Special early 1964 features on 1965 cars

I have a theory that early 912 were made with earlier 911 bodies but held until summer, july/august so they could sell through most of the 356 before releasing them.

concerning the 911/912 chassis.
the delivery of the 912 started 5th april 1965, first only to european dealers.

that letter is great!

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Originally Posted by earlyaircooled

I have car #717 it is signal red. I have some features that I think might be interesting, not sure if they have been added yet. My car has snaps on top of mounts in the floor boards, I think these are for snapping the floor mats in place so they dont slide around. I also have luggage strap holders in the front trunk. I noticed and I think it is original black paint behind the front horn grills, can anyone else see that on their early cars? Also has anyone else mentioned that the carpet is bordered by cloth, not vinyl. I have leather shift and emergency brake boots, tall deck lid grill, black under deck lid grill, 911 badge on glove box and deck lid. Also when did chrome wheels become standard? I think some early cars had painted wheels. Attachment 328749

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Hi EAC,
with the help of another forum member (TXS!) I found that the carpet hold on snaps is a 1964 item for sure. You should have 11 snaps. I would guess your car got one of the last floors like this, mine does not have it (700). Anybody with a number <717 help!

Txs, J

my car has 8 snaps, 4 on each side, two for the front and two for each of the back floor mats. Were would the extra 3 snaps be? Maybe in the middle tunnel area?

driver and passenger sides in the back 2 each
driver side front 2
passengerside front 4 (2 at the seat like at drivesr side) and 2 diagonal in the very front area
one on the tunnel, I think just behind the handbrake lever

Two snaps are on the wood passenger foot support board. Later a pair of the metal tab holders were used on the passenger side (for the leather carpet holds).

The 8 supports on the floor to hold the carpet snaps are an indication the floor sheet metal is original. The snap screw hole just behind the emergence brake lever is evidence the tunnel is original to the car. All carpet replaced during the last 50 years missed it even being there. Only us few guys owning early cars know it should be there, and what to look for when seeing original carpet.

Here is the snap behind the emergency brake area Attachment 331183

My car is a US car (Oregon) and went into dry storage around 1980 so it is very solid, mostly surface rust, here is the battery area after a few minutes with a wire brush and a vacume

Attachment 331184

do you have the foot rest board also for passenger side?

Don't know if this will help, but here is what #301111 has. Four on each side and one behind the E-brake. This also shows the padding on the floor.

John

Attachment 331190