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| Condition: | Used | Year: | 1976 |
| VIN (Vehicle Identification Number): | 4762901313 | Mileage: | 8,950 |
| Interior Color: | Black | Make: | Porsche |
| Vehicle Title: | Clear | Model: |
914 |
| SellerProvidedTitle: | 1976 Porsche 914-6 GT Tribute Car | VIN: | 4762901313 |
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2 Sit in wonder as we are invited into the seemingly solitary life of Matt, a vintage car/parts enthusiast. The crown jewel of his rustic collection is a Porsche 356 which is the Banjo to his Kazooie. Any adventure Matt decides to go on, the 356 is ready. Climbing mountains, off-roading, LA traffic the little […]
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5 The newest video from our friends at Petrolicious features racecar legend Derek Bell driving a Porsche 718 RS60 that won the Targa Florio in 1959. It’s 11 minutes of raspy exhaust noise, winding roads and Porsche poetry. Bell goes on about how honored he was to be a part of Porsche’s history and to […]
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9 There is a myth that once you get married and have kids, the good ol’ days of playing with cars are over (Cory gets trigger-happy on eBay at the thought). But that doesn’t have to be true. What else are the back seats of a Porsche 911 for if not for tiny babies? The […]
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Living in today’s world means enduring a constant storm of vocal opinions and ridged viewpoints. So naturally we crowd under branded umbrellas with people that have similar appreciations. However, once you are safely shaded with all your like-minded friends, you’ll find you are still a part of a diverse group. Even though we may all be huddled under the same shelter, little posses form within the mob. Let’s take a look at some Porsche posses.
If Porsche culture were a Snickers bar, the air-cooled faction would be the peanuts. The liquid-cooled cars far out number the air-cooled at this point, but without the fan clad bunch, the whole culture wouldn’t be the same. These happy geezers are generally very accepting and will wave at anyone with a Porsche. They were raised watching the old cars race and probably still own their first 911. No mods, no stereos just wax and oil. They have often owned a number of different front or mid mounted Porsches but always revert to classic 911s.
More recently a new crop of #aircoolednuts have sprouted. The number of younger, #trendy enthusiasts seems to be growing more rapidly than Magnus Walker can get another post on Instagram. Will these new followers still love the air-cooled 911 when they are too pudgy to fit into their skinny jeans and all the boutique coffee shops have closed due to market saturation? Only time will tell.
Next to them are the Porsche fanboys. These people love everything Porsche. They praise the obviously terrifying Panamera Hybrid’s build quality and technological advancements. So blind is their loyalty that they will even find a reason to admire a Tiptronic 996 Cabriolet – “Feel how smooth it shifts and look how convenient these gear selection buttons are.” To them, Porsche is completely faultless. You may even see them with a Porsche timepiece. These guys are the most likely to own modern Porsches. They may have a Cayenne tow car, Boxster Sunday driver and a 997 daily and will also wave at most everyone.
There are some Porsche enthusiasts that can’t justify the swollen price of peanuts and seek out special pieces of caramel and nougat. Most prominent are the 928/944 enthusiasts. Many of these guys like to “build” their cars. Modifications range from aftermarket wheels to forced induction. When asked about their opinion on the 911 they usually respond with “Dude I’ve smoked so many of those things” or “Yeah I drove one of those once, wasn’t super impressed.” Now you will find purists that live in this group or Porsche enthusiasts that are new in their walk so they haven’t made the jump to a 911 yet, but the most prevalent ingredient here are tuners. Who could blame them? The 944 and 928 are wonderful platforms. These guys generally will only wave to other front engine guys, if at all.
Cayman owners have typically had a few other Porsches and wanted something a little modern but didn’t want the size or weight of a liquid-cooled 911. Many of the Cayman’s owners out there aren’t really Porsche enthusiasts, more style/status/Instagram enthusiasts. But the ones who are Porsche enthusiasts love driving and wouldn’t give their car up for anything short of a GT3. These guys are too busy working their wheel to wave.
Then there are Boxster/914 owners. Unless they are owned by the previously mentioned fanatics, this group sits in the background just happy to be in the wrapper at all. They truly are the black sheep of the group, the partially hydrogenated soybean oil. They will wave at anyone who waves at them but they don’t expect anyone to acknowledge them.
Sprinkled through this constantly growing group are different kinds of enthusiasts. Each with their own flare like RWB and the aforementioned Magnus Walker who throw convention out the roll-down window and do what they love. 914 modders who stick 993 and turbo engines in the back of featherweight targas and the supercar owners that get to live millions of people’s dreams on the daily. It is a very diverse group but we all chose to stand together because we have a great appreciation for the engineering, design and care taken by a forward thinking family, Porsche.
