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Joe Bob
post Oct 5 2014, 03:28 PM
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Was talking to a 356/911 restoration shop. The partner mentioned that they picked up a low mileage 914 "S". Now I remember that the "S" designation was an ad exec's pipe dream. It was never sanctioned by HQ. The ads ran in the US only.....

I believe a few ads were published and then everything was pulled.

Am I correct in my memory?

Anyone have any links to the ads? Just want to validate my opinion.
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post Oct 5 2014, 03:44 PM
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Some early ads for the 1973 914 2.0 called it the "914 S", but that was quashed pretty quickly when the dealers started complaining about it "diluting" their 911S model's appeal.
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post Oct 5 2014, 04:57 PM
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Hmmmm.

There may have been an extensive thread aboot this in the originality forum.


There is way more proof of a Yenko 914 than a 914S.
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post Oct 5 2014, 05:02 PM
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Fact or fiction, a 914 S is a fully optioned 1973 2.0.
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post Oct 5 2014, 05:03 PM
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The same one you could order a la carte in 74-76.
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post Oct 5 2014, 05:07 PM
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It's just the name they were going to give the 2-liter fours until they decided to go with the displacement instead. I don't believe it had anything to do with it being fully optioned.
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post Oct 5 2014, 05:13 PM
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I have a brochure that includes the "S" model.
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post Oct 5 2014, 05:20 PM
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QUOTE(ejm @ Oct 5 2014, 07:13 PM) *

I have a brochure that includes the "S" model.


What year is the brochure for? Would love to see that. It would be great to know what years it was advertised and the specific differences in that car.
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post Oct 5 2014, 05:27 PM
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QUOTE(stevegm @ Oct 5 2014, 04:20 PM) *
It would be great to know what years it was advertised and the specific differences in that car.

As already explained above, there aren't any differences. The year was 1973 and the then new 2.0L was initially called "S" by a few misguided dealers.
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post Oct 5 2014, 05:30 PM
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Actually the "s" designation was really only utilized if you were purchasing more than one car.

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post Oct 5 2014, 05:32 PM
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post Oct 5 2014, 05:44 PM
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QUOTE(balljoint @ Oct 5 2014, 04:57 PM) *

Hmmmm.

There may have been an extensive thread aboot this in the originality forum.


There is way more proof of a Yenko 914 than a 914S.

Now that's what we need- a Yenko 914! I've got a Motion 427 914 right next to my oceanfront property in Nevada... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)
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post Oct 5 2014, 06:26 PM
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QUOTE(ejm @ Oct 5 2014, 03:13 PM) *

I have a brochure that includes the "S" model.



Could you scan it?

Doubtful that the "S" designation would show on a COA......
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post Oct 5 2014, 06:32 PM
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Looks more Porsche copy than local dealer copy, but who knows what the dealer advertising agreements were back then...


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post Oct 5 2014, 06:35 PM
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I always understood it to be a Porsche advertising campaign that got halted midstream because it offended someone, somewhere. S got replaced w/ 2.0 before any ever left the factory.
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post Oct 5 2014, 06:41 PM
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QUOTE(RobW @ Oct 5 2014, 08:32 PM) *

Looks more Porsche copy than local dealer copy, but who knows what the dealer advertising agreements were back then...


Is there a copyright on it? If so, in what name? That might shed a little light on it.
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post Oct 5 2014, 06:51 PM
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I have a photo I took at the State Fair of Texas Auto show of a yellow 914 with the advertising license plate showing 914-S. I'll have to get it off another computer and will post later.
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post Oct 5 2014, 06:52 PM
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QUOTE(balljoint @ Oct 5 2014, 03:57 PM) *

There is way more proof of a Yenko 914 than a 914S.

Share your proof please.

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post Oct 5 2014, 07:05 PM
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post Oct 5 2014, 07:14 PM
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QUOTE(Joe Bob @ Oct 5 2014, 08:26 PM) *

QUOTE(ejm @ Oct 5 2014, 03:13 PM) *

I have a brochure that includes the "S" model.

Could you scan it?

Not easily. At 10" x 14" it's bigger than my scanner. There's no model year noted but the cars pictured are 1973's and the last page has specs that list engines as 1.7 or 2.0 in the "S".
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