Displacement Stickers?

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Just wondering, does anyone know what year they started fitting engine displacement stickers in the rear window? I've seen loads of 2.2 and 2.4 versions, but did they ever fit a 2.0 sticker?

Thanks in advance
David

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David,

I don't believe there ever was a 2,0 sticker-- the 1970 2,2 sticker was designed to call attention to the displacement increase, the first (but not the last!)

By the way, thanks for your incredibly informative post about Solexes and for the photos of your car. I have long admired it in Peter Morgan's book and am pleased that you have chosen to share information about it here.

Best,

John

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Hi John,

Thanks for the kind words. I think it's important to share what we can with fellow enthusiasts.

The reason I asked about the stickers is because I saw this:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=130051784838

I'm guessing it's a repro though. Might be quite nice for people to realise they've just been seen off by a 'little' 2 litre!

[Richard]

David,
Like you, I'd never seen a rear window Engine Displacement decal other than 2.2L. However, after I finished (home garage) a redo of my '67S a friend turned me on to this sticker. It is a copy from an original. It was supposedly used on early 911 race and rally cars to indicate they were running a 2.0L motor (in compliance with the 2.0L and under rules.) I don't know if the story is true but I'm running this decal on my '67S Rally car. You'll have to be the judge, for your car, as to whether this decal is real or made later.

R.

[erick72pors]

2.0 and 2.4 stickers are made up. Those stickers never existed! The only sticker was the 2.2L which was for Porsche to let everyone know that it was the new model with a bigger capacity engine, which were for 1970 and 1971 models.

[BAPhotowerks]

I too had understood that the 2.2 cars were the only models with the sticker, the subsequent models got a grill badge for bragging...

This got me thinking abut the 'other' displacement sticker, the one on top of the fan housing. Mine states all the cool details about the E & S's fuel injection, both in German and English, but then lists the displacement as 2000cc! Should read 2196cc or thereabouts, right? The engine number (620 0046) confirms it is a 2.2E for the 70 model year, though quite early in production, but that little discrepancy has always bothered me...

I'm guessing the fan housing or clamp was donated from an earlier car at some point along the way, or perhaps the factory was using up the last of the stickers from '69! Anyway, Scott Buschen's discovery of a 2.2 in his numbers-matching, late 1968 production/1969 model year E made me feel more comfortable!

BA

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When the 2.4's came about ('72) then that's when they went to a grill badge to indicate displacement as opposed to using a sticker.

[W Scott Shores]

Was it only the coupes that had the 2,2 sticker in 1970-71, or did the targas have the sticker as well?

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Was it only the coupes that had the 2,2 sticker in 1970-71, or did the targas have the sticker as well?

I believe they all did...

[xenifizi]

Yes, the Targa's did have the same 2.2 engine displacement sticker on the rear window.
This picture was taken in july 1970.