QUOTE(DownUnderMan @ Apr 18 2007, 10:03 PM)
... but since digging around I have established that a 916 prototype was built narrow body with a 2.2 (there is some divergence of opinion on whether this was the prototype - this is the Freisinger car)
the Freisinger car is definitely NOT the 916 prototype car!
916 prototype = 914.1.43.0195
Freisinger's car = 914.0.43.0376 => this one was a factory test car for chassis stiffness, therefore it had a steel roof (like the 916s), a 2.2 S engine and the standard narrow body
other interesting detail: it has a movable steering column
QUOTE(DownUnderMan @ Apr 18 2007, 10:03 PM)
I suppose I should ask the question: did the factory ever produce a narrow body 2.7?
no one that I would know - but they built 2 narrow body 3.0 ... well, 8-Zyl
QUOTE(DownUnderMan @ Apr 18 2007, 10:03 PM)
How can I verify that 914.2.43.0259 came with a 2.7?
I have this info from the Porsche 914-6 Club in Germany - they have some members that worked as engineers at Porsche in these days
Gustl