 914 Design letter from Jorg Austen, regarding where 914 design was developed |
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| IronHillRestorations |
 Mar 13 2017, 02:18 PM
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This letter is from Jorg Austen, factory engineer (and a nice guy) to Alex Buller (RIP) who was President of the now defunct Porsche 914 Club.
Jorg_Austen_914_Letter.pdf ( 2.22mb )
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| IronHillRestorations |
Mar 13 2017, 03:38 PM
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I. I. R. C. Group: Members Posts: 6,927 Joined: 18-March 03 From: West TN Member No.: 439 Region Association: None
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I was fortunate enough to meet Mr. Austen in 1997 in Stuttgart, he led our group on the tour through the assembly plant. Glenn Stazak and I were also given total access to the factory archives, which was very cool.
Yes there will be nay sayers, and this argument is certainly not new. Charley Davis' argument was that Jorg is a lifelong employee of Porsche, and part of the "inner circle" so to speak, and would always defer to promote Porsche. A position not without merit, but based on conjecture, and not meeting with anyone at the factory or archives. I tend to side with the guy who designed part of the car, and was on the team that developed the car. Furthermore there's really no solid proof anywhere to support arguments that 914 was not a factory design. Some magazine article 35 years ago references Gugelot and it's easy to take that as the truth, even if it's not. To quote Paul Harvey: "now you know the rest of the story" |
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Perry Kiehl 914 Design letter from Jorg Austen Mar 13 2017, 02:18 PM
mepstein That's really cool. Thanks for sharing. Mar 13 2017, 02:27 PM Tom_T :agree: ....
From the proverbial "horse... Mar 13 2017, 02:36 PM wes Thanks for sharing very cool! Mar 13 2017, 03:38 PM John Jentz I spoke with Norbert Singer at the Petit Le Mans b... Mar 14 2017, 08:35 AM dlkawashima Thanks for sharing this Perry. But I have to ask ... Mar 14 2017, 10:03 AM
SirAndy Thanks for sharing this Perry. But I have to ask ... Mar 15 2017, 03:36 PM Mueller That is pretty darn cool letter, thanks! Mar 15 2017, 01:46 PM Perry Kiehl Speculation here, but my guess is Klie was body de... Mar 15 2017, 03:28 PM Larmo63 RE: 914 Design letter from Jorg Austen May 30 2017, 10:31 PM 1970 Neun vierzehn from the November 1969 issue of Road & Track..... Jun 9 2017, 07:41 PM Ed_Turbo "Cheap" Porsche :lol: :lol4:
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