PS if you LS/350 swapped any Porsche you are the allergy information of the candy bar. You are the saturated fat, the high fructose corn syrup and all the other poisons that unfortunately tarnish something great. You are a twinkie, so please stick with your soft, fat Camaros.
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The only modifications to the car are a new chrome exhaust, and a Murf 928 supercharger that was installed about 7 years ago (performs great), and a competition clutch installed at the same time. The supercharger cost me about $6,000 plus installation (it’s a bolt on that you can certainly remove if you choose).
The only exterior flaws are: passenger mirror spring failed (doesn’t affect usability of the mirror), so the mirror doesn’t “spring” back if you manually turn it backwards flat to the car. And the sunroof (although operates just fine) gets scratched by something within the underside of the roof when sliding open and shut, so I don’t open it anymore since the car was painted because I didn’t want it to get scratched. I have not taken the sunroof out to examine why it gets scratched when opening and closing.
The A/C does not blow cold and hasn’t since I’ve owned it. Because I live in northern Minnesota and drive with the windows open on warm days, I never cared.
The car runs and drives beautifully. I don’t drive the car in the rain or snow. The car has been garage stored always. I have owned it for over twelve years and have put about 15K miles on it since I’ve owned it (and it’s never been out of commission). The timing belt and water pump have both been replaced twice since I’ve owned it (just routine maintenance, no mechanical issues). The car has always been serviced by the same local private and reputable mechanic. Call or text me if interested. Hagerty has this car in GOOD condition valued at $19,000 (without supercharger). I’m asking $20000. Call Dan if interested @ show contact info Thanks for looking.
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Options include:
Partial leather
Full power driver’s seat
Body color spoiler
17 inch wheels, currently with Hankook RS-3A tires. 16 Inch wheels with near new A/S tires also available if preferred.
Upgrades:
Koni adjustable shocks and struts
Bulldog keyless entry.
Clarion AM/FM/CD/MP3 head unit with Sirius satellite adapter.
Recent maintenance:
Slotted brake rotors and Stoptech S/T pads
Strut mounts
Front control arm caster blocks
Motor mounts
Valve cover gaskets
Variocam chain and adjusting pads
Timing/balance shaft belts, rollers and seals
Water pump
Oil pan gasket
Connecting rod bearings
Power steering return line
Includes all manuals (also electronic version of shop manual), original window sticker and tool kit.
$13,900
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Last summer, a 1987 Porsche 944 came under my care. Now, 1980s Porsches are solidly built; you can hear the sturdiness in the way the door clunks shut. But it’s still nearly 30 years old, so just a few things on it need of maintenance. Just a few. Here is everything that needs fixing on the 1987 Porsche 944.
Plus all the other routine maintenance that needs to be checked and done at some point: belts, water pump, clutch, fluids, air filter, etc. None of this stuff is what you would call pressing mechanical issues, but it would be nice to see them fixed. Some people may say that all these issues outweigh the value of owning the car, and they’re probably right. But where is the fun in that?
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4 Last week Chris shared his opinion on Japanese Porsche tuner, RWB, or RAUH WELT Begriff. In it he talked about how RWB has gone too far with the cartoonization of an icon. He loves the philosophy, but doesn’t like the degree to which it was executed. Let me explain to you why Chris’s opinion […]
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Am I the only one that isn’t in love with Rauh-Welt Begriff 911’s? After studying these cars for a while I gained deep, deep, deep respect for Akira Nakai-san and his masterful craftsmanship, but I’m not sure I am on board with the full-fledged cartoonization of an automotive icon. The longer I look at RWB-tuned Porsche’s, the more I think I need to be named Bit Cloud or Spike Spiegel to pilot one. It isn’t necessarily because of the wide body but more because of the multiple builds that called for tri-deck rear spoilers… I haven’t seen anything that useless since Hulk Hogan’s right to privacy. I’m all for adding lots of hot sauce to my chalupa because it adds to the flavor, brother. These ridiculous spoilers are not a Cholula soaked chalupa. It’s just a normal chalupa wrapped in hundred dollar bills. Much like the Suburban Commando himself, very expensive and not any better.
There are clear reasons for making a 911 wider.
Reason One, humps. Those humps, those humps, those humps.
Reason B, 911’s are very sure footed from the factory, especially when the driver gets used to managing the unique weight of the car. Now make that footprint 12 or more inches wider and let Akira guru the suspension. Physics will no longer own you, it will become your lapdog. Unfortunately, the trade off is what was once a subtle, elegant road car is left looking like RSR cosplay. Everyone has their thing, I’m just not sold on this thing.
