Just in case you thought I was getting too old to do crazy stuff...

[Wayne 962]

[Wayne 962]

Getting colder!

[930cabman]

Wayne, I would guess you have matured to the point where you should make these sort of decisions on your own.

Great trip, be safe and have a fun holiday

[tirwin]

I was wondering what ever happened to the stolen 914. Sorry to hear the car wasn't recovered but glad the perp is in jail. Also glad to hear insurance paid up. I always wondered how long they could keep you in limbo if there was a chance the car could be recovered.

Really glad you found a new 914. Have fun, congrats and Happy Thanksgiving!

[Wayne 962]

Almost home, 3 more miles and time for some snow!

Wayne

[Wayne 962]

Home sweet home!

Took about ten tries to get it up the snowy driveway!

[crustychief]

Awesomesauce!

[Wayne 962]

This thing is louder than it looks. We'll have to get the decibel meter out to see if it's louder than the 935. It will be a close contest! Had to wear "super" earplugs today (normal ones wouldn't have sufficed).

[timchar]

Glad you made it...That thing sounds wicked! Tim

[techweenie]

Originally Posted by Wayne at Pelican Parts

This thing is louder than it looks. We'll have to get the decibel meter out to see if it's louder than the 935. It will be a close contest! Had to wear "super" earplugs today (normal ones wouldn't have sufficed).

Great adventure. You took a lemony situation and made sweet lemonade.

Sounds fantastic - although 287 miles of that might be a bit much.

[SirAndy]

Originally Posted by Wayne at Pelican Parts

Heading out tomorrow to pick up this

Well, since you already picked it up it's too late now, but that car has gone through some shady hands in the past.

Please make sure you double and triple check for a possible VIN swap, clipping or stitching.

I wish i had seen this earlier ...

[techweenie]

^^^ Well, SirAndy, there's the Dickhead Post of the year. Info better transmitted via PM. Hoping good sense prevails and you delete it ASAP.

[sugarwood]

Originally Posted by techweenie

^^^ Well, SirAndy, there's the Dickhead Post of the year. Info better transmitted via PM. Hoping good sense prevails and you delete it ASAP.

I don't understand.
I thought this forum was about disclosure and helping people out?

[JimHoyland]

Seen this car several times at German Auto Festival in Ventura and recently at Rennsport Reunion 2015

[Steve F]

Very cool! Tell us about the engine please

[911 Rod]

Please details on the build Wayne.

[Bergo]

Originally Posted by SirAndy

Well, since you already picked it up it's too late now, but that car has gone through some shady hands in the past.

Please make sure you double and triple check for a possible VIN swap, clipping or stitching.

I wish i had seen this earlier ...

too bad, looks like an all original concours car otherwise...

[onewhippedpuppy]

Congrats Wayne!! Road trips are more fun the less practical the car, I drove a PCA Club Race '88 Targa back home 250 miles through torrential rain on old slicks and ancient wipers, with headers and megaphones, and zero interior. Followed a friend at about 40 MPH with the hazards on, good times.....

[Wayne 962]

It's a clean car, with a clean title, owned by Tom from 1998. There's some odd stuff circulating on the Internet in the past, but there are probably very few people who know Tom Woodford as well as I do, as he is the guy I worked with for hundreds of hours on writing the Porsche 911 Engine Rebuild book. The cars started out as a California 1970 Porsche 914 - a pretty simple and basic car, and has been heavily modified from there. With so many four-cylinder 914s around, there is no need to mess with any VINs whatsoever - it just doesn't make any sense.

This car, of course, is highly modified from new, and currently has a 2.8L twin-plug RSR engine in it - built upon a 1965 aluminum block Porsche 911 engine.

Tom offered me the car many years ago, but I already had a 914, and wasn't interested in having two of them. Having my 914-6 conversion stolen last year (I tracked the guy down and he's now in jail, but we still can't find the car), this is now a replacement. Pretty much a dollar-for-dollar exchange with the insurance money, and although my 914-6 conversion was my very first car and my first Porsche, this one is a much better and much more sorted out car.

As with any car I buy, there are some improvements and changes I will be making in the very near future, but they are relatively minor. The back window has been removed, and that makes for some interesting aerodynamics which causes exhaust to enter the passenger compartment. We'll be putting the back window back in and probably turning the engine lid into the "GT Style" lid with a full grille across the back. I might put some dynamat in too, if I ever want my wife to ride with me in it - it is really almost unbearably loud.

-Wayne

[Wayne 962]

Found this photo from a thread about the New Year's drive from 2005:



New Years Day Rally- So Cal

-Wayne