Hello,
I am doing a little research into the 914 Drivers Manual, would anyone know if there is there a definitive list of printings for years, languages and distribution companies?

I have several manuals, all list the month and year of printing along with the number of manuals printed within that run.

The 4 manuals I have are:

914/6 USA #4627.23 1 M VIII/70 Edition 71 (English)

914/4 ROW #4631.20 500 VIII/71 Edition 72 (English)

914/4 USA #4631.23 500 III/72 Edition 72 (English)

914/4 USA #4645.23 9,6 M VII/72 Edition 73 (English)


Anybody else want to contribute, any 914 manual you have is fine but I would like to hear from owners with the original manual.

I think there is a lot of data that can be very useful, I can set up an Excel spreadsheet.

Thanks,
Mike

I'm afraid I didn't get the point of this sentence (sorry ... english is a foreign language for me), but I do have an original manual from each model year, each model in german, english (UK), english (USA) and france ... and some italien

what info would you need?

Gustl

Hello Wolfgang,
Thank you for responding, I am reproducing the info on the first page of one of my manuals, there is a model designation in a box ie: 914/6

Below that is the info which appears as

4627.23 1 M VIII/70 Edition 71
Printed in Germany
specification are subject to change without notice



4627.23 (this I believe is the Porsche internal document number)

1 M (this is the number of manuals printed 1,000)

VIII/70 (this is the date August 1970)


Edition 71 (Model Year)



Beneath the info listed above, at the bottom of the same page, there is an indication of country such as


USA


(For cars designated as VW/Porsche I assume the English version of the manual is ROW)


The info I want is the line - "4627.23 1 M VIII/70 Edition 71"


Additionally for owners that have the original manual for their car, please include the vehicle build date.


This is the info I would like to start with along with the country and language.
I hope this makes things more clear.
Thanks,
Mike

thanks for your explanation

I have something about 45 different original manuals and currently very little time, so it might take a week or two ...
but as soon as find some spare time, I will dig them out and show the info

Gustl

I own 2 '70/6's with original owners manuals.
(1) 01/70......4621.23....2 M II/70....Edition II/70
(2) 03/70......4621.23....2 M II/70....Edition II/70

I also have a mint spare for USA.
4621.23......500 III/70......Edition II/70

Note; Both cars were sold new in the US in May/'70.
I'd be curious to see Edition I/70.

Hope this helps.

Don

Hello Don,
Thanks for contributing, I don't think there is a II/70 edition, I suspect that there is a VII/69 version with at least a 1 M (1,000) printings sure would cover the first few months of 914/6 production.
Mike

Mike, you don't think there is a II/70 edition? Is this a mis print on your part? Or are you suggesting I have two forgeries issued to the original owners 40 years ago?
Don

oops Sorry Don,
Brain typing not the mind... I meant I/70....
Mike

Acknowledged, Mike.
Good luck on your thread. You will be putting Wolfgang to the task, but he loves this stuff anyway.
Don

o.k. - let's start with the manuals from Germany

914-6

4621.10 1 M V/70 Ausgabe X/69
4621.10 200 X/69 Ausgabe X/69 (factory reprint)
4627.10 800 VIII/70 Ausgabe 71
4632.10 500 XI 71 Ausgabe 72

914

4620.10 1 M IX/69 Ausgabe IX/69
4620.10 1 M IV/70 Ausgabe IX/69
4626.10 4 M I/71 Ausgabe 71 (factory reprint)
4631.10 4,5 M XII/71 Ausgabe 72
4645.10 3 M VII/72 Ausgabe 73
4652.10 1,7 M VI/73 Ausgabe 74
4660.40 200 3/75 Ausgabe 75 (factory reprint)

next here is englisch for ROW

914-6

4621.20 500 VI/70 Edition XI/69
4627.20 500 VIII/70 Edition 71

914

4620.20 500 III/70 Edition X/69
4626.20 600 II/71 Edition 71
4631.20 500 II/72 Edition 72
4645.20 150 IV/73 Edition 73
4652.20 300 VII/73 Edition 74
4660.20 500 VI/74 Edition 75

continue with USA (and Canada)

914-6

4621.23 500 III/70 Edition II/70
4627.23 1 M VIII/70 Edition 71

914

4620.23 1.5 M IV/70 Edition X/69
4620.23 5.5 M VIII/70 Edition X/69
4626.23 6 M VIII/70 Edition 71
4626.23 3.2 M IV/71 Edition 71
4631.23 7 M VIII/71 Edition 72
4641.23 900 III/72 Edition 72
4645.23 4,4 M V/73 Edition 73 (USA/Canada)
4652.24 1530 X/73 Edition 74 (Canada - this one is bilingual: englisch and french)
4652.23 10 M XI/73 Edition 74
4660.23 6.3 M 1/75 Edition 75
4669.23 2.5 M 9/75 Edition 76

now France

914-6

4621.30 500 III/70 Edition II/70
4627.30 - is missing in my collection
4632.30 200 XI/71 Edition 72

914

4620.30 800 II/70 Edition X/69
4626.30 500 II/71 Edition 71
4631.30 500 VIII/71 Edition 72
4645.30 250 VI/73 Edition 73
4652.30 300 VIII/73 Edition 74
4660.30 200 VII/74 Edition 75

last one is Italy - these are very hard to find, therefore I just have a few ...

914-6

4627.40 400 IX/70 Edizione 71

914

4620.40 600/III/70 Edizione XI/69
4631.40 500 I/72 Edizione 72
4652.40 250 VII/73 Edizione 74

I marked some irregularities in red, to point out that these are no typos from my side

as you can see, the 2 digits behind the point (from the Porsche print number) are the country code
these are the same codes as at most of the other printed documents like price lists, color charts, marketing brochures, and and and ...

Gustl

My original 75 manual:

4660.23 8.4M 8/74 Edition 75