Hey Guys,

Last Saturday I participated in a small 914 get together in Gronigen, the Netherlands.
There were 9 914's and three that broke down on the way over and turned around.
It was an amazing day and did some great driving. We were very lucky with the weather, it was actually quite nice.
I only had one small problem when my throttle return spring broke and left me with an engine running at full throttle. It was a quick fix and was on my way shortly.

You can find pictures at this website
take note of the 914world.com hat in some of the pictures

Enjoy!

Greets,
Jacco

a quick teaser:

Great pics!

Ferg

great pics!!

nice shots - beautiful country!

QUOTE (Jacco @ Aug 9 2005, 08:48 AM)

Last Saturday I participated in a small 914 get together in Gronigen, the Netherlands.

hey, i have friends in Groningen!

9 cars eh? i didn't even know there were that many left in europe ...
Andy

Why???

Hey,

QUOTE (Headrage @ Aug 9 2005, 08:54 AM)

Why???

uhmmm good question... but it clearly shows the 914world.com script on the cap my buddy is wearing other than that, worthless picture, but its hard to see what you're taking a picture of with a camera above your head


Andy,

what part of Groningen do you have friends?
and yes there are running 914's in Europe there were even 2 914's who came all the way from Belgium.


Greets
Jacco

Great Pics of the event!! But no wooden shoes?

Great Stuff Jacco.

Nice to see our Euro brothers represent WTG

Hey Jacco, looks like fun!
Nice pics

Cool Pics Jacco...really makes us feel like we were there. Any chance you know of any 1974 914GT cars there?

QUOTE (Jacco @ Aug 9 2005, 10:09 AM)

Andy, what part of Groningen do you have friends?

good question. i've never been in Groningen myself.

my friend Robbie Tempel and his (ex?) girlfriend Esther both sing in a punkband from Groningen called "FLEAS AND LICE",
they just finished their US tour a week ago ...

http://www.fleasandlice.nl/

Andy

wow, that's a couple of really cool pics
thanks for sharing

QUOTE (SirAndy @ Aug 9 2005, 06:47 PM)

9 cars eh? i didn't even know there were that many left in europe ...

Gustl, from good old Europe

QUOTE (Gustl @ Aug 9 2005, 01:54 PM)

Gustl, from good old Europe

i was just joking!

Andy

QUOTE (SirAndy @ Aug 9 2005, 04:15 PM)

my friend Robbie Tempel and his (ex?) girlfriend Esther both sing in a punkband from Groningen called "FLEAS AND LICE",

FLEAS AND LICE.... I thought that was the number 9 meal down at Hunan Gardens

Wow great pics, Jacco. I have been to Groningen, NL twice and isn't it frozen over by now??


Great Surinamese food shops there! Roti and Boyo..hmmm

Wow, 9 cars that actually run! Amazing.

Excellent photo essay! Really enjoy seeing the clean, uncluttered lines of the euro 914s.

Thanks for sharing.

QUOTE (Jacco @ Aug 9 2005, 09:09 AM)

there were even 2 914's who came all the way from Belgium.

I was just checking out the rides of my fellow countrymen and noticed there are three 914's with belgian plates ... Great!
Looks like it was a fun event! Thanks for sharing the pics.

Great pics. Sorta funny to see the old Chevy Blazer in one of the pictures.

QUOTE (Jacco @ Aug 9 2005, 10:09 AM)

... even 2 914's who came all the way from Belgium.

I'm always amused at the different way that Americans and Europeans look at things. "In America 100 years is a long time, in Europe 100 miles is a long distance." is the way I've heard it.

I sure wish I could have been there! I recognized some photos from the Groningen Ring. One of my Grandfathers came from Baflo and one of my wife's Grandmothers came from Bedam so we always visit the area whenever we can get to Europe. We were hoping to make it there this year in September, but had to change plans. I really appreciate seeing all those photos! It made me feel like I was there with you.

You didn't sell T-shirts for the event did you? I'd buy one for sure!

It was interesting to see the photo of the steering wheel with a VW logo on the horn pad. The cows in the background was a great touch too!

So what was the route of your drive? It sure looked like fun!

QUOTE (ThinAir914 @ Aug 9 2005, 10:01 PM)

I sure wish I could have been there! I recognized some photos from the Groningen Ring. You didn't sell T-shirts for the event did you? I'd buy one for sure! It was interesting to see the photo of the steering wheel with a VW logo on the horn pad. So what was the route of your drive? It sure looked like fun!

Hey Ernie,

That's right some pics were on the Ring Groningen! Amazing you recognize it

There were no t-shirts, here were not that big on merchandise, would be cool though!

I don't have the route we took handy at the moment, but some places we visited were:
Groningen, Zoutkamp, Pieterburen, Eemshaven. We mainly cruised around the northern part of Groningen.

The only traffic lights we encountered were on the ring Groningen, other than that it was mostly deserted backcountry roads.
No speed bumps, no lights, no speed camera's! Man it was a blast.

The Wolfsburg logo on the steering wheel is a standard Euro spec item on the 914

Greets
Jacco

Great photos - thanks for sharing!

Sweet pics...all 95 of them. I love summer! All the 914's represent WorldWide!
-Brent

Great pics, Jacco. Looks like you have had a lot of fun there.

Very nice 914s. too. I liked a lot the red one. It was very low and looked good.

Great pictures

QUOTE (Jacco @ Aug 10 2005, 12:49 PM)

The Wolfsburg logo on the steering wheel is a standard Euro spec item on the 914

Jacco,

Anybody over there interested in trading a euro Wolfsburg crested horn pad for the Porsche crested version we have here? Although, I suppose you could get them from the 911 . . . . Oh, well. . . .

Thanks,

QUOTE (type47fan @ Aug 12 2005, 01:01 AM)

Anybody over there interested in trading a euro Wolfsburg crested horn pad for the Porsche crested version we have here?

I can trade you one...
PM me if you're interested