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Posted by: 1970 Neun vierzehn Sep 22 2019, 11:42 AM
Over forty years ago no one that I know off bothered to document owners and VINs of our 914s. I wonder if any of these /6s have survived and who on this Forum might own them.
Paul
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Posted by: wes Sep 22 2019, 12:10 PM
Thanks, great peek at the past!
Posted by: horizontally-opposed Sep 22 2019, 01:35 PM
Over forty years ago no one that I know off bothered to document owners and VINs of our 914s. I wonder if any of these /6s have survived and who on this Forum might own them.
Paul
Thanks for these. Very cool to see.
That flared silver car sure has the look. Love the simplicity and those big tires—though there is something funny about the rear mudflaps as well as the "Fuchs" on this car...the shade of the wheels' spokes as well as the lips in particular.
Love the green (Delphi?) car on steelies, too. Never thought I'd like early steelies on a 914, but they are coming back for me. Go figure...
Posted by: jim_hoyland Sep 22 2019, 03:21 PM
Where were the cars when you got the pics ? Was it a PCA event ?
Posted by: sixnotfour Sep 22 2019, 08:09 PM
1976 Dad, 2000 Me, 2018 Son Christopher..3rd gen. owned 
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Posted by: Maltese Falcon Sep 22 2019, 08:22 PM
Still here...although been gt'd. One leftover steelie in my shop too 
Posted by: Maltese Falcon Sep 22 2019, 08:41 PM
Ontario Motor Speedway/ parking lot POC Auto X, about 1977.
Wonder where this one is today ¿
Posted by: mlindner Sep 23 2019, 06:48 AM
Well, after 40 years I'm happy to say it's still in my garage, ready to go back to the track.
Posted by: Olympic 914 Sep 23 2019, 06:52 AM
Recently came across this old picture from 79-80
Still have it, still looks pretty much the same. 
Posted by: poorsche914 Sep 23 2019, 07:34 AM
Sure looks like THIS ONE that I saw in Asheville in the mid '80s.
And, as of a couple years ago, now resides in storage somewhere up in Virginia.
Posted by: Cornerlot Sep 23 2019, 12:22 PM
1986 with previous owner.....
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Posted by: napasteve Sep 23 2019, 12:47 PM
My first 914. Pic taken in Davis, CA. Low miles 1976. Owned it for 7 years 1979-86. Then I was 914less for 28 years until I found my 73 in the 914World classifieds in 2014.
Posted by: gandalf_025 Sep 23 2019, 12:53 PM
Mine is close by, just as it has been for the past 46 years..
Posted by: Cairo94507 Sep 23 2019, 02:36 PM
Pretty sure that is Bob Zulkowski's '71 914-6. That is the Six that lit my passion for the 914-6. Bob and Troy Powell owned Metal Craft in San Leandro, CA in the early 70's. They worked on my '73 914 2.0 and my 2nd 914-6. Great guys the both of them. The guy with the dark hair and glasses on the left in the group of three is Bob I am pretty sure. 
Posted by: horizontally-opposed Sep 23 2019, 02:47 PM
Pretty sure that is Bob Zulkowski's '71 914-6. That is the Six that lit my passion for the 914-6. Bob and Troy Powell owned Metal Craft in San Leandro, CA in the early 70's. They worked on my '73 914 2.0 and my 2nd 914-6. Great guys the both of them. The guy with the dark hair and glasses on the left in the group of three is Bob I am pretty sure.
Just noticed the subtle gray strip up the center of this black car…perhaps a painter's touch?
Posted by: 1970 Neun vierzehn Sep 23 2019, 05:14 PM
Where were the cars when you got the pics ? Was it a PCA event ?
Photos were taken at the 1978 PCA Parade at Aspen/Snowmass Colorado.
Paul
Posted by: sixnotfour Sep 28 2019, 04:49 PM
40yrs ago..
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Posted by: brcacti Sep 28 2019, 05:19 PM
Very cool to see the old pictures
Posted by: brcacti Sep 28 2019, 05:27 PM
INTERESTING TOPIC. I wish I knew where my original car was in this picture, wish I had it the whole time until now instead of selling it, what a mistake to sell it.
1983, me at 30 years old in San Jose, CA. 
Posted by: ClayPerrine Sep 28 2019, 08:12 PM
This was taken at our wedding, November 19th, 1988. 
Yep.. that is the exact same 914 that Betty drove to Okteenerfest this year. 410,000 miles!
Posted by: jim_hoyland Sep 28 2019, 08:49 PM
Not quite 40 years, but was taken when I first bought the car and took it for a test drive to Monterey. Interestingly, the site in the picture is Sunset Beach. And, I drove to Monterey from Sunset Beach.
And recently at Mammoth WCR.....
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Posted by: Pylot7 Aug 12 2021, 06:05 PM
Pretty sure that is Bob Zulkowski's '71 914-6. That is the Six that lit my passion for the 914-6. Bob and Troy Powell owned Metal Craft in San Leandro, CA in the early 70's. They worked on my '73 914 2.0 and my 2nd 914-6. Great guys the both of them. The guy with the dark hair and glasses on the left in the group of three is Bob I am pretty sure.
