Odd tire/capacity sticker for early '72 T

[Arne]

I've started looking for replacement engine compartment stickers for my car. Early '72, build 8/71. I actually have the original tire and capacity sticker, but it's not in great shape.

But I haven't found any that are exactly like mine. The closest generally available (from Porsche and various others) looks OK at first glance, until you notice that the tire pressures and vehicle capacity don't match the original from my car.

New -- (This picture from Aase - https://www.aasesales.com/collection...b52-17i-102640)



Mine --



I've corresponded with Car-Bone on it, was told they know of this version, and even made a small run of it, but then saw it had a typo and the whole batch was scrapped. They are not sure when they might get back to this one. My fear is that if the demand for it is small, maybe they won't bother?

Any other ideas? Sources to check? Or should I just go with the easily available version despite the different numbers?

[beaker]

Arne --- I have purchased very nice engine bay stickers from Canford Classics in UK. Correct aluminum ones.

Your car is looking amazing!!

David

[frederik]

Interestingly the “standard” sticker set from Aase (which is on my car) shows that 26/29 is the pressure for the US; 29/34 is for EU. Edit: it’s an even bigger difference at 31/34.

[RSTarga]

It is for speeds over 200Kmph

Happy Days!

[72t4tom]

the way it was explained to me was the lower psi was for regular driving & higher psi was for high speed

[Arne]

the way it was explained to me was the lower psi was for regular driving & higher psi was for high speed

True, which is why many US T's didn't get the higher pressure sticker. Or so I believe.

[dirk07]

Arne,

my 8/71 shows similar sticker, no A/C

[Arne]

Ahh! Thanks, Dirk. So the A/C can be ruled out as a reason. Since your car has the same build date as mine, and (as I recall) yours is also a US-spec car, perhaps it is simply a date/market thing.

There were numerous changes to MY '72 cars around 12/71, I now wonder if this is one of those. But if so, you'd think this sticker would be a bit more common than it appears to be.

[Arne]

Got an email from Scott, Operations Mgr. at Canford Classics. They do offer a plate of this version. The data is correct. The font is a bit different, most noticeable in the lower case Ts and Ls. But that's probably not a deciding issue, as the new plates from Porsche don't have the correct font either.

Scott also noted that his plate has the brushed, semi-matte gold finish that he called "original" rather than the shiny, gloss finish that he notes that most other repro plates have. Of course, the original from my car is the gloss finish. So obviously the original finishes from the factory were not 100% consistent.

I've ordered one, will report back when it arrives.