Is my 914 a grasshopper?, Just picked up my first 914 today Options

[Erben914]

I just bought my first 914 today. It is a 74 2.0. It is white with green trim. Could it be a grasshopper? Does anyone know if you can tell the original options and color by the vin? It is 4742907753.

[anderssj]

I still say I saw one back in the day....I am not that forgetful...yet.
I use to play a game in 1970 when I would see a 914 to guess whether it was a 4 or 6.
I also rode around in one of the first 914's in Seattle as High School girl I knew had one since her dad owned the dealership.

I know it's said they don't exist, but I remember seeing one in the U district when I was stationed in Seattle in 1977-8 (it may have been parked on the outdoor lot of the Porsche dealership north of 45th). Maybe it was a dealer special? I wish now that I had checked it out more closely . . . .

[Bleyseng]

I still say I saw one back in the day....I am not that forgetful...yet.
I use to play a game in 1970 when I would see a 914 to guess whether it was a 4 or 6.
I also rode around in one of the first 914's in Seattle as High School girl I knew had one since her dad owned the dealership.

I know it's said they don't exist, but I remember seeing one in the U district when I was stationed in Seattle in 1977-8 (it may have been parked on the outdoor lot of the Porsche dealership north of 45th). Maybe it was a dealer special? I wish now that I had checked it out more closely . . . .

Yes, that was University Porsche/Audi back then and I test drove a couple of 914's there including a 1976 demo model I couldn't get the wife to go for a second car. Bought a 1976 Dasher SW instead which was a good car. Took it in to service there too so I was always looking at the new/used cars on the lot. I remember seeing a GH parked there too, but then there was a lot of nice Porsches there to look at. I grew up in the U district and at that time lived on Queen Anne Hill.