That engine boss looks like it has been thinned out before the engine number was
Stamped.
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That engine boss looks like it has been thinned out before the engine number was
Stamped.
#0936 - maybe fake acc. SCM Dec 2020/ - Legal Files, page 50
Original SCM-text except: „Based on P***’s allegations, and despite some confusing language in his court filings, we suspect that Mr. P*** bought a fake 1973 Carrera RS, based on a G-Series donor car. A deceitful shop could have fairly easily backdated that tub into a long-hood, low bumper F-Series car and built it out as a 1973 Carrera RS in(based upon the auction listing photos) an also-incorrect-for-the-car Lightweight configuration
Best
Wolf
Hi Wolf,
What makes you think it a fake?
Regards,
Cees
Sports Car Market Dec 2020 - Legal Files, page 50
After reading the SCM article once more, I want to add my personal opinion to this case.
SCM claims, due to the fact that the RS was (re)built from a G-series(tub) to an F-series car, in connection with essential parts that were built in and which do not match the original, that #0936 could/would be a " fake ".
However, there is still the possibility that #0936, like many other RS, was upgraded to a G-series car in the late 1970s and that was the reason for the modifications regarding to the tub. Later the RS may have been possibly converted back to its original F-Series configuration, although many original parts were of course missing and certain modifications to the chassis were no longer revised.
That's why I changed my original text afterwards and wrote "maybe" fake, as I cannot judge whether SCM's assessment could be correct or not.
Rear latch panel?
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Here the VIN stamping...genuine to me. I would like to see the LHS shock tower, there is a tell tale wether the tun is from a G model and that picture I do not have.
Cees
I have no access to the car, just some old pictures