Different dashboard the speaker grille is longer and thinner...trust me it is!!!
First of LWB last of 2 litre engines, lightest car to date....I think
Different dashboard the speaker grille is longer and thinner...trust me it is!!!
First of LWB last of 2 litre engines, lightest car to date....I think
Clyde Boyer
1973 2.4E Coupe RHD Aussie 5 speed
1973 2.4E Coupe RHD Aussie 5 speed my first ever 911 (1995)
Early S Registry Member #294
First Aussie R Gruppe Member #366
TYP 901 Register Inc #6
Last year that they used Webber Carbs 69T
First year for bright dip alloy window frames
3 bar engine grill 69 only. Correct me if i'm wrong on that one?
Unique sun visors
Introduction of Gas burner wheels
Introduction of the Hella 169 fog lights[/QUOTE]
I think the other year full of one offs, 1968, had the aluminum bright dip frames first. That was the only year for opening vent windows on an aluminum frame. "Gas burner" wheels I thought started in 1970.
Early S Registry member #90
R Gruppe member #138
Fort Worth Tx.
3 bar grill began MY '68.
John Thompson
1966 912. My first car. Bought it Nov. 25, 1988. Still have it.
Unique to 69 cardboard blower cover. Used SWB driver's floor board in a LWB car.
Scott H.
1969 Coupe LtWt
1973.5 911T
Ed,
Your right, just checked the parts manual, and it looks like the Gas burner's weren't an option in 69.
My first reference was Dr. Johnson's book, it's the first time i've come across a mistake.
Last year for push button (DOT) door handles on the outside, unique to 68/69. Triggers began in 70...
Stefan Josef Koch
RGruppe #194/SRegistry #1063
1969 Porsche 911E, Light Ivory (38 years and counting)
2015 Porsche Cayman S
2012 BMW R1200GS, 1973 BMW R75/5
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools." -E. Hemingway
I believe lightest of all the 911s, at least that's in the books.
69 T/E engines got 67-68S valves (42/38mm I/E)
69 S engines got the same as 906 valves (45/39mm) which resulted in a one-year/one-model-only cylinder head (MFI, 906 valves, 2.0L bore, S ports)
69 S Compression ratio 9.9;1 (67S 9.8:1)
69E/S got MFI systems
69 all got CDI ignition
First magnesium 901 transmissions, but using the same clutch as before, except for 69S which had a thinner disc and aluminum pressure plate (lightweight)
Gearing changed from generally AFMSX to AFMSZ (longer 5th)
902/16 mag transmission for 912 had special 6:29 Ring/Pinion
Fuchs were Deep 6" Fuchs (not 5.5" any more) (with hearts)
LWB cars got some mini flares compared to earlier SWB
Headlights were the H1/'69-89 style with a top ridge
horn grilles got smaller than those for SWB
The rocker trim was a wide aluminum panel for the 'S trim' cars, which was most 911E's also, 911T trim remained essentially (exactly?) same as '65-68 'normal'
The gauges in a '68-'69 are bolted in with brackets, compared to later '70 +, with black faces/white #'s/orange needles
One-year only hazard pull
The rear decklid no longer had a beam in the center; the grille was changed to a lighter aluminum 3-BAR grille ('70+ used 5-bar grille). Maybe SOME '68 had this but certainly not common
The LWB cars used different control arms all the way around the car, these were the same until '73 ('74-89 aluminum rear control arms)
Last edited by YTNUKLR; 03-08-2011 at 01:20 AM. Reason: Corrections!
scott kinder
kindersport@gmail.com
Registry #614
9110220587 - 1973 RSR revival in progress
My Car Thread: "Five-Eighty-Seven..."
“If it isn't there, it didn't cost anything, it doesn't weigh anything and can't break." - From the philosophy of Grady Clay
I had a very nice Burgundy 1969 911t with Webbers, a real flyer. It came with vent windows..........and a much better defroster they were than the dash air. A very early car it also had no vin plate on the A pillar which added about 30 minutes to each speeding ticket while the nice officer looked in the book and repeated parrot fashion that it should be there-I was 22 and had no earthly reason to be driving such a nice car so all traffic stops were long ones. Like my hair in 79!
Point is, there was no evidence there was ever a vin plate on the A pillar and no one had changed the windows, the car was pretty original when I got it, off a used car lot.
Oh, the brakes were pretty horrible after hard use compared to my 73.
Mr Beverly Hills, you're right about the very early 69's. The D.O.T. requirement for VIN tags didn't start until Jan. !st of 69, so all the cars produced before that date didn't get them, probably also explains your opening vent windows, typical Porsche, using up all the old parts!!
Early S Registry member #90
R Gruppe member #138
Fort Worth Tx.
I own 69S #24 and it was a USA car has no vent windows and no id tag on pillar
Clyde Boyer
1973 2.4E Coupe RHD Aussie 5 speed
1973 2.4E Coupe RHD Aussie 5 speed my first ever 911 (1995)
Early S Registry Member #294
First Aussie R Gruppe Member #366
TYP 901 Register Inc #6