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EdwardBlume |
Feb 15 2015, 05:51 AM
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ThePaintedMan |
Feb 26 2015, 08:16 PM
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No way I should even be here but figured I'd share the story anyhow. I grew up watching 914s vintage racing at Sebring, usually on Sunday after the 12 hours was over. My dad told me a little about their lineage and history but being a kid, I was more interested in them because they just looked "cool" to me. As I grew up I was always confused why my dad was always tinkering with aircooled motors and eventually I started helping pull them in and out of his Westfalias... more times than I could count. As I went from being frustrated with them I began to fall in love with their simplicity and the engineering that went into them. At one point in high school I even had the chance to buy a 914, thinking it would be a cool father/son project. Unfortunately (or fortunately) I ran out of time before college started and eventually the hopes of finding one soon faded. ...until one day in grad school I happened to find a car on Craigslist that looked used and abused. But the price was right and the car even ran...sorta. I convinced my girlfriend to help me tow the car home a few blocks away. (I don't mind saying that her willingness to put up with my stupid car hobby is one of the many reasons she's now my wife.) The car was rough. Really rough. There was almost as much sheet metal missing from the car as there was still left on it. |
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