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> Grasshopper spotted?, Maybe or not
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post Apr 26 2011, 11:05 PM
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Just tooling around last Sunday and spotted this...thought it might be the elusive Grasshopper 914 that might exist..
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post Apr 26 2011, 11:09 PM
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post Apr 27 2011, 12:24 AM
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OMG! It looks like a toy! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif)

I (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif) 914s.
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post Apr 27 2011, 07:15 AM
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I like it!

Noticed that the painted wheels are Pedrinis, not Mahles... so it's probably a completely home-made LE look-alike.
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post Apr 27 2011, 08:01 AM
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Those two colors together make my eyes hurt (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

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post Apr 27 2011, 09:14 AM
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Wrong wheels, wrong color, wrong size. Photoshop.
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post Apr 27 2011, 09:16 AM
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I dig it! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Apr 27 2011, 11:38 AM
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QUOTE(vsg914 @ Apr 27 2011, 08:14 AM) *
Wrong wheels, wrong color, wrong size.

You forgot "wrong bumpers" ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)
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post Apr 27 2011, 11:50 AM
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not a photoshop.
I see that car in and around Rocklin all the time, it looks pretty good in person.
It looks like someone has the 914 set up how they want it.
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post Apr 27 2011, 05:05 PM
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Also lower targa trim and no black on the other targa trim... Very nicely done though... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)

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post Apr 27 2011, 05:42 PM
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I saw that car in Loomis a couple weeks ago in a church parking lot, looks like the same spot actually...interesting pick of colors for sure.
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post Apr 27 2011, 05:52 PM
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QUOTE(biosurfer1 @ Apr 27 2011, 03:42 PM) *

interesting pick of colors for sure.

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon8.gif) Is it just me or did they paint over the sail vinyl (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) Not crazy about the color combo, or the 3 different shades of yellow. Sail trim needs to be red mon (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smoke.gif)
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post Apr 28 2011, 05:22 AM
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are there no known grasshoppers? I have seen a creamsicle and bumble bee in Japan but not a grasshopper...surely somebody on the planet ordered this option?
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post Apr 28 2011, 11:27 AM
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are there no known grasshoppers? I have seen a creamsicle and bumble bee in Japan but not a grasshopper...surely somebody on the planet ordered this option?

The factory has since retracted the statement that it even existed. They now claim there never was a grasshopper.

However, some of the early Porsche brochures and posters from '74 list white/green as an option.

And some of the dinosaurs around here swear they've seen one or two back in the day.


So who knows, maybe one day one will show up.
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post Apr 28 2011, 10:37 PM
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Jamie, if you've seen some LE's in Japan, it would be great to know more about them - VIN's photos owner contacts...I know of one CS there, but no BB's

White/green LE's are a fantasy, they could have only been owner/dealer created. See the info on the Personal Porsche program on my Can Am website for details.

There were no brochures/posters or any official literature mentioning the white/green cars - only a couple of published hearsay stories by uninformed authors that republished misinformation. We only have a factory poster and a P-A dealership newsletter that describe the LE cars - both only mention the black/yellow and white/orange combinations.

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are there no known grasshoppers? I have seen a creamsicle and bumble bee in Japan but not a grasshopper...surely somebody on the planet ordered this option?

The factory has since retracted the statement that it even existed. They now claim there never was a grasshopper.y

However, some of the early Porsche brochures and posters from '74 list white/green as an option.

And some of the dinosaurs around here swear they've seen one or two back in the day.


So who knows, maybe one day one will show up.
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post Apr 28 2011, 10:44 PM
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QUOTE(Jeff Bowlsby @ Apr 28 2011, 09:37 PM) *

There were no brochures/posters or any official literature mentioning the white/green cars - only a couple of published hearsay stories by uninformed authors that republished misinformation. We only have a factory poster and a P-A dealership newsletter that describe the LE cars - both only mention the black/yellow and white/orange combinations.


What about the Porsche marketing letter clipping you have on the front page of your site, doesn't that say there was a white/green trim available?
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post Apr 28 2011, 10:50 PM
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The PML is one of the misinformation articles...
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post Apr 28 2011, 10:58 PM
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ah, that makes more sense.

I'm surprised at how little info Porsche has about a seemingly special car. It seems like most of the COA's have a ton of missing info that wouldn't have been hard to keep track of.

I guess since this was before widespread computer use that hand written records weren't the most reliable
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post Apr 28 2011, 11:33 PM
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green vinyl on the sails??


i wouldn't what to have drank too much the night before and have to go out to that car in the morning (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon8.gif)
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not grasshopper but lemon-lime!!!
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