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> extreme cool find in Germany, unfortunately not by me :-)
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post Mar 18 2006, 02:28 AM
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got info about a really cool car in Germany
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His toy is a '70 porsche 914-6, colour is (original) conda-green, rims 7x15 (911R). The car retired in 1977 and was stored away ever since. First owner was Gerd Quist, a well known racedriver for the MaxMoritz-Team in the 70s who used this gem as his private car. Being also serviced by MaxMoritz it wouldn't stay stock for a long period of time. Engine tune-up went for a 2,2l with 185PS, 911-S brake-calipers, a 914-GT suspension and much more bits and pieces "off the shelf" were fitted in these early days. So this car is absolutely unique. Although being one of the most ugly sportscars ever created, this one really got my heart.


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post Mar 18 2006, 02:29 AM
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post Mar 18 2006, 02:39 AM
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just to remember - this famous GT was driven by Gerd Quist



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post Mar 18 2006, 02:39 AM
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post Mar 18 2006, 03:26 AM
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I don't understand why 914's are labled ugly by so many people.
I can remember I was 13 when these cars came out and when I first saw one I fell in love with them the way they looked.
When I got mine 7 years later I never had so much fun driving a car.
I even still have it today
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post Mar 18 2006, 04:06 AM
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QUOTE (craig downs @ Mar 18 2006, 01:26 AM)
I don't understand why 914's are labled ugly by so many people.
I can remember I was 13 when these cars came out and when I first saw one I fell in love with them the way they looked.
When I got mine 7 years later I never had so much fun driving a car.
I even still have it today

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The first time I laid eyes on a 914, which was my 914 i have now, I fell in love. I love boxy looking cars. These ricey, slick, bubbly looking cars today make me (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/icon8.gif)
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post Mar 18 2006, 04:29 AM
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They're ugly. Compare it to a 911... its a hideous car compared to the perfect shape of a long hood.

I'm selling my longhood 912 to keep my bastard 914. I love it that much more because nobody else does. Its like going for the gimpy fat chick at a party...
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post Mar 18 2006, 04:31 AM
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QUOTE (MattR @ Mar 18 2006, 02:29 AM)
Its like going for the gimpy fat chick at a party...

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I think that's more along the lines of desperate..
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post Mar 18 2006, 07:18 AM
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When was Conda green an original color?
VIN ???????????
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post Mar 18 2006, 08:10 AM
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I think Conda green was never a 914 color. It was a 1971 911 color, IIRC, but was used on at least a few 914/6 GT cars, whether or not by the factory, I don't know.
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post Mar 18 2006, 09:03 AM
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I wonder how available those rear bumpers with the wide license plate recess are in europe.

I may need one in the fairly near future.
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post Mar 18 2006, 09:16 AM
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QUOTE (craig downs @ Mar 18 2006, 01:26 AM)
I don't understand why 914's are labled ugly by so many people.
I can remember I was 13 when these cars came out and when I first saw one I fell in love with them the way they looked.
When I got mine 7 years later I never had so much fun driving a car.
I even still have it today

Perhaps because 914's ARE ugly? I liked AMC Gremlins and Hillman IMPs in the 1970's does that make them pretty? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)
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post Mar 18 2006, 09:40 AM
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Are those 5 bolt Fuchs on the VW bus on the other trailer? If they are....that is a trick setup for a bus!

The 2 cars must be a pair?

Looks like the 914-6 has also got a GT engine lid...that's not stock either.
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post Mar 18 2006, 10:10 AM
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QUOTE (michel richard @ Mar 18 2006, 06:10 AM)
I think Conda green was never a 914 color. It was a 1971 911 color, IIRC, but was used on at least a few 914/6 GT cars, whether or not by the factory, I don't know.

I agree it was never an official stock color, but the writer claims it was original. Perhaps it was a custom job to start with. If so, that adds another to my list of custom 'factory' colors. I always like to learn more about such things. VIN is very important, then comes the color number on the Karmann badge. I don't have a 914/6 with a custom color number yet. All the 914/4 I know of are from 1972 and later.

For a green it is very nice. Grasshopper color perhaps?
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post Mar 18 2006, 01:00 PM
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QUOTE (davep @ Mar 18 2006, 08:10 AM)
For a green it is very nice. Grasshopper color perhaps?

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conda green is darker, like the GT in the other pics ...

nice find!
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post Mar 18 2006, 03:50 PM
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I though you could order any color you wanted if you supplied the color chip. I think the added cost was about $195 in 73 because I was going to special order one.
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post Mar 18 2006, 05:31 PM
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QUOTE (ChicagoPete @ Mar 18 2006, 04:40 PM)
Looks like the 914-6 has also got a GT engine lid...that's not stock either.

this car was modified by Max Moritz with lots of GT parts
it also has some Carrera 6 parts (open air intakes, flywheel, ...)

currently it has less than 60k original km (about 37,500 miles)
it was stored in the underfloor garage of Max Moritz since 1978


I guess it was no problem for Max Moritz to get a factory original /6 in "their" standard colour "conda green" - they had very good relations to the Porsche factory
the colour might look very shiny on these pics, because the car got a new paint
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post Mar 18 2006, 05:46 PM
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I believe it was either Automobile or Motor Trend Magazine back in 1970 that stated the 914 has "the grace of an erector set"...

Personally, I think the 914 is enjoying a bit of a renaissance right now, and like many others, I fell in love with the lines when I was very young.

But, 'ugly' is relative.. My other fun-car is a '73 VW THING..

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QUOTE (Gustl @ Mar 18 2006, 03:28 AM)
got info about a really cool car in Germany
just read the text:

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His toy is a '70 porsche 914-6, colour is (original) conda-green, rims 7x15 (911R). The car retired in 1977 and was stored away ever since. First owner was Gerd Quist, a well known racedriver for the MaxMoritz-Team in the 70s who used this gem as his private car. Being also serviced by MaxMoritz it wouldn't stay stock for a long period of time. Engine tune-up went for a 2,2l with 185PS, 911-S brake-calipers, a 914-GT suspension and much more bits and pieces "off the shelf" were fitted in these early days. So this car is absolutely unique. Although being one of the most ugly sportscars ever created, this one really got my heart.


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The 914 was never ugly specially once someone got behind the stearing wheel and got to the heart of the beast . Beauty is skin deep and as for a sports car, it was ahead of it's time in looks and drivability! Who the hell wants a rear or front engine car anyway? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/alfred.gif)
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post Mar 18 2006, 06:37 PM
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QUOTE (craig downs @ Mar 18 2006, 04:26 AM)
I don't understand why 914's are labled ugly by so many people.

I wish somebody like an art student or a designer would do an analysis of the 914's styling to explain why it's NOT ugly. Kinda like those features Motor Trend does on certain new cars where they point out every little design element and explain why it works.
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