Ultimate R thread

[peekaboo]

gva-sfo

How strange , your CC de Wissembourg photo . That I brought to my 2nd to last post with the quotes feature . Shows when not signed in to the forum. But once signed in ...it disappears ? In any regard , It is just your Wissembourg photo you posted in Post #195....nothing special or new...just showing T-handle rear rubber tie downs on the Thiry car in 1970.

Since I brought it out , anyone know the story of the other type rear tie-downs . Just a type used by the owners of this particular car ? Seen elsewhere in the Porsche world ?

[911RFan]

The Targa Florio 911R is actually 911R 04. Porsche tended changed the license tags on their cars.

[gva-sfo]

OK, I read already few times that Porsche have done that, and not only with the R !
..but:
Could you share with us how do you know that the Targa Florio car was 004R ?
(Is 005R or 004R that was sold later to Joseph Siffert ? ..or, both ??)
Thanks a lot in advance

[911RFan]

Both were sold to Siffert, and used in the film Le Mans. You can tell the difference between 04 and 05: the back of the car. 05 had two reinforcement strips going down the rear window while 04 did not.

[Ernie W]

This photo shows the 908/02 "Flunder" taken at Porsche (1969 ?), behind it are 2 911R's parked side by side with what looks like plastic and tape covering the engine grills. Notice the R on the right, License plate S-K 2403 you can make out whats left of the Targa Florio start number. Also the exhaust pipes.

[Cornpanzer]

Appears that both of those cars had 4-cam motors in them at the time.

[Flieger]

Appears that both of those cars had 4-cam motors in them at the time.

How can you tell?

[Cornpanzer]

Note how the exhaust pipes have a wider spread than the normal R muffler. They are actually notched into the bumper corners.

[Ernie W]

Targa Florio R with 4-cam exhaust, and photos of #4R rear bumper taken at Rennsport, also 2 web photos of special exhaust.

[gva-sfo]

Back to a page 22 post: A right side photo, for Peekabo, of Vicky’s car (an R or not ?):



IMO, looking for example at the “A pilar side window”, it does not look like an R original type.