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> Did I pass on a legit 914-6, Right Seat was adjustable
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post Feb 20 2019, 10:13 AM
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All,

I just had a revelation - though I know that there were dwindling sales (supply) of 914-6 's in 71 and 72, I got it stuck in my head that the passenger seat was not adjustable in all years of 914-6 cars.

A few years ago I saw a silver 914-6, good price, ignition on the left with an updated engine. Did not go so far as to compare the serial numbers since the right seat was adjustable I assumed that the car had been modified from a 4 to a 6. Though that moving the ignition was excessive at the time....hhhmmm.... needless to say I passed on the car.

Today (for reasons that I cannot explain) I realized that I may have passed on a pretty good bargain.....

Question: Did the seat move on the '71-'72 914-6 cars?

Many thanks in advance,

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post Feb 20 2019, 10:39 AM
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Just in the 72's but I know quite a few guys who modified the fixed seat to movable since it was easy to do. It was done in my 4 when I purchased in '84.
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post Feb 20 2019, 10:46 AM
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I sold my original 914-6 a couple of years ago, with a later seat installed by a previous owner. Strange reason to not check the VIN or discregard it having a LH key position.
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post Feb 20 2019, 12:13 PM
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QUOTE(Cornerlot @ Feb 20 2019, 11:46 AM) *

I sold my original 914-6 a couple of years ago, with a later seat installed by a previous owner. Strange reason to not check the VIN or discregard it having a LH key position.


I have been judged as strange by many......and another reason is found here.......GRIN!
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post Feb 20 2019, 01:05 PM
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QUOTE(ctc911ctc @ Feb 20 2019, 01:13 PM) *

QUOTE(Cornerlot @ Feb 20 2019, 11:46 AM) *

I sold my original 914-6 a couple of years ago, with a later seat installed by a previous owner. Strange reason to not check the VIN or discregard it having a LH key position.


I have been judged as strange by many......and another reason is found here.......GRIN!


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post Feb 20 2019, 03:13 PM
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QUOTE(mepstein @ Feb 20 2019, 08:39 AM) *
Just in the 72's ...

Also note that the '72 /6 cars had the ignition switch on the steering column, just like the /4 cars.

As far as i know, no 914/6 with the ignition switch on the dash came with a movable passenger seat.
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post Feb 20 2019, 03:15 PM
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QUOTE(SirAndy @ Feb 20 2019, 04:13 PM) *

QUOTE(mepstein @ Feb 20 2019, 08:39 AM) *
Just in the 72's ...

Also note that the '72 /6 cars had the ignition switch on the steering column, just like the /4 cars.

As far as i know, no 914/6 with the ignition switch on the dash came with a movable passenger seat.
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good point.
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post Feb 21 2019, 02:41 PM
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QUOTE(mepstein @ Feb 20 2019, 04:15 PM) *

QUOTE(SirAndy @ Feb 20 2019, 04:13 PM) *

QUOTE(mepstein @ Feb 20 2019, 08:39 AM) *
Just in the 72's ...

Also note that the '72 /6 cars had the ignition switch on the steering column, just like the /4 cars.

As far as i know, no 914/6 with the ignition switch on the dash came with a movable passenger seat.
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good point.


I thought that they stopped manufacturing the 6 in 1970-71? Am i wrong on this?
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post Feb 21 2019, 02:54 PM
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QUOTE(mepstein @ Feb 20 2019, 04:15 PM) *

QUOTE(SirAndy @ Feb 20 2019, 04:13 PM) *

QUOTE(mepstein @ Feb 20 2019, 08:39 AM) *
Just in the 72's ...

Also note that the '72 /6 cars had the ignition switch on the steering column, just like the /4 cars.

As far as i know, no 914/6 with the ignition switch on the dash came with a movable passenger seat.
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good point.


I thought that they stopped manufacturing the 6 in 1970-71? Am i wrong on this?

They made some in 72 but I don’t that any came into the US.
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post Feb 21 2019, 03:43 PM
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QUOTE(TonyA @ Feb 21 2019, 12:41 PM) *
I thought that they stopped manufacturing the 6 in 1970-71? Am i wrong on this?

http://www.914world.com/specs/productionnumbers.php
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post Feb 22 2019, 06:08 PM
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It was a hot ticket in the late 1980's to upgrade early cars to late seating. Lots doors and suspension went that way too.
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post Apr 3 2019, 10:05 AM
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We "updated" the passenger seat in my Six to adjustable. I am not tall and neither is my wife. So I didn't want to have her feel like she was sitting in the back seat while in the car with me.
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post Jul 20 2019, 12:52 PM
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QUOTE(SirAndy @ Feb 21 2019, 05:43 PM) *

QUOTE(TonyA @ Feb 21 2019, 12:41 PM) *
I thought that they stopped manufacturing the 6 in 1970-71? Am i wrong on this?

http://www.914world.com/specs/productionnumbers.php
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So what is the story behind the one and only 6 made in 1975?!
I wonder where that car is today.
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post Jul 20 2019, 01:42 PM
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QUOTE(SirAndy @ Feb 21 2019, 05:43 PM) *

QUOTE(TonyA @ Feb 21 2019, 12:41 PM) *
I thought that they stopped manufacturing the 6 in 1970-71? Am i wrong on this?

http://www.914world.com/specs/productionnumbers.php
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So what is the story behind the one and only 6 made in 1975?!
I wonder where that car is today.

I thought some guys at the factory put it together with spare parts. Green with late bumpers if I recall.
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post Jul 21 2019, 05:50 AM
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There is very little known about this car. I doubt that it got a 914/6 VIN. So, it could be viewed as a conversion. Was it a fully completed car obtained from Karmann who only built the 914/4? I doubt it was a trimmed chassis by Karmann with 914/6 parts, and assembled on a Porsche production line.
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post Jul 21 2019, 07:17 AM
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Would the people at Porsche that provide COAs have info on it?

Thanks
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post Jul 26 2019, 04:27 PM
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They may have the info if the VIN to look up was known.
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post Jul 27 2019, 07:56 AM
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FWIW. I think AA may have or did have the last factory 6. A 72 m.y.? I recall a write up about the acquisition in the first AA catalog I had. Perhaps George can confirm.

For you youngsters, pre-internet days. Puzzling questions had to be figured out. There was no near instantaneous gratification answers to the questions. Rotary phone days.
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post Jul 29 2019, 02:56 PM
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QUOTE(rhodyguy @ Jul 27 2019, 08:56 AM) *

FWIW. I think AA may have or did have the last factory 6. A 72 m.y.? I recall a write up about the acquisition in the first AA catalog I had. Perhaps George can confirm.

For you youngsters, pre-internet days. Puzzling questions had to be figured out. There was no near instantaneous gratification answers to the questions. Rotary phone days.

Last production 914/6 is 914.243.0260 it is owned by a gentleman in WI
there was a special order 6 made in around '76 but I have no other details on that car

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post Sep 27 2019, 12:28 PM
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The 75 listed in the production list on this site has never been confirmed to exist. There is only the one picture of it, and that is from a long way away. Rumor states it is a real six, with a real six VIN, assembled for some muckety muck at the factory. Built in 75 by the factory with 914-6 parts from the replacement parts bins.

No one has been able to confirm or deny its existence, like the Men in Black.
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