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Model Specific Information
914/4: 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 914/6: 70 71 72
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| mgphoto |
 Jun 15 2010, 12:05 PM
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"If there is a mistake it will find me"  Group: Members Posts: 1,338 Joined: 1-April 09 From: Los Angeles, CA Member No.: 10,225 Region Association: Southern California  |
Hello,
I am doing a little research into the 914 Drivers Manual, would anyone know if there is there a definitive list of printings for years, languages and distribution companies? I have several manuals, all list the month and year of printing along with the number of manuals printed within that run. The 4 manuals I have are: 914/6 USA #4627.23 1 M VIII/70 Edition 71 (English) 914/4 ROW #4631.20 500 VIII/71 Edition 72 (English) 914/4 USA #4631.23 500 III/72 Edition 72 (English) 914/4 USA #4645.23 9,6 M VII/72 Edition 73 (English) Anybody else want to contribute, any 914 manual you have is fine but I would like to hear from owners with the original manual. I think there is a lot of data that can be very useful, I can set up an Excel spreadsheet. Thanks, Mike |
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| Gustl |
Jun 15 2010, 01:26 PM
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914 enthusiast & historian Group: Members Posts: 11,493 Joined: 16-June 04 From: TIROL / Austria Member No.: 2,212 Region Association: Austria  |
QUOTE(mgphoto @ Jun 15 2010, 07:05 PM)  Anybody else want to contribute, any 914 manual you have is fine but I would like to hear from owners with the original manual. I'm afraid I didn't get the point of this sentence (sorry ... english is a foreign language for me), but I do have an original manual from each model year, each model in german, english (UK), english (USA) and france ... and some italien what info would you need? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Gustl |
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| mgphoto |
Jun 15 2010, 03:10 PM
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"If there is a mistake it will find me" Group: Members Posts: 1,338 Joined: 1-April 09 From: Los Angeles, CA Member No.: 10,225 Region Association: Southern California |
Hello Wolfgang,
Thank you for responding, I am reproducing the info on the first page of one of my manuals, there is a model designation in a box ie: 914/6 Below that is the info which appears as 4627.23 1 M VIII/70 Edition 71 Printed in Germany specification are subject to change without notice 4627.23 (this I believe is the Porsche internal document number) 1 M (this is the number of manuals printed 1,000) VIII/70 (this is the date August 1970) Edition 71 (Model Year) Beneath the info listed above, at the bottom of the same page, there is an indication of country such as USA (For cars designated as VW/Porsche I assume the English version of the manual is ROW) The info I want is the line - "4627.23 1 M VIII/70 Edition 71" Additionally for owners that have the original manual for their car, please include the vehicle build date. This is the info I would like to start with along with the country and language. I hope this makes things more clear. Thanks, Mike |
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| Gustl |
Jun 15 2010, 10:02 PM
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914 enthusiast & historian Group: Members Posts: 11,493 Joined: 16-June 04 From: TIROL / Austria Member No.: 2,212 Region Association: Austria |
thanks for your explanation
I have something about 45 different original manuals and currently very little time, so it might take a week or two ... but as soon as find some spare time, I will dig them out and show the info (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Gustl |
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| sixerdon |
Jun 16 2010, 07:22 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 466 Joined: 23-May 03 From: Dartmouth, MA Member No.: 731 |
I own 2 '70/6's with original owners manuals.
(1) 01/70......4621.23....2 M II/70....Edition II/70 (2) 03/70......4621.23....2 M II/70....Edition II/70 I also have a mint spare for USA. 4621.23......500 III/70......Edition II/70 Note; Both cars were sold new in the US in May/'70. I'd be curious to see Edition I/70. Hope this helps. Don |
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| mgphoto |
Jun 16 2010, 12:07 PM
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"If there is a mistake it will find me" Group: Members Posts: 1,338 Joined: 1-April 09 From: Los Angeles, CA Member No.: 10,225 Region Association: Southern California |
QUOTE(sixerdon @ Jun 16 2010, 06:22 AM) I own 2 '70/6's with original owners manuals. (1) 01/70......4621.23....2 M II/70....Edition II/70 (2) 03/70......4621.23....2 M II/70....Edition II/70 I also have a mint spare for USA. 4621.23......500 III/70......Edition II/70 Note; Both cars were sold new in the US in May/'70. I'd be curious to see Edition I/70. Hope this helps. Don Hello Don, Thanks for contributing, I don't think there is a II/70 edition, I suspect that there is a VII/69 version with at least a 1 M (1,000) printings sure would cover the first few months of 914/6 production. Mike |
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| sixerdon |
Jun 16 2010, 02:29 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 466 Joined: 23-May 03 From: Dartmouth, MA Member No.: 731 |
