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Tdskip


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIZqSNkkteE
bkrantz
Cool, but those seats make the interior look like drivers must be under 5'8"
Jett
$462K USD… I love the car but that is the price of a marked-up 2024 GT3 RS.
Glecko
QUOTE(Tdskip @ Aug 28 2024, 12:31 AM) *


I’d have to say I’ve never seen a headlight delete that moved me…..this one does. Especially when you see it next to the 911/912. 400k? People spend that on a watch…..
mate914
QUOTE(Tdskip @ Aug 28 2024, 12:31 AM) *



I want to see the under carriage of the car. How about a pic of the engine. Until I see those things, I don't believe them. Steering wheel is on the wrong side for 90% of the planet, great sales team.

Matt flag.gif
Superhawk996
That’s a lot of money to spend to ruin a 914. av-943.gif
Shivers
sad.gif At first it bothered me. But then I remembered I’m no purest. I sat here and tried to think of all those parts I’ve restored, how many I haven’t modified. My first answer was none. I even modified the head lamp buckets. There must be some or there will be that will stay the same. Point is some of those ideas I got from others here. Maybe it’s the price that is still bugging me wacko.gif
Literati914
Two things I really like about this car visually is the small integrated duck tail rear spoiler and the hood treatment for venting the radiator.. it's done in a subtle way, that usually looks like an after thought. I don't particularly like the flare choice though or the seats.
mate914
QUOTE(Literati914 @ Aug 29 2024, 11:57 AM) *

Two things I really like about this car visually is the small integrated duck tail rear spoiler and the hood treatment for venting the radiator.. it's done in a subtle way, that usually looks like an after thought. I don't particularly like the flare choice though or the seats.

I too like the duck tail and hood venting.
Matt
BillJ
Anything that appeals to a new demographic and highlights the 914 is good to me! Ultra pricey and only the well healed can afford it of course but I think it's a really cool fast forward to to what it would be today had the design itself lasted.
TMM914
So 462k USD converts today to 623k in Canadian dollars.
I would spend it this way….instead…
123k for a nice 914-6
100k for an insane LS powered monster 914
100k for full snot 914-6 powered race car
200k long hood 911 backdate
100k something nice for the wife…..

That kind of money sure gives you some options!
wonkipop
QUOTE(mate914 @ Aug 29 2024, 05:08 AM) *

QUOTE(Tdskip @ Aug 28 2024, 12:31 AM) *



I want to see the under carriage of the car. How about a pic of the engine. Until I see those things, I don't believe them. Steering wheel is on the wrong side for 90% of the planet, great sales team.

Matt flag.gif


i'm fairly sure that any order for one of these, given they are scratch built, would be in left hand drive. tiny bit less work to leave them that way. fair bit of work to convert to right hand drive in the firewall area. biggrin.gif biggrin.gif
i imagine they anticipate selling their first cars to the UK market where they are based.
hence right hand drive set up. its a pain in the arse "driving in the gutter" . awful sensation on a narrow country road.
jbyron
I’d have to say I’ve never seen a headlight delete that moved me…..this one does. Especially when you see it next to the 911/912. 400k? People spend that on a watch…..
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@Glecko , Have you seen the headlight/corner marker being offered by 3DG Auto? Kinda cool.

https://3dgauto.com/products/custom-porsche...woFltf7N6eRuWRL
Geezer914
What engine are they running, and what was the weight of the car?
Craigers17
QUOTE(Geezer914 @ Aug 29 2024, 03:57 PM) *

What engine are they running, and what was the weight of the car?


3.8 liter out of a Cayman. It weighs around 2150 lbs.
Glecko
[quote name='jbyron' date='Aug 29 2024, 04:19 PM' post='3164441']
I’d have to say I’ve never seen a headlight delete that moved me…..this one does. Especially when you see it next to the 911/912. 400k? People spend that on a watch…..
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@Glecko , Have you seen the headlight/corner marker being offered by 3DG Auto? Kinda cool.

https://3dgauto.com/products/custom-porsche...woFltf7N6eRuWRL
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Hey Jamie……call me old (and I am) but I just can’t get use to the LED look which is hindering me greatly in replacing the yellow (not euro yellow but uv yellow) headlights on my 986. But I think I was missing the style cue of having the 914 headlights in the fender bump, early 911 and now late 911. Seeing them next to each other in the video drove it home.
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