Show your ride...

Here are several somewhat unflattering photos of 'Patrick'. I was able to pick him up from the family of the longtime owner and drive it down to the R Gruppe Treffen in SLO. I think he was a well recieved by the guys.:)

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Take a good look at the steering wheel. The car came with a pile of parts which included 2 old steering wheels wrapped in old newspaper. The wheel on the car now is the wheel that the PO called his 'concours' steering wheel. I was totally :eek: when I saw the part #.

:D

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Very nice,

I always knew that you had great taste.....:D


Ya know, Conda/Signal/Viper Gruen + Pepita/Houndstooth:D :D

THe wheel is just icein'; Any other hidden special tid bits? Did your fog lenses turn out alright?

Can't wait to see it.

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Originally Posted by fryardds

The wheel on the car now is the wheel that the PO called his 'concours' steering wheel. I was totally :eek: when I saw the part #.

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I knew you were going to have fun peeling the newspaper away from that little piece. When he showed the wheel to me I noticed the thickness of the grip!:eek:

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Originally Posted by MoparBoy72

Any other hidden special tid bits? Did your fog lenses turn out alright?

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Andrew check this out. The previous owners (4) have kept a running log book since 1971. This notebook was started in 1980 (there are copied pages from the first one) and is an interesting read about the mileage, repairs and even Auto X suspension setups from the owner I bought the car from. He wrote the most detailed notes of all the PO. Here is a sampling.:)

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Details of a trip from the West Coast to the Chicago Parade.

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Record of the transfer of ownership from third to forth owner. The car was sold for $16K in 1986.

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Auto X setup info.


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A generous Board member sent me a nice condition lens to put in the broken left side fog.:)

Raj, nice 914-6! Beautiful time capsule. I am really beginning to hanker for one of those. Speaking of time capsules, Brian's car is one in spades. That darn car has all the cool stuff that you don't get to see much anymore. How about a perfect set of factory fuses and seat extenders in addition to that RSR wheel.:eek: And that is only the tip of the proverbial iceberg. You really gotta see this car - pictures don't do it justice. Oh, and it drives pretty good also.;)

Beautiful 914 Raj. Love the dogbone footrest.

I purchased this '71 couple of years ago, with some very nice updates. The PO installed a fresh 2 liter with Webbers, Bursch exhaust, '74 Fuchs, new carpet. I added a side shifter, upgraded headlights, seats redone, and a complete Elephant Racing suspension. The car is a blast in the twisties and feels so glued and sure footed, woe to me if it ever brakes loose.

Eddy graciously agreed to 'sell' the car.

I want one. Raj, why do you need two?

There are quite a few on this board that deserve my thanks for the endless emails and hours of questions about these outstanding early cars. After two long years of very patient (and sometimes frustrating) searching, I bought this car in September. I apologize for taking this long to post (I have been driving too much) but I wanted to take some shots of this original beauty in the mountains, but with crappy weather on the way, that has been put on hold. These shots are old but represents the car well. I have gotten her tuned for the higher elevation and she now runs like a top, but better than that -- two different shops as well as four paint/restoration shops have looked at her and have all verified the original, unmolested condition. It is really cool to have West German glass!! I have an outstanding painter lined up to respray this winter, so by the time Parade comes to my backyard, she will be looking spiffy. Thanks again to all that helped in my search!!