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914043 |
Mar 21 2022, 03:04 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 90 Joined: 2-April 19 From: California Member No.: 23,007 Region Association: Central California |
owned 50 years preserved for 40 and now a 4 year refresh.
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Rufus |
Mar 23 2022, 02:12 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 314 Joined: 8-April 06 Member No.: 5,840 Region Association: None |
@914043 … Beautiful -6! Your long term stewardship of this treasure’s impressive.
I only wish I’d wised up in my younger days and moved on from high HP, macho sports cars to a 914. IMHO 914’s are at the top of the heap for being fun-to-drive sports cars. Although a true ‘70 -6, my car has a mishmash of changes / parts from different years, starting with a 2.7RS spec engine and rolled / modified fenders for tire clearance. Like your 914, it has a later style rear bumper, and valence. It even has an impact bumper nose piece. Not yet having had the chance for a side-to-side comparison with a known original ‘70 -6, there may be other incorrect features as well. The few -6’s were made a long time ago. Even in the ‘70’s they didn’t really stand out vs other cars in many enthusiast’s eyes. But the few people who recognized the 914’s virtues quickly took to modifying and racing them. Like many cars of that era, 914’s endured a period of neglect and devaluation. Fast forward to today, and many, if not most remaining examples have lived pretty hard lives, and deserve to be preserved and honored. Whether still bone stock, highly modified, or reconstituted & restored, they all have interesting stories. 914043, please post as many photos of your labor of love as possible for us to enjoy. |
emerygt350 |
Mar 23 2022, 04:41 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,410 Joined: 20-July 21 From: Upstate, NY Member No.: 25,740 Region Association: North East States |
@914043 … Beautiful -6! Your long term stewardship of this treasure’s impressive. I only wish I’d wised up in my younger days and moved on from high HP, macho sports cars to a 914. IMHO 914’s are at the top of the heap for being fun-to-drive sports cars. Although a true ‘70 -6, my car has a mishmash of changes / parts from different years, starting with a 2.7RS spec engine and rolled / modified fenders for tire clearance. Like your 914, it has a later style rear bumper, and valence. It even has an impact bumper nose piece. Not yet having had the chance for a side-to-side comparison with a known original ‘70 -6, there may be other incorrect features as well. The few -6’s were made a long time ago. Even in the ‘70’s they didn’t really stand out vs other cars in many enthusiast’s eyes. But the few people who recognized the 914’s virtues quickly took to modifying and racing them. Like many cars of that era, 914’s endured a period of neglect and devaluation. Fast forward to today, and many, if not most remaining examples have lived pretty hard lives, and deserve to be preserved and honored. Whether still bone stock, highly modified, or reconstituted & restored, they all have interesting stories. 914043, please post as many photos of your labor of love as possible for us to enjoy. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) There really are so few of any kind of 914, the story of each, and what makes it different, is important. I have the obit of the original owner of my car (widow lives a couple houses away) and a niece mentions how awesome it was to see this guy pull up in his chalon and take them for a drive. That kind of history, to me, is so much of cars like this. Wish I knew more about the original owner of my gt350. Certainly untouched since delivery is cool, but kind of boring. |
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