Slant Nose / Slope Nose 914, Anybody know the origins? Options

[Craigers17]

I recently came across this car on The Samba:





....it's one of the few slant nose 914's that I've seen that I think is pretty well done. Personally not a huge fan of the Chalon slant nose kit. That said, I wondered if anyone can "school me" on the origins of the 914 slant nose fenders/front end.... was this an 80's kit...fiberglass ???....steel??? Both??? Who made it?, etc? While doing a little research, I did find this in an old classifieds ad:





I'm like 99.3.14159265359 % sure that Porsche never made a factory slant nose 914, but I know they did make a slant nose 911...which I've always liked. And, apparently, there was somewhat of an advantage from an aerodynamics perspective from the slanted design. Of course, this is probably more noticeable when you have 325 HP rather than 90 or so. I pulled the following off Wikipedia:



"Porsche offered a "Flachbau" ("flatnose" or "slantnose") 930 under the "Sonderwunschprogramm" (special order program) from 1986 model year, an otherwise normal 930 with a 935-style slantnose instead of the normal 911 front end with the replacement of the famous "bug eye" headlamps with pop-up units.[10]

Each Flachbau unit was handcrafted by remodeling the front fenders (option code M505 for the US and M506 elsewhere). A limited number of units were produced due to the fact that the package commanded a high premium price, an initial premium of up to 60 per cent (highly individualised cars requiring even more) over the standard price. 948 units were built in total with 160 of them being imported to the US. The Flachbau units delivered in Europe usually featured the 330 PS (243 kW; 325 hp) WLS performance kit. The flat nose greatly contributed to the aerodynamics of the car and enabled it to accelerate from 0–97 km/h in 4.85 seconds and attain a top speed of 278 km/h (173 mph) (figures with the performance kit)."



Anyhow ....I just wondered if anybody had any additional info on the 914 Slant Nose. I'm sure many of you will ask ....Why?..... if nothing else it's something to B.S. about for a while.

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