A-Piller Vinyl, cars with black vinyl on A-Pillar |
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A-Piller Vinyl, cars with black vinyl on A-Pillar |
plutothepointer |
Nov 28 2020, 03:03 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 16 Joined: 18-November 20 From: Saarbrücken Germany Member No.: 24,904 Region Association: None |
Hi,
in Germany you hardly ever see 914s with the black Vinyl on the A-Pillar. Actually I only know 2 such cars, one of them is the "development" car of the late Klie. The other is mine. How common are cars with vinyl? are there many around in the USA. Who knows? I contacted Karman about that vinyl 20 years ago, but they couldn't give me any information because it was to far in the past. There doesn't even seem to be a parts number for this vinyl. Regards, Werner |
StarBear |
Nov 28 2020, 10:55 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,829 Joined: 2-September 09 From: NJ Member No.: 10,753 Region Association: North East States |
I think that here in the US they were very common, especially on the 1.7 and 1.8 cars.
Oops; never mind. Misread the question. |
mepstein |
Nov 28 2020, 11:28 AM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,142 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
I thought I remember reading just 1000 cars but not sure.
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altitude411 |
Nov 28 2020, 11:51 AM
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I drove my 6 into a tree Group: Members Posts: 1,306 Joined: 21-September 14 From: montana Member No.: 17,932 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
I thought I remember reading just 1000 cars but not sure. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) Early '73. here's some casual reading on the subject... http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=61696 http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=67816 http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=40443 http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=76948 http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=233326 |
davep |
Nov 29 2020, 10:34 PM
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914 Historian Group: Benefactors Posts: 5,132 Joined: 13-October 03 From: Burford, ON, N0E 1A0 Member No.: 1,244 Region Association: Canada |
Yes, only a few early 1973, and mostly 1.7 since the 2.0 was late being introduced.
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Arno914 |
Dec 2 2020, 05:06 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 233 Joined: 13-May 20 From: near Frankfurt, Germany Member No.: 24,260 Region Association: Germany |
According to the "Das große VW-Porsche 914 Buch" only the first 1.000 or so cars for the 1973 mj. where equipped with this vinyl on the a pillar. They stopped it because of difficulties with glueing it properly under production conditions.
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plutothepointer |
Dec 2 2020, 01:29 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 16 Joined: 18-November 20 From: Saarbrücken Germany Member No.: 24,904 Region Association: None |
According to the "Das große VW-Porsche 914 Buch" only the first 1.000 or so cars for the 1973 mj. where equipped with this vinyl on the a pillar. They stopped it because of difficulties with glueing it properly under production conditions. 1,000 cars are roughly 1 % of the complete production of the 914. I have seen hundreds of cars (because of personal interest and because I work as a photographer on car events, like the 30 years 914 celebration and the 50 years celebration last year at the Porsche Museum) but the only Vinyl Type cars I have seen are my car and the Klie car, which is a development prototype and not a production car. Therefore my thought was, that this style was particular for the US market. In preparation for the restauration of the vinyl I asked the current owner of the Klie car for his advice. He had to restore the vinyl as well. To glue this one piece vinyl to sit perfectly right is not an easy job. Sounds reasonable that Karman found it to difficult to fit the car with the vinyl and dropped it. |
pfreiburger |
Jan 9 2021, 01:22 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 107 Joined: 6-October 20 From: Fond du Lac, WI Member No.: 24,738 Region Association: None |
According to the "Das große VW-Porsche 914 Buch" only the first 1.000 or so cars for the 1973 mj. where equipped with this vinyl on the a pillar. They stopped it because of difficulties with glueing it properly under production conditions. 1,000 cars are roughly 1 % of the complete production of the 914. I have seen hundreds of cars (because of personal interest and because I work as a photographer on car events, like the 30 years 914 celebration and the 50 years celebration last year at the Porsche Museum) but the only Vinyl Type cars I have seen are my car and the Klie car, which is a development prototype and not a production car. Therefore my thought was, that this style was particular for the US market. In preparation for the restauration of the vinyl I asked the current owner of the Klie car for his advice. He had to restore the vinyl as well. To glue this one piece vinyl to sit perfectly right is not an easy job. Sounds reasonable that Karman found it to difficult to fit the car with the vinyl and dropped it. Hello All - I just purchased a 1973 914 1.7 and mine has the vinyl A pillar trim. It also has black door handles and they look like a factory finish. Does anyone know if black door handles were fitted along with the A pillar trims? Also, I would be interested to know if anyone sells black door handles - it does not look like it. Thanks, Paul. |
mepstein |
Jan 9 2021, 02:02 PM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,142 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
According to the "Das große VW-Porsche 914 Buch" only the first 1.000 or so cars for the 1973 mj. where equipped with this vinyl on the a pillar. They stopped it because of difficulties with glueing it properly under production conditions. 1,000 cars are roughly 1 % of the complete production of the 914. I have seen hundreds of cars (because of personal interest and because I work as a photographer on car events, like the 30 years 914 celebration and the 50 years celebration last year at the Porsche Museum) but the only Vinyl Type cars I have seen are my car and the Klie car, which is a development prototype and not a production car. Therefore my thought was, that this style was particular for the US market. In preparation for the restauration of the vinyl I asked the current owner of the Klie car for his advice. He had to restore the vinyl as well. To glue this one piece vinyl to sit perfectly right is not an easy job. Sounds reasonable that Karman found it to difficult to fit the car with the vinyl and dropped it. Hello All - I just purchased a 1973 914 1.7 and mine has the vinyl A pillar trim. It also has black door handles and they look like a factory finish. Does anyone know if black door handles were fitted along with the A pillar trims? Also, I would be interested to know if anyone sells black door handles - it does not look like it. Thanks, Paul. I'm 99.99% sure the black handles never came on a stock 914 |
pfreiburger |
Jan 9 2021, 07:15 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 107 Joined: 6-October 20 From: Fond du Lac, WI Member No.: 24,738 Region Association: None |
According to the "Das große VW-Porsche 914 Buch" only the first 1.000 or so cars for the 1973 mj. where equipped with this vinyl on the a pillar. They stopped it because of difficulties with glueing it properly under production conditions. 1,000 cars are roughly 1 % of the complete production of the 914. I have seen hundreds of cars (because of personal interest and because I work as a photographer on car events, like the 30 years 914 celebration and the 50 years celebration last year at the Porsche Museum) but the only Vinyl Type cars I have seen are my car and the Klie car, which is a development prototype and not a production car. Therefore my thought was, that this style was particular for the US market. In preparation for the restauration of the vinyl I asked the current owner of the Klie car for his advice. He had to restore the vinyl as well. To glue this one piece vinyl to sit perfectly right is not an easy job. Sounds reasonable that Karman found it to difficult to fit the car with the vinyl and dropped it. Hello All - I just purchased a 1973 914 1.7 and mine has the vinyl A pillar trim. It also has black door handles and they look like a factory finish. Does anyone know if black door handles were fitted along with the A pillar trims? Also, I would be interested to know if anyone sells black door handles - it does not look like it. Thanks, Paul. I'm 99.99% sure the black handles never came on a stock 914 Thanks for the reply. I have one broken handle so two chrome ones it will be. |
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