One Amazing Story Options

[gms]

I have an amazing story to tell all of you!
Several weeks ago I was visiting Garold and helping him chop up a couple parts cars.
Garold had just pulled most of the useful parts off of a plain Jane 1971 914/4 it was an irish green car with no options not even the roll bar vinyl.

I am working on a couple projects and need some sheet metal parts so I asked Garold if I could grab the car from him when he had picked it’s bones clean… Garold agreed.
Garold being the generous soul that he is called and said he would bring the car to me!

We rolled the car into Kinnaman’s shop and I noticed the engine was still in the car, Garold said he didn’t have the time to pull it, he said go ahead and take the engine and transmission…it is a tail-shifter anyway.

[Middlefour]

Hello all, well that makes 2 four cylinder cars with an LSD that I know of, this one and mine. My car was a special order in 1970 for a customer in Washington City and not only did it have the LSD specified but tinted windows as well. I know my car is the only 4 in the UK with an LSD and possible the only 914 of any sort with the factory fitted option. Not only that but in all my meetings with 914 owners from across Europe I have yet to find anybody with an LSD in a 4 cylinder car!! Like this car mine had no appearance pack, also the heater blower was deleted and the engine tinware holes plated over. I have had the car for 18 years now and this is the first time I have found another 4 with an LSD, an exclusive 'club' indeed. Some years ago the box lost first gear and a fellow 914 owner who competed in hill climbs offered to replace my LSD with a standard box, all refurbished and redo any other bits and pieces like the gear change linkage if he could have my box, well it was with the car when it was new so it stayed with the car. I found a Porsche specialist to do a full rebuild, cost quite a lot, but never regretted it.
Cheers
Steve