 Did All 914s come with side markers? |
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| jackspratt |
 Oct 14 2023, 07:11 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 55 Joined: 5-February 22 From: Canada Member No.: 26,315 Region Association: Pacific Northwest 
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Wondering if all 914s had the side markers as standard. Or did some not?
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| mate914 |
Oct 14 2023, 07:20 PM
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Matt Group: Members Posts: 757 Joined: 27-February 09 From: Eagles mere, PA Member No.: 10,102 Region Association: North East States
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QUOTE(jackspratt @ Oct 14 2023, 09:11 PM)  Wondering if all 914s had the side markers as standard. Or did some not? Not originally, The United States had rules how high marker lights and parking lights were mounted, maybe based off of Cal... Porsche changed the car for US market. Maybe someone with more info can chime in. Matt (IMG:style_emoticons/default/flag.gif) |
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| Rand |
Oct 14 2023, 07:35 PM
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Cross Member Group: Members Posts: 7,409 Joined: 8-February 05 From: OR Member No.: 3,573 Region Association: None |
Depends on the year. All later ones did.
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| Shivers |
Oct 14 2023, 07:51 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2,421 Joined: 19-October 20 From: La Quinta, CA Member No.: 24,781 Region Association: Southern California |
I could not find the picture, but it shows the factory and train cars and 914s for different markets. It was easy to spot the cars bound for North America, the warts are present.
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| JeffBowlsby |
Oct 14 2023, 09:04 PM
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914 Wiring Harnesses Group: Members Posts: 8,533 Joined: 7-January 03 From: San Ramon CA Member No.: 104 Region Association: None
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It’s my understanding that US vehicle safety laws required the sidemarkers for the US market 914s, because the front turn/parking lights were insufficiently visible when looking at the 914 from the side. For Japan market cars, the sidemarkers function as turn signals and have a different lense than the US version lenses.
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| porschetub |
Oct 14 2023, 10:09 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,704 Joined: 25-July 15 From: New Zealand Member No.: 18,995 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(Rand @ Oct 15 2023, 01:35 PM) Depends on the year. All later ones did. Holy s#it you are back ? . |
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| jackspratt |
Oct 15 2023, 10:43 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 55 Joined: 5-February 22 From: Canada Member No.: 26,315 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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Great info. What'll do is see if these were blocked off or other. It's a 73 originally from California and I'm thinking just blocked off. Need to investigate more.
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| bkrantz |
Oct 15 2023, 06:38 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 7,801 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains
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Mine did, but not anymore. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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| Lockwodo |
Oct 15 2023, 07:02 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 201 Joined: 23-December 21 From: Santa Cruz, Californnia Member No.: 26,193 Region Association: Northern California
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Looks better sans warts.
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| Dave_Darling |
Oct 15 2023, 10:15 PM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 14,991 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California
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All of the US-spec 914s had side markers. Ones for Japan and maybe Italy also did, at least for some years. I think.
AFAIK, none of the "European spec" 914s had them. It's a fairly popular mod to shave them off of US-spec cars, because a lot of people don't like the way they look. (Hence the nickname "warts" for them.) --DD |
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| sb914 |
Oct 16 2023, 06:12 AM
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Surf Guru Group: Members Posts: 4,315 Joined: 25-November 12 From: Brookings,Oregon Member No.: 15,191 Region Association: Southern California
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QUOTE(Shivers @ Oct 14 2023, 06:51 PM) I could not find the picture, but it shows the factory and train cars and 914s for different markets. It was easy to spot the cars bound for North America, the warts are present.  |
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| 76-914 |
Oct 16 2023, 07:38 AM
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Repeat Offender & Resident Subaru Antagonist Group: Members Posts: 13,508 Joined: 23-January 09 From: Temecula, CA Member No.: 9,964 Region Association: Southern California
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QUOTE(Dave_Darling @ Oct 15 2023, 09:15 PM) All of the US-spec 914s had side markers. Ones for Japan and maybe Italy also did, at least for some years. I think. AFAIK, none of the "European spec" 914s had them. It's a fairly popular mod to shave them off of US-spec cars, because a lot of people don't like the way they look. (Hence the nickname "warts" for them.) --DD The Italian lens' were different too. I have one; broke its mate. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) They have a very small arrow on the bottom pointing forward. The refracting is slightly different. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) |
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| dr914@autoatlanta.com |
Oct 16 2023, 08:26 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 7,894 Joined: 3-January 07 From: atlanta georgia Member No.: 7,418 Region Association: None |
all USA cars, all Japanese cars, no european issue 914s
QUOTE(jackspratt @ Oct 14 2023, 06:11 PM) Wondering if all 914s had the side markers as standard. Or did some not? |
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