whatever happened to 914114 Options

[cgnj]

More importantly, have the posts and pics describing this car been deleted?
If you know the story about this car please keep in in your hat.
I was just hoping to refresh my memory about a special car.

Regards,

Carlos

[JeffBowlsby]

Without a $3-500K+ full on restoration this car will never be driveable or ‘perfect’. The other thought would be to simply clean it up and preserve it as an artifact. That in itself would be very cool for all to see. Some of the parts are very fragile such as the plastic lenses and heat distribution ducts under the cowl. Every part on it is one of a kind, hand made.

[wonkipop]

Without a $3-500K+ full on restoration this car will never be driveable or ‘perfect’. The other thought would be to simply clean it up and preserve it as an artifact. That in itself would be very cool for all to see. Some of the parts are very fragile such as the plastic lenses and heat distribution ducts under the cowl. Every part on it is one of a kind, hand made.

interesting read this thread.

i tend to agree with you mr. b.
whatever it is, it should be left in the state its arrived at.

curious remarks about it being cursed by some posters.
i can believe it.
a bit like king tut's tomb. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)
some things are best left alone or even forgotten.

i went digging on this website and i see that the idea of prototypes has come up before.
there was this fab photo from a post war euro jig saw puzzle posted here about two decades ago.



youze old timers on this website will know this one?
def a 4 proto.
911 mirror.
cowl fuel filler.
and the early indicator lenses as per the piech 8.
likely one of the 16 hand built protos from 1968.

there is a prototype pre production holden torana gtr-x currently for sale in north antartica at the moment. with all the talk of hoodoo i will be staying well clear of that.
(it too seems to be cursed as if it does not want to be completed but stay an abandoned artifact?)

oh and merry christmas.
its rained all day here today.
record rainfall for a christmas day since records were recorded.
ruined my normal 7.00 am run on deserted roads that i have been doing for the last 3 years in the 914. curses. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

and yes to all the badge whores.
the protos seemed to wear a badge.
obviously VW put their foot down on that one after h nordhoff had his heart attack.