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| Bleyseng |
 Jul 8 2005, 04:52 PM
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Aircooled Baby!  Group: Members Posts: 13,035 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Seattle, Washington (for now) Member No.: 24 Region Association: Pacific Northwest  |
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| Dead Air |
Jul 8 2005, 08:26 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,268 Joined: 9-May 04 From: Buffalo, NY Member No.: 2,042 |
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| Bleyseng |
Jul 8 2005, 08:57 PM
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Aircooled Baby! Group: Members Posts: 13,035 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Seattle, Washington (for now) Member No.: 24 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Which 84 RX7 you gots???Dave.
GSL? had one of those turbo 84's GSL's once.. need a smilie with a flame coming out his ass! |
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| Gustl |
Jul 9 2005, 01:45 AM
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914 enthusiast & historian Group: Members Posts: 11,519 Joined: 16-June 04 From: TIROL / Austria Member No.: 2,212 Region Association: Austria  |
o.k. - here's the translation of the document from Porsche Classic, Germany
---------- Dear Mr. Viets, many thanks for your letter from 8. Nov 1992. The Porsche Classic GmbH, a doughter company from the Porsche AG, is now responsibel for all the older Porsche cars (356, 914, 914/6 and 911/912 up to model year 1973). One main target is to provide spare parts and literature: just a few months after the beginning of our activity we had expanded our assortment from about 4000 positions up to about 7500 positions. At the moment the distribution from parts and literatur is organized by Porsche dealers. At every Porsche center or importer you can order parts or you will get price information. Information about tech spec from car 47 5 29 11303 are on the enclosed sheet. (*) According to our files there were built about 142 "Silver Series" cars. Therefore there were 63 other cars delivered in Germany after your car. We hope this info answers your question. Don't hesitate to ask more questions to your Porsche center or to us directly. ---------- (*) the "enclosed sheet" is the real COA: Attached thumbnail(s) 
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| JeffBowlsby |
Jul 9 2005, 08:00 AM
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914 Wiring Harnesses Group: Members Posts: 8,527 Joined: 7-January 03 From: San Ramon CA Member No.: 104 Region Association: None 
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So what about the SS cars makes them unique? It looks like they have standardly available accessories. Tinted glass, Sport group (Sway bars, center console, driving lamps) interval wipers and factory PVC undercoating
Is the Z4V9 code sopmhow unique to SS cars, was it not otherwise available? Any mechanical differences...? Way cool to see a Euro COA... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif) |
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| Eddie Williams |
Jul 9 2005, 08:42 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 822 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Nederland, TX Member No.: 55 Region Association: None |
Bowlsby,
I'd have to say the paint code is not unique, as my car has that paint code (L97A), but was a 1.8 with out swaybars and steel wheels. |
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| Gustl |
Jul 9 2005, 08:49 AM
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914 enthusiast & historian Group: Members Posts: 11,519 Joined: 16-June 04 From: TIROL / Austria Member No.: 2,212 Region Association: Austria |
to be honest - there's nothing special with the SS cars but the name (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif)
they were just a kind of sales strategy (a bit like the LE cars) to increase the falling turnover the responsible sales experts created a fully optionet out car that was - to be some kind of special - only available in diamond silver metallic and called it silver series in addition is was limited but all options were also available on every other car - so, nothing special I guess that's the reason why there are hardly any of the SS cars left nobody treated them as special cars (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/confused24.gif) the Z4V9 color is listed in the Porsche colour chart #1052.14 (Standard and Special Colours 1975) as a special colour - but, AFAIK, silver was a special colour on all model years |
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| JeffBowlsby |
Jul 9 2005, 09:20 AM
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914 Wiring Harnesses Group: Members Posts: 8,527 Joined: 7-January 03 From: San Ramon CA Member No.: 104 Region Association: None
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Thats a major bummer...
