I recently purchased a low mileage '74 2.0L and have spent the past couple of weekends detailing everything. This weekend I detailed the front trunk area. Did these cars ever come with protective felt pads to keep the tire/wheel from rubbing the trunk bottom?

Not as far as I've ever seen back in the 70's, but some owners put them in there themselves (& maybe some dealers) to reduce paint wear & the rubber squeaking in the floor on rougher roads.

I never glued my added ones in, but just laid some scrap felt under the tire on each bearing point (3-4 pieces).

It was a trick my mechanic taught me, & he was the Circle Porsche+Audi dealer in Long Beach CA's 914 specialist, before he started his own shop in `72, & he said that was their "special secret dealer fix" for the squeaking (imagine it said in his thick Austrian accent).

PS - that looks like an excellent 914 too!

Cheers!
Tom
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Your car looks great!

Sorry I do not know,

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Your car looks great!

Wow, Concours time !

Please post more pictures as you go !

Post more picts....

Thanks Tom....I'll try the loose felt pads.

Thanks guys.....here are some more photos.Click to view attachment Click to view attachment

What did you do to clean up the wheels. That part looks better than any I've seen

I smell a Parade winner...

Looks great cal! Need to see lots more pics of this one. Also tell us a bit about the car....history, how you located it. Great find.

, more pictures!!, was it a local find?

DAMN!

Your teener looks amazing! I am jealous!

Wow, that looks extraordinary, please post pics of the entire car.

...........I think a saw a spec of dust in one of those shots