What does SC mean

[na2ub]

I have never read what SC stands for, if anything. I guess this would be the forum to ask.

79SC Targa

[mark 74 carrera]

Super Carrera. Spunkadelic Car. Take your pick! It's really the former.

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Mark Isaak
'74 Targa

[javier]

Hey, not trying to make fun of the fact but I thought the SC represented "Standard Car". I remember something about it in "Excellence" a few issues back.

[shaun in my 44]

SUPERCHARGED! hahah, j.k.

SHAUN

[Markus30]

I asked Bruce Anderson this question once. His reply: Super Carrera.

[emcon5]

Spanks Camaros

Tom

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82 911SC Coupe

[Mark Howard]

I still like Snatch Catcher!

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Mark Howard
'97 993 Carrera
'88 Carrera
'62 356/B (going into the hanger)
'75 914 1.8 (resto in final stages)

[Doug Zielke]

WORLD DOMINATION

[chuck911]

it means super concieded ! to all those who think 2.7 911s are somehow inferior ive read just as many oil leeking broken headstud noisey chains tikky valves ect ect on this board as any 911 sc. PS I HOPE YOU can take the razzzz I really love you all and any 911 !

[TargaEuro]

If history tells us anything, it means Super Carrera. I believe in 1963 the 356c had three engines available. The models were as follows. Carrera 2, 1600C and the 1600 SC. Now the "S" always stood for Super and I know that the "C" has stood for Carrera. I believe the 78-83 models were named after those older models. That sounds about right. Or in my cars case it should stand for Super Clean....TargaEuro

[This message has been edited by TargaEuro (edited 10-10-2001).]

[Nickshu]

I read that Super Carrera was derived from the 76-77 limited production Carrera3.0 as the SC followed this car (78) and was essentially a production model of the same, but with some extra features (mostly creature comforts).

Nick.

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Nick Shumaker
1982 911SC Coupe
nickshu@yahoo.com
PCA -- Rocky Mtn. Region

[This message has been edited by Nickshu (edited 10-10-2001).]

[autobonrun]

Originally posted by Nickshu:
I read that Super Carrera was derived from the 76-77 limited production Carrera3.0 as the SC followed this car (78) and was essentially a production model of the same, but with some extra features (mostly creature comforts).

Nick.

Isn't it amazing that when these cars came out they had "creature comforts" and now I see them described as "raw".

Raw 79SC

[ghanlon]

I thought it was "soo coool"

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ghanlon

[cab83_750]

My former policeman neighbor said the SC stood for Street Competition!

[Matt Holcomb]

SC loyalists, please, don't be offended (all pre-964s are great), but what is so 'super' about 'em? I mean, engine-wise, they're no better than a Carrera 3.0 ... Must be the servo-actuated brakes and the rubber-centered clutch!


Matt Holcomb
1974 911 Carrera 2.7 Euro
1975 Mercedes-Benz 280SE
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[Rick Lee]

I thought it was "Sunroof Coupe."

[Bob Albo]

I thought it was sport coupe, I don't know!
but I know one thing "I LOVE MY CAR"
EVEN IF IT NEEDS AN ALTERNATOR!

BOB ALBO

[MRM]

This question has been around a lot and no one really seems to be able to document an answer with an authoritative source from the company. Bruce Anderson should know, but I'm not so sure he's right this time. The best explaination I have heard was that it was an internal designation that didn't really stand for anything, at least officially. I tend to beleive this, as it explains the continued confusion over what SC stands for and why no one is able to verify what it means.

Then again, I have no real authority for this opinion either, I just remember reading it somewhere that seemed like a reliable source at the time.

[Sportsman]

Swiss Cheese

and it refers to the head studs

(ask Leland)

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Daryl Planter
91C2 Targa

[Allan Broadribb]

Skirt Chaser?