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> Little confusion on my part surrounding "M-471", Paging Dr. 914
Lavanaut
post Mar 4 2009, 11:28 AM
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I've been wondering about this for a long time and was reminded about it last night as I was flipping through the AA catalog and came across pics of George's blue M-471 GT. It's my understanding that the true factory GT race cars did not have the "M-471" designation, that it was technically the designation for the "GT-look" package that one could order from the factory on a /6...?

I guess at the center of my uncertainty is this: when I see "M-471" I immediately think "not a factory GT", but a factory GT look-a-like...just like the wide body "turbo look" 911s.

Can someone help clear this up for me?

Thanks

edit: forgot to say that adding to the confusion is the verbiage in the AA catalog about the "M-471 GT" and its racing history.
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Lavanaut   Little confusion on my part surrounding "M-471"   Mar 4 2009, 11:28 AM
sixnotfour   Factory 84 and up carrera's with turbo look th...   Mar 4 2009, 11:58 AM
SirAndy   914-6GT were ordered as 914-6R or ren. "Ren...   Mar 4 2009, 12:36 PM
carr914   The Factory M-471 cars (George's and smg914...   Mar 4 2009, 12:12 PM
Lavanaut   The Factory M-471 cars (George's and smg914...   Mar 4 2009, 12:40 PM
Lavanaut   Put another way, perhaps more succinctly, I believ...   Mar 4 2009, 12:44 PM
SirAndy   Put another way, perhaps more succinctly, I belie...   Mar 4 2009, 01:03 PM
Gustl   Basically, there were 3 different types: 1. Fact...   Mar 4 2009, 01:46 PM
Gustl   form the factory, you could order 3 different type...   Mar 4 2009, 01:50 PM
sixnotfour   Why on the invoice I posted is it desinated as 914...   Mar 4 2009, 03:07 PM
Gustl   when the factory built the 914-6 race cars, they w...   Mar 4 2009, 03:38 PM
carr914   :agree: Also I believe that Homologation is the ...   Mar 4 2009, 03:45 PM
Lavanaut   This thread started off totally mundane and you al...   Mar 4 2009, 04:39 PM
Gustl   Althought I thought I knew what 'homologation...   Mar 5 2009, 03:21 AM
Lavanaut   By the way, what's driving all this is the epi...   Mar 4 2009, 04:56 PM
davep   The homologation process ratifies (makes legal) th...   Mar 4 2009, 05:01 PM
carr914   Back in the late 60s-early 70s, to race in World E...   Mar 4 2009, 05:18 PM
davep   So the Factory made 25 917s and lined them up for...   Mar 4 2009, 10:32 PM
Lavanaut   Dave, TC, thanks. I get it now, and Wolfgang...   Mar 4 2009, 06:19 PM
Gustl   So what I'm taking away from all of this is, ...   Mar 5 2009, 03:28 AM
9146986   I'm talking about a couple of MY'72 cars...   Mar 5 2009, 08:26 PM
Gustl   There are later VIN's than the '72 #260, ...   Mar 5 2009, 11:23 PM
SirAndy   what other 914-6 do you know with a higher VIN th...   Mar 6 2009, 12:06 AM
carr914   I think it is correct to call the Factory M-471 Ho...   Mar 4 2009, 09:58 PM
smg914   One of my favorite subjects. And thanks to all fo...   Mar 4 2009, 10:49 PM
carr914   So the Factory made 25 917s and lined them up fo...   Mar 5 2009, 09:25 AM
davep   [Questionable - According to Denis Jenkinson book...   Mar 5 2009, 12:01 PM


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