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[Pat Garvey]

5. My car didn't come with a plaid interior.

I haven't had my low-mileage original '76 with the aforementioned orange/black plaid for long, but it gets positive comments from everyone who sees it. Plaid rocks (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

Pics?

[type4org]

Pics?

Sorry for the delay - car is in the shop (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) but I found another picture to show at least a little bit:

[Pat Garvey]

I already belong to another "purist" site on the internet, It's run by another east coaster!
This looks like an ambitious undertaking, Andy. I hope it doesn't keep you from your other duties on the club. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

I'll start...
"why should I be a 914 Purist"
Beacause
1. keeping the stock paint color is easier than painting the whole tub.
2. My girl friend likes the side marker lights.
3. I don't have any money for, Carbs, a 3.6 twin spark, a 911 suspension, or steel flares.
4. The more stock the car is, the sooner it'll be done.
5. My car didn't come with a plaid interior.
6. I only need one chrome washer nozzle, a chrome "2.0" and some aluminum pop rivets for parts bin to be complete.
7. The "stressed" look of a well broken-in interior is hard to duplicate with new parts.

Thought about this post for a while......my remarks - and by now you should all know I AM an opinionated bastard!
1. Exactly
2. I like them too, maybe your girlfiriend & I should disucc further.
3. So, drive the car!
4. My '72 has been "done" for 34 years.
5. Neither did mine - it's not a '75 or '76
6. pop rivets? better be a '75/76
7. take a look at this Forum & check out a "well broken-in interior" They ain't broken in. In particular, look at the '72 cars. See anything "broken in"

Finally, you are free to do what you wish with your 914 - so are we. We prefer (some of us) to keep/make it what it was. To increase our enjoyment. To increase its worth. To have something different, yet original.

See, I kept my emotions in check!

[Pat Garvey]

Just so everyone who visits this Forum understands....

This IS a CW Forum - we are neo-purists. We welcome alternative ideas, but our goal is to keep our 914's as close to original as possible. That means, where possible, original finishes, parts, condition and operation. While we recognize that many original parts are NLA, and that functionality is paramount, use of non original materials is not condoned if NOS/refurbished materials are available.

Now, with that said, you should all understand that I have been chosen to be the Moderator of this Forum. You should also know that I am opinionated, as well as a hard core purist. I will "tell it like it is". I will "step on some toes", for the sake of originality for 914s. I make no apologies, though I do make mistakes. And, I do not KNOW EVERYTHING, but I will attempt to help set the record straight. I am not afraid of being corrected when I'm wrong. It's a form of learning.

We're here to keep the original 914's just that. There are other 914Club Forums designed for other purposes.

With some recent posts (unnamed), I thought it proper to re-establish the purpose of this Forum. Of course, the members can always remove/sanction me if they think I'm extreme. Just trying to do what I think is my job.
Pat

[914runnow]

Just so everyone who visits this Forum understands....

This IS a CW Forum - we are neo-purists. We welcome alternative ideas, but our goal is to keep our 914's as close to original as possible. That means, where possible, original finishes, parts, condition and operation. While we recognize that many original parts are NLA, and that functionality is paramount, use of non original materials is not condoned if NOS/refurbished materials are available.

Now, with that said, you should all understand that I have been chosen to be the Moderator of this Forum. You should also know that I am opinionated, as well as a hard core purist. I will "tell it like it is". I will "step on some toes", for the sake of originality for 914s. I make no apologies, though I do make mistakes. And, I do not KNOW EVERYTHING, but I will attempt to help set the record straight. I am not afraid of being corrected when I'm wrong. It's a form of learning.

We're here to keep the original 914's just that. There are other 914Club Forums designed for other purposes.

With some recent posts (unnamed), I thought it proper to re-establish the purpose of this Forum. Of course, the members can always remove/sanction me if they think I'm extreme. Just trying to do what I think is my job.
Pat

Hey Pat.....What is the legal cha cha..
Above where it say's 914club Forums..
Do the old posts need to say 'World'??
Sorry was just wunderin.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

[Pat Garvey]

Just so everyone who visits this Forum understands....