Please don’t get me wrong. I am genuinely happy these cars exist and that people like them. Part of me even gets the appeal. Giant hips, huge rear wing, loud burbbbly noises. How can someone truly hate something like that. I’ve found that RWB cars have the same youthful charm as Lamborghinis. They are beloved childhood toys you can actually drive! Where in a Aventador you get to pilot a stealth fighter, a RWB you get to drive a favorite Hot Wheels car. Akira Nakai-san has brought a different spice to a community that is generally pretty old and dry and I commend that. I still couldn’t imagine putting a hacksaw to my 911 but I can see how some crazy rich guys could…I guess.
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When I bought my MINI Cooper S, I was a strapping young twenty-year-old college student/car enthusiast. I was moving off campus in the Fall and would therefore need a car to get around. I wanted the most fun and interesting car I could get, but there was a catch: my parents were helping me buy my first car. And by “helping” I obviously mean in exchange for the full price of the car, I would be supplying an I-O-U napkin with CAR written on it ala Dumb and Dumber. Since my napkin didn’t hold much actual monetary value, concerned-parent requirements were imposed. Safe, reliable, no convertible, no rear-wheel-drive.
Those constraints ruled out a lot of my favorable options. Minnesota is terrible to cars in the winter, so I played ball. I couldn’t get a Miata, no cheap Porsche, nor a funky old Volkswagen or ancient Saab.
As the interesting options fell away and my boy-racer dreams were slowly being crushed, I was left with one fun option: economic-derived hot hatches. Safe and practical, yet deceptively sporty. I looked at GTIs, Mazdaspeed3s, and WRXs. Speed3s were a tad too expensive and were prone to horrible rust; WRXs were too molested; I was too picky finding a GTI (Tartan seats on United Gray paint was a must). But then I stumbled across some MINIs and found that they were cheap and abundant. I was sold. They were fast, fun, safe, reliable, cool little carts that could be practical enough if I folded down the back seats and lied about their existence when people asked for rides.
My search eventually led to a 2006 MINI Cooper S in decent condition. I was smitten with this car that most people dismissed as too impractical and scary small. All the while I zipped around city traffic, darting between cars and drawing angry car horns. I owned it for two years, addicted to the whine of the supercharger, winding it up whenever I had an excuse, or for no reason at all. When I lifted off the accelerator pedal, the dudes from the Rice Krispy box danced in my exhaust: Snap, Crackle, Pop! “Why does it keep making that popping sound from the exhaust?” my passengers would often ask. “Because it sounds awesome,” I would reply.
I took Elizabeth camping at Road America two years in a row
As an auto enthusiast, the MINI was an excellent first car to own. It performed all the normal-car duties demanded of it, but in a style only the MINI could pull off. I’m not one of those nutty people who names their cars and gives them personalities, but I affectionately called her Elizabeth.
I took Elizabeth camping at Road America two years in a row, managing to pack a tent, sleeping bag, chair, coolers, and a fire pit into the back with the seats folded down (as my friends in their Porsche coupes had little room save for carefully stacked wood they had in the back, got to have even weight distribution, am I right?). That much handy equipment hadn’t been in something that British since Julie Andrews wrangled a few naughty children with only what she had in her deceptively roomy hand bag. If anyone ever said this car was too small to be practical, I can happily prove them wrong with pictures of a full armchair snuggled in the back. And the car was just special enough for me to be seen as a committed car-nut among other expensive and rare cars that were there that weekend. My MINI and I were accepted.
One of my favorite memories from my time with Elizabeth was one bright Sunday afternoon in early spring. I was going for a drive with my human girlfriend and I decided to drop by the local Jaguar, Audi and Porsche dealerships. I came to the end of the row of brand new F-Types and turned the corner to go down the next row. At that same moment, another MINI Cooper came around the end of another row. We both stopped and faced each other. In the opposite car sat a guy about my age and his girlfriend. All four of us burst into laughter at the sight of our doppelgangers. We continued on, passing each other row after row as we explored the neat cars the dealerships had on display. To this day I still wish I had gotten out and greeted my twin. We could have been very special friends.
All four of us burst into laughter at the sight of our doppelgangers
I ended up selling Elizabeth after I graduated from college. It wasn’t her, it was me. I wanted to trade up to something a little less reliable, a lot less new, a little more sporty and a bit more fun: a Porsche 944. But that doesn’t mean I was happy to see my MINI go. I still miss her frequently. I get excited each time I pass a MINI on the streets, trying to catch the eye of the driver to convey that I too had once owned a MINI, that I was a part of their club. Maybe someday I’ll own another MINI, but I’ll forever be a MINI-evangelist.
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In a rare moment, the sun was shining in Scottsdale, Arizona as exotic car after exotic car came burbbbling in to The Shoppes of Gainey Village. This week the show featured Ferrari 330’s. The largely uncelebrated successor to the Ferrari 250. It was nice to see the old girls get their day. Here are a few things we saw as well as some bonus coverage of the after party at Four Till Four Coffee.
