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Posted by: zeekman914 Dec 13 2004, 04:25 PM

what is the diffence between the 914 and the 914S. And is there any other types?

Posted by: mike_the_man Dec 13 2004, 04:31 PM

I've never heard of a 914S. That's a new one to me. What exactly do you mean by a 914S? Where have you seen one refered to as that? I'm slightly confused, but whats new there.

Posted by: jd74914 Dec 13 2004, 04:32 PM

914s was a dealer term for the 1973 2.0/4. Porsche killed it because they didn't want to ruin the reputation of the 911s

There are no other types of 914 but the /4 and /6 (well there are the few 914gt's two /8's and 12 916s, all which sell for $100,000's)

Posted by: lapuwali Dec 13 2004, 04:34 PM

As I recall, it was never an official designation. More like a dealer-applied label for some cars with some of the higher-end options packages. It may have been US only.

Posted by: vortrex Dec 13 2004, 04:48 PM

I thought the manual on the '73 2.0 car said "914S"? just thinking back to my old car..

Posted by: Rouser Dec 13 2004, 05:10 PM

It was a designation on a vintage US ad that was later dropped (to protect 911S sales):


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Posted by: Dave_Darling Dec 13 2004, 05:14 PM

Yup! It was something that VWoA, or their advertising consultants, came up with. And was dropped pretty quickly. You will sometimes see people referring to it even today, though they seem to just mean a 73 2.0 which will have all of the regular options. (Well, most of them did...)

Evidently the two 914-8s were at some point called "914S" as well.

--DD

Posted by: xsboost90 Dec 13 2004, 06:16 PM

so did any of them come with the flares besides the 916? my bud -944 guy-asked if they were just six cylinder i said no...but then i dont know what they DID come on.

Posted by: mike_the_man Dec 13 2004, 06:35 PM

Well, ya learn something every day! And I think that only the 914-6 GTs came with flares. Were they ever a dealer option on the 6s?

Posted by: Bleyseng Dec 13 2004, 06:50 PM

Yes, the Dealer M471 option.

Posted by: URY914 Dec 13 2004, 09:19 PM

Mine is a 914VL.

Not "Light" but "Very Light"

Paul

Posted by: Gustl Dec 14 2004, 12:01 AM

I figured it out a couple of weeks ago at http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?act=ST&f=2&t=9212&st=20

just scroll down to the pics of the prize lists and read the following posts

Gustl

Posted by: 72914S Dec 14 2004, 12:13 AM

I have a hard cover repair book that says 914S on the front cover . I say my car is a "S" because all the options that were avalible on a `73 are installed on my `72 ,2.0L,sway bars, gauge panel,fuchs,bilstiens,(no AC)


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Posted by: aircooledboy Dec 14 2004, 01:44 PM

Long ago I had a 73' and the title said 914S. Then I got married, and traded it in for a more "practical" car: a Suzuki Samuria!!!!

Posted by: zeekman914 Dec 14 2004, 02:31 PM

OK thanks