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John,
I'm glad you finally posted pictures of the tail, as it is quite unique, and one that has never been documented in any books or magazine that I have seen!
It has the 'main body' structure of the '76-'77 Turbo tail, but the rubber is more blunt ... I presume to meet German govt. restrictions when appendages started appearing on 911s in the mid '70s. Reports of the RS 3.0 being shipped with two tails, one specific for German consumption -- and the other to satisfy esthetics and aerodynamic wishes of the engineers ... surfaced in October 1974 when Paul Frere wrote in Road & Track about the overpriced $25K wonder!
But, pictures of the 'ugly tail,' pedestrian-friendly variant NEVER SURFACED!!! I guess I understand why, now! I guess I just never understood why some govt. beaurocrats became fixated on hood ornaments and tails as dangers to pedestrians ... when it was the mass of the object carrying them that kills pedestrians when struck, not how sharp or pointed various trim items might be!
Perhaps Roland can enlighten us about the 'ugly tail?' Sorry, but I don't think that tail has much value, except as documentation of German Govt. beaurocratic excesses via meaningless regs!
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Warren Hall
1973 911S Targa
1992 Dodge Dakota 5.2 4X4 parts hauler
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