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Early 912s
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Does anyone have a registry of early 912s showing chassis number, present owner, history, etc.? Two reasons for asking: 1) I'm looking for cars to be included in an upcoming book on the 60 most interesting Porsches in the U.S., and 2) I own a '65 912 (451326, Karmann-bodied, delivered August 1965). I'm in contact with the owner of a 902 prototype, but I'm looking for other prototypes or early production 912s. 451143 was just sold on eBay: Frank Last edited by fbarrett; 01-26-2009 at 12:03 PM.. |
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01-26-2009, 11:58 AM
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01-26-2009, 05:32 PM
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The '66 912 Bastardization project has begun. Note to PO's: LAY OFF THE FREAKING BONDO!!!! The science was settled: Earth was flat. Galileo : Flat Earth denier. 
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01-27-2009, 03:38 AM
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65 model year for the 912 went from Jan 65 to Jun 65 and was built at the factory only. Karmann start building the 66 model year body in Jul 65. Karmann was a coach builder not a car manufacturer. The bodies were sent to the factory for finishing.
July is usually the summer vocation time and they start building the next model year in August. I am sure that a couple of prototypes were built by Karmann, in the 65 model year, for the factory to make sure that the specs were correct. After approval, by the factory, Karmann started building the bodies for the 66 model year in Aug 65. In the first half of the 66 model year they changed from the body colored dash and three instruments. To the standard black dash with aluminum trim, optional 5 instruments and single bar type engine mount to the redesigned ones that used four rubber engine mounts. |
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01-27-2009, 01:51 PM
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From the 912 Registry web site: Year of Manufacture: 1965; Model Year: 1965/1966 Karmann-bodied coupe VIN: 450001-454470 Porsche-bodied coupe VIN: 350001-351970 Year of Manufacture: 1966; Model Year: 1966 Karmann-bodied coupe VIN: 454470 (sic)-458100 Porsche-bodied coupe VIN: 351971-353999 Frank 451326 |
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01-27-2009, 02:13 PM
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My info was from the factory.
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01-27-2009, 02:54 PM
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Yes, that list is fine as far as it goes, but they no longer list chassis numbers. Frank 451326 |
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01-28-2009, 10:14 AM
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1965 Porsche 912 Coupe
'66 Bastardization
Salvage Talon
pksystems 97 Talon TSi AWD
The little UTE that could.
2005 Legacy 2.5GT Wagon
