Hi All
does any one know of a RHD Viper Green UK imported 73 2.4S coupe? I owner this car when I was young and nieve and and have been beating myself up for selling it. I believe it came to Australia early 1980s I owned it from 1986 to about 1988.
Cheers Graeme
VIN? Than might ease the search ...
There lies the conundrum 25 years latter I dont have any details which is sad. I have tried a number of sources Ie IAn Hamilton whom serviced it but to no avail.
I believe there were only 6 73 2.4s cars in Australia does ther registry have a more accurate figure?
Hi Graeme. I suggest you track down Hugh Hodges via the Australian TYP901 registry website - http://typ901.org/ - he is a veritable encyclopedia on Australian-delivered cars - seriously freaky & very helpful! ;)
Hi Mark
Great many thank for the suggestion. It appears I need to join the Registry to contact him.
Graeme
i only have details of the cars ordered and delivered via Hamilton's the official Porsche distributor for Australia (and New Zealand for a lot of the time in the early years)
there were 9 1973MY 2.4S coupes delivered here and another 6 targas. Only one of the Coupes was viper green.
there were also 6 1972MY 2.4 S coupes delivered, again only one in viper - which was a "special" car as it was converted to RS specs by the local Porsche people using factory parts including 2.8 P&C before delivery to the first owner (a "special friend of the factory").
however i dont have records of cars privately imported since then which your car seems to have been if it was originally a UK car. So sorry i cant help on that side.
which state was thew car sold into Graeme?
I see that you have spoken to Ian Hamilton - so is it NSW?
Justin
[QUOTE=HughH;688791]Graeme
.... again only one in viper - which was a "special" car as it was converted to RS specs by the local Porsche people using factory parts including 2.8 P&C before delivery to the first owner (a "special friend of the factory"). ....
which, for the record, I think is this one (4th row, 4th along)
http://www.classicthrottleshop.com/soldcars.htm
Paul
close. but i dont think so
you could always tell the Pat Burke car by the very custom RSR front spoiler that was drilled on both sides under the headlights / horn grills for extra cooling airflow. you can see them in the first pic. although the last time i saw this car a year or two ago it had both a standard front spoiler and engine lid disguising its old profile
this sort of change (or a color change) makes it hard to keep track of a car except by the numbers
close ... even got the right shop ... but a miss is as good as a mile !!
thanks for the pictures - good looking beast isn't it !