I found a Porsche 914 Puzzle from Piatnik (Company in Vienna / Austria, so not homemade) on german eBay recently.
It's still originally sealed and consists of 120 pieces.
Never seen it before ...

Nice

Nice. And ironic, considering how many pieces many 914s are made up of these days.






***The use of the s after 914 was strictly to indicate that I was referring to more than one 914.

I contacted Piatnik to learn if the puzzle was still available.
They just answered my question ...

"this puzzle was sold 35 years ago ... we are sorry ..."

That looks like #4 !!!

It has the prototype blinkers ...
Andy

Also look at the lower windshield corners and door handle. Hmm, interesting!

But it has 914/4 wheels and hubcaps ......................

The Cap'n

Hard to tell from the image, those could be 5-lug steel wheels with hubcaps ...

Andy

it has also got the "prototype side mirror" and the "prototype gas filler" - both like 914111 (tangerine 914-8)

Aha!

Are the windshield washer nozzles very close to the wiper arm base?
Andy

PS: Can you post a higher resolution scan? It's really hard to make out details ...

..PO version,checkout the pillar

But more importantly, since it is 914 related, if you take it apart will it ever be put back together?

yupp




let's try this one ...

I might use the scanner tomorrow

Very interesting ...
It looks to be neither 914.111 nor 914.114.


The only picture i have seen of 914.111 before it was converted to a /8 showed it using the same flat front bumper it has now and it already had the double headlights.


All the features (and color) point to 914.114, however, i don't recall seeing any evidence that 114 ever had the fuel filler door of 111.
Andy

It would look more realistic if it were on jack stands. Then it could be put back together properly.

that's the best scan I could get ...

Maybe its neither. Could it be another prototype we have no rpevious record of?

Considering that there are large gaps between known internal project numbers, i'd say that's a good possibility!

...
#10 - 914.111
#11 - 914.114
...
#21 - 914.006
...
#31 - 914.043.0019
...


Andy

The drama & mystery of these cars is so appealing
P.S. the more I look at this 1 , the more I like it!!

Very cool, to bad we can't get a repo with our cars color on the puzzle...

Here is the detail from 914111

Here are close-ups of the area on 914114...was previously curious about what all this lead build-up was doing on the cowl. The tank/filler spout could be original or changed. It was a prototype working model after all.

But then again, 914114 has bright trim on the door tops, the puzzle car does not.

Could that be a factory hood badge....

Yes. Because this is a prototype car. Anything you can think of was done to them, and then some.


Regarding the hood badge, no PRODUCTION car ever came with a badge from the factory.

Andy

Interesting point ...

There's only one person i know that could have a look at that and tell us if the underside of the cowl on 914.114 has evidence of a patch ...
Andy

besides..that doesnt look like Brad behind the wheel!

Those look like /4 hubcaps and trim rings to me.

Just bought the same puzzle (but with Swedish packing), intresting that they still can be found "NOS" in mint condition.

/Lars S




...sorry for the bad photo, if anyone needs a closeup at any detail please let me know...

That looks exactly like the car on the puzzle and in the photos.

At a guess, the color did not reproduce so well, and came out more yellow on the puzzle than in person?

--DD

Too many differences from 914.111. See post #15 in this thread.

coooool

now let's find the French and Italien Version

Later model or more likely 911 interior rear view mirror.
I'll bet the early 914 interior mirror was to imitate the shape of the rear window.

/Lars S

Are you able to see anything of the underside in the reflection?

Sorry no, the underside is in solid black shadow.

/Lars S

....P-cars,can be like finger prints(such a puzzle-914's)