74 Carrera RS look in sil

[pwm74]

I have a silver 911sc, i want to make it look like a 1974 carrera rs look. i want to see how it looks in silver with the side carrera lettering. does anyone have any pics on that

[Early_S_Man]

There was only one year for the RS model, and that was 1973! The'true' Carrera 2.7 with the MFI 911/83 engine was available in markets other than the USA from '74 thru '76 ... with and without rear spoilers. Is the Carrera 2.7 (such as Matt Holcomb's) what you are referring to?

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Warren Hall
1973 911S Targa
1992 Dodge Dakota 5.2 4X4 parts hauler

[pwm74]

i just want to see a 73 or 74 RS silver 911 with side carrera lettering and fuchs, it could be a replica. i was going to change fenders and bumpers to 73 RS style. it should be a bolt on job.

[GeorgeK]

HUH? RS in '73 only?? What about the '74 3.0 RS? There were 109 cars built with 3.0 MFI, twin plug and 230HP (of which about 36 RSR 3.0). The body was wide, being the forebar to the 3.0 Turbo of '76.
GeorgeK

[Early_S_Man]

George,

I am well aware of the RS 3.0, but it wasn't a true production car, with more that 50 of them being delivered as RSR customer race cars. Less than 60 of the 'street' 911/77 engines with regular single ignition were built, and from rumors ... the factory had trouble selling/unloading the street cars because of the $25,000+ price tag. Parts for the RS 3.0 engine are practically unobtainable, especially the space cam for the injection pump, and NONE of the information on the car or engine ever made it into the service manuals or spec books, at least NOT the English version!

The first fifteen actually didn't match anything else in specification, having been contracted to Roger Penske as IROC cars ... 'street' bodies (previous years' RSR) and wheels, with everything else being early RSR spec, including the 315 hp version of the engine with high butterfly injection! As delivered in California, they had ducktails, later changed to the long RSR whaletails before the races. In fact, they were actually '73 RSRs with the later fiberglass bumpers and hood changed, and the first, early 3.0 RSR engines.

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Warren Hall
1973 911S Targa
1992 Dodge Dakota 5.2 4X4 parts hauler

[GregS]

PWM74 - If you have a copy of the December 2000 Excellence, take a look at the top photo on page 138, it's one possibility. Others which might give you some ideas are on pages 81 to 86 of the April, 1998 issue of Excellence. Also you might check here at Pelican, on the 911 Photo Gallery. Click on the LA Vintage G.P., page 3, the photo of Bodoh's car. It's possible that none of these references is 100% correct (whatever that means), but they may give you some ideas. Hope this helps.

[GregS]

PWM74 - If you have a copy of the April, 1998 issue of Excellence, have a look at the photos on pages 81 to 86. Also, check the Excellence issue of December, 2000, top photo on page 138. Additionally, here on Pelican, at the 911 Photo Gallery, click on the L.A. Vintage G.P., and go to the third page. Check out the picture of Bodoh's car. While none of these references may be 100% correct (whatever that means), they may provide you with some ideas. Hope this helps.

[Roland Kunz]

Hello

First IROC year was (IMHO) still the greatest. Best international drivers and still a speed record untill today.

Following Camaros whern´t much faster but easier to handle. I think James Hunt was to bored to drive more then one race.

Grüsse

[pwm74]

if you guys would have used the research knowlege you know in Porsches in school, you guy would be .........

[Randy W]

Check our Patrick Paternie's new book "Porsche 911" for a pic of a silver 73 RS in silver with black script (no 73 RS came in silver, but this car was repainted to silver the following year at the factory).

By the way, George K's rection was the same one as mine - the '74 3.0 RS is a real model, and the body at least could be replicated easily, just need to find the right tail.

Randy W

[Rufblackbird]

Just wondering, since the 3.0RS parts like the space cam are unobtainable, is there something like a "regrind" on other space cams that would work, or is it just impossible?

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Jeff
1974 911 Targa (not running, but mobile)
1976 911S Coupe (running, but not mobile)