This IS a CW Forum - we are neo-purists. We welcome alternative ideas, but our goal is to keep our 914's as close to original as possible. That means, where possible, original finishes, parts, condition and operation. While we recognize that many original parts are NLA, and that functionality is paramount, use of non original materials is not condoned if NOS/refurbished materials are available.

Now, with that said, you should all understand that I have been chosen to be the Moderator of this Forum. You should also know that I am opinionated, as well as a hard core purist. I will "tell it like it is". I will "step on some toes", for the sake of originality for 914s. I make no apologies, though I do make mistakes. And, I do not KNOW EVERYTHING, but I will attempt to help set the record straight. I am not afraid of being corrected when I'm wrong. It's a form of learning.

We're here to keep the original 914's just that. There are other 914Club Forums designed for other purposes.

With some recent posts (unnamed), I thought it proper to re-establish the purpose of this Forum. Of course, the members can always remove/sanction me if they think I'm extreme. Just trying to do what I think is my job.
Pat

Hey Pat.....What is the legal cha cha..
Above where it say's 914club Forums..
Do the old posts need to say 'World'??
Sorry was just wunderin.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

A VERY GOOD QUESTION! One for which I do not have an answer right now. Not certain of the legal aspects of editing text items because I'm not sure who the "legal" owner is. Will try to get an answer, though
Pat

[OU8AVW]

Perhaps someone should start this thing in the right direction. I am somewhat of a restoration purest but I am forced to deal with the car I have.....

It is a March 1971 car. I am the ????owner and I have no clue what has been changed. As I look into this sight I am learning and checking my car with a new everyday. I posted this question a while back....

My interior is all leather. No it is not vinyl that looks like leather, it is cow hide. Door panels, back pad and all seat pads. Recently my neighbor recovered my seat pads and used a textured leather. I am not particularly happy with the result, but it actually looks cool against the smooth leather of the back pad and seat bolsters. Someone said that no 914-4s had leather. Is this true, because given the quality of the work, it has to be original. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif)

This is a non- appearance group car in that the bumpers are black and there is a minimal of equipment.

Another thing, color code says Artic White. The car is now orange. I dislike both colors. The geek in me says go back to Artic, but the kid in me says Meteor Grey! The answer to this dilemma will potentially decide my welcome in this particular forum (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

[1970 Neun vierzehn]

Your questions are good, valid and appropriate to this Forum, but they would get better exposure as a regular "post" or "thread" in the forum section immediately below these specific "nailed' topics (bumpers, interiors, engine compartments, etc.)

Back to your question, though. In the 34 years that I've been around 914s, in all the reading and reference materials that I have or have come across, including factory information, I have never seen a specification, reference, photo, or even an implication that the factory ever put a leather interior in a /4. Since a previous owner has repainted the car in a color not original to its "as-built" spec, it would not be unreasonable to suspect that at sometime in your cars' existence, a P/O had a leather interior installed.

Paul

[Pat Garvey]

Your questions are good, valid and appropriate to this Forum, but they would get better exposure as a regular "post" or "thread" in the forum section immediately below these specific "nailed' topics (bumpers, interiors, engine compartments, etc.)

Back to your question, though. In the 34 years that I've been around 914s, in all the reading and reference materials that I have or have come across, including factory information, I have never seen a specification, reference, photo, or even an implication that the factory ever put a leather interior in a /4. Since a previous owner has repainted the car in a color not original to its "as-built" spec, it would not be unreasonable to suspect that at sometime in your cars' existence, a P/O had a leather interior installed.

Paul

I will echo Pauls comments.

But the determining factor is the Certificate of Authenticity from Porsche. If one pays the bucks, they usually get a definitive answer to the vagaries of the 914 they own.

IF (IF) the questioner has a FACTORY leather interior, it will be noted on the COA. If not so noted, it is not Factory original. A leather interior is a MAJOR, if not unheard of, option for a 4 banger.

I'm not saying that it isn't possible, just highly unlikely.

The COA will tell the tale.
Pat