My '75 Euro-spec... Not an early car, but an early motor!
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My '75 Euro-spec... Not an early car, but an early motor!
Great shots Chris...:eek:
Good looking car TIM...:)
I will take an E like it any time, its so nice, i already have a small file of pics on this car, love the color.
Eric,nice car.The reason the previous owner change shifters is because the 1973 shifter is superior to the 1972 shifter.The 73 shifter is easier to shift and is stronger.Its more likely to miss a shift with the 72 than the 73.If I were you I would just leave it as is ,but keep the 72 shifter in its box in case you ever sell the car. Alot of 72 owners have made this upgrade.If you don't think that the 73 shifter is stronger,well there is a reason that the shift boot is much larger.
Hi Tim,
Your car looks a lot like Rob W.'s former '75 Carrera 2.7. Driving his Carrera back in 2002 really got me started down the path of '911 maddness'. Some good memories there.:)
Fry,
You've got good eyes. The green '75 is indeed the ex-Wolford car. She now lives in Vermont and still turns heads wherever she goes. If the early car people don't mind I will post some better pictures soon.
Tim
One way is to have as many as possible, in shape and color. I must admit that my cars are the most sorry looking omong the posted but I like them and they serve a purpose for me. And, by showing my cars a can let others shine ;-).
Last year I bought this - 72 S with my mind set to build a RS LWT replica. The chassi "could" have ended up as one of the prototyps #1423. My friend DrRSR of Los Gatos told me rather bluntly that he thought I was a fool "destroying" a Gulf Orange S.
This is what it looked like:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...SRestoring.jpg
DrRSR told me that we had to find another car to rebuild. So he found this:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...mmedskyllt.jpg
It was taken from the Bay Area this summer. This turned out so nice it has become my driver. It has nice sun taned paint. Was rebuilt during the 90:s. Strong and fun to drive.
So, what to do?
Last week I found this project. With a strong memory of the other -73 E/2.8 RSR seen on these pages I bought it. This will be my Racer. When all car are ready I will have one for every mood. A "garage queen", a car for driving to work and a weekend warrior. Alas, I have to find a big enough garage....
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...RSRproject.jpg
BTW, some cars leave a trail. A friend mailed my a photo of my S, from 1985!
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...st911kopia.jpg
My history goes like this, -67 S, -73 S, 968 CS/M30 (race), -72 S, -72 T and the current set. I must have a forgiving wife.....
I'm in the middle of cleaning and planning this 911 "sports purpose" 911T that I just (re) acquired a few weeks ago. I owned this car for four years in the early '90's, and just bought it back from the "caretaker" that I sold it to in 1995. It's going to be very original cosmetically (at least period original) but upgraded mechanically.
As you can tell, I've got a number of retro-fits to do, ie mirror, engine grille, horn grilles etc. Good news is the car came equipped with the right (for me) extras - sunroof, factory sport seats, 80% LSD, H1's, 380mm wheel, driving and fog lights, and f/r sway bars - almost all factory items.
Hopefully seeing the car will inspire some of you to go in your basements and help me locate all the original parts I need - engine grille, silver lens covers, chrome fog/horn grilles, mirror and 901 shift knob.
Thanks (hopefully the pictures worked)
That is a good-looking ride brother................
rick
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rtincher, i think i have a good shift knob, original.