That is correct. We did not get the T imported to the States in 1968. We didn't see it until 1969.

Furthermore, the 901/03 is the standard optional 5spd gearbox for a '68 911T. Standard spec would have been a 901/10 4spd, but if the original buyer or the dealer spec'd it with 5spd, 901/03 would have been the box put into the car.

I owned a '68 911T for about a year. Fun little cars, albeit underpowered for the weight because of the 110bhp engine.

Regards,

Matt

And a good call it was. However I just wanted the full and accurate VIN info posted. There is indeed the 2 in the fourth position, and it is out of these 911T's that the 911 T/R models came. The 911R was a different beast from the 911 T/R. I won't try to explain all the errors in the Red Book.

They all have errors.

Are your Database accessible somewhere?

If I had $5 for every mistake in that book, I might be able to retire.

One of these days I'll get around to cataloging all the engines and gearboxes and chassis I have here and send them over to you. I appreciate your efforts to document these things on our behalf.

To answer the original question (anybody remember that one?) I'd estimate around 40-42 cars per day.

JR

Thanks Matt, I would appreciate that.
JJ the database is not online since it contains a lot of confidential info. It is also pretty big and complicated so it does not lend itself to posting. However I try to assist where I can.
JR, I think your estimate is high; I count 7000 cars, and divided by about 240 working days per year it would come out to about 29 per day in 1968 model year for the 911 of which Karmann was making 3.4 per day.

I was using 9802 cars. 240 days may be an accurate number; it also may be a little high, as it took 2 1/2 weeks, give or take, to build a car and there would have been some lag time to get things up and running after the factory holidays, I'd think.

Regardless of who built the bodies, they all used the same pool of engines, so I wasn't making any distinctions on where the bodies were built.

JR

I understand and I know that you do help and provide excellent info as well as our friend from the EU.

Actually, I was surprise that every time I reply there was only me and the OP talking :)

I'm also surprise that the CoA seem to be spot on for a change...