[Dave at Pelican Parts]

914s kinda suck in side collisions. A local was T-boned at an intersection. He had a later (from early 73 on) car with the door beams, and he also had a roll bar--single hoop. He was severely injured in the crash. Most of the 914's structure on the side is underneath its door in the sill, and since the car is so much lower than just about anything else out there all that is protecting you is the door...

A full roll cage with "Nascar door beams" would help, a regular roll cage would help somewhat less. Anything else is probably not worth that much in a side impact.

The good news is that the 914 has about an acre of crumple zone in the front and also in the rear. So if you can avoid getting hit on the door, you should be able to walk away from anything less than about a 70 MPH collision!!

--DD