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green dash knob, What was the green knob for? |
fastfingers |
Mar 13 2011, 10:31 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 24 Joined: 13-March 11 From: Omaha, NE Member No.: 12,819 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
This is my first post.
First a little history. I'm a long ago Porsche 914 owner and long time Porsche enthusiast, having owned two 914s, a 924 and an amazing '91 911 C4 Targa. I once owned 2 914's at the same time. One was a '73 2.0 and the other was a '74 2.0. The '73 had an interesting history. It was originally black from the factory and had the anti-sway bars, chrome bumpers, fog lights and appearance group. It also had those wonderful Fuchs. Very fast and fun to drive car. I loved it and miss it to this day. Didn't realize until many years later that the '73 2.0's were the coveted 4-bangers. About the history of that car; I purchased it used from Century Porsche Audi in Dayton Ohio in 1975 or 1976. The previous owner was a Priest, believe it or not. The car had been repainted Corvette gray metallic and looked fabulous. The dealer told me that the car was a pace car driven by Mark Donohue before it was sold to the original owner. Not sure about that part but it seems possible. I had the car for maybe 160,000 miles and it proved to be a very reliable car. I had to replace the clutch twice (I think) and even rebuilt the heads on it once. Recently I started looking at restored 914s and found this place. Hope to own one again some day. On to my question. Both my 914s had fog lights and a yellow knob to activate them. I remember I modified both my 914's so that you could turn them on with only the running lights active too. On some of the pictures of 914s I see a green knob instead. Are those driving lights or what? Were they a substitute for the fogs? Just curious. I don't remember a driving lights option for 914s back when I paid attention to them. - Steve |
SGB |
Mar 15 2011, 10:01 PM
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just visiting Group: Members Posts: 4,086 Joined: 8-March 03 From: Huntsville, AL Member No.: 404 Region Association: South East States |
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fastfingers |
Mar 15 2011, 10:09 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 24 Joined: 13-March 11 From: Omaha, NE Member No.: 12,819 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Sorry guys, I've lost the thread here. My '73 had the same three center console gauges. Were they different on a '75? I was wondering about that passenger side mirror too. Neither of the two 914s I used to own had one of those either. I'm thinking that either that green switch is for rear fog lamps, although I'd not heard of those on a 914, or for some kind of dual bulb fog/driving lights in the front bumper. |
Tom_T |
Mar 16 2011, 01:42 AM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California |
Sorry guys, I've lost the thread here. My '73 had the same three center console gauges. Were they different on a '75? I was wondering about that passenger side mirror too. Neither of the two 914s I used to own had one of those either. I'm thinking that either that green switch is for rear fog lamps, although I'd not heard of those on a 914, or for some kind of dual bulb fog/driving lights in the front bumper. The 73 & 74.5 (early 74 MY) 914 2.0's had a wide red band on the OT gauge, then late 74 - 76 MY had the thin red band - whether the solo gauge at the optional or standard center console (usually std. on 73 2Ls) or in the fuel/OT combo gauge. That's also covered on that p914 site. I've never seen that 4th switch & icon, but it looks to me like the infamous Maxwell Smart ejection seat option from the icon! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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