I hadn't seen this one yet. Very cool test/review of the 914 when it was brand spanking new.

ZDF VW-Porsche 914 Autotest 1969

Really interesting...

But when he put the Targa top in the trunk, didn't he put it in backwards?

Doug

i said the same thing....

BJH

....and SirAndy was made the subtitles

...nothing some quick camera editing didn't fix....

Thanks for posting the film...how do ya find this stuff...??

great video...love the pimp coat during the cold weather test:)

i love it.

he says, "...and simply upgrading tires and wheels puts this car into race car level performance".

even after 30 years.

Yup roof backwards. and my 70 1.7L made 32 MPG @ 80 MPH.

Why were they only getting 25mpg tops? Seems low

Great video though. They summed up the 914 pretty darn well I think. Even the wet feet part

Sweet find !! How can I save this video to ny computer? I tried my normal right click but didn't get a save option ?!

I uploaded that video to save whoever was hosting it some bandwidth, and to make it easier to find for other 914 goons... SirAndy posted a .mpg of it some time ago.

I have both the version of the video without the subtitles, and the one with the subtitles. You can probably search to find them on the forum here, or I can upload them to my site if anyone wants the originals, otherwise, you can use Video Ook to download the .flv from google and use media player classic to play them.

I can't upload them now, but if you'd like, I'll do it later.

Thanks Boojum, If that is indeed your real name

Link to Andy's thread

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...45&hl=video

Cool. I should have known it would have been around here before. I stumbled across it on a Google search ealier today.

Thank you. And a big thanks to Andy for the subtitles!

Woo.. Awesome search-fu!

Thanks Andy for your translation. Thanks all that have anything to do with the 914 films and sharing this history of the 914. You Rock.

Mike Cooley

Excellent!!

Great video, butI got sucked into an hour of watching Youtube...

That is very cool! Thanks!

Are you guys compensating for tire size? Lower profile tires (165/85 stock) will make your speedo read fast, which makes your odometer read fast, which makes it look like you went farther than you did, which falsely boosts your MPG.

I do love that video though. That's for the translation Andy... wherever you are...