Birth of a 911

[SWBS]

Charlie White posted this link on the 356 Registry website today. Perhaps here you'll find original photos of that '71 Targa which is languishing in your barn waiting for a resto....

http://members.aol.com/zenith356c/Bi...11Porsche.html

Jim

[Zeke]

I can' t find my Red Book, but those build numbers look high to me. Anyone know if they did, in fact build 11,000 911s in '71 including over 2000 S's?

[RickS]

Thanks for sharing. The most comprehensive shots I have seen yet.

[gulf908]

Thanks for this posting.
My 2.2S was made in February 1971.It is a silver RHD car with a sunroof that went to the UK until 1979.
911 130 0760 - is that you in the 9th picture ??

Cheers,
Dennis.

[YTNUKLR]

Zeke, yes they did build that many! S coupes numbered in the 1400s, S targas in the 700s I believe. In 1972, they made, according to the Vierte Tur Klub (4 door club), 12,962 911s.

[nick-moss]

Putting on the heat exchangers..........!

Stange looking exhaust on the top bank, but a standard heat exchanger on the bottom. I guess they had a custom system for dyno testing?

[gruen911]

And no one was wearing hair nets or rubber gloves on the assembly line??!
Thanks for posting the link Sam. I love these old factory pic's. It helps take some of the myth away from the cars. I would have liked to have worked on the assembly line for a few months back then just to judge for myself how much German pride went into building these cars. Or maybe just to get an employee discount....

[rick2]

These photos make me want to strip my car to bare metal and start over.

[rst73]

That long header pipe is for a 914-6 they would run the engine on the dyno with 911 heater boxes. After the dyno run in the headers would be changed, gear box installed to the engine then the assembly was shipped to Karmann who built the 914 for Volkwagen. Hope this helps.

All the best!
Roger
R Gruppe #27

[69911T]

Thanks for the factory tour!!!!
Ed