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> Is my 914 a grasshopper?, Just picked up my first 914 today
Erben914
post Jan 1 2013, 03:22 AM
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I just bought my first 914 today. It is a 74 2.0. It is white with green trim. Could it be a grasshopper? Does anyone know if you can tell the original options and color by the vin? It is 4742907753. Attached Image
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JeffBowlsby
post Mar 3 2013, 07:35 PM
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No 'grasshopper' 914 came from the factory. End of Myth, as certified by PCNA. Any white/green 914 (or any other color/negative stripe combination) anyone has seen or remembers was fabricated either by the dealership or by the purchaser/owner. Porsche even had a marketing campaign promoting the personalizing idea during the same time period the 914 LE cars were available, and the parts were available in the parts department.



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post Mar 3 2013, 09:54 PM
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No 'grasshopper' 914 came from the factory. End of Myth, as certified by PCNA. Any white/green 914 (or any other color/negative stripe combination) anyone has seen or remembers was fabricated either by the dealership or by the purchaser/owner. Porsche even had a marketing campaign promoting the personalizing idea during the same time period the 914 LE cars were available, and the parts were available in the parts department.

Way to crap out a myth Jeff!

I have been dreaming of an Aubergine w/cream version.
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post Mar 7 2013, 08:52 PM
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I have been dreaming of an Aubergine w/cream version.



Ah yes, the elusive Eggplantedition. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Mar 8 2013, 07:22 AM
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I still say I saw one back in the day....I am not that forgetful...yet.
I use to play a game in 1970 when I would see a 914 to guess whether it was a 4 or 6.
I also rode around in one of the first 914's in Seattle as High School girl I knew had one since her dad owned the dealership.


I know it's said they don't exist, but I remember seeing one in the U district when I was stationed in Seattle in 1977-8 (it may have been parked on the outdoor lot of the Porsche dealership north of 45th). Maybe it was a dealer special? I wish now that I had checked it out more closely . . . .


Yes, that was University Porsche/Audi back then and I test drove a couple of 914's there including a 1976 demo model I couldn't get the wife to go for a second car. Bought a 1976 Dasher SW instead which was a good car. Took it in to service there too so I was always looking at the new/used cars on the lot. I remember seeing a GH parked there too, but then there was a lot of nice Porsches there to look at. I grew up in the U district and at that time lived on Queen Anne Hill.
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post Mar 8 2013, 03:53 PM
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I have the eggplant edition. Hopefully, I'll have the restoration completed by the end of Summer but you know how projects go!

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I have been dreaming of an Aubergine w/cream version.



Ah yes, the elusive Eggplantedition. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Oct 21 2014, 12:50 PM
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I have the eggplant edition. Hopefully, I'll have the restoration completed by the end of Summer but you know how projects go!

SDR

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I have been dreaming of an Aubergine w/cream version.



Ah yes, the elusive Eggplantedition. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)




A Purple People Eater? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)
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post Oct 21 2014, 06:43 PM
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Then what is this?

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post Oct 21 2014, 08:44 PM
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Then what is this?

See post # 21 for your answer. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sunglasses.gif)
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post Oct 22 2014, 04:43 AM
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Then what is this?

See post # 21 for your answer. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sunglasses.gif)


I'm not buying that answer! Jeff knows his stuff but
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post Oct 22 2014, 11:24 AM
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Then what is this?

Photoshop. And a bad one at that.


I've done this sort of thing for a living and this one is done so badly that it's really easy to spot.
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