Price check: original alu ducktail

[vipergruen]

What do you think an original aluminium-framed ducktail is valued if in good original condition?
I hear that the NOS one that was for sale at elevenparts went for €7.5k/$10k, how much a normal, used one should be?
Would it fit on my 1974 2.7 carrera or were the 74 ones different (apart from the material of the frame) from the alu ones?
Thank you,
Andrea

[210bhp]

Andrea

This may help with some of your questions

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?t=466909


Regards
Mike

[Mr9146]

Aluminum framed?

Man, who knows ... I'd suspect at least $6-7K ... even in this economy. I know of a few steel framed ducks that sold between $3K and $4K in the last year.

I believe all the frames were the same except for the license plate light cutouts; the later frames had the impressions from the manufacturing stamps but were never cut out.

[v-8]

There was one for sale in Essen (Techno Classica) last week, in ALU, for Euro 4.500,- (ask price - it was there last year as well)

[RSTarga]

I'm afraid of getting rear ended now. I have an original 911r hood that I bought from Vasek Polack years ago. Any guesses at what it would go for? I used it on my S for awhile but it tended to bow in at high speed. They are very thin.

[vipergruen]

Finally, some photos!
Has been painted with way too much paint, but seems to me the real deal.
What do you guys think?
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Regards,
Andrea

[v-8]

With all the layers of paint, how are you going to determine whether it is an original part or just a very good replica ? I guess it all depends on the price.

I saw that Nick at Historika has one for sale (NOS), not sure how much he wants for it : http://www.historika.com/parts/details.asp?ProductID=74. But then you'd be certain.

[parced@telia.co]

The fiberglass has some issues, the outside is fine exxept for the mentioned missing holes and broken "tag". In my view it's not a great but a OK lid. You can actually hear if it's aluminium, take a finger and set a longer part of the frame in to vibration. You can the check with a steel lid. The feel is also rather different.

Get a nice new GP one for MUCH less money and get Turbo 3.3 brakes for your the rest of the money, just MHO and food for thought.

Regards (with 3.3s and GP)

[YTNUKLR]

if you can find a guy to make you a good steel replica out of a normal lid and a new fiberglass tail that would be best, IMHO. should not be more than $1500-2000 at most! and it will appear to be very correct and fit perfectly. then do the 3.3 turbo brakes or upgrade your suspension or change gear ratios with the money saved. especially because your car isn't a 73RS even though a great car nonetheless (it just doesn't command market value to warrant a EUR4.500 lid)

[Porsche-RSR]

Scott is correct, nowadays replica parts can almost be sold as original, there are very good replica parts on the market. A guy in the Netherlands did what Scott is telling, he let somebody make a ducktail with aluminum frame, used that one on his replica, and it fits 100%.

@V-8: Dick, there was an identical ducktail (panel) like the one from Historika on ebay.de last week. I guess, as ebay King, you should have bought this, right ?