Model year 1982 916????, Is it a "real" 916 or replica Options

[Mueller]

For Christmas my little sister bought me a nice Porsche book (don't ask for the name of it, I cannot remember it)

It has in it what is claimed to be a 1982 916....a breif story:

In the late 70's a Porsche worker who owns an original /6 brings his car to the factory where for 6 years the car undergoes the transformation into the 12th 916 ever made.....it sounds like he did the work himself...

No hardtop, instead a full cage is installed.........

Now as far as I can tell, everything else has been "upgraded" or changed to "convert" it into a 916, but what is the general consences???

Real or replica???

I would call it a 916 replica and not the real deal unless Porsche had there hands on it more than just a worker moonlighting in his spare time to do the conversion.

[DNHunt]

If the book is the one I read this summer it was pretty cool. It had 3-4 page articles on cars that were significant in Porsche history including this particular /6. I felt it was a replica and got the impression that the author did too as he thought this would have been the result of development through 1982.

The article had some nice info such as a 914 mule was a test bed for the 930 turbo

I felt the author kind of lamented the demise of our 914's. He pointed out that it actually sold well in the face of awful press and indifference from Porsche. Ah, what could have been. Still we got a great little car and a little respect respect in a book about Porsche.

Wish I could remember the name of the book. I checked it out from the library and read a little bit each morning drinking coffee at Starbucks on vacation at Whistler. Great time

Dave