1973 E italian delivery

[gdj911]

does anyone know what that would include or be different from a standard 73E 911 targa?
thank you,

[moito]

have had an italian 73S ..it did not have headrests (normal seats)..the holes were pluged...dont know if headrests were special order in italy..have seen pics of that car taken when new...it did not have them .

[gdj911]

thanks, did it come with plastic RS fuel tank/spare tire?

[911T1971]

turning lights (front)
rear mirror (exterior)
safety belts

Safety laws differed in Europe, headrest and safety belts not mandatory or got introduced individually for each country.

[gdj911]

my car has the plastic RS 100 litre fuel cell and spare tire.
would that have been special order...it's not on the coa?
thank you,

[HughH]

My 1973E was Australian spec, not European / Italian and it has a plastic 85 lire tank and space saver tire as standard spec. therefore it is not on an option list on coa
I thought that most, if not all, ROW E and S cars in 1973 (not sure about T's) had the plastic tank as standard and thus would not have been on a COA. However that would have varied from country to country as I believe the UK did not have them because their safety laws did not allow it.

[edmayo]

my car has the plastic RS 100 litre fuel cell and spare tire.
would that have been special order...it's not on the coa?
thank you,

Can you show us a picture? I'd be more inclined to think it was the 85 liter version.

[patrick911]

Hi gdj911,

my car was originally delivered in Italy and over the years (thanks to similar threads like this - see below) I have found the following differs as part of C07 (Country code Italy delivery):

- front light housing "A" (small orange and large white area) [option 34];
- no hazard switch [option 37];
- headlamp flasher combined with driving light (position 1 = position 2) [447];
- different horn;
- No seatbelts;
- No rearview external mirror [option 486].

There's other oddities, for example: my steering wheel is rubber with fake stitching and the larger square rearview exterior (flag) mirror, but I have the standard fueltank (standard for 'T' was 62L; 'E'&'S' should have 85) and the car came with head-rests.
Mine also came with Pirelli tires and 6x15" fuchses, but those were separately listed on the cardex/CoA.

For years I've been trying to find out what exactly C07 entails, but to no avail. What complicates matters is that in order to compete in a tough market, Porsche was offering the cars in Italy as cheap as possible; hence the delivery without mirrors & seatbelts. When mirrors did get mandatory later in the seventies, i guess (but that's only a guess) is that people went back to the dealer and got the later my74 flag mirrors fitted because they had those in store.

Enjoy further reading:
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[Michael Meldrum]

Cheers for the info, once again you guys are a great resource!

Hi gdj911,

my car was originally delivered in Italy and over the years (thanks to similar threads like this - see below) I have found the following differs as part of C07 (Country code Italy delivery):

- front light housing "A" (small orange and large white area) [option 34];
- no hazard switch [option 37];
- headlamp flasher combined with driving light (position 1 = position 2) [447];
- different horn;
- No seatbelts;
- No rearview external mirror [option 486].

There's other oddities, for example: my steering wheel is rubber with fake stitching and the larger square rearview exterior (flag) mirror, but I have the standard fueltank (standard for 'T' was 62L; 'E'&'S' should have 85) and the car came with head-rests.
Mine also came with Pirelli tires and 6x15" fuchses, but those were separately listed on the cardex/CoA.

For years I've been trying to find out what exactly C07 entails, but to no avail. What complicates matters is that in order to compete in a tough market, Porsche was offering the cars in Italy as cheap as possible; hence the delivery without mirrors & seatbelts. When mirrors did get mandatory later in the seventies, i guess (but that's only a guess) is that people went back to the dealer and got the later my74 flag mirrors fitted because they had those in store.

Enjoy further reading:
link 1
link 2
link 3

[mimimemegna]

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