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| SirAndy |
  Oct 5 2005, 07:23 PM
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Resident German  Group: Admin Posts: 41,634 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California  |
did you know that the 237 original /6 that were built in '72 had a main wiring harness that is different from any other 914?
the '72 914/6 had a main wire harness that was based on the '72 914-4 but had special adapters build in to connect to the /6 relayboard. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/cool.gif) Andy |
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| Bleyseng |
Oct 5 2005, 07:33 PM
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Aircooled Baby! Group: Members Posts: 13,034 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Seattle, Washington (for now) Member No.: 24 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
had a 914/4 steering column too instead of the 914/6-911 style for some reason.. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/piratenanner.gif)
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| SirAndy |
Oct 5 2005, 07:39 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,634 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
yepp, but most people know that, i was trying to add some less know info ... like the fact that the '72 /6 had a different distributor than the early cars and a center dash vent, like the /4 but unlike earlier /6s ... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/cool.gif) Andy |
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| Bleyseng |
Oct 5 2005, 07:55 PM
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Aircooled Baby! Group: Members Posts: 13,034 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Seattle, Washington (for now) Member No.: 24 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Don't the 72 sixes also have the moveable passenger seat too???
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| olav |
Oct 5 2005, 08:23 PM
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Senior Member Group: Retired Members Posts: 1,107 Joined: 28-December 02 From: Los Gatos, CA. USA Member No.: 34 Region Association: None |
Did you know they were manufactured in the VW plant and not in the Porsche plant unlike the earlier years. |
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| bjorn jacobson |
Oct 5 2005, 08:31 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 202 Joined: 10-March 04 From: LaCrosse, Wi Member No.: 1,772 |
It would be nice to find a schematic of that harness, plug and play for your six conversion?
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| redshift |
Oct 5 2005, 08:33 PM
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Bless the Hell out of you! Group: Members Posts: 10,926 Joined: 29-June 03 Member No.: 869 |
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ohmy.gif)
The unreleased 1978 914 had a potty passenger seat, and a Schittreyenfruesa (shit tray) cover on the passenger long. M |
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| Gustl |
Oct 5 2005, 10:32 PM
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914 enthusiast & historian Group: Members Posts: 11,502 Joined: 16-June 04 From: TIROL / Austria Member No.: 2,212 Region Association: Austria  |
I always thought there were 260 factory six made in '72 (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/idea.gif) (IMG:http://www.pff-online.de/wbb2/images/smilies/scratch.gif) Gustl |
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| ClayPerrine |
Oct 6 2005, 08:48 AM
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Life's been good to me so far..... Group: Admin Posts: 15,454 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille 
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It would not be "plug and play". What they did was use a 4 cylinder chassis in 72, complete with the wiring. They put a six motor mount, oil tank, and other bits to make the six work (Kinda like a factory conversion car). The trick piece was a small adapter harness that adapted the four cylinder wiring harness to the six cylinder relay board. Jon Lowe has (had?) a diagram of that harness. |
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| type47 |
Oct 6 2005, 11:32 AM
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Viermeister Group: Members Posts: 4,254 Joined: 7-August 03 From: Vienna, VA Member No.: 994 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
callling Jon Lowe..... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/type.gif)
... people in need of schematic..... |
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| Dave_Darling |
Oct 6 2005, 11:53 AM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 14,984 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California
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I'm pretty sure Jon does not hang out here. In addition, he was mostly getting out of the 914 game last I heard. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/sad.gif)
If nobody else is already doing it, I can try to ask him for the schematic... --DD |
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| aircooledboy |
Oct 6 2005, 12:06 PM
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Sweet Pea's 1st ride in daddy's "vroom -vroom" Group: Members Posts: 1,672 Joined: 4-February 04 From: Rockford, IL Member No.: 1,629 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
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| tat2dphreak |
Oct 6 2005, 12:09 PM
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stoya, stoya, stoya Group: Benefactors Posts: 8,797 Joined: 6-June 03 From: Wylie, TX Member No.: 792 Region Association: Southwest Region  |
I thought all '72s had movable pass. seat? both of mine have. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/confused24.gif) |
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| SirAndy |
Oct 6 2005, 12:45 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,634 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
well, this is a grey area. they were supposed to switch to the '72 style /6 in '71 but they still had quite a few older /6 shells on the shelves. so, supposedly, there are a few '71 /6 that look like the '72 model and a few '72 models that still look like the '71. and yes, according to TGVWPB, the '72 /6 should have a moveable pass. seat as it was build from a /4 shell, BUT rumor has it that some where build on spare '71 /4 shells, thus having a fixed pass. seat ... interesting schtuff, eh? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/cool.gif) Andy |
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| tat2dphreak |
Oct 6 2005, 01:00 PM
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stoya, stoya, stoya Group: Benefactors Posts: 8,797 Joined: 6-June 03 From: Wylie, TX Member No.: 792 Region Association: Southwest Region |
gotcha... since my '72s were 4s they had the movable seats... one was early(jan. 72) the one I have now was made in july, and has the '73 front end and such, but both had the movable seats! and retracting seat-belts
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| michel richard |
Oct 6 2005, 01:46 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,291 Joined: 22-July 03 From: Longueuil, Québec Member No.: 936 |
What's the relationship between the shell and the movability of the passenger seat ? Is it only the brackets on the floor, and the vertical "comb" on the cross-member ?
I have some of Jon Lowe's wiring diagrams at home, he gave me a bunch when I bought his stash of parts. I'll try to see what I have. |
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| bjorn jacobson |
Oct 6 2005, 01:48 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 202 Joined: 10-March 04 From: LaCrosse, Wi Member No.: 1,772 |
I was just looking through the resources, parts and products section on the site and Perry Kiehl advertises a similar harness. Way cool!
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