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> What's the deal with these holes?, under seats
mskala
post Mar 16 2003, 04:07 PM
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You know the holes in the interior that are hidden
under the seats and have backing plates under
the car? What are these for? The seat belts are
attached on the center tunnel hole. Same type
hole though.
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post Mar 16 2003, 05:16 PM
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additional seat-belts for the 3 passanger.
was an option, you could get a 3rd seat inbetween the 2
normal seats, and those holes were for the seat-belts.
kinda like the "emergency" seat in a 911 ...

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post Mar 16 2003, 06:35 PM
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Damn Andy, you win the tech quiz for today! I wuz havin trouble figuring out where the pic wuz shot..
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post Mar 16 2003, 06:37 PM
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Thanks, makes sense.
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post Mar 16 2003, 07:32 PM
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n e one have a pic of what this third seat looks like? where do you put you legs? how do you keep from getting castrated by the shift knob? and.....most of all....in front hood, on fender, it says weight capacity is 500 lbs...so how does this tie into the final design? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)
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post Mar 16 2003, 08:25 PM
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Back in the days when we took a lot more chances and didn't know any better (I didn't even wear belts regularly until the state said "you will") I had a new '70 914 and a 2 year-old daughter. The cushion that fits in the plastic tray was the third seat. She sat there and was buckled in with a center lap belt bolted into the aforementioned holes. She is now near 35, expecting my first grandchild next month and she has a child seat that looks like it would save the kid from anything short of a nuclear blast. Good thing too, that's MY granddaughter!
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post Mar 16 2003, 08:25 PM
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Mice! Its for the mice to get in and out of the car when its stored for the winter. That way, the mice won't crawl up into your heating system, air boxes, etc., where they die or build nests and cause real problems plugging things up. Those wily German engineers think of everything.
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post Mar 16 2003, 08:38 PM
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Andy,

Did I tell you this, or did you know this from living in Germany ?? I was pretty surprised you knew the answer.


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post Mar 16 2003, 08:52 PM
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QUOTE(Brad Roberts @ Mar 16 2003, 06:38 PM)
Did I tell you this, or did you know this from living in Germany ?? I was pretty surprised you knew the answer.

haha, no, did this one without your help Brad ..

i had seen the holes before, not knowing what they were good for,
but at the wramble in reno lascht year, the guy with the M471 had the original
german "Fahrzeugbrief" and in there it mentioned the 3rd (emergency) seat.
after that, i just did some research on the web ...

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post Mar 17 2003, 08:05 AM
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jim, do you throw darts at a board w/ pictures on it to help you decide which car to drive on any given day? how did the breather box setup work for you? things have bogged down for me.
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post Mar 17 2003, 09:04 AM
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I think this is the 3rd seat. It came with my 74.
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post Mar 17 2003, 09:06 AM
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post Mar 17 2003, 09:38 AM
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Interesting. I looked right by the tunnel. inside seat mount, next to the firewall. Right? No holes for me. Did all cars have them? (obviously not). BTW, very nice prep work.
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post Mar 17 2003, 10:33 AM
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Rhodyguy,
It is getting easier to decide. I have sold the signal orange car and the tangerine '71 under it is soon on the block. No decision then since the phoenix red car in foreground has no engine in it yet (will soon). The breather is part of that project. Found a nice looking aluminum billet version at a VW parts place. I have a hot rod six (not shown) which will soon be only option I hope.
Four 914's is too many, two about right. Now if I can only stay off the internet classifieds!
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post Mar 17 2003, 12:11 PM
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I thought I was bad with 3. Plus multiple parts cars at the farm.....
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post Mar 17 2003, 12:41 PM
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QUOTE(Zeke @ Mar 17 2003, 07:38 AM)
Interesting. I looked right by the tunnel. inside seat mount, next to the firewall. Right? No holes for me. Did all cars have them? (obviously not). BTW, very nice prep work.

they have black plastic covers on them. mine were also partially covered by the tar-mat sticky stuff ...
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post Mar 17 2003, 12:43 PM
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I have found:

Only the early tubs have the holes (pre 73) Could be wrong, but this is what I have noticed.

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post Mar 17 2003, 02:12 PM
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My guess is that the feds decided a third seat was not too safe by '73. Afterall, that is when we got door beams and bumperettes on the front .
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post Mar 17 2003, 02:54 PM
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My first 914 (a '72) had the holes. Heck, it even had the belts! Regarding the "capacity 500 pounds" comment... 180# driver + (2x115# females)=410#. That still leaves 90#'s for fuel, or approximately 15 gallons. It's all good.

So do I hold the record? When I was young and stupid three friends and me took my 914 to a ballgame - Yeah, four of us in a 914. Used 2nd and 4th a lot.

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post Mar 17 2003, 04:36 PM
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A friend of mine was a cheerleader in HS. Another one of the cheerleaders owned a 914. They used to go to games, six cheerleaders, all in the one 914. Three across, three up on the Targa bar.

I have no idea how they survived and why they never got pulled over!

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