Videos, Photos and Other intersting things

This page contains 914/6 videos, photos and other interesting things that I have found and collected over the years. If you have trouble viewing a video you can save it to your PC then view it from your hard drive. This should take care of any problems. These videos should play on your smart phone.

914 Videos

• The following link is a Pro-Am celebrity race held in 1970 at the opening of Ontario Speedway in Southern California using 914-6s. Approximately 4 minutes, 103 MB, MP4. Celebrity 914 Race. Here is a photo from that race. Ontario 914-6 A Poster was commissioned for this event. Hollyweird 914/6 And a press release was put out about the event. Press Release Here are Some comments about the cars used in this event from Alan Johnson who was involved with some of the driver training for the celebrities in this event. He was also a Porsche dealer at the time of this race and bought a few of the cars used in the event. Comments
• This is a Porsche factory video documenting the 1971 ADAC 1000KM race at the Nurnburgring. Commentary is in German and is primarally focused on the 908s, 917s, Ferraris and Alfa Romeos at the front of the pack but there are quite a few shots of 914/6s and 911s in competition. Approximately 9 and a half minutes, 234 MB, MP4. Nurnburgring 1971
• This is a Factory video showing all the Porsches that were available to buy in the 1970s. Lots of good shots of 914s being tested. In German. 5:46, about 86MB. 1970 Street Cars
• This is a Factory video showing hilites of a few races and rallies from the 1970s Lots of good on track shots of 917s, 935s and some 914/6 GTs. In German. About 30 Min, 770MB! 1970 Racing Decade
• This is a short video of the Sonoto 914/6 GT at the 1970 Le Mans 24 hour race. In French. About 3 Min, 11.6 MB. 1970 Le Mans
• Brian Redman practicing for the 1970 Targa Florio in a 914/6. About 2 minutes, 48 MB, MP4. Targa Florio
• An interesting period video of a Ralph Meaney 914/6 and 911 at the 6 hour race at Watkins Glen in 1970. The 914 finished 20th overall and 5th in class, the last car classified as finishing. About 16 minutes, 83 MB, MP4. Strange 1970s music. Ralph Meaney
• Here is video clip of a race from Rennsport Reunion 1 held at Lime Rock in 2001. Approximately 1 and a half minutes, 36 MB, MP4. This video quality isn't very good because this was converted from a not very good VHS tape. RR1 914 race
• This video clip, also from Rennsport Reunion 1, shows Paul Newmans crash in a Brumos 914. Approximately 1 minute 50 seconds, 45 MB, MP4. This video quality of this isn't very good because this was converted from a not very good VHS tape. PLN 914 Crash. And this is a photo of the car being towed in afterwards. Tow Truck
This photo shows a little more of the damage. SMUNCH
• A short video clip about a 914/6 GT in England. Approximately 1:45, 23 MB, MP4. 914/6 GT
• This is a link to a Youtube video of a pretty nice 914/6. Blue 914-6
• This is a link to a very interesting Youtube video about Porsche Classic. About 10 minutes. Classic
• This is a 30 second TV comercial for the 911 but there is a brief glimpse of a 914/ GT in a crowd of other race cars. 13 MB, MP4. 911 Race
• This is a 1 minute TV comercial in English for Porsche. 3.8 MB, MP4. Ferry


• This link has a bunch of videos about Other Porsches. Other Videos

Interesting Information

• * * A very interesting article about the very early days of the 914 in the USA by Larry Morris who is the founder of the 914/6 Club USA and was the parts manager at Stoddard Imported Cars and later Vice President, Service and Parts for PCNA, when they were in Reno. Early
• 914World member DUG put together an interesting Engine Number vs Chassis Number chart. Engine vs Chassis
• * * A very interesting article in the San Diego Region PCA December 2007 newsletter, Windblown Witness, about 914 aerodynamics. This starts on page 50. About 11MB. Aerodynamics
• This is a kind of interesting article from the August 1988 issue of Panorama about 914s. Know how
• This article also from Panorama is mostly about the 914/4 but a lot of it applies to the /6 as well. debug
• Here is an excell spreadsheet with prices of 914 options in Deutsch Marks. This is incomplete but still interesting. Options Prices

Photos, Advertisements, Brochures and Cutouts

914/6 Advertisements and Posters

Lets start with a few newspaper advertisements from a long time ago.

• Newspaper ad for 914s from March 1971. 914 Newspaper
• Another Newspaper ad for a 914/6 from March 1971. Wouldn't you like to see an ad like this in your local newspaper today? Not sure what its worth
• In 1978 Don Burns Porsche-Audi placed a Newspaper ad for a 914/6 Sportmatic. Sporto

Here are a few 914 brochures.

• 1972 914 Brochure. 1972 Brochure
• 914 2.0 Brochure for France. 914_2.0
• 914 Brochure for France. 1974 Brochure

Porsche put out a series of ads about the virtues of 914s.

