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[14carrot]

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914 LE Can Am 50th Anniversary
August 2-4, 2024 at Mosport


2024 LE 50th Anniversary Itinerary
Please check back for updates as more details are posted.

Friday night, our long drive/haul participants will meet at Mosport for an informal get-together. Dinner and live music at the Copperworks Brew Pub.


Saturday:
9:00 Trackside breakfast, watching the PCA Can Am Challenge club races.
10:00 914 and other air-cooled Porsche road trip to nearby Port Perry to visit 2 local Porsche specialty shops:
Coffee and pastries at Dave Whittick's Nostalgic Garage (check out Nostalgic Garage on Instagram for some of Dave's awesome Porsche and VW builds).

11:30 shop tour of Harmony Road Porsche, with 914 fanatic Alex Pankiw
12:30 Kawartha Dairy Ice Cream at the historic Enniskillen General Store
13:30 Mosport to watch more PCA racing
17:00 914 BBQ Social with award ceremony at Mark Henry's home. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/first.gif) BBQ sausage, sauerkraut, cooler corn and all the fixings. BYOB. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
21:00 Campfire at Mosport atop the hill at world-famous corner 2.

Sunday:
9:00 Mosport: Trackside Breakfast to watch the Can Am Challenge club races (continues all morning)
914 LE honoured with a 914 display at the Mosport Winners Circle featuring Tony Alber's LE #1 and John Lorefice's (original owner) Bumblebee as seen in this video: https://youtu.be/dYAP5wtUdgU?feature=shared

11:45 Drivers' Meeting followed by parade laps of the world-famous Mosport GP circuit. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)


*914 owners are invited to camp at Mosport on the hill at corner 2 (free). Hotel accomodations are available. Please contact 14carrot by personal email for more information.

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[b]Please be sure to check out these links to past events:

CanAm 914 50th, August 4, 2019 at Mosport:
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...61&hl=CanAm

Jacques Duval Tribute, September 28, 2019 at Mont Tremblant:
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...l=Jacques+Duval

[gord]

Hi everyone!

On John's invitation, I'm introducing myself and my recently purchased 1972 914 to the group.



At some point in its life, the engine was swapped to a 2.0 (it looks like this might have been relatively recently), and the body repainted to a silver/metallic grey. The underside is surprisingly free of rust (though obviously not rust-free), but there are lot of body issues going on, with the repaint cracking, lifting and bubbling in multiple places. The previous owner had it for under a year, and decided to sell it after discovering how much a professional repaint would cost.

So far my plan is to address the immediate drivability issues (primarily the front/rear suspension and the shifter bushings) this summer, and then think about doing a full disassembly/restoration next year.

Would love to hear everyone's opinion about how to handle the fuel lines... they will need to be addressed in the not-so-distant future, and I gather there are arguments for and against replacing the plastic tubes (and hoses?) with stainless.

The car appears to have been local to the GTA at least since 1973, so if anyone recognizes it, I would love to hear anything about its history!

Gord