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sail vinyl, an option on all 914's? |
jonferns |
Sep 17 2007, 05:19 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,081 Joined: 29-March 07 From: New Jersey Member No.: 7,631 Region Association: North East States |
Was sail vinyl an option on all 914's, or was it standard equipment?
Would it say on the cars original window sticker? Car in question is a '74 1.8 (build date 3/74) And if a car didn't have the vinyl from the factory, did they have the chrome trim along the curved edge of the sail? |
1970 Neun vierzehn |
Feb 13 2014, 07:23 PM
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I would believe that the /4 w/o the appearance package, and therefore w/o the vinyl on the rollbar would have the bumpers AND rollbar trim in body color, as James Smith stated. Though early USA sales brochures show that as correct, we also cast a critical eye on those early catalogs as they can be "touched up" or contain prototype vehicles. That said, I would invite the curious to take a close look at the following two photos taken at the Karmann factory. I believe these two photos were taken about the same time frame, but from two different perspectives. The color photo shows a blue and a white 914 w/o rollbar vinyl and it appears to me that the rollbar finish trim is body-colored on both cars, If you examine the b&w photo, those same two 914s do not have the shine on that aforementioned trim that the appearance group cars have.
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nathansnathan |
Feb 13 2014, 08:19 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,052 Joined: 31-May 10 From: Laguna Beach, CA Member No.: 11,782 Region Association: None |
I would believe that the /4 w/o the appearance package, and therefore w/o the vinyl on the rollbar would have the bumpers AND rollbar trim in body color, as James Smith stated. Though early USA sales brochures show that as correct, we also cast a critical eye on those early catalogs as they can be "touched up" or contain prototype vehicles. That said, I would invite the curious to take a close look at the following two photos taken at the Karmann factory. I believe these two photos were taken about the same time frame, but from two different perspectives. The color photo shows a blue and a white 914 w/o rollbar vinyl and it appears to me that the rollbar finish trim is body-colored on both cars, If you examine the b&w photo, those same two 914s do not have the shine on that aforementioned trim that the appearance group cars have. Paul Nice, (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) I've always thought there was something right behind that blue car making the reflection in the sail trim dark, but the other does show it pretty well. I think those are 1970 model year cars. I do think there were early non appearance group cars with black, too though, but maybe only in the european market. |
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