VIN Page Options

[robkammer]

Hello all: I'm new to the 914 world and am hoping to add a 2.0 to our garage soon. I have seen references to a VIN page in the forums but can't find it on the site.
Can someone point me in the right direction?
Thanks

[JeffBowlsby]

I'm still processing the above, but here are a couple of other fun facts to ponder:

The 1971 wiring schematic includes an oil temp sender circuit on the ignition harness and the original ignition harnesses have this circuit. The 1970 and 1972 do not. My thinking is that a separate wire directly connected the 1971 ignition harness to a sump mounted oil temp sender. Unlike the later 73-76 cars with the circuitry in the main chassis harness.

The 1973-76 cars have the center console gauge harness connections in the main chassis harness under the carpet, the 1970-72 cars do not.

[wonkipop]

I'm still processing the above, but here are a couple of other fun facts to ponder:

The 1971 wiring schematic includes an oil temp sender circuit on the ignition harness and the original ignition harnesses have this circuit. The 1970 and 1972 do not. My thinking is that a separate wire directly connected the 1971 ignition harness to a sump mounted oil temp sender. Unlike the later 73-76 cars with the circuitry in the main chassis harness.

The 1973-76 cars have the center console gauge harness connections in the main chassis harness under the carpet, the 1970-72 cars do not.

the thing about the 71 cars is interesting.
not sure what that indicates.

but the lack of chassis wiring in 70 to 72 makes sense.
the cars coming out of karmann were only 4 cyl cars.
the premium 2.0 was the porsche 6 and they were kind of seperate.
with semi offsite production line going on.
and all the 6s had a temp guage.
how was the temp guage wiring incorporated for the 6 from 70-72?
but does not explain 71.

after the 6 gets canned the 2.0 4 becomes the premium engined car.
but its totally made at karmann. no further porsche production line involvement.
so for the first time a car with a temp guage is coming out of karmann factory?
makes sense they would rationalise the chassis harness down to one item no matter what.?

maybe they were considering a temp guage for the 4 in 71 as part of appearance group.
i guess the question is did any 4s ever come with the temp guage in the main instrument cluster during 70 to 72 when they were all 1.7s.
my files don't extend to looking into anything much pre 73 models.


the one other thing i can think of re 71 is that they were still at that stage gearing up for more ambitious production. they were definitely going to do a rhd version for 72. it was advertised in the australian press and potential buyers were notified. (i think the twin adjustable seats of 72 is a vestige of that plan before it was cancelled?).

in 71 all sorts of hard nosed decisions would have been being made as the 914/4 was not as successful as hoped in all the markets outside the USA and germany. it was a total bomb in the UK for instance. the other main markets for rhd were japan and australia.
chicken feed. probably quite a few things were being readied in 71 that never eventuated in plans for the 72 model year? dunno if that explains the temp wiring in 71.
but they would have been in a scramble canning the future of the 6 and altering strategy fast to develope the 2.0 L four.