Was Porsche still building a few 1972 model years cars after they started production of 1973 model year?
Just looking at a couple 911t's on ebay the 1972 car shows build date 7/72 while the 1973 car shows 6/72.
See the door jam VIN decals below:
Was Porsche still building a few 1972 model years cars after they started production of 1973 model year?
Just looking at a couple 911t's on ebay the 1972 car shows build date 7/72 while the 1973 car shows 6/72.
See the door jam VIN decals below:
Last edited by srogebry; 10-27-2014 at 08:54 AM.
Model years MY usually started after the factory summer holidays in early August lasting two weeks, ie July "7" or June "6" built date is still within the old/previous model year.
However, several cars of the upcoming model year were known built in the previous model year, like a RoW May 1971 built 2.4l model (ex Siffert) or May 72 built 2.7l (RS) model sold by Bonhams and a few others. Those were usually prototypes or factory cars.
Last edited by 911T1971; 10-27-2014 at 11:31 AM.
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Does the chassis VIN match the sticker? I have a hard time believing that any of the prototypes were made to conform to US standards.
David
'73 S Targa #0830 2.7 MFI rebuilt to RS specs
These are the links to the 2 911t's I am referring to:
Yellow 1973
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Porsche-911-...US_Cars_Trucks
Ivory 1972
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Porsche-911-...US_Cars_Trucks
Yellow car emissions sticker is 8/72 not 6/72 and is one of the first 300 for '73 model year, so makes sense to me.
Mike Fitton # 2071
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The white one is really rough.
Richard Newton
Ah, 8/72 does make sense, my eye saw a 6/72. Thank you for correcting that.
I was curious how the 300th one could have been built in June. I have the 23rd 911S coupe built for MY73 built 8/72.
My car has door sticker showing 07/72, is number 21 of the model year & was US delivered. Not sure what constitutes a prototype but a very early build before the summer holidays & delivered to US standards.Originally Posted by RSTarga
MY 73 2.4S
Our posts coincided! How funny that the 21st & 23rd 911s coupes in MY73 have different build dates on door sticker. Mine was silver (now black) without sunroof.
MY 73 2.4S
My car was originally silver as well. So that makes #21, 22 and 23 all silver cars.
The door sticker on my car is missing, most likely removed during the paint job 20+ years ago so I don't have the actual build date (not on my COA). Now that I see that 911S #20 and your car #21 both have 7/72 printed on the original door sticker I will assume my car must also be a 7/72. European collectables had 9113300021 a few years ago but there are no pictures of the door jamb sticker.
Would this build date of 7/72 imply the factory started production of the 73 911S before the summer holiday?
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