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that's funny. wonder if they get more grief or less grief with that badge
I love it.
Me too.
My favorite though is the "Revell" badge on Cory's. That is FUNNY!
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That wasn't a fake emblem, the American version might be. The Europeans embraced the VW/Porsche collaboration. Americans, not so much. And I'm being nice.
I loved my 914. I should've never sold it. Woulda coulda shoulda.
@IndianBob, @Carlos G- you're both right- the 914 was sold as a VW/Porsche collaboration in Europe (and the rest of the world?) while in N. America it was strictly under the Porsche label.
While true it is even more so now that VW owns Porsche 
Love that black coupe and the 2500 can you post some picts of in and out.
@jncspyder posted:2500 SUPER A reference to 2.5L SUBARU the plate tells the rest of the story
Is that 2500 SUPER emblem created by you or can you share who makes them?
I searched, I cannot find a "tobopopobo" photographer
Thanks
@americanworkmule that came with the car...one of dr. jekyll's custom features i did approve of....contact mr hyde (aka JPS) or greg leach @Vintage Motorcars Inc....they can help more than me....happy motoring 
@americanworkmule tobi has changed his handle on instagram he is now @tobo.idll
@americanworkmule ooops!...my bad typo @tobo.idyll
@jncspyder posted:@americanworkmule ooops!...my bad typo @tobo.idyll
oh yeah, I follow him.
He made that cool spyder pic
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@Carlos G posted:That wasn't a fake emblem, the American version might be. The Europeans embraced the VW/Porsche collaboration. Americans, not so much. And I'm being nice.
I loved my 914. I should've never sold it. Woulda coulda shoulda.
I have built 53 914 and 914/6 cars and you can never ever mention the word Volkswagen while in a 914 owners company. lol
@Derrek Johnson posted:I have built 53 914 and 914/6 cars and you can never ever mention the word Volkswagen while in a 914 owners company. lol
That's because they've been carrying a chip on their shoulders since that car came out. It didn't help that the body was made by Karmann and it was labeled as being the "Poor Man's Porsche. Of course with the prices they command today they may get their wish. Especially if you have a 914/6.
@Derrek Johnson posted:I have built 53 914 and 914/6 cars and you can never ever mention the word Volkswagen while in a 914 owners company. lol
Was that the beginning of commanded speech
I would argue it’s NOT fake. Unless, of course, you represent it as being original.
That is one of the best things about this site and our cars. We know what we have and other people’s negativity don’t mean diddly-squat.
@Robert M posted:That's because they've been carrying a chip on their shoulders since that car came out. It didn't help that the body was made by Karmann and it was labeled as being the "Poor Man's Porsche. Of course with the prices they command today they may get their wish. Especially if you have a 914/6.
LOL. So true. I have only seen 4 rust free ones so far. They rust out worse than any old VW Beetle. I restored one 914/6 that was a numbers matching car ,but thankfully built a tubular support as when it came back from the strippers it was almost in two pieces, front half and back half. 35lbs of welding wire later.
@IaM-Ray posted:Was that the beginning of commanded speech
Nein Nein Nein.
@Carlos G posted:That wasn't a fake emblem, the American version might be. The Europeans embraced the VW/Porsche collaboration. Americans, not so much. And I'm being nice.
I loved my 914. I should've never sold it. Woulda coulda shoulda.
Not quite the whole story Carlos. It was a marketing executive at VW that came up with the idea of removing the VW connection with the 914 and sell it as a replacement for the 912 in the USA. Likewise when the 914 was to be replaced by the 944 in 76 Porsche was without a entry level priced car for the US market. Hence the USA only 912E came about. 2000 units built and sold only in the US. It was a 911 in almost every way with a slightly modified VW Type 4 engine with electronic ignition. I had on early on and it was a fun car to drive, not particularly fast but handled very well. Of course then there is the story of the ill fated 916 that never really go off the ground because it was faster and handled better than a 911 for a lot less money.
The Porsche-VW-Audi boards have been having an incestuous relationship for decades. Like the 914 before it, the water cooled, transaxle cars (924/944/968) were born out of a stillborn Porsche design project for VW. The 914 was intended as a replacement for the Karman Ghia, until the new chairman decided VW was to be a “family car company.”
History repeated itself with the 924, aided by oil crisis. Originally intended to be the VW flagship, and an entry level Porsche to replace the 914, VW decided to go with the cheaper Golf-based Scirrocco instead.
Up until the 944 turbo, many of the 924 parts were off the shelf Jetta/Passat parts, including the suspension.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_924
AFAIK, all the models were sold as “VW-Porsches” in South Africa and Brazil, where the numbers of dealerships were fewer, and many were both brands.
FWIW, when I was a kid, there wasn’t a Porsche dealership in my town. (Still isn’t) The only place you could buy a Porsche was the VW dealership. You’d order it through them with the understanding they could display it for a couple of weeks.
This is the place: Chuck Peterson motors. It was the first place I ever saw a Porsche IRL. A white 63 356B Karman coupe.
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Like Atamian Motors in Worcester, MA back in the 70's - 80's.
They sold VW - Porsche - Audi