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Thread: WTB: cowl fresh air vent frame and grill alloy finish

  1. 02-24-2007, 06:43 AM #1
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    WTB: cowl fresh air vent frame and grill alloy finish

    Hi,
    I am looking for a fresh air vent frame and grill in alloy finish for my early 911 (for at the back of the front hood) - mine is black anodized, which is not correct for my year - also happy to swap if someone is interested.
    Thanks!
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  2. 02-24-2007, 08:17 AM #2
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    I have never seen any grill that is not black. Even all the early prototype and pre-production cars had black grills in the books that I have
    Nick Moss - Early 911S #476 - RGruppe #318 - early911.co.uk
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  3. 02-24-2007, 09:54 AM #3
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    WTB: cowl fresh air vent frame and grill alloy finish

    In Brett Johnson's book on page 23 he describes the alloy finish frame and grill, and also has a picture there with a 67 car (my year) with the alloy frame and grill installed. As my car is black, I would quite like the correct alloy finished parts as everything non-black of course looks quite nice.
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  4. 02-24-2007, 09:58 AM #4
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    He also says "...they were painted black in 1966 and 1967....."
    Nick Moss - Early 911S #476 - RGruppe #318 - early911.co.uk
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  5. 02-24-2007, 10:04 AM #5
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    What about 1965 and what about the picture in the book?
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  6. 02-24-2007, 11:39 AM #6
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    There are some inconsistencies in Dr. Johnson's book. Looks like we have found another.
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  7. 02-24-2007, 03:38 PM #7
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    I just saw one last weekend at a 912 gathering in N. Calif. It was on a 1 owner ’68 and the owner was talking about replacing it with a black one.

    You may want to post over on the 912bbs.org in the N. Calif. section and see if you get a response.
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  8. 02-25-2007, 01:47 AM #8
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    My understanding of it was that the grill was always black. The early cars had a silver/alloy FRAME and on later cars the alloy frame was annodised black.
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