Door jamb query, What is that hole for? Options

[TonyH]

Good afternoon everyone,

I question if I may. I have just been watching Ian Karr's new video on Youtube on his 914/6 project and it reminded me to ask you good people a question.

Just above the door lock in the door jamb there is a hole/tube, what is that for? It appears to go up into the sail but not into the engine bay.

I have just had a look at my car, shined a torch into the entry hole but there is no light to be seen.

Enjoy your Sunday afternoon. - Tony

[mepstein]

They didn’t have the vent covers on early cars.
There is a channel from the back of the seat near the window that lets air escape. Without it, it would be hard for fresh air or heated air to enter the cabin.

[wonkipop]

They didn’t have the vent covers on early cars.
There is a channel from the back of the seat near the window that lets air escape. Without it, it would be hard for fresh air or heated air to enter the cabin.

here is an interesting one for the general rule of early cars don't have the plastic vent covers.

dr. marchart's personal 74 1.8 (german domestic market).
base spec (non appearance group).
held in the porsche museum collection.
said to be not restored. original condition. very low mileage. less than 20,000 kms showing and also quoted by museum director.



i'm not sure what to make of this.
certainly 74 USA spec cars definitely had the plastic vent covers.
mine does. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
i guess they could have been removed from the marchart car.
but it seems unlikely as the rest of the car is in fairly amazing original condition.
right down to retaining mock ups (adhesive stickers) for 75 model year EGR/CAT lights on the instrument binnacle - interesting artefacts from its time as the personal car of a porsche engineer working the development of the 914 as it progressed.

a possibility is that the euro spec cars did not get the covers, at least in base form.
i have seen a 75 german spec car here in aus, appearance group, that is completely intact and original and been owned by the same retired mechanic since the early 80s. it has the plastic covers.

but i dunno. its just of interest that the museum car does not have them and its a late model. another one of those mysteries.

i notice that the original poster tonyh is in france.
could be certain of late year euro cars maybe did not have the covers?
but not enough data/info to really know.