QUOTE(mgphoto @ Jun 16 2010, 10:07 AM) QUOTE(sixerdon @ Jun 16 2010, 06:22 AM) I own 2 '70/6's with original owners manuals. (1) 01/70......4621.23....2 M II/70....Edition II/70 (2) 03/70......4621.23....2 M II/70....Edition II/70 I also have a mint spare for USA. 4621.23......500 III/70......Edition II/70 Note; Both cars were sold new in the US in May/'70. I'd be curious to see Edition I/70. Hope this helps. Don Hello Don, Thanks for contributing, I don't think there is a II/70 edition, I suspect that there is a VII/69 version with at least a 1 M (1,000) printings sure would cover the first few months of 914/6 production. Mike Mike, you don't think there is a II/70 edition? Is this a mis print on your part? Or are you suggesting I have two forgeries issued to the original owners 40 years ago? Don |
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| mgphoto |
Jun 17 2010, 10:29 AM
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"If there is a mistake it will find me" Group: Members Posts: 1,338 Joined: 1-April 09 From: Los Angeles, CA Member No.: 10,225 Region Association: Southern California |
oops Sorry Don,
Brain typing not the mind... I meant I/70.... Mike |
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| sixerdon |
Jun 18 2010, 08:25 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 466 Joined: 23-May 03 From: Dartmouth, MA Member No.: 731 |
QUOTE(mgphoto @ Jun 17 2010, 08:29 AM) oops Sorry Don, Brain typing not the mind... I meant I/70.... Mike Acknowledged, Mike. Good luck on your thread. You will be putting Wolfgang to the task, but he loves this stuff anyway. Don |
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| Gustl |
Jun 28 2010, 04:36 AM
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914 enthusiast & historian Group: Members Posts: 11,493 Joined: 16-June 04 From: TIROL / Austria Member No.: 2,212 Region Association: Austria |
o.k. - let's start with the manuals from Germany
914-6 4621.10 1 M V/70 Ausgabe X/69 4621.10 200 X/69 Ausgabe X/69 (factory reprint) 4627.10 800 VIII/70 Ausgabe 71 4632.10 500 XI 71 Ausgabe 72 914 4620.10 1 M IX/69 Ausgabe IX/69 4620.10 1 M IV/70 Ausgabe IX/69 4626.10 4 M I/71 Ausgabe 71 (factory reprint) 4631.10 4,5 M XII/71 Ausgabe 72 4645.10 3 M VII/72 Ausgabe 73 4652.10 1,7 M VI/73 Ausgabe 74 4660.40 200 3/75 Ausgabe 75 (factory reprint) |
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| Gustl |
Jun 28 2010, 04:41 AM
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914 enthusiast & historian Group: Members Posts: 11,493 Joined: 16-June 04 From: TIROL / Austria Member No.: 2,212 Region Association: Austria |
next here is englisch for ROW
914-6 4621.20 500 VI/70 Edition XI/69 4627.20 500 VIII/70 Edition 71 914 4620.20 500 III/70 Edition X/69 4626.20 600 II/71 Edition 71 4631.20 500 II/72 Edition 72 4645.20 150 IV/73 Edition 73 4652.20 300 VII/73 Edition 74 4660.20 500 VI/74 Edition 75 |
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| Gustl |
Jun 28 2010, 05:02 AM
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914 enthusiast & historian Group: Members Posts: 11,493 Joined: 16-June 04 From: TIROL / Austria Member No.: 2,212 Region Association: Austria |
continue with USA (and Canada)
914-6 4621.23 500 III/70 Edition II/70 4627.23 1 M VIII/70 Edition 71 914 4620.23 1.5 M IV/70 Edition X/69 4620.23 5.5 M VIII/70 Edition X/69 4626.23 6 M VIII/70 Edition 71 4626.23 3.2 M IV/71 Edition 71 4631.23 7 M VIII/71 Edition 72 4641.23 900 III/72 Edition 72 4645.23 4,4 M V/73 Edition 73 (USA/Canada) 4652.24 1530 X/73 Edition 74 (Canada - this one is bilingual: englisch and french) 4652.23 10 M XI/73 Edition 74 4660.23 6.3 M 1/75 Edition 75 4669.23 2.5 M 9/75 Edition 76 |
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| Gustl |
Jun 28 2010, 05:09 AM
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914 enthusiast & historian Group: Members Posts: 11,493 Joined: 16-June 04 From: TIROL / Austria Member No.: 2,212 Region Association: Austria |
now France
914-6 4621.30 500 III/70 Edition II/70 4627.30 - is missing in my collection (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) 4632.30 200 XI/71 Edition 72 914 4620.30 800 II/70 Edition X/69 4626.30 500 II/71 Edition 71 4631.30 500 VIII/71 Edition 72 4645.30 250 VI/73 Edition 73 4652.30 300 VIII/73 Edition 74 4660.30 200 VII/74 Edition 75 |
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| Gustl |
Jun 28 2010, 05:15 AM
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914 enthusiast & historian Group: Members Posts: 11,493 Joined: 16-June 04 From: TIROL / Austria Member No.: 2,212 Region Association: Austria |
last one is Italy - these are very hard to find, therefore I just have a few ...
914-6 4627.40 400 IX/70 Edizione 71 914 4620.40 600/III/70 Edizione XI/69 4631.40 500 I/72 Edizione 72 4652.40 250 VII/73 Edizione 74 |
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| Gustl |
Jun 28 2010, 05:19 AM
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914 enthusiast & historian Group: Members Posts: 11,493 Joined: 16-June 04 From: TIROL / Austria Member No.: 2,212 Region Association: Austria |
I marked some irregularities in red, to point out that these are no typos from my side
as you can see, the 2 digits behind the point (from the Porsche print number) are the country code these are the same codes as at most of the other printed documents like price lists, color charts, marketing brochures, and and and ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Gustl |
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| dmj30338 |
Jul 29 2010, 07:43 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 25-July 10 From: Atlanta Member No.: 11,974 Region Association: None |
My original 75 manual:
4660.23 8.4M 8/74 Edition 75 |
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