 914 Design letter from Jorg Austen, regarding where 914 design was developed |
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| IronHillRestorations |
 Mar 13 2017, 02:18 PM
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This letter is from Jorg Austen, factory engineer (and a nice guy) to Alex Buller (RIP) who was President of the now defunct Porsche 914 Club.
Jorg_Austen_914_Letter.pdf ( 2.22mb )
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| 1970 Neun vierzehn |
Jun 9 2017, 07:41 PM
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from the November 1969 issue of Road & Track......
.....which happened to feature a cover story of the new VW-Porsche 914. A quote from the author, Jonathan Thompson; "Dr. Porsche pointed out that the design of the 914 was entirely Porsche KG's..." And on an entirely different note, the classified ads from that issue feature a 1957 Porsche Carrera coupe for $3500, a 1966 Ferrari 275 GTB for $8800, a 1966 Cobra 427 for $6600, a 1966 Mustang GT-350 for $2400 or best offer, and 6 (six!) Mercedes 300 SLs ranging in price from $5000 to $6500. Could anyone forecast what the market would become for what were then just "used cars". The height of incredulous was that back then a Ferrari 250 GTO could be bought for under $10,000! Who knew? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) |
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Perry Kiehl 914 Design letter from Jorg Austen Mar 13 2017, 02:18 PM
mepstein That's really cool. Thanks for sharing. Mar 13 2017, 02:27 PM Tom_T :agree: ....
From the proverbial "horse... Mar 13 2017, 02:36 PM Perry Kiehl I was fortunate enough to meet Mr. Austen in 1997 ... Mar 13 2017, 03:38 PM wes Thanks for sharing very cool! Mar 13 2017, 03:38 PM John Jentz I spoke with Norbert Singer at the Petit Le Mans b... Mar 14 2017, 08:35 AM dlkawashima Thanks for sharing this Perry. But I have to ask ... Mar 14 2017, 10:03 AM
SirAndy Thanks for sharing this Perry. But I have to ask ... Mar 15 2017, 03:36 PM Mueller That is pretty darn cool letter, thanks! Mar 15 2017, 01:46 PM Perry Kiehl Speculation here, but my guess is Klie was body de... Mar 15 2017, 03:28 PM Larmo63 RE: 914 Design letter from Jorg Austen May 30 2017, 10:31 PM Ed_Turbo "Cheap" Porsche :lol: :lol4:
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