Fender Extensions Prototypes

[Eric Gratz]

These photos of prototype fender extensions sold on the auction site Ni-Cola back in 2019. Does anyone know more about them?

[moito]

i used to work in a (automotiv)design agency for 10 years as a clay and hard modeller

this car looks pretty much like a car(in the making) for a design presentation.

obvously it did not convince(i wonder how both design proposals made it through the clay phase)---lucky us

[_gonbau]

thanks for sharing! I had seen one of these photos or two, but not the whole development!
What was this vehicle made for? Were they going to try to market a similar vehicle to the "people" (without installing kits) or was it one of the "evolution/prototype" offshoots of a "other model" newer than a 72 that didn't see the light of day?
I mean, did they try to develop a vehicle that was already built in that shape or were they testing an M?

[70SATMan]

Not even one complete concept because the flares are different one side to the other. I see gas burners in the background. Could be as late as 73. Timing is weird because I’d have thought that RSR designs would have been decided by then. Looking at the size of the Fuchs, this could be RSR body studies.

[moito]

Not even one complete concept because the flares are different one side to the other..

this is how it is done in cardesign...two designs on one car

[_gonbau]

Not even one complete concept because the flares are different one side to the other. I see gas burners in the background. Could be as late as 73. Timing is weird because I’d have thought that RSR designs would have been decided by then. Looking at the size of the Fuchs, this could be RSR body studies.

That's what I thought, but without saying it...

[Eric Gratz]

My first thought was that it was an RSR styling study as well. It looks to have been a mock up moved into the parking lot for pictures in daylight. The passenger side reminds me of the flares that Porsche used to convert the 924 to a 944. The driver side study is a little odd, but probably looked better on paper.

[patrick911]

A few of these pictures (#3 and #4) appear in the RS book by Konradsheim (p192); there they are referred to as mock ups for the 1973 RS/RSR fenders

[_gonbau]

thank you! I think I had seen that book and maybe there where I saw some photos of this car! I can see from some photos that they didn't bother to tin lead the flare solder

[70SATMan]

i used to work in a (automotiv)design agency for 10 years as a clay and hard modeller
,,,,lucky us

That would have been my dream job!