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Automatic Transmission, Any automatic 914's out there? |
My 914 |
Aug 12 2017, 05:40 PM
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Casual Member Group: Members Posts: 560 Joined: 23-April 16 From: Massachusetts Member No.: 19,928 Region Association: North East States |
With so many 914 engine and transmission swaps and combinations, I was wondering if any 914's with automatic transmissions exist. Anyone know of one out there?
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burton73 |
Aug 14 2017, 01:03 PM
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burton73 Group: Members Posts: 3,497 Joined: 2-January 07 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 7,414 Region Association: Southern California |
I saw this on the web. I have too much time today.
Bob B Dear Mr. Knutsson, Thank you very much for your letter of October 10. Referring to the latter and to our phone call of October 9, we herewith inform you that of the type 914/6 Sportomatic we built a total of five cars for experimental purposes. Your car, which is a really rare one, was exported to Sweden in February 1971. In the hope of thus having been of some assistance to you, we remain, Sincerly, Dr. Ing. h.c.F.Porsche Aktiengesellschaft Public Relations - Sports i.V. Jürgen Barth Porsche Panorama, October 1995, Page 84 "Gacek's 1993 certificate of authenticity from the factory indicates that there were 21 Sportomatics built in the 1971 model year" "An inquiry was directed to Porsche North America to confirm the correctness of these numbers and to shed some light on the 914/6 Sportomatic quantities. PCNA's answer was that there were, in fact, 21 914/6 Sportomatic cars built in the 1971 model year plus another four cars built in the 1970 model year for an overall total of 25 cars." "The majority of 914/6 Sportomatics went to European customers and it is not known how many are currently in the United States." |
SirAndy |
Aug 14 2017, 01:41 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,606 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
we herewith inform you that of the type 914/6 Sportomatic we built a total of five cars for experimental purposes. Not this again ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) I personally have over 15 VINs of 914s that came with sporto. Please don't perpetuate that 5 cars only myth. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) |
Dave_Darling |
Aug 15 2017, 11:46 AM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 14,981 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California |
we herewith inform you that of the type 914/6 Sportomatic we built a total of five cars for experimental purposes. Not this again ... Note that the rest of the info from Pano is also in the post, saying 25 were made. It does show that it is difficult to get consistent info about these cars from when they were made. I don't believe the totals count the one Six Sporto prototype that we know of in Germany. Nor does it count the four-cylinder Sporto prototype that we have heard rumors about but not seen actual documentation of. I have seen two 914-6 Sporto cars so far. There was a silver one at the Partsheaven swap back when they were on Winton, before they moved to their present location. (Yes, that was a long time ago!) There was an orange or red one more recently, I think at Parade one year? --DD |
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