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Targa, Panamera Turbo
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Houston TX
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Anyone Own a Mid Years with a Sportomatic?
I have never seen one, or known anyone to own one. Anyone?
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03-14-2014, 08:32 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: New Jersey
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My 74 targa came with one from the factory but it was long gone before the car became mine. In fact the oil tank is the original and has the oil lines plugged off. That's the best I can do.
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03-15-2014, 05:36 AM
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I have a client with one, a 76.....I just replaced the shifter switch and some other stuff in it. .... neat little car, fun to drive. .
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03-15-2014, 05:38 AM
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Like my sig says, I had a '78 SC with one. While not a mid-year, it was a fun car with the 3.0L.
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03-15-2014, 10:51 AM
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Puny Bird
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Port Hope (near Toronto) On, Canada
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Again not midyear, but the '79 core 3.0 for my 914 conversion is a sporto engine number.
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'74 Porsche 914, 3.0/6 '72 Porsche 914, 1.7, wife's summer DD '67 Bug, 2600cc T4,'67 Bus, 2.0 T1 Not putting miles on your car is like not having sex with your girlfriend, so she'll be more desirable to her next boyfriend. |
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03-15-2014, 05:18 PM
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Targa, Panamera Turbo
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Houston TX
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These trannys findable? How is the conversion?
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03-15-2014, 05:26 PM
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Puny Bird
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Port Hope (near Toronto) On, Canada
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I mean my 914 is getting the engine, the car and tranny is long gone.
If you look up the engine code it tells you if it originally had a sporto,
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'74 Porsche 914, 3.0/6 '72 Porsche 914, 1.7, wife's summer DD '67 Bug, 2600cc T4,'67 Bus, 2.0 T1 Not putting miles on your car is like not having sex with your girlfriend, so she'll be more desirable to her next boyfriend. |
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03-15-2014, 05:44 PM
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Slackerous Maximus
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Columbus, OH
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Ok. I'll bite. Why do you want one?
(I drive a tiptronic, not trolling, just curious.)
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03-15-2014, 05:58 PM
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Now in 993 land ...
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Lube just lusts after the weird stuff. Turbo 996 with tiptronic and now a midyear sporto!
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03-15-2014, 11:36 PM
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Model Citizen
Join Date: May 2007
Location: The Voodoo Lounge
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I had a VW bug with one; same principal.
Turned an already slow car into an even slower car. (And, once your friends find out they can disengage the clutch with gentle knee pressure on the shifter, the hijinx never stop.)
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03-16-2014, 08:04 AM
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Location: Houston TX
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03-16-2014, 11:49 AM
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Where were you when I was trying to sell my car?
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03-16-2014, 01:39 PM
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Don't you still have to shift the sporto, just no clutch. Seems like it would still be work in traffic mike.
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03-16-2014, 03:17 PM
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In a word, no.
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03-16-2014, 05:00 PM
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Targa, Panamera Turbo
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Houston TX
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Scott, your car looked sweet! Love ROW...
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03-16-2014, 08:37 PM
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Now in 993 land ...
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03-16-2014, 10:20 PM
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It was a special order, euro delivery car so kind of a mix US and ROW. It's now trolling the streets of Houston so keep an eye open, you might see it sometime.
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03-17-2014, 08:31 AM
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1985 Porsche 911 carrera targa 3.2
My former car
1986 Porsche 944 2.5l
