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Would have been neat if they added the thiner glass and an Alloy hood or something at least a little exotic.
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Well, ~7 of the UK cars (mine included) were supplied without any undersealing whatsoever.
This limited the Porsche warranty to 2 years. In addition, and not to be forgotten, the car is almost devoid of any sound deadening panels.
In point of fact, even the small slab under the rear parcel shelf in the engine bay is missing on mine, so the aural pleasure is spot-on.
However, you are right. The car was not
totally stripped out because if you are student of the era, you will realise that Porsche was nearly broke @ that time and couldn't afford to make a 3.2 "RS". I have studied some of the very early documentation that surrounded it's launch and the head of the development dept went (as he puts it) as far as he could without incurring major expense.
There are some really nice touches as well like:-
Collapsible tubes for the impact bumper instead of the much heavier shock absorbers.
Simplified wiring loom.
All UK cars had no passenger visor
No rear speakers
Lightweight spare wheel
Of course, they could have gone further (Glass / mirrors / etc) but I think £'s / dm / $ were just too tight.