• The Surf Porsche. Surfs up
• The Action Porsche. Action
• The Affordable Porsche. Relatively speaking
• The Young Porsche. Young
• The City Porsche. City car
• The Desert Porsche. Desert
• The Getaway Porsche. Getaway
• The Schuss Porsche. Schuss
• The Sun Porsche. Sun Porsche
• The Nature Porsche. Nature
• The Mountain Porsche. Mountain
• The Space Porsche. Space
• The Weather Porsche. Weather
• The Pace Porsche. Pace Car
• Two ads touting gas mileage. Gas Mileage and better Gas Mileage
• 25 Years of Porsche. 25 years

Other 914 advertisements.

• A 914 with 911 and Audi. Threesome
• Another 914 with 911 and Audi. Manhattan
• A French 914 ad. sixer françaisr
• A Japanese 914 ad. Japan
• A German 914 ad. Die Schönste Art
• Another German 914 ad. Nichts bringt schöner in Fahrt
• A German 914 ad for lovers. ein auto für liebhaber
• The Sun Coupe in German. Das Sonnen-Coupe
• Two ads for Firestone Tires with a 914. Tires 1 and Tires 2
• An ad for the Fiat X1/9 with a 914. Fiat
• A pair of Yellow 914s. Yellow
• You could run out to your local Hertz rent a car and rent a 914. Hertz
• Or use your 914 to tow your boat. Boat

And then there's this.

• Did you ever wonder how much beer fits in the front trunk of a 914? Lots

Here are some Posters that at least mention 914s.

• 914/6 LeMans win poster from 1970. LeMans win
• 917 LeMans win poster from 1970. This mentions the 914/6. 917 LeMans
• Can you imagine racing for 86 hours at the Nurburgring? 86 Hours
• 914 with 917 at Spa from 1970. 914 Spa Francorchamps
• A 914 with a 917PA. 3595
• Porsche Racing Poster with a 914. Ultimate Test
• Porsche Power Poster with a 914. Porsche Power 74

Various other magazine advertisements.

• Altec Lansing sponsored 914/6 advertisement. Altec Lansing
• 911, 914 & Audi 100 advertisement. Porsche+Audi
• 911, 914 & 917 advertisement. Porsche+Audi 2
• A 914 with a 911. No Substitute
• A pair of 914/s. Red sixes
• Motor in the middle. Brand New
• 914 Sales program for 1970. Sales Program
• What a year. 1970

Vintage 914/6 Photos

• 914 Production Line photos. Factory 1 --- Factory 2 --- Factory 3 --- Factory 4 --- Factory 5
• 914/6 GT Race preparation photos. GT Assembly --- Race Prep 1 --- Race Prep 2 --- GT Prep --- GT Prep 2
• Period 914/6 Race photos from the 1970s. Number 61 --- Number 56 --- Number 56 --- Number 95 --- Number 104 ---
• And here are some that just make you sad.. Crash Test and 1970 Marathon.

The 914 was used as a pace car at some significant races.

• A 914/6 was the pace car at Daytona for a pair of NASCAR race in the early 1970s. This could never happen today. Daytona1 and Daytona2
• Here is a very edited version of the 1971 Daytona 500 TV coverage featuring the 914/6 pace car. Daytona
• A 914 was used as a pace car at the Canadian GP at Mosport in the mid 1970s. Mosport
• A pair of 914s were on track at the start of the Daytona 24 Hours. Daytona 24
• A 914 was the pace car for a CRASHCAR race at Riverside in the early 1970s. CRASHCAR
• It seems Riverside used a 914 to pace other races as well. Riverside
• And it was used at the Riverside IROC race. IROC
• And another one served as a pace car at Elkhart Lake. Elkhart
• One was used as a pace car in Canada for the Player's Challenge series. Players
• 914s were used for driver introductions. These photos look like Mid Ohio. Minter...Lothar
• And one was the pace car for a Can-Am race. Can-Am
• Here is the RECARO 914/6 GT in action. RECARO
• 914-4 set up for work in the Camel GT challenge. Camel GT
• Looks like a 914/6 at a CAN-AM type race in Europe. Interserie
• Porsche put out an advertisement with a 914 pacing a Can-Am race. Can-Am

Magazine Articles about the 914/6 & 914/4

914/6 Road Tests and magazine articles

• The 914 was Motor Trends car of the year for 1970. Motor Trend 1970
• Road & Track tested the 914-6 when it was new in 1970. Road n Track
• Panorama also did a road test of the 914-6 in 1970. Panorama
• Excellence had an article about the last 914/6 ever made. Last One
• Here is an article about the one off Murene 914/6. Murene
• Here is another article about a one off 914/6. Vizcaya