Just noticed the subtle gray strip up the center of this black car…perhaps a painter's touch?
I was Bob's Crew Chief for the Trans Am series in 1980. That grey strip up the middle was an old school airbrushed pattern. Looked like it was a fancy crochet pattern if I remember correctly.
Posted by: bandjoey Aug 12 2021, 07:17 PM
My 70 Six. Sold it via a newspaper ad to an unknown someone who wanted to autocross it. Kill me again, wanted to buy a bmw 320i Try as I might I can't come up with a vin#
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Posted by: SKL1 Aug 12 2021, 09:58 PM
Where were the cars when you got the pics ? Was it a PCA event ?
Photos were taken at the 1978 PCA Parade at Aspen/Snowmass Colorado.
Paul
I was at that Parade with my silver '71 which I've had since new- was looking for it in those pix! And my dad had his '71 bahia red 914 there as well. We both drove over from Iowa.
Worst part of that day was that the Pitkin County road crew decided to put fresh tar on the road up to the concours early that morning!!
Posted by: sixnotfour Aug 12 2021, 10:18 PM
Bought 1978 ,,still have, On a frme bench..got bent... Grad. HS 1978,,Ya thats a 65 Corvair Corsa in background..air cooled since 1975
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Posted by: Arno914 Aug 13 2021, 03:31 AM
Time flies... 
Love those old pictures!!!
Me with my 1971/4 in 1990 while living in Toronto. Still own it. Picture from 2020 with my daughter Miko.
Posted by: wonkipop Aug 13 2021, 04:07 AM
Time flies...
Love those old pictures!!!Me with my 1971/4 in 1990 while living in Toronto. Still own it. Picture from 2020 with my daughter Miko.
parallel universe - same time, same bat channel?
(i avoided canada except for one trip to nova scotia, bad fish and chips?)
1990. low res. 'm wearing a houston astros base ball cap. not that you can tell. loved the logo. loved the astro dome. all that chewing tobacco spat on the synthetic grass (believe its been demolished ? -
)
914 looks about the same, i don't. i'm rusty and i'm sure i must have deserved a hell hole - at least.
p#ssweak but compared to these since new blokes, only 32 years. sorry for crashing the die hard party. profound apologies. if i was born in america i would be competing.
Posted by: Shivers Aug 13 2021, 06:01 AM
1978 and still belonged to my brother, my nephew that now has his own grown son. It was mine in four more years. Talk about your bone stock basic model. I still love it
Posted by: Root_Werks Aug 13 2021, 04:27 PM
1976 Dad, 2000 Me, 2018 Son Christopher..3rd gen. owned
Jeff, that is about the coolest thing ever. So cool to have something (anything) passed down like that.
Posted by: JeffBowlsby Aug 13 2021, 05:36 PM
From the past...wish I had kept them all...
My first - a 1973 1.7L in 1978, my second a 74 2.0L in 2001 (with Carl Cilkers /6 and is that SirAndys car?) and the same 74 2.0L as a Grasshopper LE tribute, 2005
je ne sais quoi
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Posted by: sixnotfour Aug 13 2021, 06:06 PM
1976 Dad, 2000 Me, 2018 Son Christopher..3rd gen. owned
Jeff, that is about the coolest thing ever. So cool to have something (anything) passed down like that.
Wish I had my Dad's 2 speedsters, I hated em, locked under the half tonue, with my sister,
Kids are at home.. I Hate that Transmission/Engine noise..
Posted by: VaccaRabite Aug 16 2021, 09:34 AM
I always thought the Grasshopper paint scheme was cool. Its a shame they were not "real." I've always kinda wondered how that got started.
Zach
Posted by: Maltese Falcon Aug 16 2021, 02:19 PM
From 2002, Father & Son rolling by the old Tropico railway station / Glendale
MattyLite learning a bunch about exhaust designs & forced induction by age 12 
Posted by: Maltese Falcon Aug 16 2021, 02:24 PM
Originally purchased new at DTLA Porsche + Audi from salesman Herr Heinz Brinkmann, in 1974.
Only options were; Anza exhaust, Coco mats, AM/for radio, and lowered front ride height (torsion bars adjusted). Picture from 2002. 
Posted by: gokart73 Aug 16 2021, 02:50 PM
Jeff,
I recognize that Sarpy County plate...
My first 914, circa 1979:
Posted by: AZBanks Aug 16 2021, 06:56 PM
Pretty sure that is Bob Zulkowski's '71 914-6. That is the Six that lit my passion for the 914-6. Bob and Troy Powell owned Metal Craft in San Leandro, CA in the early 70's. They worked on my '73 914 2.0 and my 2nd 914-6. Great guys the both of them. The guy with the dark hair and glasses on the left in the group of three is Bob I am pretty sure.
Just noticed the subtle gray strip up the center of this black car…perhaps a painter's touch?
I was Bob's Crew Chief for the Trans Am series in 1980. That grey strip up the middle was an old school airbrushed pattern. Looked like it was a fancy crochet pattern if I remember correctly.
Posted by: typ14 Dec 3 2021, 03:53 PM
Hello,
this is Bob Zulkowski's car. It is still alive.
It is in Germany now.
Found an old registration card with his name on it.
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