How To Honor The 914's VW Heritage Options

[Ansbacher]

I know this will rub the purists wrong, but I figured out a way to emblematically honor the 914's VW roots. I purchased a 914-VW-Porsche emblem in black and then carefully removed the 914 portion of the script. I did that for two reasons-
First, the original emblem is a bit of a lengthy and ungainly fit on the rear panel, and second, leaving it on would have resulted in redundant "914" scripts. This way I was able to retain the original scripts on the right side without redundancy.

As someone who has studied Porsche history in depth, and taught classes about it, I truly appreciate and understand that Porsche and VW are one in the same historically. Just because the factory chiefs decided to only badge European cars (and -6s ?) with the VW-Porsche emblem does not mean U.S. cars are not worthy of the honor (yes, I see it as praise and honor) unlike most.

Ok....flame on (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)

Ansbacher

[KELTY360]

I don’t know, after all these years of being told, “it,s just a VW”, it’s kind of tough accepting that Porsche moniker. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smoke.gif)

[930cabman]

I don’t know, after all these years of being told, “it,s just a VW”, it’s kind of tough accepting that Porsche moniker. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smoke.gif)

Bumped into a former (20 years ago) neighbor the other day. After some small talk, he asked about my 356, blah, blah. I continued with "the most recent purchases are two 914 models". His comment: they are only VW's. He is old and generally a decent guy, I let him off the hook by replying they are go karts with push