As a VW driver I was often at the dealership drooling at the Porsches. Back then the dealership was a VW, Porsche & Audi dealership. I saw the first 914 in 1970 and the price was not crazy. It took me four years of working one full time photography job, shooting weddings on Saturdays in the spring and coaching films for Jr. high Thursday nights, High school on Friday nights, and Saturdays for college games. Those films alone made me more than my regular job, but it was football season only.
I did save up enough to go into the dealership at age 19 and order "my" 914. It was $6,742 bucks.
I still look just like that, except now I have a beard.