Is there a later 914?, Later than Porsche claims |
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Is there a later 914?, Later than Porsche claims |
davep |
Feb 15 2004, 09:03 AM
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Okay, so conventional wisdom says the last 914 made was 4762904075.
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SirAndy |
Feb 16 2004, 05:11 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,688 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
you might also find this interesting (from "the book"):
- in the beginning the sail-panel and targa top vinyl was only optional (for additional $$$) and cars came with the targa bar painted in body color by default. also, the bumpers were painted in body color, chrome bumpers were only available as a option package as well. pictures of the early standard style can be seen on page 62. - the handbrake was moved to the left of the drivers seat because the car was planned to be a real 3 seater! ONE was actually build with 3 seats, pic. is on page 28. - the original plan was to just produce 4-cylinder cars with the VW-411/412 type 4 engine and have the car sold by VW exclusively. porsche then wanted to do a 6-cylinder version and market it as a porsche, but VW denied that and they eventually reached a compromise, which lead to the creation of the "VW-Porsche VG", with split ownership by porsche and vw. - the very first prototype that was driveable was a /4 (end of april '68) - by the time the first /6 was running they already had 15 4-cylinder cars on the test-track. - the rubber bumper tops are actually "Polyurethan-Foam" (sp? in english?) and were the very first ones out of this material EVER used on the exterior of any automobile EVER!!! the manufacturer "Phoenix-Werke" gave them the part numbers 1 and 2! |
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