[davidbir]

Thanks for biting!
I understand your attraction to the early RSRs-I recall Peter Gregg racing at Westwood and it was great to watch. But at 61 I don't want big flairs and spoilers-I want subtlety. I am not hung up on the mid seventies cars, in fact I prefer the look of the 73 RS. I am going to piss some people off here: I think that either backdating a later car or fitting a 3.2 and RS flairs to a car is missing the point-rather like having a photo of the Mona Lisa-it may look ok from 20 feet but it has no relationship beyond general appearance. The reason the 73 RS is so revered is not because of it's appearance but because of the performance of that MFI 2.7--guys with Euro Carreras say the same thing-it is just 'alive'. (I have driven a couple of real RSs but it was years ago so I am repeating others impressions).
The 74 and 75 US Carrera is the same car as the Euro Carrera except for the engine-so, if you convert it properly to MFI-and I take your advice on engine costs but as a good scrounger I think I could do it for a little less-you should end up with a car that performs the same as a Euro Carrera for far less. It would still be a genuine Carrera, it wouldn't be backdated or updated. It could even be matching numbers!
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