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4 The stage is set! 350Z McToolbag puts his peddle down, flexing with all his might against his arch nemesis…Captain Pompous Pants . Just when all hope seems lost a unexpected friend comes to the rescue! […]
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2012 porsche supercar concept. 100% complete. 1 of 1 only one in the world built. Fresh new ferrari red paint. Cost $80k in full development and build cost. Made to look like ferrari, porsche, carrera gt zaggato, hennessey venom gt, ect. 29k original miles on donor. Mid engine v6 & auto trans. brand new custom leather interior. drives great. Priced to sell immediately, so wont last long.
located in Las Vegas.
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5 It was reported late last year that Taylor Swift made a million dollars a day in 2015. Despite how accurate that figure may or may not be I wish to play a game. Imagine you got to meet Taylor and she was so impressed with your charm and car knowledge that she decides to […]
4 Harry Metcafe always gives informative, candid reviews of the cars he gets his hands on, answering questions no one bothered to ask. This time around he’s got the new little ‘t’ turbo Porsche 911 Carrera S, with a new 3.0L twin-turbocharged engine. How has it changed the character of the most iconic sports car […]
8 Recently I interviewed for a dreary grown-up job because expressing opinions on the internet apparently doesn’t produce enough bacon. So as I sat in a sad fluorescent lit room, overwhelmed by the scent of dry-erase and a man wearing grotesque amounts of aftershave, I prepared for the barrage of questions that I had no […]
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Were you not able to go to the 2016 Geneva Motor Show? Here are the highlight cars:
Koenigsegg Regera: Christian Von’s love-child of technology that one-ups every other hypercar. Famously designed without a traditional gearbox, this single speed monster is perfect for billionaire hipsters. You’ve probably never heard of it. You definitely won’t ever see one… because there are no billionaire hipsters.
Porsche 911 R: Porsche’s manual version of the 911 GT3 RS, save the PDK gearbox and aero. A 500 bhp flat-six, a good ol’ manual box, and enthusiast oriented details. Sure to be a fun car. Even though The Clarkson says that gear knobs are for whiskey-swilling hill dwellers, this limited run 911 has apparently already sold out… must be a lot of hill dwellers out there.
Bugatti Chiron: The almighty successor to the mighty Veyron. The reveal included lots of very large performance numbers like 1,500 bhp 1,600 Nm. Yet it is an old school approach to the hypercar in a day when everyone is looking to the future.
Aston Martin DB11: I’ll try to describe it without a reference to Bond, James Bond. An jaw-droppingly pretty design religiously following the rule-of-thirds. Powered by an all-new turbocharged AMG V12.
Lamborghini Centenario: There’s some special anniversary happening at Lamborghini, so they felt the need to build a limited run Aventador with a body kit to sell to some sheikhs. That’s about all it is. Chris says it looks like a gaming mouse… but Chris is also an idiot. But in recent news Lamborghini has teamed up with Forza the video game series for their next release, so their may be some truth to it. To be sure, it’s probably better to leave the game mouse designs to BMW.
Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport: If the Z06 is America’s equivalent of the 911 Turbo, then the Corvette Grand Sport is America’s GT3. Essentially it’s a Z06 minus the supercharger, but it retains the upgraded suspension and body kit. Another wonderful enthusiast-oriented sports car.
Apollo Arrow: The company dropped the ugly Gumpert name in favor of something a little more sexy. Likewise, their car got a little sexier. Given its 1000hp and 740 lb ft of torque, the Arrow is certainly both beauty and beast.
Disco Volante Spyder: What may have already been the world’s most beautiful car based on the world’s most beautiful car just got more beautiful by losing its head. The Disco Volante Spyder is the ideal riviera-cruiser. It’s the kind of car that could make world peace a reality.
Spyker C8 Preliator: Spyker’s supercar boutique is back up and running with the C8’s new iteration: the Preliator. The new version is inspired by aviation evolution, dubbed by Spyker as a “road jet.” Certainly an apt description considering the mid-mounted turbocharged 525 bhp Audi V8.
Pagani Huayra BC: Mr. Pagani’s mad mind is at it again, debuting a new monster. The “BC” represents the initials of Benny Caiola, from whom Horacio has drawn inspiration from over the years. Or it could stand for Ballistic Carriage, your choice. Its track-focused persona is highlighted by a new, automated manual transmission.
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0 While on a random car shopping-spree I came across a mildly tuned Supra TT with 100K+ miles that sold on eBay for $42,000. Embracing my feline-esque inquisitive nature, I decided to see what else was out there for the same price if not cheaper. After 2 liters of Mountain dew, a large pizza and […]
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There were 5 things I cared about in my high school career. Impressing girls with my clothes (sport coats, dress shirts, ties and sweaters ery day), impressing girls with my iPhone (this is 2007 so big deal then), impressing girls with my abilities (I was a song and dance man), impressing girls with my knowledge of […]