Gracing the Green in a 914: The first and only appearance of a Porsche 914 LE Can Am at an Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance event, 914 LE Can Am at the Cars and Coffee at the Concours Options

[tumamilhem]

The 2015 20th Anniversary of the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance, arguably the better of the two most prestigious car shows in the world, did a great service to a car that has long been overdue. It celebrated and honored the Porsche 914 as its featured marque for the 20th Anniversary of the Concours, displaying the 914 in unprecedented form. So much so, that it did not include any other classic Porsche models in the Porsche section. All the green was reserved just for the 914. Only a handful of other Porsche models were present at the Concours, a few in the Rally section and a few production cars in an assortment of other marques. But the Concours would have no other cars occupy the Porsche field to deter attention from the 914. In fact, it left a large open green in front of the display, commanding attention and demanding the respect it deserves. Only the rarest of the rare in the 914 family were on display at the Sunday Concours, save one impeccably restored 914/6. A 916 (11 made), a slew of historically significant 914/6 GT race cars, and the infamous one and only 350 bhp prototype 914/8 that belonged to Herr Pierch himself.

On the Saturday Cars and Coffee at The Concours event, a handful of 914s graced the Concours green as well, one of which being the rarest of the 914 productions cars sold to the public - the LE Can Am. A 'Creamsicle' no less, the rarer by almost half of the remaining two American Limited Edition Can Am production cars (Creamsicle and Bumblebee).

This is for the fans of the LE.

High Resolution pictures of the car are available for those interested. Enjoy! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[tumamilhem]

It's too bad when most of us are celebrating our cars and the international recognition and acclaim it just received at the highest stage in the world, that some find it "necessary" to try to rain on the parade and mocking those of us who are enjoying and relishing this moment, like a true 914 owner and admirer would. Maybe not commenting anything at all would be better. Step back from the keyboard, indeed.

And to the "What verse ! What the...." comment; you're mocking me for being articulate and intelligent. Yet you can't even finish your own sentence. Just don't say anything and let others who are interested enjoy this thread. If you're not, then just don't comment. Don't ruin it for the rest of us. Just keep your negative comments to yourself, and show a bit of maturity and respect please. Thanks.

Patience is a virtue; so is modesty....sorry to say you have neither quality.

Congratulations on getting your car " on the grass". Personally how big a deal can it be...I see modern Corvettes and other stuff there. I guess I have a different expectation of this event....thought it was like an east coast Pebble Beach affair.

Actually yes. In fact the new Corvette was first unveiled at Amelia Island (not Pebble Beach) for the 50th Anniversary of the Corvette. Lamborghini also unveiled it's new car at Amelia Island this past weekend. The examples at the Concours date back from horseless carriages to modern cars yet to be revealed. A Concours is not specific to one genre, era or class of automobile. And yes, it is the Pebble Beach of the East. You would know if you have been.

And again if you wouldn't mind, please don't hijack this thread. And if you're going to insult me, be decent enough to send me a private message. I think I'm being more than patient. And I've been patient all day sitting at my computer, taking off work, to post pictures on three different threads for everybody. It's quite time consuming. So just say "thanks for taking the time to post all the pictures" or nothing at all. I took almost 800 photos of all the 914s and other cars that I'm sure most people here would like to see. So just enjoy them and let everybody else enjoy them too. Nobody's forcing you to look at pictures of 914s from a world-class concours event and the only time they've ever been on display like this. As if it's such a tasteless thing to some of you guys.

Besides, let's put it this way... if you insist on comparing (which is not what this thread is for)...
Pebble Beach didn't get them. Nor have they shown any. Which would you rather go to?