Porsche 914/6 collectability

[gumby1953]

Sorry for your friend and for Ontario but the other dude is still kikin-it.... in anything he drives....keep going Elliot!!

KJ

[jhora]

I see some "scoops" under the front end of #1 and #2...does anyone know if these are for the brakes or engine cooling...great thread...enjoy every posting!

[John Straub]

The #1 car is the Alan Johnson 6.

John

[mrgreenjeans]

I totally agree here.
Just a matter of a few short years, the well continues to dry up.
The really great cars don't go anywhere unless its death or serious consequences dictating sale.

[Frank Beck]

Captain K's sidekick,

"The really great cars don't go anywhere unless its death or serious consequences dictating sale."

You hit it on the head: Death was the circumstance surrounding the purchase of mine just as it will be the reason for the next buyer.

[mrgreenjeans]

Let me tell the story Reza,

Its a 73'

OG white (but repainted) rust included!!

So here's the deal: do ya see the 1939 Auto Union DKW 500 cc "Twice Stroke" 2 lunger German Army bike in the back ground, just to the right of Lee Man's new ride....yes you do see that...! Well, Lee bought that bike for me so I didn't have to tell anybody at home (wifie), it cost 82 hunnies. So, my Bud and team engineer Mark had been doing a weekend resto-fixer-upper on the 4 banger for his kid (kinda OK but not to perfect either) to drive at College. Well as it ends up. I had loaned Mark some Billies, so he figured he would talk Lee into buying the kids 914 because now he can't have a car at College until next year. So Lee says Kevin owes me some Scoot so why don't we wash the deal clean and everybodys happy!!

Well Lee has not really seen the 914 yet, so I thought I would help out by at least, taking a pixie of "ol' whitiey" next to a 917 because maybe your eyes wouldn't "Focus" too much on the 914. Its true, Lee has not seen it yet so he will (at least) have one good memory of what he bought before he gets to judge what he really didn't even pay for....ina weird way of course...no i didn't say concourse!!

Dats da story...and Lee Man is stickin to it!

Gumby

What a GREAT story KJ !!!
no , I did not see at first, in the pic the DKW Army bike,

BUT,
I did notice the green anti-freeze on the floor and was wondering what that leaked out of ?

what's lurking in the corner off camera to the lower right ????????

[mrgreenjeans]

The reason I said what I did about death or serious consequences, is from my own observed situations and some of my friends. Some really great cars once owned by me, and a few I still have.....

In my case,
car A- pending divorce-- ( Dr. owned )
car B- Bankruptcy forced by Drug habit-- ( Dr. owned )
car C- Death by war in Vietnam
car D- pending retirement, quickly followed by death
car E- Son's death by suicide
car F- Infant's death by vehicle- run over in the yard
car G- Divorce and liquidation of assets
car H- Loss of job
car I- Husband's death
car J- Death of wife and remarriage
car K- Retirement and move out of state- liquidation of all assets
car L- Loss of high profile job and consequent divorce
car M- impending death by cancer- 1 month later

almost half of these I moved on, but every purchase had a story, and none were good ones except for the purchaser.

[Frank Beck]

Good grief! If I believed in karma or juju I would say you're toast. Can't wait to hear about N-Z.

As for "D": I totally understand that one: For me, death and retirement will occur on the same day.

[Mr9146]

Porsche 917 Hookah no waste gate-it's a one hit job.

raj

I vaugely remember what we used to say about those one-hitters, "Straight to the dome, bro."

[mrgreenjeans]

Good grief! If I believed in karma or juju I would say you're toast. Can't wait to hear about N-Z.

As for "D": I totally understand that one: For me, death and retirement will occur on the same day.

Actually, I need to clarify, I WAS the purchaser from the ones that had those problems.
The only guy that came to a positive result , was me......and then the ones that purchased those cars after I sold them on.

As to " D "........I again had a life the day I retired 2 years ago. FREE to do MY thing on MY time , MY way. Cannot tell you how many Porsche experiences I missed due to work, denied leave, or other workplace environment conflict.

Blood pressure went down, life began to look cheery again, and you know........if I sleep in till 6:00 am , I feel a little guilty, but I just sit a little longer over coffee , and the feeling soon passes. ;-0

I would not be alive at age 58 if I didn't retire when I did.

It is a GOOD thing and I should have found a way to do it at 40.