I like the front lic. plate :eek:
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I like the front lic. plate :eek:
It looks like the factory must have supplied a 72 style ST METAL bumper WITH the trim after some damage to the original version (appears to also be in metal with the holes)....pretty amazing pics really. You have to wonder why this bumper would show up like this.
Gib
The ar in the top photo which appears to be a factory 72 clearly has the oil filler door. The next photo of car #317, does not appear to have a door which fits Hugh's comment that it was probably a 71.
I was not disagreeing with Hugh's comments or posting. I was pointing out that this 71 ST which had the earlier style (pre 72) front bumper in the first pic appears in 72 and 73 with a 72 style bumper, which apparently was metal with trim. I had thought that most STs had fiber glass front bumpers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cornpanzer
Gib
AGREED , up until a few months ago i though the same , then on the pelican site a guy came up with a set of front and rear geniune porsche s style ST metal bumpers ! so they exist
here's the link http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showt...ght=st+bumpers
Some years ago I bought what I thought was a very unusual bumper on ebay in Germany - it looked like a std '72/'73 front bumper but had flared ends ...
Apologies for the poor photos but at that time I wasn't very good at documenting (photographically) parts :
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2496/...35eccb6d_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2469/...5261fae3_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3463/...f665f843_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3439/...0ce1e623_o.jpg
I had never heard of a '72 ST metal front bumper so assumed it was a home-modification - eventually sold it to Russell Edmonds (Edmond Harris)
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I bought a Recaro ST seat approx. 10 years ago and it came with this mounting bracket that supports the seat (one front, one rear) between the tunnel and side rail seat mounting platforms. The unique feature is that it has legs made from the same tubing the main body is. The tubing is cut in half and then bent over on the end to form a foot, which rested on the floor pan. These tubes were fairly light and had some flex, so this was an effort to provide additional support....maybe for a heavier driver...They appear to have the same welds as the end pieces, and since they are the same material in thickness and appearance, I tend to believe they were mounted at the time the original brackets were made.
Anyone else seen these?
Gib
Here is proof positive of the factory practice of using fiber glass fenders and front bumper on STs. We knew they did, but this is pretty dramatic proof. I think this is a 70 or 71 pic.
Gib
The tyre tread in the first pic is how they used to make a "road legal" slick tyre. They cut 3 or 4 grooves round the tyre across its width, which gave it "tread" .