Fiber glass front spoiler on 1972 911 S?

[jsoderbe]

Hi,

my 1972 Porsche 911 S Coupé is a early car, with the chassis number 211. Recently I have heard that the early 2.4S cars might have had a fiberglass front spoiler/bumper from factory, not steel. If anyone know anything about this, please let me know.


Thanks,

Johan

[Soterik]

Yes, this is true. There's a thread on this over on the Early S Registry that hopefully you can find. I happened to find this out myself when I was going through the factory workshop manual where they listed the changeover from fiberglass to steel, and as I recall they listed the serial number(s) which was the cutoff, or perhaps it was the date. In any event, it's in print by Porsche. A friend of mine has one of these on his very early 72S.

edit:
I checked and found a few threads on this over on the early s registry, here's one from 2007, but I know there's an earlier one as well.
http://www.early911sregistry.org/forums/showthread.php?44361-Early-72S-had-fiberglass-bumpers-as-stock&highlight=1972+fiberglass+bumper


Eric

[jsoderbe]

Wow, thanks Eric, I found this thread:

1972 - 73 MY , S model front spoilers

So now I have to sell my steel one....

Ny idea where to find an original fg one?


Thanks,

Johan

[Soterik]

Johan,

Unless you had a real one in front of you to compare, I don't know how you would validate an original fiberglass one.

I would just get a repro glass one and not worry. Who's going to tell you it's the wrong glass one?

eric

[70SWT]

My last 72 had an original fiberglass bumper. Have seen these on several 72s. They should be pretty easy to tell from a modern repro if you look really closely, mainly at the back at the fiberglass weave and where the brackets are molded in, and from the general aging of the item.