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> Spotted: the elusive 914S, Real world sighting
Millerwelds
post Mar 23 2025, 04:30 PM
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Spotted in Folsom CA a few weeks ago. Black trim around the windshield looks original.

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post Mar 23 2025, 05:52 PM
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QUOTE(Millerwelds @ Mar 23 2025, 03:30 PM) *
Spotted in Folsom CA a few weeks ago. Black trim around the windshield looks original.
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The funny part is that the factory flyer that talks about the '73 "S" doesn't actually show a car with the black vinyl around the windshield.
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post Mar 23 2025, 05:56 PM
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First 1,000 1973's had vinyl around front windows
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post Mar 23 2025, 08:08 PM
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The Porsche Museum calls the 914-8 the 914 S
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post Mar 24 2025, 02:13 AM
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The Porsche Museum calls the 914-8 the 914 S
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post Mar 24 2025, 05:11 PM
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I remember ever seeing only one 914 with the vinyl around the windshield.
I did not know it was a ' 914 S ' (?) feature.
I like the idea from a style angle and would like to see again in the wild.
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post Mar 24 2025, 06:33 PM
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post Mar 27 2025, 06:41 PM
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QUOTE(rgalla9146 @ Mar 24 2025, 03:11 PM) *

I remember ever seeing only one 914 with the vinyl around the windshield.
I did not know it was a ' 914 S ' (?) feature.


It's not.

There wasn't a factory "914S". There was an advertising brochure printed up, and a few dealers who used that label, but the factory said "NO."

Even then, the advertising brochure (as Andy pointed out) shows a 914 without the A pillar vinyl.

The A pillar cover was on the first 1000 or so 1973 914s. (I am not sure if that was only 2-liter cars or both 1.7 and 2.0 ones.) An interesting look, but the bottom of the vinyl was unfinished and would curl up and distort.

You could do the same to your car if you wanted to.

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post Mar 27 2025, 07:54 PM
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QUOTE(Millerwelds @ Mar 23 2025, 02:30 PM) *

Spotted in Folsom CA a few weeks ago. Black trim around the windshield looks original.



Did you happen to catch the VIN?

I have one sitting at the side of my house. 2nd earliest 73 2.0 in the VIN database at the moment.
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post Mar 27 2025, 07:57 PM
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QUOTE(rgalla9146 @ Mar 24 2025, 03:11 PM) *

I remember ever seeing only one 914 with the vinyl around the windshield.
I did not know it was a ' 914 S ' (?) feature.


The A pillar cover was on the first 1000 or so 1973 914s. (I am not sure if that was only 2-liter cars or both 1.7 and 2.0 ones.) An interesting look, but the bottom of the vinyl was unfinished and would curl up and distort.



Based on the VIN numbers of the 2.0s I have seen it on and the statement that it was only on the first 1000 (not sure the source of this) I suspect it was only the 2.0s
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post Mar 27 2025, 08:07 PM
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Mine is a 1.7... so it must have come both ways...


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QUOTE(rgalla9146 @ Mar 24 2025, 03:11 PM) *

I remember ever seeing only one 914 with the vinyl around the windshield.
I did not know it was a ' 914 S ' (?) feature.


It's not.

There wasn't a factory "914S". There was an advertising brochure printed up, and a few dealers who used that label, but the factory said "NO."

Even then, the advertising brochure (as Andy pointed out) shows a 914 without the A pillar vinyl.

The A pillar cover was on the first 1000 or so 1973 914s. (I am not sure if that was only 2-liter cars or both 1.7 and 2.0 ones.) An interesting look, but the bottom of the vinyl was unfinished and would curl up and distort.

You could do the same to your car if you wanted to.

--DD
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post Mar 29 2025, 04:28 AM
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QUOTE(Robarabian @ Mar 27 2025, 06:07 PM) *

Mine is a 1.7... so it must have come both ways...


Thanks! I'll try to update the ol' memory banks with that info.

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post Mar 29 2025, 08:17 AM
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The black window trim would not have been exclusive to the "S" but was being done at the same time the S was being marketed. So the two could have crossed paths meaning the black window trim could have shown up on a model marketed as an S.


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