Dave at TRE has a better idea than I about any of this stuff and of course the original ST cars had additional flares added in metal or Glass.
Here is a link to some of my posts on my car.
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?threadid=212438&perpage=10&highlight=build%20continues&pagenumber=1
Here is a link on the ST flares
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?threadid=212438&perpage=10&highlight=build%20continues&pagenumber=1
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talked with Ron Maxwell who did the restoration on the facory #2 ST. He told me they were 9" flares and on that car, #2, the original fenders were fiberglass which they used again and did not repalce them.
He also thought that a hammer and dolly in the right hands could get 2 more inches out of an SC fender and make it a close copy of the ST for function. Ron has gotten 2" out of the SC fenders many times but wasn't looking for an obvious looking flared fender. I'll let you know how it all goes when my project its done.
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One of the things Ron mentioned was many, many of the earlier cars (ST time period '71/'72?) used the hammer and dolly treatment to put bigger wheels and tires on the 911. With all respect to Dave and his comment, while it may not be a "historically" correct way to build an ST clone I believe the hammer and dolly is very "period" correct way to get a bigger fender up front. A close look at the race cars of the time will show as many or more hand dollied fenders as the ST flares.
While they certainly had the skill just not many guys going to the extra effort back then to finish them like Eurotech did mine. Anyway the idea came from Ron Maxwell and his experiences with the early race cars and his thoughts after restoring #2 ST.
I also saw another California street car with similar dollied flares after I had built mine. May be Dave can add some history? Just guessing but once the factory flares (ST RS RSR) were available in the early 70s I suspect adding the factory parts was easier and more effective.