[wayner]

I’ve long said that an air cooled 911 is
- a car designed in the 60s
- built using 50s techniques
- sold in the 80s

Compared to an in-line 4, a 911 engine requires a massive amount of machining and assembly

Later in the 80s one of the main efforts of their work with the Toyota guru was to find ways to reduce the number of components in any assembly, including mirrors, and then extending their reach into recaro to help that company do the same with seats

I’ll bet that while work flows were one area, materials were another

A 73 T had steel cylinders while the more expensive S got aluminium cylinders