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| peweesboy |
 Jun 13 2021, 11:20 AM
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Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 13-June 21 From: Iowa, USA Member No.: 25,629 Region Association: Upper MidWest  |
Hello, I'm a newbie. I just pulled my '73 1.7 from 30 years' storage. I bought the car in 1980 had little info about it's past. Anyway, I'm looking at orange rear shocks with a large rubber bushing at the spring base. The front struts have a protective glop on them (like much of the undercarriage) that prevents a color ID. The top nut appears to be orange, though. Any ideas? Thanks. Rich
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| SirAndy |
Jun 13 2021, 01:38 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,623 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
Hard to tell from the description. Can you post some pics?
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| 914Sixer |
Jul 6 2021, 08:59 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,876 Joined: 17-January 05 From: San Angelo Texas Member No.: 3,457 Region Association: Southwest Region 
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Grey Boge shocks were stock. Aftermarket Boge shocks were black. Your orange ones are Boge TS gas shocks. They were the hot upgrade.
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| rgolia |
Jul 6 2021, 12:06 PM
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GeoJoe Group: Members Posts: 704 Joined: 5-February 10 From: PA Member No.: 11,329 Region Association: North East States
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mulhollands were orange. I guess they are also known as boge mulholland? I put them on my teener in the late 70s. Lasted forever. Very stiff ride.
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| Johny Blackstain |
Jul 6 2021, 04:20 PM
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Walnut Elite Stratocaster player Group: Members Posts: 3,434 Joined: 5-December 06 From: The Shenandoah River Member No.: 7,318 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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QUOTE(rgolia @ Jul 6 2021, 02:06 PM)  mulhollands were orange. I guess they are also known as boge mulholland? I put them on my teener in the late 70s. Lasted forever. Very stiff ride. I agree, smells like Mulhollands. Never heard they were Boge's in disguise before |
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| mepstein |
Jul 6 2021, 05:15 PM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,256 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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QUOTE(rgolia @ Jul 6 2021, 02:06 PM) mulhollands were orange. I guess they are also known as boge mulholland? I put them on my teener in the late 70s. Lasted forever. Very stiff ride. I had a set on two cars that I purchased. They were pretty dead by the time I got them. |
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| Shivers |
Jul 25 2021, 11:03 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2,368 Joined: 19-October 20 From: La Quinta, CA Member No.: 24,781 Region Association: Southern California |
My car was 10 when I got it. It had some old looking orange colored shocks. But they were Koni's. Not sure if that was a factory add on or if the original owner had put them on.
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| 914Sixer |
Jul 25 2021, 05:39 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,876 Joined: 17-January 05 From: San Angelo Texas Member No.: 3,457 Region Association: Southwest Region
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Here is an Boge orange 911 rear. Also you can go to Asse Porsche and see a 914 rear set.
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