Excellent write up. I've owned a 74 911S for almost 20 years and every time I drive it I'm reminded it is a kick ass car. I often think, there's no way this is a 7.5 sec 0-60 car, it just feels much faster. Good to see the c&d test agrees. Maybe I can get Ed to drag race me sometime!
Differences S to Carrera were aluminum front cross member, alloy calipers, flares, ducktail. All else was the same on US models to my knowledge. And maybe the chassis reinforcement.
Mike de Jong | '71 911T/E 2.4 Tangerine | '74 911S 3.2 Ice Green
Cool write-up Curt, thanks!
RE: Rubber Chin Spoiler. I have been told by an ex-dealership employee that he personally mounted the front spoilers on some '74 Carreras. Mine was supposedly delivered without one - but one was added at some point (by the ex-employee) - but it currently does not have one mounted.
Registry #1917
1971 Condagrun 911T targa
1974 Indisrot Carrera coupe (US)
1972 BMW Polaris 3.0 CS
#236....lime green. A nice clean California car.
My car is #89....originally Bitter Chocolate and will be again. The car is complete but a total pile.
Aaron, that's a really early car. Which brings up another area of discrepancy: bumper shocks. A few sources claim that some of the early USA cars did not have bumper shocks. Has anyone actually seen an original USA car without bumper shocks?
My US '74 911S with a 12/73 build date does not have bumper shocks. It has the deformation tubes.
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Mike de Jong | '71 911T/E 2.4 Tangerine | '74 911S 3.2 Ice Green
My 74 production #63 built 9/73 does have them.
Intersting Curt...I'll check. The car seems to have the SC style rear flare too (pretty sure the left is original)...some say the RS style was used and I've seen a couple that way....probably a mix but you'd think the low number would make the RS flare more likely.
Shrugging again.
My #136, 11/73 build has the factory crush tubes.
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