Orange 914 with spotlights on bonnet.... who's?

moggy · Post by **moggy** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 7:26 pm

Coming down the M1 today bout midday spotted an orange 914 going north round about Milton Keynes (I think). Looked like it was race prepped. Had mounted spotlights on the bonnet. Any ideas who's this is? looked pretty cool would be interested to find out more.

Cheers

Moggy

Helen · Post by **Helen** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 8:43 am

not seen a 914 with spotlights on the bonnet.. hows that work then?

moggy · Post by **moggy** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 9:22 am

Helen wrote:not seen a 914 with spotlights on the bonnet.. hows that work then?

Like this

drummerboytom · Post by **drummerboytom** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 9:55 pm

Helen wrote:.. hows that work then?

On a race car ...works quite well i think !

btw Helen , i know you dont like driving in the afternoon .. errm i mean dark ..... but can i be the first to say :
" Don't do it !!! "

Helen · Post by **Helen** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 10:11 pm

uuumm now i like that.......BUT otice both cars are photoed with the headlight up... i can't help feelig the spotlights would look a bit silly (frog eyed like0 when the headlights are down.

no im not going to do it.. I hate driving in the gloom especially in a car i have hardly driven..
besides i have visited gaydon 4 times this year so far which (for me) is more than anough, especially when theres shopping to be done

swapped · Post by **swapped** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 8:46 am

If your headlights worked like the 914-racers, where they pop up by pulling a cable, and go back down by getting one of your pit-crew to press down on them, you would leave them up all the time too!

Carl

drummerboytom · Post by **drummerboytom** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 7:25 pm

No problem for Helen , she has her own pit-crew.
He's called Larry !

abm914 · Post by **abm914** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 10:37 pm

Was it this one??

moggy · Post by **moggy** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 10:53 pm

I was travelling at silly speeds in the opposite direction at the time but I reckon that could be it. First time I've seen that car, has it been in the UK for long? Where does the guy race? and in what? (rally or circuit), those spots look like they're mounted a bit too far back to me.

middlefour1 · Post by **middlefour1** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 8:18 am

My word Adam, that's a blast from the past. Tatton Park 1999. That's me on the extreme left with Bernard Mooney and Mrs Middlefour on the right.
The car was built by Andy Palmer with hinderance from his Dad Bob, based on an early 1.7 car and turned into a GT look alike. Don't be fooled by the number plate that's from Bob other car, he put it on so they could drive it home to Kent. As I remember they came up to Tatton to collect the car from Mike K who had done the final engine fettling, that's his T25 twin cab in the background. Andy built the car to run in the PCGB hill climb championship but I think they only did a couple of seasons as Andy went abroad with his work and Bob had a brown trouser moment.....
The colour scheme is from the 1970 Marathon de la Route cars, car number 3 to be exact. Not quite sure why he put the spots on as it was built for hill climbing..... Great to see that picture Adam, ah memories.....

autohausdolby · Post by **autohausdolby** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 8:45 am

Oooo, cool! I still can't decide whether to go for white or orange on mine