the center tray on the early 914/4 and 914/6s had no divider
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I still am not sure what this bracket under the dash is for
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It's in case the coat hanger gets full.

Satin called... he was wondering if you could turn up the heat!

Yay! #12 see's the light of day!!

it must be getting cold down below!

The supports in the rocker area are different than stock, this is another feature shared with #11
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Early 914/4 and 914/6s had a different kontur on the fenders. the old design was used until 914.043.0052 on the six and 470.290.0444 on the fours. below is a side by side comparison, #12 is the red early type.
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technical information sheet sent by Klaus Straub

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Hey Glenn
This may sound far out there but....I think that bracket may be for a small
orbital interior light. That bracket sure looks factory.
I have one around here somewhere. I'll keep an eye out for it.
Maybe there is a clue in the taped up black/red wires ?
Did you change out that 911 oil pipe yet ?
Rory

that is interesting, I would like to see a picture of the light you are refering to.
I will look at the wires today, good thought
the 911 oil line has been replaced with a NOS 914/6 pipe (good eye Rory)

All of this early 914 stuff is interesting. Thanks for sharing it.

It would take a keen eye to notice that there was ever a difference on early doors!

Nice Document..I had an earlry NOS fender..did the mod so it would fit #390

Doesn't #12 also have balsa-wood defrost vents?

--DD

Also looks like a decent hidden location for an electric trunk pop....but we know that was not factory.

I used to think that but after I had the fuel tank out I was able to get a better look and I am going to say probably fiberglass now

here is another picture of the bracket, you can see that it is spot welded to the dash frame. the wires in the photo were hanging down way behind the bracket.

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very cool Jeff!

put relays on the board and installed yesterday

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Ferry's 914 had the fuel door, maybe that's where they planned to put the knob?

also finished up the engine wiring harness and starter cable. did some testing on the electrics and everything seems to be in working order.

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The car is ready to be started but unfortunately the 914/6 oil hose set I bought is missing the union that connects the oil supply lines. I am going to take it off of my race car tomorrow or Sunday. If you have an extra let me know

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I pulled the union off of the race car


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relay board and wiring installed

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http://www.discounthydraulichose.com/9001_...tric_p/9001.htm

I have a side shift transaxle in the car so I need a custom rear shift rod that does not hit the exhaust/heat exchangers.
I have set out:
Custom rod for sideshift in a 914/6
Early 4 cyl rod
Late 4 cyl sideshift rod

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I used a conduit bender to make the 2 curves in the Early 4 cyl rod

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Glenn - I need to make a side shift rod for my six. I have the same parts as you. Can you explain in more detail what you did. I'm having a hard time following what you did from the pics. It looks like you duplicated what you already had. I'm sure I'm missing something. Thanks.

Mark,
I spent some time refining the final product so now all I need to do is copy the contours. if you send me an early linkage I will bend it and then you will have a template.

So is the male-male union the M30 x M30 one at the bottom of the page?

I think so...Jeff?

I appreciate the offer but I'm running out of time befor octeenerfest. I'll work with what I have.

Yes should be 30mm to 30mm

Careful he's already got a tough time finding hats

Perry Kiehl is one of the pioneers in the 914 hobby! his clone...not so much

What a wonderful thread.

I found another great use for my cell phone camera as I was setting timing to change distributors.
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this is the slightly different rear view mirror that came on #11 and #12

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I was able to get the carbs set well enough to drive it down the street but my STE SK Carburetor Synchrometer broke so i could not get them dial in perfectly.

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washed the hood off and took a short drive

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I'm glad to see another 914 is back on the road. Especially one as interesting as this car. So far, so good.

sweet..

temporary bumper and license plate installed, I have a decent set of chromed bumpers that i need to pick up from Garold

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When are you going to give up on that old euro dog and get you a real sports car, like a Miata

some of us didn't sell out and buy air conditioned boxsters

Kids... don't make me stop this car.

What's the story with that bumper is it fiberglass?

yes and it needs a lot of work to fit, looks like the mounting bracket is upside down

here is the difference in the pedal board from early is on top.
the early part extends further to the right.
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It looks like the hole should be for a grub screw to fix a base sitting inside the stalk? Also looks like the narrow mirror body as per the later early cars

Love all the subtle differences and they were clearly still working out what worked and didn't prior to full blown production

I went to Garold's Porsche Parts Emporium and buy some goodies

perfect early targa top
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early back pad
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very nice early rear bumper
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Thanks Garold!!!