914/6 GT prototype ? Options

[beltwerks]

Does anyone on this board have any information, photo's or links to the 914/6 GT prototype as pictured. Any help would be much appreciated.

Dave


(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-22800-1772049109.1.jpg)IMG_22161743863994 by stretch1985, on Flickr

[rgalla9146]

The S on the plate suggests Stuttgart so likely a factory owned car ? Three 901s in
picture.
Flares all around, harness for driver above racing seat. No headrest ?
Dunlop racing tires, both cars look a bit high. Mud flaps on 901. Monte Carlo ?

[fixer34]

I see a Type 3 Squareback also with what looks like additional lights...

[914Sixer]

Probably rally car prototype, they only had rolled rear flares (911 style),no front flares

[beltwerks]

I have more information and pictures of the car now, will post photo's and info later today.

It was the first 914/6 GT prototype that was unveiled at the Porsche press release at Hockenheim Dec 69 for the 1970 Racing season.

Car now resides in the USA and has been fully restored.

Dave

[beltwerks]

More photo's

[73-914]

Probably rally car prototype, they only had rolled rear flares (911 style),no front flares

You can see the front flares

[wonkipop]

from what i understand SM-2383 was a hand built testing prototype 914/6, also used for some of the very early promotional photography. you can see in some of the early promo shots that it had trunk lid prop bars instead of springs as protos did.

if the car retained its plates and they were not shifted around to other cars, it must have then gone on to be the 914 R prototype or GT proto that was used for initial homologation? as in above posted photos.

i read somewhere, but now can't remember where, so going off memory but the 914/6 GT prototype was built up from one of 20 914/6 pre production prototypes built in 1968?
serial number 914.119? the last one 120 was a sporto prototype according to this website info here. 119 isn't listed as existing. piech's 8 and ferry p's 8 were two others from that batch.

so is this (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) prototype 914.119?

[SirAndy]

from what i understand SM-2383 was a hand built testing prototype 914/6, also used for some of the very early promotional photography. you can see in some of the early promo shots that it had trunk lid prop bars instead of springs as protos did.

if the car retained its plates and they were not shifted around to other cars, it must have then gone on to be the 914 R prototype or GT proto that was used for initial homologation? as in above posted photos.

i read somewhere, but now can't remember where, so going off memory but the 914/6 GT prototype was built up from one of 20 914/6 pre production prototypes built in 1968?
serial number 914.119? the last one 120 was a sporto prototype according to this website info here. 119 isn't listed as existing. piech's 8 and ferry p's 8 were two others from that batch.

so is this (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) prototype 914.119?

No, those plates were freely moved around to make a car temporarily road-worthy and didn't belong to any specific car.
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[wonkipop]

from what i understand SM-2383 was a hand built testing prototype 914/6, also used for some of the very early promotional photography. you can see in some of the early promo shots that it had trunk lid prop bars instead of springs as protos did.

if the car retained its plates and they were not shifted around to other cars, it must have then gone on to be the 914 R prototype or GT proto that was used for initial homologation? as in above posted photos.

i read somewhere, but now can't remember where, so going off memory but the 914/6 GT prototype was built up from one of 20 914/6 pre production prototypes built in 1968?
serial number 914.119? the last one 120 was a sporto prototype according to this website info here. 119 isn't listed as existing. piech's 8 and ferry p's 8 were two others from that batch.

so is this (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) prototype 914.119?

No, those plates were freely moved around to make a car temporarily road-worthy and didn't belong to any specific car.
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/chowtime.gif)

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[beltwerks]

I'm with Andy, i don't think the narrow bodied car and the GT car are the same. I think the plates were moved onto the first narrow bodied car that was used for the extensive advertising campaign using these two pretty ladies. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

That particular production 914/6 was the first inported into the USA and was found in a poor state, but with matching numbers engine with a mere 9000 kilometres on the clock.

Where is the the Hockenheim 6 GT car. ?

More pictures.

Dave

[beltwerks]

I'm with Andy, i don't think the narrow bodied car and the GT car are the same. I think rthe plates were moved onto the first narrow bodied car that was used for the extensive advertising campaign using these two pretty ladies. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

That particular production 914/6 was the first inported into the USA and was found in a poor state, but with matching numbers engine with a mere 9000 kilometres on the clock.

Where is the the Hockenheim 6 GT car.

More pictures.

Dave