1974 Special Edition, Need Help

Rob Baylor · 08:42 AM

My wife just bought a 1974 Special Edition 914 or so we think. Does anyone know how we can tell if this is a real special edition or not. It has swaybars front and rear, center console, leather wrapped steering wheel, and the two tone paint. The wheels are missing but a mahle spare was in the trunk. The bumbers are painted black instead of yellow. Is there somewhere I can go to find the vin numbers of the cars that were produced? Thanks for the help.

DDS · 05-05-2002, 09:10 AM

Would the paint code rivetted to the front drivers' door post be the place to check?

Rob Baylor · 05-05-2002, 09:25 AM

The paint code onthe door is L 04 I. Which is for black and that is the base color. Is there a special code for the special edition cars?

Dave at Pelican Parts · Dave at Pelican Parts's Garage

I believe that the paint code was usually (always??) the trim color. On a black LE car, that would be yellow, probably L13M.

You can also write PCNA and get a "certificate of authenticity" which will definitively state if it's an LE car or not. For details, see: http://www.dgi.net/914/tech/authenticity.html

The LE cars were taken from the general pool of bodies available at the time--they tend to have serial number that fall into a range, but not everything in that range is an LE.

--DD