Suspension markings Options

[scotty b]

I remember this being brought up before, possibly by myself, but I can't find any trace of it so I thought I would atart a new thead specifically dedicated to suspensions and in this case factory makings on them. These pics are from Jim McCloeds 73. All markings are on the rear trailing arms and I could find no evidence of anything onthe front suspension. Notice there is one brushed on and also one stamped mark on each side. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)

[wonkipop]

yes @Bullethead

i had to take so many insults 30 years ago from snob 911 owners about how my car was a VW built in a VW factory and they had a porsche built at the porsche factory. (this was from guys who owned short wheel base 60s 911s too).

yet every single 912 (i believe) was fully made to the same amount as a 914 was before it was hooked up to that overhead cradle. instead of going on the conveyor they rolled them out the back door and shipped them to stuttgart sans suspension and drive train.

and in stuttgart conditions were more primitive for the workers?
see photos of guys in the assembly hall at stuttgart lying on their backs underneath cars which are on dollies and installing engines, suspension etc. even in the early 70s.

as you note many a 911 trimmed body was built to the same level as well by karmann right through the 60s. reutter did not do them all by any means.

then there are the 356Cs built by karmann the same way.

the only thing that was different about 914/4 s is they did a 180 degree turn at the end of the body and trim aisle and went down a reasonably civilised set up and had their mechanicals installed.

if only i had known this in the 1990s.

i'd call a 914 a rationally built porsche. but what would i know?

after this time the karmann factory swings over big time to being a VW facility.
they pumped the siroccos out of the assembly hall in BIG numbers.
it took over the space.


karmann making a 911/912 body shell across the road in the body shell factory.
not made in stuttgart!
nice jig.