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| lalee914 |
 Feb 11 2020, 09:20 AM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 811 Joined: 13-February 13 From: Georgetown, DE Member No.: 15,521 Region Association: North East States  |
Just got the e brake newsletter from PCA. There was a link to an excellent article about the origins of the 914.
https://newsroom.porsche.com/en/2020/histor...-914-19743.html |
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| davep |
Feb 12 2020, 10:37 PM
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914 Historian Group: Benefactors Posts: 5,137 Joined: 13-October 03 From: Burford, ON, N0E 1A0 Member No.: 1,244 Region Association: Canada  |
A friend sent me the link, and I was quite impressed.
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| bbrock |
Feb 14 2020, 08:47 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,269 Joined: 17-February 17 From: Montana Member No.: 20,845 Region Association: Rocky Mountains 
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That article was also discussed over in the Garage: http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=343056
As I said over there, anyone interested in the origins of the 914 needs to have the Delius-Klasing book “50 Jahre Porsche 914” [50 Years of the Porsche 914]. The book contains the full interview with Mauer and reveals some selective editing for the abridged version in the newsletter. The book is packed with details from historical archives that really changed my views about the 914 and its development. |
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| Tom_T |
Feb 14 2020, 07:41 PM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California
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With the early 914 design effort dating back to 1964 - parallel with the final design & introduction of the 901/911 & 902/912 - that not only makes the 914 project clearly part of the overall corporate plan to modernize their offerings across the board (even with the 356C production extending into 1965 MY), but it also shoots down those various theories that other non-Porsche designers actually designed ot influenced the 914 (Gugelot, etc.).
I wasn't very impressed with some of the early schemes, until the later 914-esque ones in late 1967+/- by Klie (#5 of 7 in the series of design models photos). Cheers! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// |
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