 914 Murene & 916, A couple of rare ones at Monterey Car Week 2023 |
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| dlkawashima |
 Aug 21 2023, 03:45 PM
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914 Guru  Group: Members Posts: 9,749 Joined: 1-October 10 From: San Jose Member No.: 12,234 Region Association: Northern California  |
Although I live only 90 minutes from Monterey this is the first time I've actually spent more than a day at Monterey Car Week. One of the main reasons I haven't is because price gouging is the norm ($800 a night for a room at the Best Western) but this time we got free tickets for Saturday at Laguna Seca and Sunday at Pebble Beach, so we figured, 'eh, what the hell, let's do it.' (We also attended the Werks Reunion on Friday, but we brought my wife's 968 instead of my 914).
Anyway, I was pleasantly surprised to see the Murene at Laguna Seca. That was an unexpected treat. It was parked alongside a whole bunch of Bring a Trailer alumni cars:    |
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| dlkawashima |
Aug 21 2023, 03:54 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 9,749 Joined: 1-October 10 From: San Jose Member No.: 12,234 Region Association: Northern California |
On Sunday I was very surprised to see a 916 on display. I assume it's the real deal (although I really don't know much about the history of the 916) since it was on the grass with all the zillion dollar cars:
   All in all, Monterey Car Week was fun. The amount of exotic machinery on display (and also simply driving around the peninsula) is hard to fathom ... it's truly sensory overload. |
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| Root_Werks |
Aug 21 2023, 04:58 PM
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Village Idiot Group: Members Posts: 8,585 Joined: 25-May 04 From: About 5NM from Canada Member No.: 2,105 Region Association: Pacific Northwest 
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Two very rare cars indeed! Like the color on that 916.
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| Justinp71 |
Aug 21 2023, 05:02 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,622 Joined: 11-October 04 From: Sacramento, CA Member No.: 2,922 Region Association: None
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Thanks for sharing, man I would drive down there just to see a 916 in person. Hopefully it comes back for Rennsport. |
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| DRPHIL914 |
Aug 22 2023, 07:19 AM
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Dr. Phil Group: Members Posts: 5,813 Joined: 9-December 09 From: Bluffton, SC Member No.: 11,106 Region Association: South East States
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wow!! that’s really cool. how many 916’s were made? was it 11-12? this is different than a 914/4-GT M471 package car yes?
any more infor on this cars history? |
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| Steve |
Aug 22 2023, 08:00 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,816 Joined: 14-June 03 From: Orange County, CA Member No.: 822 Region Association: Southern California
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They were both at the San Pedro Luftkekuht. Great show
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| dr914@autoatlanta.com |
Aug 22 2023, 08:04 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,140 Joined: 3-January 07 From: atlanta georgia Member No.: 7,418 Region Association: None |
Only 11 including the prototype "Brutus"
QUOTE(DRPHIL914 @ Aug 22 2023, 06:19 AM)  wow!! that’s really cool. how many 916’s were made? was it 11-12? this is different than a 914/4-GT M471 package car yes? any more infor on this cars history?   |
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| dlkawashima |
Aug 23 2023, 11:03 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 9,749 Joined: 1-October 10 From: San Jose Member No.: 12,234 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(DRPHIL914 @ Aug 22 2023, 06:19 AM) wow!! that’s really cool. how many 916’s were made? was it 11-12? this is different than a 914/4-GT M471 package car yes? any more infor on this cars history? I really don't know much about the 916 but according to the Porsche 916 Info site there were 11 in total. The blue one on display at Pebble Beach is number 0017 and was owned by Dr. (Hans) Michael Piëch. I say 'was' because the placard for the 916 said the car is now owned by Todd Blue of Malibu, CA  |
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