914 custom - Love it or Hate it?

whole lotta yuck....ymmv

I don't know, Greg; it kind of looks like it wants to be too many things at once...

This is EXACTLY why Porsche lawyers sue for libel!

I feel like I should wash my hands just for scrolling through the pics...

THIS.

OK boys, let's break your objections down into their component parts.

1. It's "ugly."

==compared to what? A regular 914? Because, fellas, it isn't. It is very nearly the shape the 914 should have been in the first place—albeit with a few additional bodily baulbles and/or geegaws, which could be subtracted or changed. 

2. Not a real Porsche? 

==Puleeze. Not on this board. Not-uh.

3. Chebby power'd?

==It is my understanding that this swap actually works. Am I wrong? And if it doesn't so what? Drop a Suby in there, turbo'd or a 6. Done.

4. Interior isn't good enough.

==Agreed. So what?

Assuming this thing works about as well as a typical sbc-into-914 swap, at $11k (or maybe less?), this thing is a blank canvas you could drive out to the abandoned section of interstate and gather pink slips with until you figured out what you really wanted it to run and look like. 

TheMayoMachine posted:

This is EXACTLY why Porsche lawyers sue for libel!

I feel like I should wash my hands just for scrolling through the pics...

Now that's funny! 

Those small blocks in the 914 are dangerous with capital D - even if it is draped is faux fast plastic.

Gets two yuks from me.

edsnova posted:

THIS.

OK boys, let's break your objections down into their component parts.

1. It's "ugly."

==compared to what? A regular 914? Because, fellas, it isn't. It is very nearly the shape the 914 should have been in the first place—albeit with a few additional bodily baulbles and/or geegaws, which could be subtracted or changed. 

2. Not a real Porsche? 

==Puleeze. Not on this board. Not-uh.

3. Chebby power'd?

==It is my understanding that this swap actually works. Am I wrong? And if it doesn't so what? Drop a Suby in there, turbo'd or a 6. Done.

4. Interior isn't good enough.

==Agreed. So what?

Assuming this thing works about as well as a typical sbc-into-914 swap, at $11k (or maybe less?), this thing is a blank canvas you could drive out to the abandoned section of interstate and gather pink slips with until you figured out what you really wanted it to run and look like. 

It's more immediate reactiuon and visceral for me. It's just not attractive and less importantly, LOOKS like a kit car to me.

On  side note: it looks to me like it wants to be more of a 959 than a 914.

Corvette, wait a Miata, no a Ferrari.

It can't make up it's mind.

The Schizomobile,  something for everybody!

If you can't find a styling cue from a car you like on this one, call us, we'll put the one of your choice on a car just for you!

Hey come on now guys, face it. It's a unique vehicle, one of a kind just like that creation of that famous doctor...………………...Frankenstein.

I like it

And if the red one is too extreme - there is a WIP one too.  Kind of looks like the Chalon kit from back in '70 but seller calls it a 930 slant nose.  Again dependable V8 power!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1974-...he-914-/113403046363

I used to think those Chalon kits were "it". At this point, I really like the body Porsche and VW did. It's polarizing for sure, but I really like it.

I’m sure this will start some commentary, but the 959 is far down my list on what I like visually in a Porsche.  I feel like the styling of the 959 (especially the wing) could be had with an Acura NSX.

Call me “old fashioned”, but I’ve always liked the classics: 356, 911 / 912, 550, 928, 944, 914, the list goes on...

With that said, stuffing even a mildly tuned small block Chevy behind the seats of any light and nimble vehicle would be a hoot to drive!  I’ve always been a fan of the DeTomaso Pantera (even though it’s powered by a Ford) and the Ford GT for a number of reasons including sheer power and amazing styling!

In the mid-80’s I got bit by the horsepower bug and landed on the small block Chevy side of the fence.  In fact, I had literature and actual 35mm photos of a kit designed to shoehorn any SBC into a Pontiac Fiero!  That would have been quite interesting!

@TheMayoMachine, I put a Northstar engine in my rebodied Fiero.  

@TheMayoMachine

I like how you think. The 959 (while a technological marvel for it's time) was as ugly as a mud fence. IMHO, each successive iteration of the air-cooled 911 got a little uglier, even as they improved everything else about the cars. Everybody swoons over the 993, so I guess it's just me.

Regardless, I'm also a huge fan of the General's ability to build an astounding engine and sell it for about 10 cents on the dollar. I started out as a Ponco kid, but eventually saw the light regarding the cost/hp superiority of the SBC. They reigned supreme until the advent of the LS crate motor. The world has never, nor will ever see more value for every hard-earned dollar spent.

Regarding the linked car:

It's the headlights and tail-lights that are just a huge "swing-and-a-miss". The tail-lights are C6 Vette, but I can't quite place the headlights (pre-Diamler Chrysler 300?). (edit: found it-- 2000-ish Chrysler 300m) Whatever they are, they REALLY bring the car down. Actually, the car itself is a giant stroke aiming for the bleachers, which ends up as a mighty whiff. At least the dude went down swinging.

"Actually, the car itself is a giant stroke aiming for the bleachers, which ends up as a mighty whiff"

Stan.  Where do you get all these great colloquialisms?  Is this a mid-western USA thing? Or a pipe-fitter (a very esteemed one, that is) way a' talkin'.