71 Original 914-6 in Feb `12 HS&E, owner is a member here Options

[Tom_T]

Hemmings Sports & Exotics Feb. 2012 issue has a small piece on a very original 2 owner 71 914-6 Orange on Black on page 16.

The current owner is a member member here (albeit Lurker status currently), and it is in the VIN data base already 3x - my guess by two members listing it when it came up for sale by the original owner, and the current 2nd owner.

Nice looking Six & hopefully he'll eventually treat us to pictures here. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/type.gif)
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/drooley.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif) .... and I'm not even particularly an Orange 914 type! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Cheers (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
Tom
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[71 sixer]

Tom,

As requested, I have attached a couple of pictures of my recently acquired 1971 914-6.

I have owned a number of different Porsches, but never a 914-6. During the mid to late 1980's I had owned a 1976 914 that I loved, but eventually sold because it wasn't practicle as my daily driver.

The more I thought about acquiring a 914-6, the more the interest level grew. So, on a whim, I posted a WTB ad in Panorama saying that I was looking for a original numbers matching 914-6. I never really expected to get any serious leads. And actually got a few e-mails from current owner's that were contemplating selling their 914-6's, but when I pressed...........they backed off and withdrew their potential offer to sell. Then I heard from the person that owned the car I bought. I felt this might be too good to be true. Why would a original owner sell this car? Long story short, he and his wife were selling their home (6 car garage) to move into a Assisted Living facility and would no longer have a place to store the car. I bought the car sight unseen and haven't regretted one second. He included with the car the following: window sticker, original bill of sale, original owner's manual, tool kit, and many extra items like a complete set of Mahle gas burners, NOS distributor, extra targa top etc. The car drives as good as it looks. My wife allows me just one Porsche at a time, and I sold a 1987 Carerra with just 20,000 miles in pristine condition to buy the 914-6. Haven't regretted that either. Sure I would have liked to have held onto the 911, but my wife's wishes overruled that.

Have been really impressed with 914World and the level of interest and support!! Glad to be part of the community!

Tim