Duck or Duck-less

[911st]

We all love our Porsches and all have our one likes and dislikes. They also change over time. I remember the first time I saw a Gemballa 930 with huge exagaterated spoilers and tires the size of 55 gal oil drums. I hurt with desire. Now they look like cartoons to me. To someone else it may still be love at first sight.

One of the instructers at our local Porsche club had a 73 narrow body class car with a 930 tail on it. Yes it looked silly. However, the 930 tail is the best non wing spoiler Porsche designed. If you track it, a tail is a good thing but only with a matching front.

Put it on and enjoy it. However, do not sell you stock hood. You will regret it. There is a growing love and appriciation for long hoods with no flairs or spoilers. However, after everone else dose all there mods and such, the stockies start standing out.

Enjoy.

[Sam 69 Gulf]

[livi]

Those year models are about the most beautiful designed cars ever, IMHO. Not least that slim, cute ass. A big chunk of fiber glass will ruin that for me. Besides trying to make it look like something it isn't. But thats just me. A fool for stock originality.

[kneedragger302]

Duck tails are very period correct and look awesome. My 2 cent are go with out it. The narrow bodies look sweet with out them. Smooth as Silk.

[Cornpanzer]

Ducks are cool with flares, but not on a narrow body. iMO

[signature65]

I like em both. No duck gives you the clean lines. But the duck gives it attitude!

[Drew001]

Originally Posted by signature65

I like em both. No duck gives you the clean lines. But the duck gives it attitude!

I very much agree.
I love the look of a ducktail and eventually I'll duckify mine.

[the911Tprocess]

I tend to agree with most of you. Go attitude with the duck when appropriate and duck less when a serious no nonsense tone is required. It's all in the delivery.

[coldstart]

Nice car either way! Glad to see another 72 911 in the GTA.

BTW, could you PM about the place that did your paint? Thanks.

[Doug&Julie]

Count me as one who doesn't like a duck on a narrow body. And for the record, a narrow body is defined as having no flares at all...SC / Carrera flares are not a narrow body (and just enough to make a duck look very sexy). I will even go one further and say that a narrow bodied early car with a duck looks really out of place. (Sorry guys!) I understand for track rats who need a tail...great, go for it. But if you're just using your car for fun, don't bother.

If you do, be sure you have a proper front spoiler to help balance it...aerodynamically of course but also visually.

Now I'm going to contradict my own words and share a photo of my car....my narrow bodied car....with a duck.



I blame the P.O. Truthfully, I've been teetering on replacing it with a straight lid, but it's growing on me and those fatter impact bumpers help balance out the visual weight of the tall duck on the narrow body. So, it looks like it'll stay until I backdate the car. (IF I backdate the car.) Then I'll be clean and simple...the way an early 911 should be.