"DailyTurismo" (thedailyturismo)
01/21/2014 at 16:28 • Filed to: Daily Turismo
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"DailyTurismo" (thedailyturismo)
01/21/2014 at 16:28 • Filed to: Daily Turismo | 1
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The Porsche 914 was created from a collaboration between Porsche and VW to replace Porsche's 912 and VW's Karmann Ghia respectively. The design was finalized as a targa top two-seater, but what if Porsche had decided to create a converible/speedster version?
It would probably have looked a lot like this. Find this !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! for sale in Palmdale, CA for $10,000 via craigslist.
The usual 914 targa arch has been hacked off by Beach Boys Racing in Venice Beach, CA and the windshield has been raked back quite a few degrees. The result is a car considerably more dramatic than a stock 914 and only slightly less usable. Overall the car looks in good shape with the exception of the driver's tail light lens and the seller admits the convertible top is shot.
The 2.0 liter flat-4 is an updated and evolved version of Volkswagen's Type IV engine and makes 100 horsepower in stock fuel injected trim. Total vehicle weight is around 2100 lbs before hacking pieces off, and even in stock form it should drive more like a go-kart than a car.
The interior features a bunch of bright red customizations, but retains the original layout and minimalist 914 feel.
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daender
> DailyTurismo
01/21/2014 at 16:30 |
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On one hand, it's well done minus the tail light and top. On the other, it's 10k$ which is territory for a lot of faster and newer cars. If the price can be bargained down to 9k$ I'd be happy. Barely NP.
Jeff-God-of-Biscuits
> DailyTurismo
01/21/2014 at 16:31 |
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I'm gonna come out and say it... DAMN that is a sexy bitch. Looks almost Italian even.
NoahthePorscheGuy
> DailyTurismo
01/21/2014 at 16:33 |
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The fact the rear tailight is broken puts me off. Why wouldn't they just fix it? Fishy.
friendlyjoe
> DailyTurismo
01/21/2014 at 17:27 |
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Oops.
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friendlyjoe
> DailyTurismo
01/21/2014 at 17:29 |
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Without the roll bar, I'm betting that it's got all the torsional rigidity of overcooked pasta. Interesting coincidence since if you flip it without the roll protection afforded by the missing roll bar, you're sauce.
BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast.
> DailyTurismo
01/21/2014 at 17:40 |
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I don't mind Targa top cars, but usually as fastback-coupes.
But that is a sexy beast.
Convertible/no-top-roadster is way better looking than a notch-back targa.
It looks like it needs a heat extraction grille in the rear lid, and maybe some 914-6 flared fenders, or other, more graciously flared fenders to go with a Porsche flat-6 inside.
Imagine this built to even *resemble* a Singer 911... and with a speedster-like thin-frame short windscreen.
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BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast.
> friendlyjoe
01/21/2014 at 17:44 |
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How is that different than a stock convertible more than a decade old?
And I'd bet the rear bulkhead is braced behind the seats... and the car was made to be open-top, so almost all the strength is in the floor pan and side sills anyway... the stock 914 doesn't have a fixed roof anyway.
And if you flip a low, flat car, with a low flat mid-engine... with the center of gravity probably significantly below the wheel hubs, you are going to be sauce if anything goes wrong anyway, because you are going WAY too fast for the conditions.