The Midlife Motorheads visit with John Forbes to learn about his shop, SCCA experiences, vintage Porsche racing and more. John was the SCCA Florida Region 2000 Driver of the Year – a well deserved honor. John talks about his unique relationship with the 914, winning at Daytona, and a once in a lifetime barn find 914-6 with 5,000 actual miles.
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Tell it like it was… Right On…Guys!
“Totally Out Standing”… best interview I have seen in years… The in-depth (Owner / Driver) information and pertinent personal inside step by step racing history from start to finish in the interview… was “Totally Out Standing”!
Loved the story of John and his friend and the little old lady from Germany and the true story of cleaning out the garage before John could get his hands on the Porsche 914-6!
In the SCCA in Trans/AM Series and at the National Points Level Racing when we in class (A/S) ran in Point races we had to run with the 2.5 and 5.0 Liter races cars together and everyone cheated like there was no tomorrow in the early seventies. We used to call the 2.5 Cars the Bumble Bees from Germany, because at every tight turn there were always 3 to 4 of them all around u trying to pass the larger big car A/S – B/S… (twice the torque engines) until the straight away and then it was goodbye Bees, until the next turn! There are not that many of us left now that can remember the “Good OLD Days of Racing”… when racing was really fun and didn’t cost a arm and a leg like it does today!
Great interview…. Gene & Outstanding History Lesson… John!
Ron….
PS:Thanks and my hats off to John and Gene!
Ron, thanks for the kind words! We want to sit down with you soon and document your experiences as well. MLM’s
Att. John… (Black Forest), look what I found that just got listed today on BAT… u might want follow the sale on this one low miles out of NY, clean as a…. PIN!
Ron…
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1970-porsche-914-6-16/?utm_source=transactionalemail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=bat_model_notification
The car sold for… https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1970-porsche-914-6-16/
Sorry about that it still has 2 days to go on bidding!
Ron…