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| jagalyn |
 Apr 18 2021, 06:17 PM
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True Patina  Group: Members Posts: 414 Joined: 31-January 06 From: Scandia, MN Member No.: 5,503 Region Association: None 
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| jaredmcginness |
Apr 18 2021, 06:34 PM
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... Group: Members Posts: 502 Joined: 12-June 19 From: Baltimore Member No.: 23,209 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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Suddenly, I faintly hear a dial up tone...
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| 76-914 |
Apr 18 2021, 07:31 PM
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Repeat Offender & Resident Subaru Antagonist Group: Members Posts: 13,490 Joined: 23-January 09 From: Temecula, CA Member No.: 9,964 Region Association: Southern California
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Thx for posting that. Some of the same stuff that's going on today. That 8K six that needed paint caught my eye. Some other items were about the same as today. Good read. Thx again. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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| SteveL |
Apr 18 2021, 08:00 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 658 Joined: 7-August 03 From: Andover, MN Member No.: 991 Region Association: None
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Seems like yesterday. Has it really been that long?
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| VegasRacer |
Apr 18 2021, 09:51 PM
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ELVIRA Group: Benefactors Posts: 8,478 Joined: 27-March 03 From: Between Scylla and Charybdis Member No.: 481 Region Association: None
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1996. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/very_first_smiley[1].gif)
I was 5 years into 914 ownership and 5 years away from an Internet connection. The Automobile Atlanta Catalog and 'Mid-Engined Views' were my drugs back then. |
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| falcor75 |
Apr 18 2021, 10:12 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,579 Joined: 22-November 12 From: Sweden Member No.: 15,176 Region Association: Scandinavia
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I was just out of my 15 month military duty and about to start university. Had never owned a car and wouldnt have a P-car untill 2010.
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| Arno914 |
Apr 19 2021, 03:55 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 233 Joined: 13-May 20 From: near Frankfurt, Germany Member No.: 24,260 Region Association: Germany
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I purchased my 914 back in 1990. Joined the 914 Owners Associaton immediately. Still have the sticker on my rear window. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Does anybody know what happened to Dennis and the associaton? I lost track in the mid 90´s upon moving back to Germany. Greetings Arno (30 years older now (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) ) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/up.picr.de-24260-1618826111.1.jpg) |
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| Mark Henry |
Apr 19 2021, 04:18 AM
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that's what I do! Group: Members Posts: 20,065 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Port Hope, Ontario Member No.: 26 Region Association: Canada |
That wasn't really part of how the "club" was formed but IIRC the the admin of this other club was shuttering/abandoning the website and allowed the new club to take over the domain.
The new 914club was built from scratch, ì was a beta tester before the 914club was officially open, that's why I have a lower member number than founding member SirAndy, |
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| wonkipop |
Apr 19 2021, 04:20 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,243 Joined: 6-May 20 From: north antarctica Member No.: 24,231 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille
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QUOTE(Arno914 @ Apr 19 2021, 03:55 AM)  I purchased my 914 back in 1990. Joined the 914 Owners Associaton immediately. Still have the sticker on my rear window. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Does anybody know what happened to Dennis and the associaton? I lost track in the mid 90´s upon moving back to Germany. Greetings Arno (30 years older now (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) ) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/up.picr.de-24260-1618826111.1.jpg) Mr. Deeds, what a great guy, single handedly put that little mag out. thats how you did it pre internet. i've still got my little collection of his newsletters. somewhere i have got a letter from him, when i wrote off and made contact and he wrote back. he was at the end of something. thank god a new generation took it on and the car on too, its been somehow eternally loved despite the nay sayers.. the sub title of the newsletter says it all. there were two separate organisations. them with the "real" ones and the vw owners. terrible really the early days of the 914. same vibe persisted in aus when i got the car back here. i was not welcome. not a real porsche. its all history, history is great, tells a story. (and mark henry, you are right on, your starter motor fix is the sh$t mate (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) wish i had read that in MEV). |
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| Van914 |
Apr 19 2021, 05:39 AM
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Van914 Group: Members Posts: 698 Joined: 5-January 03 From: Cincinnati, Ohio Member No.: 90 Region Association: Upper MidWest
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Who remembers “Tim’s 914 Page”?
