factory 914/8 in 1972 ???? |
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factory 914/8 in 1972 ???? |
SirAndy |
Mar 3 2003, 06:25 PM
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just went to jeff's 914 collection:
http://members.rennlist.com/914_collectibles/ and went to the "914 Rare German Documents" section where he has a paper about tire/rim-sizes for the different 914 versions. on top of the lists, it says: 914/6 (1970 - 72) 916 914/8 (1972) which indicates that there were factory /8 in 1972 !!!???!!! Andy |
Dave_Darling |
Mar 5 2003, 06:30 PM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 14,986 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California |
Double-double headlights. Must be talking about the orange Piëch car.
Both of the 914-8s were built from 914 prototypes. They had many detail differences from the final production 914, particularly the orange car that was given to Piëch. (The silver one given to Ferry Porsche was more similar to the regular 914.) If you can find pics, take a look at the turn signals. They are shaped a little differently, and the lenses have a beveled edge to them. That's in addition to the external fuel filler door, the dual headlights, and so on. I think the orange -8 might also have one of the bumper designs that didn't make it into production, as well! Jon Lowe did a great presentation on the prototypes (and more!) at last year's MUSR. Lots of nifty pictures. --DD |
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