This is an original never used 1968 911 driver's manual, it is not from Porsche Classic, it is the original. This printing had a blue stripe instead of orange, no idea why.
As new, $400 US delivered. My email is cs8815 at aol dot com.
This is an original never used 1968 911 driver's manual, it is not from Porsche Classic, it is the original. This printing had a blue stripe instead of orange, no idea why.
As new, $400 US delivered. My email is cs8815 at aol dot com.
Nobody gets the 67-68 manuals right because of the dates. It is very simple, blue strip for 1967 model and orange strip for 1968.
thank you, 66S.
i was about to raise the same issue.
I know the colors:-)
I thought about it being a 67, I don't have another one to compare it to. The colors would be right for 67, but it would be the only manual I've ever seen with a print date from the next model year. I guess it would also be the only one I've seen with the wrong colors:-)
I read through it, it's probably 67, the gauges........the photos are black and white, but they look like green gauges, I think 68 would be white.
However it says edition IV/68 which means April 1968.
It cannot be a manual for 1967..its for the second half of 1968 and I beleive both 67 and 68 manuels also came with blue strip. Maybe a 67 blue strip is more rare than a 67 blue strip. The edition date is imo the only valid proof. If it says 4/68 its indeed 4/68.
As for the content, its was common to reuse older pics from a previous manual (or brochure).
So its possible a 1968 manual shows interior pics from 1967 cars and earlier. They did not redo all pics for each new manual year. For example the 1971 manual shows a pic with the jack located in the front compartment…but which is clearly a 1965/66 car...
Last edited by 911T1971; 09-05-2015 at 01:58 AM.
Registry member No.773
edition date is not model year. If it has this section about adjusting sealed beam headlights it is for 68 models I would think, like this X-67 911L manual (orange strip). There are a lot of mistakes in the content and photos of these manuals, not the qaulity you might expect.
Last edited by 66S; 09-05-2015 at 03:28 AM.
I've had a lot of these manual and Rick is 100% spot on. You check the rim size and it will say, 4.5JX15...67 and there is a host of other items that point to 67, people just need to take the time to read.Originally Posted by 911T1971
Last edited by juche_namja; 09-06-2015 at 02:08 AM.
Jim
Too many Porsches and one VW are starting to fill up my desert landscape.
https://www.instagram.com/1967s_307184s/
And why it says edition 4/68. People then dont take the time to read that too ?
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Inside it might cover 1967 cars but if you have a 67 model year car, no way it came with a manual printed in April 1968.
It might be a period factory reprint/aftersale manual printed in April 1968 aimed for 1967 model year cars as the cover might hints (agree, who knows) but again, it was originally not given out with a car built in model year 1967 (10/66 - 7/67).
Or, its content does reveils its for 1968 model year, then it has an unique cover.
Of all literature I have, true is content is not always related to the specific model year within specific period literature item. However, never a printing edition date was wrong and especially never dated for the immediate future.
Good luck with the sale.
Last edited by 911T1971; 09-05-2015 at 05:44 AM.
Registry member No.773
I think the print date is irrelevant it covers 67 cars, it's a 67 manual. As in Reprint.
Last edited by juche_namja; 09-06-2015 at 02:09 AM.
Jim
Too many Porsches and one VW are starting to fill up my desert landscape.
https://www.instagram.com/1967s_307184s/
There have been a lot of questions and comments showing conflicts of data. As others have said, the blue stripe cover was/is correct for 1967 model year, and the information inside tends to suggest '67, as well. The only contradiction is the edition date inside the cover.
I've been doing some research, and i do NOT claim to have a final answer, but there is one answer that would cover the contradiction between edition date and contents -- it could be a factory replacement manual. Porsche people around here have suggested that, sometimes, people bought used '67 Porsches which did not have an owner's manual, and it would be common for those owners to buy a new owner's manual from the Porsche dealer. A correct factory replacement manual would have the blue stripe on the cover and could easily have been printed in April, 1968.
As such, it would be a factory re-print, which is similar to factory replacement parts, engine cases, etc. For my own opinion, it would clearly not be a pirate copy -- no one would have faked an 'original' manual by putting on the wrong date, unless they just really enjoyed arguments over authenticity.
I'm not sure how a concourse judge would score a nice car with this owner's manual, but the "Edition IV/68" date would still be 'correct' but not necessarily 'original,' in the most utterly technical sense of the word. Personally, it would takes some serious 'obsessive/compulsive' behavior to dismiss this manual.
IMHO, it's a nice piece. I hope it sells. There has certainly been a thorough discussion. Good luck 88CS. I hope this returns your ad to a "for sale" status.
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