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| JeffBowlsby |
 Feb 28 2006, 12:16 AM
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914 Wiring Harnesses & Beekeeper  Group: Members Posts: 9,222 Joined: 7-January 03 From: San Ramon CA Member No.: 104 Region Association: None 
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Late last year I submitted a request for information to Porsche Classics Archive Research regarding their published website statement concerning the existence and rarity of the white/green trim LE 914 cars. I simply asked them to confirm or deny the accuracy of their website statement. This process is a little known and great resource for certain kinds of information about your 914. It seems that other authors merely quoted this flawed source or similar sources about the grasshopper cars, which are now admittedly in error. Their statements were the most beliveable evidence available about the 'grasshopper' LEs, considering the source.
I received their response letter today. The Grasshopper never existed. Lies...it was all lies...we have all been deceived.... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif) I will be revising my 914 LE website to reflect this recent information and will include their letter: Attached thumbnail(s) 
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| Katmanken |
Feb 28 2006, 08:42 AM
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You haven't seen me if anybody asks... Group: Members Posts: 4,738 Joined: 14-June 03 From: USA Member No.: 819 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Not me, I don't believe it....
that answer is based on company archive records. God knows, I didn't write down everything that I did every minute of the working day back in the early 70's. Multiply that by the number of Porsche employees, and we actually have a real knowlege gap about what actually went on. When companies do marketing campaigns, just about anything goes and many things are tried to see what they look like. Most of the marketing geniuses I have worked with can't see the next product until somebody actually shows it to them. Usually a competitor (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/blink.gif) . And, based on their official answer , there COULD be a grasshopper, just not in the records of the number run quoted. It's prolly one number above or below that number string (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/happy11.gif) Somewhere, where the sun is shining, there is an original rust free grasshopper waiting to be found... Want me to do Santa? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/idea.gif) Ken the GrassHOPEr |
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Jeff Bowlsby The Grasshopper LE is a myth Feb 28 2006, 12:16 AM
maddeye http://www.914world.com/bbs2/h... Feb 28 2006, 12:26 AM Part Pricer The day the grasshopper died. http://www.914world.com/bbs2/... Feb 28 2006, 12:42 AM gregrobbins As many of us suspected. ht... Feb 28 2006, 12:45 AM MattR I have 3 grasshoppers in my driveway. Porsche jus... Feb 28 2006, 01:01 AM bondo It's a coverup! They're rewriting hist... Feb 28 2006, 01:13 AM dinomium Britt and Alpha DO NOT READ ANY FURTHER
It is lik... Feb 28 2006, 01:30 AM ejm <... Feb 28 2006, 05:47 AM type47 ... Feb 28 2006, 06:16 AM bd1308 ... Feb 28 2006, 06:25 AM balljoint http://www.914world.com/bbs2/htm... Feb 28 2006, 06:46 AM smg914 Thanks for taking the time to do the research to p... Feb 28 2006, 08:21 AM Headrage So Jeff, were ya gonna get yer paint done? Feb 28 2006, 09:29 AM Dave_Darling I don't think I can come to the same conclusio... Feb 28 2006, 09:29 AM Demick Nice work Jeff! Very cool that you have been ... Feb 28 2006, 09:32 AM maf914 Yesterday evening there was a show on Discovery ch... Feb 28 2006, 09:37 AM Thomas J Bliznik Bowlsby
Thanks for getting the factory story. I ... Feb 28 2006, 10:15 AM Thomas J Bliznik I feel sad today http://www.914worl... Feb 28 2006, 10:37 AM Porsche Rescue I'm with Dave (kinda). Somehow, I think I saw ... Feb 28 2006, 10:56 AM Gustl keep that mystery alive http:... Feb 28 2006, 11:11 AM 9146986 I had one green Mahle wheel once. I don't kno... Feb 28 2006, 12:05 PM dinomium Feb 28 2006, 12:06 PM SirAndy <... Feb 28 2006, 12:35 PM SirAndy Feb 28 2006, 12:53 PM fiid Bummer. I kind of liked it when it was just an un... Feb 28 2006, 01:17 PM Bleyseng I had that damn 3 car LE pic as my computer backgr... Feb 28 2006, 02:44 PM SirAndy ... Feb 28 2006, 02:48 PM Mueller any chance that a dealership made the Grasshoppers... Feb 28 2006, 03:28 PM Bleyseng It looked like it was a magazine ad but I download... Feb 28 2006, 03:33 PM Gustl <... Feb 28 2006, 03:38 PM bondo Tee hee. Feb 28 2006, 03:48 PM alpha434 Well. Thats it. A grasshopper.
Maybe we should ... Feb 28 2006, 03:55 PM skline I dont know if I have much credibility anymore, bu... Feb 28 2006, 04:07 PM Mueller Feb 28 2006, 04:13 PM Bleyseng Look at the LE, the decals on the 914 on the right... Feb 28 2006, 04:14 PM alpha434 Maybe it's like the Can Am 914s?
Porsche said... Feb 28 2006, 04:21 PM tdgray Grasshopper related.
A grasshopper hops into a b... Feb 28 2006, 04:21 PM dinomium Feb 28 2006, 04:40 PM SirAndy ... Feb 28 2006, 04:45 PM Bleyseng damn, some of the guys here are as confused as the... Feb 28 2006, 04:52 PM Jeff Bowlsby 
