Re: A car with an interesting past!
Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2023 3:44 pm
It was well known that there were two 914/6s with the same chassis number: 9140430059 for those who have been in the 914 scene back when David Fagan ran the 914 Register in the late 80s early 90s. David mentioned a few times in the PCGB Trading Post monthly magazine and the quarterly Porsche Post at the time.
The history I have on Q42 PGT is that after the accident of DGU 914H a new replacement bodyshell was used to get DGU 914H repaired and then sold as an ex-demo through AFN around late 1970 early 1971. The original bodyshell was never scrapped and sat around at AFN Isleworth for around ten years before being acquired by a AFN mechanic who wanted to use the bodyshell to build a race car and could use the bodyshell on the condition it was never road registered; all the original factory stamped numbers were still intact including the chassis plate. At this time the bodyshell was then converted to RHD and the body painted beige, from the recent photos I can’t see any sign of beige, maybe the outside only. The inner panels have been painted silver, maybe it was also silver at one time. After the AFN mechanic had it for three years, it was sold to Richard Storey who then road registered it in 1983 and then at this point found out that there was already a car registered with DVLA with the same chassis number and was then allocated a Q plate. The colour was then changed to red sometime in the 80s, Richard kept the car all this time. I haven’t seen Q42 PGT since the early to mid 90s at a PCGB national event and thought it was odd seeing a 914 on a Q plate and then found out why.
David Fagan did try to buy Q42 PGT off Richard, so he could own both, but at that time Richard was not interested in selling it.
DGU 914H has a replacement body number stamped on the front inner wing where a chassis number would have been stamped normally and the 911 style chassis plate was added during David Fagan ownership as Porsche could not supply him with a stamped 914/6 chassis plate as they didn’t have any and used the 911 style instead. Last time I saw DGU 914H (which had been Dutch registered by then by David Fagan) was four years ago at the Antwerp Concours, it was part of the 50 years of 914 display. David Fagan had sold it on a few years previously as it just sat in his conservatory, and it wasn’t being driven.
Over the years I have been informed by people that they remember seeing the orange bodyshell at AFN Isleworth and also a AFN employee telling me of it being converted to RHD by the mechanic there and turned into a race car.
The history I have on Q42 PGT is that after the accident of DGU 914H a new replacement bodyshell was used to get DGU 914H repaired and then sold as an ex-demo through AFN around late 1970 early 1971. The original bodyshell was never scrapped and sat around at AFN Isleworth for around ten years before being acquired by a AFN mechanic who wanted to use the bodyshell to build a race car and could use the bodyshell on the condition it was never road registered; all the original factory stamped numbers were still intact including the chassis plate. At this time the bodyshell was then converted to RHD and the body painted beige, from the recent photos I can’t see any sign of beige, maybe the outside only. The inner panels have been painted silver, maybe it was also silver at one time. After the AFN mechanic had it for three years, it was sold to Richard Storey who then road registered it in 1983 and then at this point found out that there was already a car registered with DVLA with the same chassis number and was then allocated a Q plate. The colour was then changed to red sometime in the 80s, Richard kept the car all this time. I haven’t seen Q42 PGT since the early to mid 90s at a PCGB national event and thought it was odd seeing a 914 on a Q plate and then found out why.
David Fagan did try to buy Q42 PGT off Richard, so he could own both, but at that time Richard was not interested in selling it.
DGU 914H has a replacement body number stamped on the front inner wing where a chassis number would have been stamped normally and the 911 style chassis plate was added during David Fagan ownership as Porsche could not supply him with a stamped 914/6 chassis plate as they didn’t have any and used the 911 style instead. Last time I saw DGU 914H (which had been Dutch registered by then by David Fagan) was four years ago at the Antwerp Concours, it was part of the 50 years of 914 display. David Fagan had sold it on a few years previously as it just sat in his conservatory, and it wasn’t being driven.
Over the years I have been informed by people that they remember seeing the orange bodyshell at AFN Isleworth and also a AFN employee telling me of it being converted to RHD by the mechanic there and turned into a race car.