1974 914 front bulkhead part Options

[Han Solo]

So I'm looking at the front bulkhead on this car and it's really rough. RD has the part listed as Front Cross Member. There's two versions, early and late. It appears the only difference are the plug holes are not cut (except the outer two) on the late version. The title says this is a '74 but it has the late front bulkhead (might have been replaced). I also noted that the doors have the crash bars in them which I thought was only on '75 & '76.

Is there any difference on the front bulkheads aside from those plug holes? All the mating surfaces on fenders, headlight buckets, trunk and front pan the same?

[Montreal914]

So I'm looking at the front bulkhead on this car and it's really rough. RD has the part listed as Front Cross Member. There's two versions, early and late. It appears the only difference are the plug holes are not cut (except the outer two) on the late version. The title says this is a '74 but it has the late front bulkhead (might have been replaced). I also noted that the doors have the crash bars in them which I thought was only on '75 & '76.

Is there any difference on the front bulkheads aside from those plug holes? All the mating surfaces on fenders, headlight buckets, trunk and front pan the same?

75-76 cars have a different front panel due to the shock absorbers of the BUB (big ugly bumpers)

[Han Solo]

So I'm looking at the front bulkhead on this car and it's really rough. RD has the part listed as Front Cross Member. There's two versions, early and late. It appears the only difference are the plug holes are not cut (except the outer two) on the late version. The title says this is a '74 but it has the late front bulkhead (might have been replaced). I also noted that the doors have the crash bars in them which I thought was only on '75 & '76.

Is there any difference on the front bulkheads aside from those plug holes? All the mating surfaces on fenders, headlight buckets, trunk and front pan the same?

75-76 cars have a different front panel due to the shock absorbers of the BUB (big ugly bumpers)

Thanks! This 914 has a GT Racing fiberglass front bumper with brackets that mate with those shock mounts. I'll order the late version RD part.

[Cairo94507]

Door crash bars started in '73; I bought a '73, brand new and it had the crash bars.

There are 3 different nose panels, early ('70/'71/'72) mid-year, ('73/'74) and late ('75/'76). The late accommodated the shocks for the front bumper. The difference between the early and mid-years is the headlight bucket depth changed a bit to accommodate that front curved brace in the front of the trunk on mid-years. When we did my car, I sourced a NOS mid-year and we modified it be exactly like the correct '71 nose panel, which we were unable to source. Came out perfect. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)