair 91 octane...Chevron does run slightly higher $$ like Shell, Mobil, 76

@Maltese Falcon & @second wind

i remember the chevron petrol stations in the USA.

down here they sold fuel under the brand Caltex.
they had fantastic signs on the petrol stations. the big star.
then they merged with Ampol.
now all the caltex brand stations are disappearing and being rebranded as the single entity Ampol.

before Caltex branded the fuel they refined it was distributed through an australian fuel distribution company called Golden Fleece. that was a big sheep on a pole.
the old idea of australia riding on the sheeps back from the days of the wool trade and the british empire?

there has never been a "kangaroo" brand petrol. only ford got on to the idea of the kangaroo.

its been interesting/sad watching these familiar brands gradually disappear.


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@Maltese Falcon - i like your story about not handing j l the keys to the kingdom.
i always fuel up on BP.

Somebody please "school me" on this. They state that it's in the trunk because it sits too low to fit under the car. I'm not buying that. Is there something specific to this car that makes it impossible to fit the rear sway bar in its normal place? Or is this just a way to make it easier to adjust or remove???? Also, I thought they felt the original mounting tabs under the trunk weren't reinforced enough for a race car???

Randy Pobst is being very modest throughout, he is a very accomplished factory driver for many brands.
When I sold Audis I rode shotgun in an Audi RS 6 at Phoenix International Raceway with him at the wheel.
The experience was unforgetable.
Thank You for sharing !

It seems odd to me too. I've been around 914's for almost 50 years now and again, I've never seen the sway bar inside the trunk before. I own 2 914's and both have a rear sway bar, underneath. What happens when it rains, and the trunk fills up with water from the holes for the end links? Possibly some custom, one-off feature for that Swiss owner they mentioned? Tail shifter so the sway bar gets in the way of the linkage? Any other GT's have it inside the trunk?

The sway bar in the trunk was a competition only factory modification. The bar could be changed or disconnected without having to lift the car.

Jay doesn't wear the harness belts.....!

I've seen it in a couple race cars. Glenn would surely be able to provide more info @GMS

Yea, it bothers me

I was actually quite shocked when Jay did not bother to put the seat belt on knowing Randy was going to likely exceed the sped limit. Come on Jay, you know better man.

Does anyone repro that chin spoiler for the narrow body? My racer has the LE spoiler cut away in that area but I like this cleaner look (I'd also like to put the factory chin spoiler on my street car instead of the LE airdam).

Come on guys - let’s not be petty tyrants and second guessing the man.

1st of all I can’t tell if he has the lap belt on or not. I think he might have the lap belt on in a frame or two.

2nd he’s probably too large to have the shoulder harness fit

3rd being in a caged car without helmet is just as, if not more dangerous than not having a shoulder harness on.

4th the attachment of shoulder harness high on the rear bulkhead and split around OEM seats is almost worthless.

5th a 4 or 5 point racing harness without a HANS neck support is dangerous.

6th he’s a grown man - why the need to question his personal decisions and beliefs? Leno has plenty of money to be effectively self insured so we can leave out any red herring discussion of him being a burden to society in the event of injury.

When did we get so P-$$whipped in this county? There are no air bags, ABS, ESC, AEB or other modern safety systems on a 914. If we aren’t careful, soon that will be a reason enough to not allow us to drive 914s on the street. In the name of safety !!

The sounds are awesome. No red line on the tach. The lateral bracing and sway bar system -- that's a race car. Very nice discussion and a compliment to 914s. Love it. Thanks.

Good call

Most can’t drive for and have no respect for other peoples equipment.

These two guys are a bit different but I respect the principle behind it!

Jay is a true gearhead + knows how things work/ how to get in there and fix them too ! He does have a habit of hanging his arm out of the window; almost cost him a limb in that Hemi under Glass 'Cuda ride (roll-over) crash several years ago

Makes sense but I still don't like the holes in the trunk floor for the end links and did any other GT's have this feature?
I can just imagine #40 in 1970 with the trunk partially filling up with rainwater sloshing around and around

Also, it's a shame they didn't put her on a lift so we could see underneath

Heard a couple of synchro grinches while Jay was driving...and Randy noticed because it caused him to briefly skip a beat while talking...

I presume these cars were delivered with tail shifters...what "shift kit" were they referring to? Factory shifter mods?


I've done that with other race cars; you can install brush covers there to stop most of the water from getting in. Plus, since it's a race car, you'll put in a drain...let's not forget our front swaybars already go into the chassis below the fuel tank.

Today, we'd use easily-replaceable straight torsion bars instead of a bent swaybar. In fact, I like the idea enough that I might convert my racer to the concept (the trunk is dead empty and never used...)

Aporox 2/3 duration of the LM24 in 1970, the cars that remained on track ran in the rain

I presume these cars were delivered with tail shifters...what "shift kit" were they referring to? Factory shifter mods?

I have a stock 6 that has a period short shift kit that is quite good.
The lever under the shifter mechanism is lengthened and the cup at the front of the
tube in the tunnel is lowered. Changes the ratio.
It came to me that way.....I've driven it but never fully inspected it.

That's why I brought it up, rained like hell in 70

Yessir ...I bet the wet stuff & the Mulsanne speeds loosened up some decals on the #40
Marty

I'm thinking you'd have to seriously waterproof your taillights inside as well, or just never take her out when it's wet.

Sounds like Jay found reverse at about 30 minutes into the video.

Great video... and great car.

Was lucky to get a tour of Jay's Garage back in February, and even luckier that he was there to show us stuff. He does like 914's, and Porsches for that matter. But the best thing is, he is a REAL car guy who loves everything mechanical, and acts like a normal person. Even though I'm obviously a P car guy, and love his CGT, had to tell him the best car in his collection was his McLaren F1. Even he admitted it is worth so much now, he's afraid to drive it!

The shop in his garage is something as well... several things were under restoration including a very nice early BN1 or BN2 Healey, another one of my favourites.

More pix on a factory GT rear trunk sway bar install:

https://pbase.com/9146gt/9146gt_factory_rac...athon_other_pix

FYI. Armando's most excellent PBase site, as usual, gets the credit. Not sure if this is the same car? Given the rear trunk is completely useless for endurance racing, makes sense to have the sway bar easily adjustable / replaceable without clambering under the car.

- Tony