Was the M471 option, Available in '72 |
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914/4: 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 914/6: 70 71 72
Was the M471 option, Available in '72 |
dempwolf@pctribe.com |
Nov 28 2008, 02:47 PM
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Was the M471 option available for cars produced and sold in Europe available in 1972? Thanks Karl
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smg914 |
Nov 30 2008, 12:39 AM
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Sahara Beige Steve Group: Members Posts: 1,962 Joined: 22-February 04 From: Tampa, FL Member No.: 1,695 Region Association: None |
Jeff is correct. There was an M471 option available for the 1974 914-4 2 liter cars. However it was not related in any way to the M471 option that was available for the 914-6 in 1971 and 1972. The factory produced approximately 23 914-6's with the M471 Competiton Option Group (15 in 1971 and 8 in 1972). The 15 produced in 1971 were originally intended to become racecars but most were eventually sold as GT look-a-likes for the street. Porsche considered the M471 optioned 914-6's produced in 1971 as factory GT's along with the 33 914-6 GT racecars that were produced in 1970 and 71. The fact that the factory was only able to document 48 factory produced cars (500 required to be homologated) in 1970 and 1971, eventually the SCCA disqualified them from the class they were competing in, resulting in the factory withdrawing their support.
Note: the quantities used above are approximate and are based on Porsche documents from the early 70's. |
Gustl |
Nov 30 2008, 02:40 AM
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The 15 produced in 1971 were originally intended to become racecars but most were eventually sold as GT look-a-likes for the street. Porsche considered the M471 optioned 914-6's produced in 1971 as factory GT's along with the 33 914-6 GT racecars that were produced in 1970 and 71. race cars, that got built by the factory, had the 491 option Porsche offered 3 different types of cars with the competition group: 1.) M471 - race car look alike for street use or for custom GT conversion 2.) M491 - race car for track use (914-6 R) 3.) M491 - race car for rallye use (914-6 R) later they called all of them "GT cars", but to be more speciffc they also used the terms "homologation GT" (for 471), "track car" and "rallye car" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bye1.gif) Gustl |
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