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,

Below are some comments from the original owner that answer your questions.


"I had a friend in my town, Bennington, Vermont at the time, that owned a 914-6. He told me of the one at a dealer in Schnectady, NY. He said I could probably get a good deal because he had 914-6s and 914-4s side by side on the floor but the price was different by about $2000 I think. anyway I went over and looked at it and made an offer. We negotiated back and forth for a week or so before they finally got low enough. In the showroom it had Fuchs Wheels. Since it was my only car I was afraid the salt would wreck the wheels and I had them put steel wheels on the car when they delivered it to me on January 7, 1971. That also reduced the price a bit which helped since I had two kids in private school. (Both are now Princeton Engineering graduates)."

For those who did not see HS&E article with the original window sticker, thought you might like to see it and the bill of sale. Attached another picture with my son Carter at the wheel.

Thanks for all the compliments guys. Feel very lucky to have found this car.