Settled - Side Valences are affixed with plastic button head rivets, 'Rocker panel' rivets Options

[JeffBowlsby]

We know of two docmented original 914s, both have side valances attached with plastic buttonhead rivets, not aluminum rivets.

Black rivets for cars with black valances
Clear rivets for the 1974 LE cars with the yellow or orange valances

PET also only lists the plastic button head rivets.

All the photos of 914s with aluminum rivets are not original, are commonly available and have been replaced at some point.

Thanks to George Hussey, Steve Gaglione (2nd owner of very orignal Sahara Beige) and Alberto Favilla (original owner) and to Rich Daunhauer (914Werke) for their knowledge.

[Van B]

I’m honestly not sure what the debate is here since this thread appears to start mid debate. I have black plastic thresholds with black plastic push pin rivets and (had) rocker panels with black metal rivets.

All holes appear ~3.4mm. I measured six of them on both sides of the car.

[wonkipop]

I’m honestly not sure what the debate is here since this thread appears to start mid debate. I have black plastic thresholds with black plastic push pin rivets and (had) rocker panels with black metal rivets.

All holes appear ~3.4mm. I measured six of them on both sides of the car.

the debate is that all 914s had plastic rivets along the top of the rocker panel.
never metal.

nothing to do with the the ones on the threshold plates.

you piped in with an earlier remark that the rocker panels on your 74 were held on by black plastic rivets. and they had not been off.
turns out your earlier comment was not as precise as it seemed.
they are indeed metal on yours.
and you seem to have reasonable grounds to say they were not off. maybe.

which seems to match a whole lot of other 74s but not other years.

75s def had black plastic rivets on the rockers it seems.
and early cars had clear plastic (or some have said white plastic).

others have commented they were only one way the whole way.
not so.

my own view now is coming back to metal on the 74s.
there seems to be some evidence for it.
74s that is.

not talking other years.
couldn't give a flying f$%k about other years Van.
only have 1974 tunnel vision on a narrow gauge railroad track when it comes to a 914.
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