1959 356 Coupe, 1600 Super, sold
1960 356 Roaster, race car, SCCA, sold
1960 356 Roadster, show car, sold.
1962 356 Cab, show car, sold.
1965 911 #301111, Red Book Vol 1 "Cover Car," owned 54 years.
1967 911 #307347, bare-bones, some road wear, a little surface rust, and a few dents..., owned 14 years.
1970 914/6GT, (Sold - ran the last three Rennsports)owned 30 years.
Photography Site: JohnStraubImageWorks.com
Registry #983
R Gruppe #741
Could of had one of those from Danny McLaughlin (A.I.R.) when I showed him my car at his Burbank shop when I first got it in '89...... Danny said.. "Wait, I know that car !!!" ..." I put those damn rear fenders on it back in '73, probably one of the first 5 I ever did" he then reached under my rear wheel well "And I did these early ones all wrong !!! ... I was 'lapping' them instead of 'butting' them until I learned better... Oh well"Got it at Dick Barbour Porsche. Still have it, but not on the car.
Never bought the valance but REAL glad I showed him the car...
Chuck Miller
Creative Advisor/Message Board Moderator - Early 911S Registry #109
R Gruppe #88
TYP901 #62
'73S cpe #1099 - Matched # 2.7/9.5 RS spec rebuild
'67 Malibu 327 spt cpe - Period 350 Rebuild
’98 Chevy S-10 – Utility
’15 GTI – Commuter
That rear panel looks sweet!
Here is another piece of extra equipment that probably wasn't very common.
I don't know if it was furnished by Porsche, but the photo was taken in 1973. Have never seen any other 911 with headlight wipers/flushers.
Trivia: The driver is the swedish king, Carl Gustaf, and the girl in the passenger seat his queen-to-be.
This is a great picture! The round large Durant mirrors were used also for model 1973 in case of mirrors at both sides (even at one side) and for a LHD car the right side mirror was moved to the back of the car -as on the picture- in order to see something. Often done wrong during restorations.
What I found strange is that also on the left side it was put to the back in this case. For reasons of symmetry? Or was it always the case in case of two mirrors?
My understanding is Sweden had unique regulations regarding the external rear view mirrors so what you see is probably the country configuration pertaining to that. From memory they had to have convex round durant mirror which I think was option m528 although probably just part of the Swedish country equipment bundle rather than the end-customer specified it. Sweden uniquely had two different mirror bases to be used in combination with the round mirror. These were a unique part for the right and left mirror. The convex mirror rather than tbe usual plain flat along with the unique mirror bases possibly allowed symmetrical position wrt the other side although having never driven a Swedish that is just an assumption. Open to be corrected by someone from Sweden or who has a car first delivered to Sweden. I think Swedis regulations required other features like the switches on dash had the over-rubbers abs the symbols often seen in North America which smaoxknof being an afterthought to safety regulations so not an elegant solution. A sop perhaps that might not have made much difference in a crash but presumably ticked a box but might not have made much of a different in an impact.
Having been the Group Director of Operations with accountabilities for a famous Marque sports ( as people who have held similar global operations oversight roles in engineering and manufacturing companies will know) there are all kinds of regulatory nuances by country / region but fortunately OEMs have knowledgable specialist staff that manage such things plus by my day the increased use of computers along with harmonisation of some standards eg across European countries probably made the task a bit easier to plan and manage than in the more traditional ways of working of 1970s
Steve
Could be my eyes but the antenna seems to switch sides, one do disappearing trick or be a twin pair on the king of Norway car photos? Electric and manual ?
1968 bosch industry movie about windscreen wiper systems…
https://youtu.be/1O1fwPlkY8M
„…..In the 1960s, as interest in auto safety grew, engineers began researching various headlamp cleaning systems. In late 1968, Chevrolet introduced high pressure fluid headlamp washers on a variety of their 1969 models. In 1970, Saab Automobile introduced headlight wipers across their product range. These operated on a horizontal reciprocating mechanism, with a single motor. They were later superseded by a radial spindle action wiper mechanism, with individual motors on each headlamp. In 1972, headlamp cleaning systems became mandatory in Sweden.“
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windscreen_wiper
59 750 pre unit triton
63 650 gray silver bikinitub triumph thunderbird
70 650 astralred silver triumph bonneville
65 912 slate gray "erwin"
73 914 ravennagreen "ferdl"
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