QUOTE(SirAndy @ Nov 13 2023, 08:30 PM)
QUOTE(wonkipop @ Nov 13 2023, 04:55 PM)
early 911 mirror.
piech's special car built up from a very early pre production proto.
quite nice.
but you wouldn't see much out of it.
guess you didn't really need to,
One of the few 9eleben parts on a prototype 914 ...
you might know the answer to this one
@SirAndy i've never seen the car in the metal.
but my business partner took these shots for me on a trip to germany 15 or so years ago. i asked him to get some close in shots of the bumper. he didn't really get in close enough but..........
Click to view attachment Click to view attachment .....'cause it kind of looks like a production bumper but actually nothing like it really.
at first you think its maybe just a kind of crude fit prototyping phase where the rubber top cap isn't quite a right fit.
however i recall reading somewhere that the bumpers are actually spring mounted and can take a small impact. ie parking hit.
sure explains things if that is the case.
this photo from
@JeffBowlsby 's website appears to indicate the top cap is entirely independent of the bumper and possibly fixed to the body through the back.
and the bumper can move freely a small amount rearwards.
Click to view attachment sure is a neat detail if true.
must have got dropped during productionizing bean counting?