I have started this thread to identify important 914 dates, thinking we might put them on the 914 calendar if it ever gets to production. These are the only dates I could locate in Brian Longs 914 book. What other dates should be included? I will keep this first post up to date as new dates are suggested.

1 Aug 1966 - 914 project initiated

15 Mar 1967 - First official presentation of 914 for Prof. Nordhoff in Stuttgart - Zuffenhausen / Germany

2 Sep 1967 - VW agrees to produce the 914

19 Sep 1967 - Decision that the 914 should be a 3-seater

20 Nov 1967 - All 914 technical drawings complete

1 Mar 1968 - First 914 body completed

1 Mar 1968 - First test drive for a prototype 914 (?). It was a 914/4.

7 Mar 1968 - First 914 prototype delivered to Weissach

12 Apr 1968 - Professor Heinz Nordhoff dies

17 Nov 1968 - 15th 914 prototype delivered to Weissach

17 Dec 1968 - 20th 914 prototype delivered to Weissach

11-21 Sep 1969 - Official presentation of the 914 - IAA - Frankfurt / Germany (International Motor Show)

19 Sep 1969 - Silver 914/8 car presented to Ferry Porsche for his 60th birthday

1 Oct 1969 - Porsche-Audi formed to market 914s

2 Oct 1969 - Presentation of the 914 at the "SALON DE L'AUTO" in Paris / France

1 Jan 1970 - 914 and 914/6 first available for sale in USA

1 Mar 1970 - 914/6GT homologated in FIA Group Nurburgring 1000km event

31 May 1970 - International debut of 914/6 at Nurburgring

13-14 Jun 1970 - 24 Hours of Le Mans 914/6 win

29-30 May 1971 - 914/6GT class win and 14th overall winner at Nurburgring

8 May 1974 - Porsche buys out VWs interest in the 914 and moves sales staff into the VG building at Ludwigsburg

4 Jul 1976 - Garretson 914/6 team of three 914s places 2nd, 3rd, 4th at Pikes Peak Hillclimb, with Rick Mears as lead driver.

14 September - International Porsche 914 Day


Other dates that would be good to locate:

Earliest known 914/4 and 914/6 chassis dates

Last known 914/4 and 914/6 chassis dates

Chassis dates of 914/6 GT and 916 cars

I'm specially fond of Perry's "B" day That car is coool!

How about the date 914world.com went live?

September 19, 1969

official presentation of the 914:

IAA - Frankfurt / Germany
(International Motor Show)
September 11 - 21, 1969

August 1, 1966: the whole project got started

March 15, 1967: 1st official presentation for Prof. Nordhoff in Stuttgart - Zuffenhausen / Germany

September 2, 1967: o.k. for production (from VW)

September 19, 1967: decision that it should be a 3-seater

November 20, 1967: all tech. drawings complete

March 1, 1968: 1st body completed

end of April, 1968: first prototype car complete (a 4-Cyl)

interesting addition: 15 4-cyl prototypes were already complete and in the test phase when the 1st 6-cyl prototye was ready


all these data is out from the "DAS GROSSE VW-PORSCHE-BUCH"

So long,
Gustl

I've got one more

presentation at the "SALON DE L'AUTO" in Paris / France:

October 2, 1969

Thanks Wolfgang...I was really hoping someone could give us data from DGVWP Buch...

Whats this about 1 Mar 1968...

First body completed and first test drive on the same day?

Do you have any clarification? Maybe by 'body completed' they mean full car completed?

Hi Jeff - I' happy to help with my german knowledge

about 1st March '68: at this point my english knowledge is too bad

the german word is "Rohkarosserie" - maybe Andy could translate it correctly

what it means is, that only the body was complete - no chassis, no interior and such stuff ...

the 1st complete car was dated by end of April, this time test drivings started

from Karman Classic:

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Bau von 20 Prototypen bekannt
Lieferung des 1. Prototyps am 7.3.1968,
Lieferung des 15. Prototyp am 17.11.1968,
Lieferung des 20. Prototyp am 17.12.68
==============================

that means:
20 prototype cars were build by karman and shipped to weissach between march '68 and december '68.

the 1st prototype was delivered to weissach on March 7th 1968,
the 15th prototype was delivered to weissach on November 17th 1968,
and the 20th prototype was delivered to weissach on December 17th 1968

NOTE: those cars delivered were just the bare shells (Rohkarosserie) and they were completed in weissach by porsche.

we know of 4 that have survived, the two 8-Cylinder Cars (914111 and 914006) as well as Brad's /6 Prototype (914114) and the Sport-O-Matic Prototype (914120) ...

Andy

"Rohkarosserie" means the stripped/bare chassis, no interior, no suspension, no trim, no nothing, just the bare metal body ...

Andy

Hey Jeff,
in your opening post up top, you wrote:

12 Apr 1968 Professor Heinz Nordhoff dies


I've always heard a 'story' about some leader at VW dying, which led to the new leader (?) NOT agreeing to the original agreement between Porsche & VW re: the 914.

Is Professor Heinz Nordhoff that person?

Yep.. he's the dead guy from VW who made the handshake deal with Porsche that his successor did not agree with.

You guys forgot one......

1988: First MassIVe Type IV outfitted to a 914!

So what was the official date that they started to rust?

1 Mar 1968...

December 31st, 3015 - date Qarl finishes his f-ing car!

Sept 14 (any year) - Happy 9/14!

-Steve