Airhead Posted 17January, 2012 Report Share Posted 17January, 2012 Just love driving this thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnr356 Posted 17January, 2012 Report Share Posted 17January, 2012 possibly the best example in existance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-banger Posted 17January, 2012 Report Share Posted 17January, 2012 It looks great in the pic. Any more pics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airhead Posted 17January, 2012 Author Report Share Posted 17January, 2012 I'll post some more when i figure out how to get larger images up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Chris-p Posted 18January, 2012 Report Share Posted 18January, 2012 Awesome! Congratulations its a fine looking car. I am also very envious of the fine looking garage too!! Cheers Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Posted 18January, 2012 Report Share Posted 18January, 2012 "I just want one!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterP Posted 19January, 2012 Report Share Posted 19January, 2012 Love that garage..... cheers Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crsedge Posted 8May, 2012 Report Share Posted 8May, 2012 Was that Brian Clearihan's car? Looks fantastic. Cheers Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
withers Posted 25September, 2012 Report Share Posted 25September, 2012 Oh where are the pics gone Airhead?? Can you repost them pretty please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airhead Posted 25September, 2012 Author Report Share Posted 25September, 2012 Where did they go? Will try again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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wasserkuhl Posted 25September, 2012 Report Share Posted 25September, 2012 Lovely Car, what is its History? Factory 914-6 LHD/RHD? I can see it is now RHD! Have you read the articles in excellence magazine about the 914 with a 993 3.6 Build? Very interesting...... I agree about the garage, great home!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
withers Posted 25September, 2012 Report Share Posted 25September, 2012 That car is beautiful thanks for putting them up again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airhead Posted 25September, 2012 Author Report Share Posted 25September, 2012 Lovely Car, what is its History? Factory 914-6 LHD/RHD? No RHD 914s were made at the factory. Norman Hamilton purchased two 914-6 from the factory in 1970 to bring to Australia for evaluation. He shipped a burgundy metalflake one back straight away and it was on the Porsche stand at the Motor show. I have a pic in a magazine somewhere of that car. No idea where it is now. He drove the other one around Europe for a bit before bringing it back. This blood orange car we believed was that car. The history sheet from PCA says this car came in via Japan as RHD, but we know that it was converted to RHD at the PCA workshops in Noble Park. Alan Hamilton told me that when they did the sums, it wasn’t worth trying to sell these in any numbers here as by the time the conversion was done they would have only been $200 or so cheaper than the 2.2 litre 911T, so they decided not to proceed. Alan drove this car for a bit and then passed it onto his farm manager. Not sure what happened to it after that but Brian Clearihan (who started the 914 Register here) got it some years later and we purchased it from his family a couple of years back. We now know that this is the car Norman Hamilton purchased as the original rego No. which is still on the car was recently confirmed by one the guys who worked at Porsche back then. Have you read the articles in excellence magazine about the 914 with a 993 3.6 Build? Yeah. Serious hot rod that one. I agree about the garage, great home!! Thanks. But it's not always that tidy I can assure you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Man Posted 25September, 2012 Report Share Posted 25September, 2012 That is a fascinating story. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxstr Posted 12February, 2013 Report Share Posted 12February, 2013 Extremely nice example of a 914-6 and great history. Craig at CAMP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
withers Posted 13February, 2013 Report Share Posted 13February, 2013 Reading this thread again, I just want to say how awesome this car and its story is. It's a little piece of Aussie Porsche history I wouldn't say no to a 914 that's for sure. I think they are majorly cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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