Sportomatic 914-6?

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01-26-2010, 11:59 AM

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David993S

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Originally Posted by rrogers

Jeff Gacek owned a Sportomatic which he sold to George Hussey of AA. I believe there were only 4 or 5 built. A year or so ago there was a great article on the car in Excellence magazine.

I spoke with George and he confirmed he still has the 914-6 Sporto in his "collection". I asked and of course it's not for sale. So this project will most likely be converting one. Frankly, I'd hate to convert a real 914-6 as I'm a big advocate of maintaining originality with rare or unique cars, so perhaps my path will be a double conversion.....914 to 914-6, then 914-6 to Sporto. Surely no one would object to that.

Thanks for all the input and information. It's been interesting and helpful.

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01-28-2010, 08:12 AM

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No worries, if George has it you don't want it. (long story)

I agree that if possible, you shold find a solid old early 1.7 and convert that instead.

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02-02-2010, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by kcwsJim

I remember reading about these in Excellence, but i can't lay my hands on the issue it was in. Seemed there was some differing opinions about how many six cylinders were made, and I think they said 2 four cylinders were built also. I think Automobile Atlanta has at least one of the cars IIRC

It was the August 2006 issue. Back issues are still available. Some of the info on sportomatic.org appearsalmost verbatim from there.

Looking forward to seeing your project go forward.

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