914/6s at 1970 factory tour Options

[Hawk]

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[oldie914]

I was assigned to the US Army post engineers in Stuttgart/Zuffenhauen 1970-72. Got out of the Army and took a job in Munich in 1972 but came back to Stuttgart in 1974 to work for the post engineers as a civilian.
I made a factory tour in 1972 and remember seeing a 914 on the assembly line among the 911s but didn't take a picture. I've attached a picture of a 914 engine on the engine assembly line. The tour was very impressive in that you could stand next to the workers while they assembled the cars. Also, the bodies were welded together by real people, not robots.
In those days, I was often at the factory to buy parts and once saw a 914 body on a dolly parked outside. I didn't check to see if it was a 6 or 4 but it might have been replacement body for a wrecked 914. Both Porsche and Mercedes offered replacent bodies back then. In the 1980s, I talked to a guy at the Porsche dealer in Frankfurt who told me he had bought a replacement body for his 1976 Carrera so I guess it was still possible up to that time.

[Kaeferfreund]

I was assigned to the US Army post engineers in Stuttgart/Zuffenhauen 1970-72. Got out of the Army and took a job in Munich in 1972 but came back to Stuttgart in 1974 to work for the post engineers as a civilian.
I made a factory tour in 1972 and remember seeing a 914 on the assembly line among the 911s but didn't take a picture. I've attached a picture of a 914 engine on the engine assembly line. The tour was very impressive in that you could stand next to the workers while they assembled the cars. Also, the bodies were welded together by real people, not robots.
In those days, I was often at the factory to buy parts and once saw a 914 body on a dolly parked outside. I didn't check to see if it was a 6 or 4 but it might have been replacement body for a wrecked 914. Both Porsche and Mercedes offered replacent bodies back then. In the 1980s, I talked to a guy at the Porsche dealer in Frankfurt who told me he had bought a replacement body for his 1976 Carrera so I guess it was still possible up to that time.

Super. Such kind of pictures I'm looking for. New to me (us) and very interesting. Thanks a lot!