1973 911s

[Biancaneve]

... digging in my archive I found #0429 before restoration ... quite a change!

[Eminence Gris]

Body panels look arrow-straight. Beautiful car. Nothing said here (other than overriders) is more than a few minutes work to swap out. The main thing is to drive and enjoy it! Congratulations. A 3-year wait would have been tough to bear.

[steve shea]

On the blue interior thread there is a photo of original 73 sport seats in what looks like leather. They have D headrests.

[jussy1254]

On the blue interior thread there is a photo of original 73 sport seats in what looks like leather. They have D headrests.

So when were the 'peanuts' introduced? Is Tony at Autobahn an authority on this?

I see 72/73 they were changed from Ds

[steve shea]

I do not know when but can say from my own ownership, the following. 72S leather stock seats had D, 72S vinyl sport seats had D, 73S vinyl sport seats had peanut, 73S leather/perf stock seats had D, my current 73S vinyl stock seats/madras inserts has D. All of these cars were original, bought a long time ago, 80's and 90's. That is all I know. I think Eric Linden is up to speed on this as much as anyone. I would ask Eric.

[91133]

In fact, the US law took effect on September 1, 1972 for newly manufactured cars.

In 1971, the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued the country's first regulation applicable to passenger car bumpers.
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 215 (FMVSS 215), "Extra Protection", took effect on 1 September, 1972- when most automakers would begin producing their model year 1973 vehicles.
The standard prohibited functional damage to specified safety-related components such as headlamps and fuel system components
when the vehicle is subjected to barrier crash tests at 5 miles per hour (8 km/h) for front and 2.5 miles per hour (4 km/h) for rear bumper systems.
The requirements effectively eliminated automobile bumper designs that featured integral automotive lighting components such as tail lights.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bumper_(automobile)

Jon B.
Vista, CA

I suspect that as with most things Porsche there are variables at play in the actual processes and parts vis a vis the paperwork at a factory and dealer level - have you seen one of the early 73 Targas with the internal body parts from the 72 oelklappe cars? - but what I do know is that my car which was the 235th T produced in MY 1973 came with the non foam small black horns and this post from Harvey W who was at Niello at the time seems to confirm they retro-fitted after 1 January (when the law came into effect in terms of sales)...fascinating stuff.

As Brian pointed out the 73.5 refers to the T changeover to CIS. The rest of the 73 smaller production line changes (horns, decals, seat bolts etc) were through out the models.

Only the very early cars had the metal bumperetts and not related to the CIS or the Ts. Each dealer recieved about one or two ? before the rubber bumperetts took over. It is difficult to find and original 73 car that had the metal bumperetts as many were "updated" even before delivery. I have seen a 72 that had the rubber ones installed as soon as they were available (to look like a 73) So much for originality.....
H

Cheers,
Mark

[Eminence Gris]

I had heard the peanuts were used on some leather seats, but again, the Porsche world is full of variables.

Data point: I have a pair of peanut headrests that came to me without seats and they are leather. So at some point, I suspect they were paired with leather upholstery as they are clearly clad in factory-quality covering...

[70SATMan]

So when were the 'peanuts' introduced? Is Tony at Autobahn an authority on this?

I see 72/73 they were changed from Ds

I've only seen the Peanut headrests starting in 72 but, who knows, could have been a few late 71s that received them. There are other late 71 cars that started receiving 72MY items like the side mirror. Having said that, I've only seen the peanuts on vinyl seats. I was schooled long ago that the D headrests came on the later 72/73 seats if they were supplied in leather.

That is why I asked what was on your COA. As for experts, you aren't going to find many better than the many members of this board.

[Dmill]

Sorry Biencaneve.......#429 is not quite finished.....the car pictured is NOT #429....but I sure hope 429 looks as nice as this car when we are done....hopefully soon

[Harvey Weidman]

The real 5 MPH bumper law came into effect in 1974 when the requirement was for a recoverable design to reduce the costs.
The earlier law was more about protecting the lights for safety reasons. Porsche didn't have lights in the bumpers at that time so it didn't apply.
The change to the foam bumper guards was a stop gap, learning lesson for Porsche and probably satisfied the DOT.
The Sept 72 requirement as previously stated was for date of production, not date of delivery.
As I said, most dealers got 1 or 2 that were made earlier than Sept 72........With the dipped style black metal guards.
And I'm sure that date wasn't carved in stone......
H