Hi, It's all fiberglass and painted the lip black to mimic the rubber.

Which is what I did too

Interestingly that is what Porsche did too on the 934. There was one of the Jaegermeister 934s at Daytona a few years back. Got close to it on display and was surprised at the fake rubber.

Later on, after the race, when it was getting ready to be loaded onto the transporter, I asked them how'd they make it look like rubber. Spray truck bed liner. Works great! And it's what they did for a real 934 restoration. :)

I think you'll find that a 934 rolled out of the factory gates with a rubber lip on the tail. What got changed after that is anybody's guess.

JR

That may be true. But in 2008/9 historic restoration form, it was a one piece fiberglass unit.

But it really doesn't matter too much. It is correct to have a tail if you want to. Or go without.

Surprised this delve into to the ducktail vs whale tail discussion. :)

People tend to restore a race car to how it looked in a certain time. Maybe when it rolled out of the gates, maybe how it looked after its last race, maybe after some big event in its career. Personal choice, for the owner...

What ducktail discussion?

The factory being aware of the weight issue, used all f/g on the race cars.

Another example is the '74 Carrera 3.0RS which was delivered w/ 2 tails
the street one w/ rubber lip
the longer race one all f/g

TüV mandated the change from the ducktail to the street whale mit gummi lip for pedestrian safety.

Man, I hate to argue with you but the 934 was originally delivered with a rubber lip on the tail. It was homologated into group 4 which had a minimum weight limit of 1120 Kg., so the factory didn't get too excited about weight reduction.

Check out these pictures here:

1976 Porsche 934 Turbo for sale: Anamera

It's an original, unraced, unrestored 934 that spent most of it's life in various Japanese car collections.

JR

Original 934 tail, picture from post #143 of the long thread on tails:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1449336103.jpg

Long tail was also avalible in rubber as I recall... So that makes it 3 tails?

1976 Porsche 934 - Images, Specifications and Information

"The Group 4 regulations allowed for only very few modifications to the body. As a result, the production rear-wing had to be used, which was also one of the reasons that a conventional intercooler could not be fitted."

This certainly suggests the rubber lipped tail was used in Group 4 races.

And that was this tail. I think it became a problem because it extended beyond the rear bumper so was a problem with street regulations.
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1449339537.jpg

Hmm, I've seen those but never loked at them closely, I just assumed that they were the regular long all f/g versions,

Anyhow, IROCs used the long all f/g version

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1449349363.jpg

as did '74 3.0RSR
here''s the RSR kit, part # for the long all f/g tail 911.512.010.20
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1449349429.jpg
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1449349452.jpg

The same was done for the SC/RS I can't find the pics just now have pics but the all f/g part # was 953.512.001.01R the regular 2 piece f/g one w/ rubber lip was 911.512.010..07 for the deck w/ integral base + 911.512.19.00

I think the '84 and up Carrera tail looks best, then the Weissach one. Whatever you do, don't put a 'turbo' tail on a narrow body car.. ugh..

. I wish I can afford yours... Ran into some bad luck with house repairs

Yes that's the one... Any idea how much all these early pre-tea tray factory tails weigh ? I was told mine yea tray is around 40lbs. I would like to get an early type.
That b&w photo? What kind of seat is that? Pretty darn cool reminds me of some of the early scheel seats. I've been thinking off lollipops but these may do as well.... Sorry for the hijack!

No idea, the pic is from Barth's book 'Porsche R - RS - RSR' and is labeled as taken at Kremer Brothers' headquarters, the body kit necessary for an RSR

As to weights
my Shaw spoiler is 9# and the bare steel deck lid is 9#

Hey, I love my Duck on my SC:cool:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1449502273.jpg

Course I also have the OEM lid, a complete 930 wing, a complete 84-89 Carrera tail, a CF 3.8 wing (gonna move that over to my 81SC track build)
Course I'm a nut who likes to have choices for my 911s (although my 81 only has a duck, 77 Turbo lid & 930 for it)

The ROW option

And on the 934 wings..
A former friend use to have one on his SC, a gift that was removed from a famous 934 racers car, stiff, rubber lip & all.

For those keeping score, the all-rubber tail was not just a ROW option. It was available on US cars, too, and there are a few still out there. Probably not a popular option in its time, so you don't see all that many of them. As other choices become available, I suspect a lot of the rubber tails were swapped out for something else.

JR

I wonder who kremer commissioned those seats from.

9lbs is pretty lights for the steel lid So your whale tail is roughly half of my tea tray.... Nice. I'm at 2615 lb with my 491 street car . Looking for another 100lbs

Anyone have an early tail for me with no grill or maybe the smaller 2nd one too? Stock would be great or a very very nice fitting aftermarket one.

Yes, I have seen a few here as well, heavy beast too, also a "Rust Sponge" .
Go with what you like, but don't install it on the OEM lid, buy another or a complete wing. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1449507725.jpg
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1449507825.jpg
If you look close, you can see a gap between the rubber & base.http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1449507895.jpg

Spoiler
 

I took possession of a 1978 911 SC Targa and it had the all-
rubber spoiler. It was actually removed and the motor lid was completely redone with a complete re-paint of the vehicle. I am not re-installing it as I think the car looks much better without it.