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> Porsche Classic Shift Knob, Better Sit Down For Price
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post Jan 21 2022, 06:25 PM
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Bargain Price, lol. $217.46 Can't make this stuff up. Click to open screen shot.


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post Jan 21 2022, 07:50 PM
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At least they're being honest:
Right there at the bottom of that page it says "Customer Support".

See, they KNOW you're gonna need SOMETHING to keep you from falling over when you see that price! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif)

Thanks, I'm here all week!
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post Jan 21 2022, 08:59 PM
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My local Porsche dealer sells the parts at a discount. Still expensive but better than paying retail.


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post Jan 21 2022, 10:12 PM
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If Porsche Classic offered all the parts, I wonder how much it would cost to build a new 914.
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post Jan 21 2022, 10:58 PM
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QUOTE(bkrantz @ Jan 21 2022, 08:12 PM) *

If Porsche Classic offered all the parts, I wonder how much it would cost to build a new 914.

More than you can afford pal, Porsche.
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post Jan 21 2022, 11:42 PM
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i think originals were made of bakerlite?

these days = rarely used very old form of plastic.
no surprise its expensive - would be difficult to source a supplier to remake in original materials?

........thats if this is a remake in bakerlite?

more expensive in aus.
i was in at porsche getting some other stuff a couple of years back and i sighted one in the display cabinet. tag was $500.00 aud. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)
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post Jan 22 2022, 06:24 AM
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Bakelite, it's still used, phenolic intake spacers are a type of bakelite, but since the early 80's they no longer have asbestos in them.


QUOTE(wonkipop @ Jan 22 2022, 12:42 AM) *

i think originals were made of bakerlite?

these days = rarely used very old form of plastic.
no surprise its expensive - would be difficult to source a supplier to remake in original materials?

........thats if this is a remake in bakerlite?

more expensive in aus.
i was in at porsche getting some other stuff a couple of years back and i sighted one in the display cabinet. tag was $500.00 aud. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)
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post Jan 22 2022, 08:10 AM
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How “authentic” or just repackaged Dansk units? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)
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post Jan 22 2022, 10:20 AM
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QUOTE(StarBear @ Jan 22 2022, 09:10 AM) *

How “authentic” or just repackaged Dansk units? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)


It's "authentic" after you've been (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sheeplove.gif) by Porsche Classic. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif)
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post Jan 22 2022, 10:51 AM
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It’s the $xxx.46 that makes it a value instead of the $xxx.99
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post Jan 22 2022, 12:24 PM
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I think Porsche's problem is that they regard the potential customer of Porsche Classic as the same type customer that buys a brand new Panamera or Cayenne every other year. Parts buyers actually fix their own cars and are savvy enough to see through this sort of overpriced boutique marketing bull****.

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post Jan 22 2022, 04:27 PM
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How “authentic” or just repackaged Dansk units? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)


i've seen one of those here on a 911.
not quite right?
but the price is right to make them right enough?

got no idea about porsche one.
don't feel like paying to get (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sheeplove.gif) to find out.

mine has had a crack in the bottom of it i glued up 30 years ago that is still holding.
should have been smart enough to buy a new one back then before the wallet raping started.
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post Jan 22 2022, 05:13 PM
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What? No group buy?
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post Jan 23 2022, 10:22 AM
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Yeah, that ain't cheap. I bought one from Porsche (Gaudin) and they gave me a very good price, right in line with the discount price listed above by Mark.

I wonder if there is any difference in feel or appearance from the reproductions being made. I figured it was something I was going to be handling a lot and wanted the stock knob. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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post Jan 23 2022, 12:25 PM
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From what I can tell it's not Bakelite, but Delrin that has been turned down. Just like the ones we make. I could do a GB in Bakelite, tooling is not inexpensive. But I could sell at 1/2 the price, maybe less. Like anything just takes enough folks that want them.
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post Jan 23 2022, 01:03 PM
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Of two minds about prices for 914 parts:

1) Ouch (but this is nothing new for factory parts)
2) We should be glad so many parts for our cars are available

I carried a full set of hoses in my Merkur Xerati wherever I went, because I knew I'd never find them when I needed one—which was pretty often. And those were among the easier parts to get in 1997-2001. I can't even imagine owning one as a daily now.
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post Jan 23 2022, 01:19 PM
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Hi @Mikey914 With the number of 914's out there and people paying decent money for "crazed" old knobs, a reasonably priced new stock knob should sell. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)
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post Jan 25 2022, 09:18 AM
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Delrin just doesn't feel the same as original Bakelite, but at least it stays on with screw at the base.
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post Jan 25 2022, 09:36 AM
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QUOTE(wonkipop @ Jan 22 2022, 05:27 PM) *

QUOTE(StarBear @ Jan 22 2022, 08:10 AM) *

How “authentic” or just repackaged Dansk units? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)


i've seen one of those here on a 911.
not quite right?
but the price is right to make them right enough?

got no idea about porsche one.
don't feel like paying to get (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sheeplove.gif) to find out.

mine has had a crack in the bottom of it i glued up 30 years ago that is still holding.
should have been smart enough to buy a new one back then before the wallet raping started.

@wonkipop Thought about replacing mine as his has the very typical crazing in the clear part, but "that's to be expected" and adds to the originality aura that I'm trying to keep (though that left foot driver's corner carpet piece IS scheduled for replacement once the weather warms up a bit (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif) .)
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post Jan 25 2022, 11:08 AM
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The crazing on the clear part can often be buffed to significantly minimize it.
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