Magazine Articles and other information about 914/6 GTs and M471 cars

• In 1996 there was an article in Panorama about some of the mysteries of the 914/6 GTs. GT Mysteries
• This article from Excellence is about the rarest 914/6s, the M471 optioned cars. M471
• This article about the LeMans class winning 914/6 GT appeared in the April 1994 issue of Panorama. Sonauto 1994
• Another article about the LeMans winning 914/6 GT appeared in the Dec 1990 issue of Excellence. Sonauto 1990
• This is an article from the June 1991 issue of Panorama about the Daytona winning 914/6 GT. Sunoco
• A Kremer 914/6 GT was written up in the Febrary 2000 issue of Excellence.. Kremer GT
• One of the 914/6 GTs that ran in the 1970 Marathon de la Route was written up in Panorama in 1984. Marathon
• Here is a Panorama article about the Brumos 914/6 GT from 1988. Brumos 1988
• Here is the Excellence article about the same car from 1992. Brumos 1992
• Some lucky guy got to drive the Brumos GT at Daytona for Rennsport III. Brumos Daytona
• Excellence did a track test of a 914/6 GT in 2007. Alan Johnson GT
• The Max Moritz GT was written about in the Feb 2005 issue of Excellence. Moritz 2005
• The same car was written up in the June 2019 issue of Panorama magazine. Moritz 2019
• Here is a 914/6 that was converted to race with the SCCA in 1970. SCCA Racer
• Here is an article about the Tangerine Scream. Scream
• This is an article about 914/6 GTs in Italian. Italian GT

Magazine Articles about the 916

• Here is the Road & Track review of the 916 from 1972. One that never was
• Here is a review of that same 916 that appeared in Panorama in 1986. Pano 916
• Excellence magazine published an article about the same car in 1994. Excellence 916
• Panorama magazine article about the 916 Prototype. Brutus

Road & Track had several articles about the 914/4

• In 1970 they tested the 914-4
• From its earliest days people have recognized the performance potential of the 914 chassis and have been hot rodding this little beast. Here is an article about a 914 that someone stuffed an American V8 in back in 1970. Hot rodding these cars with engine swaps is not something new. 914-V8
• They did a comparison test of four sports cars including the 914-4. Four Fun Ones
• In 1972 R&T had a short article about the 914/4. 1972 Teener
• In 1973 R&T tested the new and improved 2 liter 914-4. Two Liter
• Here is a road test of the 914-4 and its SCCA showroom stock competitors of the era. SCCA -- Cover
• This is an interesting test of cars with various engine and drive configurations. Article -- Cover

And then there are these road tests and other articles about Porsche from Road & Track

Over the years Road and Track Magazine has done a lot of Road Tests of Porsches. I found the following road tests to be interesting.

• Here is a Road Test of the 356 Speedster from 1955. Speedster
• Here is a Road Test of the 356 Carrera from 1956. Carrera
• They Road Tested a 550 Spyder in 1957. 550
• And in 1964 R&T road tested a 904 while Porsche was busy doing some testing of their own. Test 1 and Test 2
• For those of us who like turbocharging there is a Tale of 3 Turbos complete with Magazine Cover
• This is an interesting top speed shoot out between a 962 and a NASCAR stocker How Fast were they going?
• In 1986 R&T tested a pair of 911s, a 944 & a 928 1986
• In 1987 they tested one of every 944 in production Red 944s
• They also tested a preproduction 959 preprod
• Later they tested a production version 959 production
• Autoweek also tested a production version 959 with Al Holbert at the wheel 959 Autoweek
• Here is one of the famous Road & Track high speed shootout articles. These are always fun. Texas Shootout
• And if that is just too much speed for you there is always the test of the 924S
• In 1998 Brian Redman tested 6 Porsche Race Cars

Cutaways and cutouts

• Porsche 914/6 cutaway. Six Cutaway
• Porsche 914/4 cutaway. Four Cutaway
• Here's a 914 for your office. 914 Cutout
• If Green is your color, Here's one for you. Green Meanie
• 914 Blueprint courtesey of Pelican Parts. Blueprint
• A few cutaways of the 911 engine and Weber Carburetor. Motor 1 , Motor 2, Motor 3and Weber 1 and Weber 2
• A cutaway of the 901 transmission. 901 Box
• And something a little more modern to go with your 914. 944 Cutout
• Here is one from our friends at Elephant Racing. 997 Cutout

Automobile Quarterly Porsche articles.

• Here is an article about Ferdinand Porsche and the early days of the Porsche company. AQ Fall 1970

Non Porsche stuff that I found interesting.

• Here is an article from Motor Trend about the cost of big time racing in 1968. Can Am Racing 1967
• Autoweek had a very interesting report on the Ford GT40 reunion held at Watkins Glen in 1989 GT 40 Reunion
• This is a video of the introduction and first race of the Lotus 49 powered by the Ford Cosworth V8. About 10 Min, 64 MB. 1970 Lotus 49

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