I was hoping it had special gauges or silver targa bar trim or...anything... The 'COA' doesn't even mention 'SilberSeries', and it doesnt mention wheels...were they just the standard steel wheels? |
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| Gustl |
Jul 9 2005, 10:12 AM
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914 enthusiast & historian Group: Members Posts: 11,519 Joined: 16-June 04 From: TIROL / Austria Member No.: 2,212 Region Association: Austria |
sorry Jeff, nothing special ... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/dry.gif)
but the german CoAs are not worth anything IMHO I ordered one for my teener, they had to correct the text 4 times and it isn't correct yet ... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/sad.gif) I gave up |
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| Gustl |
Jul 9 2005, 12:15 PM
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914 enthusiast & historian Group: Members Posts: 11,519 Joined: 16-June 04 From: TIROL / Austria Member No.: 2,212 Region Association: Austria |
the SS cars had fuchs alloys - they were part of the sport group (at least in europe) |
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| Bleyseng |
Jul 9 2005, 04:41 PM
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Aircooled Baby! Group: Members Posts: 13,035 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Seattle, Washington (for now) Member No.: 24 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Did they have a special rear emblem?? VW-Porsche 914 2.0SS ??
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| Gustl |
Jul 9 2005, 05:52 PM
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914 enthusiast & historian Group: Members Posts: 11,519 Joined: 16-June 04 From: TIROL / Austria Member No.: 2,212 Region Association: Austria |
nope, just the standard emblem
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| jonnoshore |
Jul 12 2005, 02:58 PM
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| Scott S |
Jul 12 2005, 04:56 PM
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I thought they were also different in that they had a colormatched bumper. Here is the pic I have.....
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| McMark |
Jul 12 2005, 05:18 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 20,179 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 419 Region Association: None |
That's a white or yellow car. Lots of those guys are wearing grey suits, which means if the car was silver it would match their suits. But the silver series was just a marketing ploy to get rid of inventory. They wouldn't make new stuff if they were trying to get rid of stuff. It's a completely stock car except for the paint code.
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| scotty b |
Nov 14 2011, 08:10 PM
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rust free you say ? Group: Members Posts: 16,375 Joined: 7-January 05 From: richmond, Va. Member No.: 3,419 Region Association: None |
rick 918-S, Silver Surfer, bob's project
Fancy meeting all you guys here ? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) |
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| BajaXJ92 |
Nov 15 2011, 07:09 AM
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QUOTE(scotty b @ Nov 14 2011, 09:10 PM)  rick 918-S, Silver Surfer, bob's project Fancy meeting all you guys here ? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) You been grazing in the wrong field again there Scooty? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smoke.gif) |
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| budk |
Nov 15 2011, 01:01 PM
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Yes! It's a Bumblebee! Group: Members Posts: 678 Joined: 24-July 10 From: Hickory, PA Member No.: 11,970 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
QUOTE(Jeff Bowlsby @ Jul 5 2005, 02:19 PM) <!-- QuoteBegin --></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!-- QuoteEBegin -->the VIN should be somewhere between 47 5 29 11224 - 11366 DGVWPB says it was a limited series from 100 cars Porsche Classic says there were about 142 cars produced<!-- QuoteEnd --></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!-- QuoteEEnd --> Wow...that alone says alot. The serial numbers span exactly 142 cars just as Porsche Classics suggests.... Wolfgang, do any of our European bretheren ever get a COA? If so...would the 'SilberSeries' be mentioned on the COA? How about any known window stickers from the SS cars...are any known to exist? 11224-11366 is 143 cars.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif) |
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| MDG |
Nov 15 2011, 02:40 PM
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Wolf in wolf's clothing. Group: Members Posts: 8,652 Joined: 3-February 09 From: Toronto Member No.: 10,018 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(scotty b @ Nov 14 2011, 09:10 PM) rick 918-S, Silver Surfer, bob's project Fancy meeting all you guys here ? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) 6 years, 4 months since last post. Awesome response time Scotty. did you just wake up? |
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| scotty b |
Nov 15 2011, 08:23 PM
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rust free you say ? Group: Members Posts: 16,375 Joined: 7-January 05 From: richmond, Va. Member No.: 3,419 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(MDG @ Nov 15 2011, 12:40 PM) QUOTE(scotty b @ Nov 14 2011, 09:10 PM) rick 918-S, Silver Surfer, bob's project Fancy meeting all you guys here ? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) 6 years, 4 months since last post. Awesome response time Scotty. did you just wake up? Huh. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) Why is there an oragutan talking to me ?? |
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