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Here's my saga...
In 1977 (I was 8) my Dad purchased a 20k mile light orange 914-6. It was in perfect condition. He drove it daily from Villa Park, CA to his office in LA. That car was never dirty - very well taken care of. Many great memories - many revolving around singing "Benny and the Jets" along with the killer 8 track player. He sold it in '82 as we were moving to Colorado and he deemed it unpractical. The business associate that he sold it to totaled it in less than a two weeks (we mistakenly got the insurance papers). The car was still in pristine condition. I always loved 914's, looked at a few through my early driving years and thank the high heavens that I could never pull the deals together. I new nothing about what to look out for and surely would have ended up with a basket case. Fast forward to '92 - married, house, job all that junk. I was living pretty high up in the foothills and driving an ABT prepped VW GTI that I had autocrossed all through college. It was giving me problems in the snow so I went down to look for a cheaper used SUV to drive on bad days - I was not willing to sell the GTI - loved that car. Ummm... I came home with a rust free(ok, ok - very small amount) '72 914 instead - and some *****en studded snow tires for the GTI. 8 years later - no more GTI (got a great truck)the 914 has two concours class wins (and a great sounding 8 track player...)no more wife, and pure and total happiness. You gotta have priorities!!!
Scott Schroeder
(here are my kids...)
'72 914
'72 911S
'52 MGTD
'66 GT 350
and one really great little red truck!
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