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> Value of 914-6 Owner's Manual ???
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post Oct 21 2005, 10:51 AM
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Have 2 factory 914-6 Owner's Manual that I wanted to establish the value on ..

1) Earliest one :
Front cover says VW PORSCHE 914 6 Owner's Manual
Inside front cover says 4621.20 500VI/70 Edition XI/69
In at least good if not excellent condition.

2) Later one :
Front cover says Porsche 914-6 Owner's Manual USA
Inside front cover says 4621.23 500 III/70 Edition II/70
In fair condition.

Any of you historians got any clues as to what either ( or both ) might be worth ???
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post Oct 21 2005, 10:52 AM
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A couple of bucks I guess.
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post Oct 21 2005, 10:53 AM
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Hey, Olav ... I'd be more than happy to give you a couple of bucks for yours !!!
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post Oct 21 2005, 10:53 AM
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how 'bout a ,,Betriebsanleitung" ? i've got one of those too ...
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post Oct 21 2005, 11:07 AM
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I'd pay a little more for the 914-6 edition from this one
(unfortunately I even don't know if it exists, though ... )



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post Oct 21 2005, 01:44 PM
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I'm guessing $30-$50. Best way to learn for sure is to put one on Ebay and see where it goes.
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post Oct 21 2005, 01:59 PM
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QUOTE (Porsche Rescue @ Oct 21 2005, 12:44 PM)
I'm guessing $30-$50.

i'd say a lot more than that ...

how many original /6 are out there still and how many of those have a original owners manual in good condition?

it's just like the original toolkit. and those go for big $$$ ...
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post Oct 21 2005, 02:56 PM
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I bought mine off of ebay for $50. I saw them for sale a couple of weeks later for $35, brand new.
But one with some sort of documentation might be worth more.
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post Oct 21 2005, 03:13 PM
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QUOTE (736conver @ Oct 21 2005, 10:56 PM)
I bought mine off of ebay for $50.  I saw them for sale a couple of weeks later for $35, brand new.

keep in mind that there is a little difference

the original ones have the white spiral

the reprint version has the transparent spiral

unfortunately they have the same print number and there is no other visible mark on the reprint
the paper quality is a little different, too

in my opinion the original -6 manual is worth $50 in good condition - the reprint not
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post Oct 21 2005, 03:25 PM
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QUOTE (SirAndy @ Oct 21 2005, 09:59 PM)
QUOTE (Porsche Rescue @ Oct 21 2005, 12:44 PM)
I'm guessing $30-$50.

i'd say a lot more than that ...

AFAIK Porsche is with you - you can order the 1971 914-6 manual (reprint) at your Porsche dealer (part# WKD462720)
unfortunately it's "only" the english version - the US-version (#4627.23) isn't available
in Germany they're asking about EUR 55 for one

also available:
WKD462110 - german 1970
WKD462710 - german 1971
WKD463210 - german 1972
WKD462130 - french 1970
WKD462730 - french 1971
WKD463230 - french 1972
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post Oct 21 2005, 03:26 PM
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Didn't know about the original vs reprint difference !
Evidently both of mine are originals since they have the white spiral.
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post Oct 21 2005, 05:24 PM
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QUOTE (propricer @ Oct 21 2005, 08:53 AM)
Hey, Olav ... I'd be more than happy to give you a couple of bucks for yours !!!


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post Oct 22 2005, 01:31 AM
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[/QUOTE] I'd pay a little more for the 914-6 edition from this one
(unfortunately I even don't know if it exists, though ... )


You mean one of these? Skyline and I were down at my shop the other day and digging through some old things, I found a couple of origional manuals... this 6 version and a '73. This 6 version shows edition model '71.


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post Oct 22 2005, 02:35 AM
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not really ... (IMG:http://www.pff-online.de/wbb2/images/smilies/shake.gif)

call me stupid, but I have all model years of both -4 and -6 in german, english, US-english and french

but the one I showed above is italien
I only have the earliest -4 manual from Italy - print# 4620.40
I still don't know if there were any other italien versions available (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/confused24.gif)
never seen 'nother italien manual at all (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/sad.gif)
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post Oct 22 2005, 07:40 AM
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Ed, are either for sale?

Gustl, could you list the print #'s and edition #'s of the books you have. I'm trying to make a literature list as well.

I have seen some rather poor copies of these manuals recently. At our local event all the manuals were copies.
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post Oct 22 2005, 11:36 AM
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Sorry, davep, not for sale ... I've only had 6 original 6's and my lucky number is 7 so I'll hold them for an orange six - someday, the good lord willin and a lucky lotto ticket !
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post Oct 22 2005, 11:51 AM
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QUOTE (davep @ Oct 22 2005, 03:40 PM)
Gustl, could you list the print #'s and edition #'s of the books you have.

sure

the print numbers are equal through the different language versions:
xxxx.10 - german
xxxx.20 - english (Euro; VW-Porsche titeld)
xxxx.23 - english (USA; Porsche titeld)
xxxx.30 - french
xxxx.40 - italien

914-6 print numbers:
4621.yy - MY 1970
4627.yy - MY 1971
4632.yy - MY 1972 (not available in english; don't know for italien)

914 print numbers:
4620.yy - MY 1970
4626.yy - MY 1971 (don't know for italien)
4631.yy - MY 1972 (don't know for italien)
4641.23 - MY 1972 [almost identically, only minor differenc to 4631.23 - very likely that there was a little modification during MY 1972] (don't know if this was available in different languages?)
4645.yy - MY 1973 (don't know for italien)
4652.yy - MY 1974 (don't know for italien)
4660.yy - MY 1975 (don't know for italien)
4669.23 - MY 1976 (not available in other languages)

I hope this is ths info you desired?

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post Oct 22 2005, 12:03 PM
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I have a 914-6, white spiral, 4621.20; 500 VI/70; Edition XI/69 in good condition other than what looks like a "dog bite" out of the cover and first 6 pages. None of the text is damage by the holes. I will sell it for $20 plus postage.


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post Oct 22 2005, 02:44 PM
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post Oct 22 2005, 03:28 PM
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Hey, anyone seen an English-language owner's manual for the 1974 European-spec 914s? I have one, and it's a little odd in places.... To my US-spec-accustomed eyes, at least.

I was going to make a PDF, but the repository for the PDF files sorta went away on us...

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