What happend to the "If the dealer changed something when the car was new" thread?

[Frank Beck]

What gives?

[Chuck Miller]

WOW... it had me.....

Looking it up in 'General Forum' it seems E. (as the thread starter) PM'd Peter to take off.....

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[Frank Beck]

That was an excellent topic!

[John Straub]

Yep...oh well...

I thought I was losing it! I looked all over for it...

John

[72targa]

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[Fishcop]

We had an interesting one in Australia not long ago... What happens when the dealer makes an S out of an E

http://www.typ901.org/showthread.php...ight=911e+911s

[Frank Beck]

We had an interesting one in Australia not long ago... What happens when the dealer makes an S out of an E

http://www.typ901.org/showthread.php...ight=911e+911s

What a mess. And Eric thinks he has a conundrum.
"Did things differently" I guess!

Me thinks the dealer "standard" at the time was something along the lines of "as long as there isn't another car that shares this exact serial number, we can "build" anything we want after the fact".

Imagine the ramifications if someone bought a second-hand 2.7 RS 35 years that was built under similar circumstances and owned it all this time without questioning its provenance?

[Jim Breazeale]

Frank said "Imagine the ramifications if someone bought a second-hand 2.7 RS 35 years that was built under similar circumstances and owned it all this time without questioning its provenance?"

He would have a car that is currently worth much more than he paid. Maybe not 7 figures, though.

Ciao

Jim

[Frank Beck]

It wouldn't matter Jim.

The basic human condition of greed would probably preclude any feelings by the owner that he's "still lucky".

And perhaps more importantly: Imagine the embarrassment and humiliation that would go with it?

"Hell hath no fury like a rich dude scorned."

[Silverbullit]

In late 1973 I was working parts at a Porsche dealership in S.F Bay Area. Fellow came in, bought a yellow '74 911S, and proceeded to instruct us to turn it into an RSR. Being a parts guy, I ordered much of the stuff. I remember steel flares, bumpers, front spoiler with cooler provision, cooler, 9" and 11" gold BBS rims, torsion bars, sway bars, and shocks. Inside, a steering wheel, tach, and beige Recaro seats. The motor was pulled and sent out for a 2.8 'RSR' conversion, and the tranny got short gears. Then it was painted burgundy. I thought it was utter bastardization. An 'S' then was around $12k, this one topped $20k, a staggering amount in 1973 Porsche-dom. The guy wrote a check. Turned out he was Saudi's Prince Faisal, then attending Stanford just up the road. Yep, dealers did a lot as long as the customer paid.