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| gms |
Apr 19 2021, 06:13 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,694 Joined: 12-March 04 From: Chicagoland Member No.: 1,785 Region Association: Upper MidWest
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QUOTE(Mark Henry @ Apr 19 2021, 05:18 AM) That wasn't really part of how the "club" was formed but IIRC the the admin of this other club was shuttering/abandoning the website and allowed the new club to take over the domain. The new 914club was built from scratch, ì was a beta tester before the 914club was officially open, that's why I have a lower member number than founding member SirAndy, the true origin of 914club, it all started with the DGI site 914club.com 2002  |
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| Superhawk996 |
Apr 19 2021, 06:23 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,748 Joined: 25-August 18 From: Woods of N. Idaho Member No.: 22,428 Region Association: Galt's Gulch
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QUOTE(Arno914 @ Apr 19 2021, 05:55 AM) Joined the 914 Owners Associaton immediately. Still have the sticker on my rear window. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/up.picr.de-24260-1618826111.1.jpg) Now that brings back some memories. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Had my 1st teener pre-internet era when this was the only connection between 914 owners. |
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| jagalyn |
Apr 19 2021, 07:10 AM
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True Patina Group: Members Posts: 414 Joined: 31-January 06 From: Scandia, MN Member No.: 5,503 Region Association: None
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QUOTE(Mark Henry @ Apr 19 2021, 02:18 AM) That wasn't really part of how the "club" was formed but IIRC the the admin of this other club was shuttering/abandoning the website and allowed the new club to take over the domain. The new 914club was built from scratch, ì was a beta tester before the 914club was officially open, that's why I have a lower member number than founding member SirAndy, The '914 Club' was formed in 1995. The '914 Renegade Forum' was launched in 1996 as part of the club. I was the founding member of the club. I personally launched the forum with the help of folks like Glenn Stazak, Perry Kiehl, Rich Johnson, Dave Darling and others providing content. I gathered data and did the html programming myself for all the pages and then added the forum for user interaction.  It was in the early years of online platforms. Around 2000, I gifted the club and website to the folks on the west coast as I did not have the time to continue moderating it. If you look at the site and click on '914 Forum' you will see the initial post posted by myself welcoming all to the first 914 online presence.  |
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| Chris H. |
Apr 19 2021, 07:25 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4,028 Joined: 2-January 03 From: Chicago 'burbs Member No.: 73 Region Association: Upper MidWest
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This is why I hope I never have to replace my windshield.
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| MM1 |
Apr 19 2021, 07:33 AM
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914 obsession continues Group: Members Posts: 608 Joined: 9-May 18 From: Thousand Oaks, CA Member No.: 22,105 Region Association: Southern California
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In a way, "history" begins when we begin to look back and search for documentation in order to create an archive, a living memory - oddly the history of entities created during the digital age may survive far longer than the reams of scrolls - containing humankind's millennia of knowledge - that were tragically burned in Alexandria and elsewhere throughout Time . . .
I already see some threads that remind me of looking at the back of an old Road & Track and seeing a "tired, old" classic Ferrari for sale for what would be "peanuts" today . . . I sense a classic thread here . . . |
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| Shivers |
Apr 19 2021, 07:39 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2,346 Joined: 19-October 20 From: La Quinta, CA Member No.: 24,781 Region Association: Southern California |
Wow, lots of memories. It was weird, with the split up. Thank heavens for Club NARP. A fun place, I miss those days
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| Mark Henry |
Apr 19 2021, 07:51 AM
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that's what I do! Group: Members Posts: 20,065 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Port Hope, Ontario Member No.: 26 Region Association: Canada |
QUOTE(jagalyn @ Apr 19 2021, 09:10 AM) QUOTE(Mark Henry @ Apr 19 2021, 02:18 AM) That wasn't really part of how the "club" was formed but IIRC the the admin of this other club was shuttering/abandoning the website and allowed the new club to take over the domain. The new 914club was built from scratch, ì was a beta tester before the 914club was officially open, that's why I have a lower member number than founding member SirAndy, The '914 Club' was formed in 1995. The '914 Renegade Forum' was launched in 1996 as part of the club. I was the founding member of the club. I personally launched the forum with the help of folks like Glenn Stazak, Perry Kiehl, Rich Johnson, Dave Darling and others providing content. I gathered data and did the html programming myself for all the pages and then added the forum for user interaction. It was in the early years of online platforms. Around 2000, I gifted the club and website to the folks on the west coast as I did not have the time to continue moderating it. If you look at the site and click on '914 Forum' you will see the initial post posted by myself welcoming all to the first 914 online presence. Thank you, much better detail than my post, I knew there was more to the story I just couldn't remember it all. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) |
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| gms |
Apr 19 2021, 09:03 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,694 Joined: 12-March 04 From: Chicagoland Member No.: 1,785 Region Association: Upper MidWest
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QUOTE(Chris H. @ Apr 19 2021, 08:25 AM) This is why I hope I never have to replace my windshield. Porsche wasn't happy about the red and yellow shield so we made it blue (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)  |
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| fixer34 |
Apr 19 2021, 09:54 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,075 Joined: 16-September 14 From: Chicago area Member No.: 17,908 Region Association: Upper MidWest
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QUOTE(Superhawk996 @ Apr 19 2021, 07:23 AM) QUOTE(Arno914 @ Apr 19 2021, 05:55 AM) Joined the 914 Owners Associaton immediately. Still have the sticker on my rear window. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/up.picr.de-24260-1618826111.1.jpg) Now that brings back some memories. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Had my 1st teener pre-internet era when this was the only connection between 914 owners. Actually, Dennis is alive and well. MEV #107 just came out. Mid-Engined Views Issue #107 will be ready to download in a few days. A partial list of some of the issue's articles is show below. If you're not currently a member of the Porsche 914 Owners Association and the Porsche 914-6 Club USA, you can join at www.914driver.com or www.everything914.com . Issue #107 comes with a link to an additional multi-page document you can use for keeping track of maintenance and expenses related to your 914. Dennis Porsche 914 Owners Association Porsche 914-6 Club USA Informing 914 Owners Since 1979 |
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| Root_Werks |
Apr 19 2021, 10:04 AM
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Village Idiot Group: Members Posts: 8,305 Joined: 25-May 04 From: About 5NM from Canada Member No.: 2,105 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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Very cool info guys! I don't remember the first forums I started posting to, but it was certainly 914 related. Probably closer to late 90's, 98 or 99 maybe.
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