Travel Kit

[brookedale091462]

Travel kits, as well as other special order parts are rarely a good idea. If you are buying the travel kit as a reproduction ask why you want it. If you just do and you don't care about price then go for it. If you
are doing it to show the car then a reproduction will only help at the neighborhood show. If you take it to a concours and do not have an original you may as well leave it in your garage. There was a time when collecting unique and special order parts made sense. In todays world of $50,000 Rudge wheels for a 300SL and $25,000 luggage for 1,200 unit production Ferraris they are at best a breakeven.
With that, it you just like the look of a reproduction chrome luggage rack then go for it. Just don't look at it as an investment.

In my opinion, finding an original travel kit bag, even if partially missing is very important as I haven't seen any reproduction travel kit bags that look very good at all. The particular contents of any travel bag can probably be eventually found as they are regular maintenance items... the "bag" is the hard part.

Regards,
Eric

[Xavier PJB]

One is described here :
https://www.facebook.com/pg/CVluxury...52754567615931

[doigthom]

Tough thing to find is the maroon vinyl fuse pouch. Nobody seems to be reproducing any more.

[Steve Unterman]

As long as we're getting into esoterica here I've got a few questions for the experienced. Is the fuel pump kit for early 911s with Solex carbs the same as the one for late 356s with Solex carbs or is the kit different since these are dual pumps? When did the spark plugs connectors change from the long straight ones to ones with the L connector at the top? Finally, did the early 911 travel kits come with the PORSCHE shop towel with the blue lines and if so when were these phased out?

Thanks,
Steve

[NeunElf]

As long as we're getting into esoterica here I've got a few questions for the experienced. Is the fuel pump kit for early 911s with Solex carbs the same as the one for late 356s with Solex carbs or is the kit different since these are dual pumps? When did the spark plugs connectors change from the long straight ones to ones with the L connector at the top? Finally, did the early 911 travel kits come with the PORSCHE shop towel with the blue lines and if so when were these phased out?

Thanks,
Steve

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My understanding is the diaphragms are the same but the metal bit in the diaphragm which attaches the diaphragm to the mechanism is different.

Ed Fall at Vintage Werks LLC says he can take the hardware from an existing tandem pump and fasten it to late 356/912 fuel pump diaphragms in order to overhaul a tandem pump. I think last I asked Ed he said it was between $100 and $200 to rebuild a pump. Some day I have to take him up on it.

The pumps are being reproduced for $1,741.91, $1,645.00, or $1,410.74 so the diaphragms must exist, somewhere. You could beg Stoddard.

Road & Race has a used pump for sale for a mere $999.99. You could mount that on your car (if you're willing to fight with its bottom bolt) and send a pump to Ed Fall.

[steve shea]

The blue lines first appeared in the 356A era. Phased out in the T5/T6 I'm assuming.

[Flunder]

The sticker on the plastic bag shows part number 901 721 xx04 TASCHEN
I bought this to put in the helmet boxes of a Hot Rod but it has been sitting in the spares box instead.
Looks to be reasonably complete but I know nothing about Travel Kits.
Maybe Eric, Steve, Karim and others would provide comments.
Thanks!

[Steve Unterman]

Looks like an interesting kit. I'm not knowledgeable enough to know what year car this would go with. One question - I was under the impression that the gaskets always came in a flat brown cardboard box. Is that not necessarily the case? Hope you get some interesting responses.

Steve

[NeunElf]

The sticker on the plastic bag shows part number 901 721 xx04 TASCHEN
I bought this to put in the helmet boxes of a Hot Rod but it has been sitting in the spares box instead.
Looks to be reasonably complete but I know nothing about Travel Kits.
Maybe Eric, Steve, Karim and others would provide comments.
Thanks!

There's no travel kit part number in my SWB parts catalog which could match 901.721.xxx.04. The parts numbers it shows are:

• 901.721.901.02 for 911 up to Program A (Solex Carburetors)
• 901.721.901.08 for 911 up to Program A (Weber Carburetors)
• 901.721.903.02 for 911 S up to Program A
• 901.721.905.00 for 911 TU from Program A, Marelli ignition
• 901.721.906.00 for 911 L from Program A
• 901.721.907.00 for 911 S from Program A
• 901.721.908.00 for 911 USA from Program A
• 901.721.909.00 for 911 TU from Program A, Bosch ignition

Maybe somebody with the next [hardcopy] 911 parts catalog in the series can find a match.

A few things that might help narrow it down:

• That looks like a set of Bosch breaker points
• I don't see any carburetor gaskets. MFI? EFI?
• I think 12 stud exhaust valve covers came in 1970. How many holes are in your exhaust valve cover gaskets?

Clutch cables changed several times. See

• 901.423.401.01 Clutch Cable, fits 911 1965-1969
• 901.423.210.01 Clutch Cable, fits 911 1970-1971
• 911.423.401.00 Clutch Cable, Fits 911 1972-1974