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Originally Posted by Schottenkaro
@ GWhite
I'm from Switzerland. Never heard of specific English versions. As Switzerland is a neighbour country to Germany, cars were delivered to German regular specifications, means a "regular version", that could be upgraded.
I have the '76 and '77 factory pricelists. According to the German '77 pricelist, Bilsteins were not standard to the C3, but an option (474) as were Konis (402). Chrome is also an option (446). Also the sunroof (650), also the 16" Fuchs (395). The Tempostat (454), also an option, works flawlessly in my car. Never experienced any problems so far..
I didn't know about some country-specific packages, so I apologize...
Cheers!
Mike
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AFN was the English importer for Porsche at that time, they speced 2 versions of the C3, normal and Sport, the Sport version(at least for the I series in '76 in England) had 7 & 8 x15 Fuchs wheels w/ 205/50 & 225/50 P7 tires and front and rear spoilers, otherwise it was the same as the normal C3. They also loaded all the cars they imported w/ what were considered luxuries at the time, tempostat, AC,
The equipment packages were probably different for the various markets, I bought my I series Targa in in Frankfurt in Dec ' 76, tempostat, auto heat, Bilstein shocks, black trim, moveable front quarter widows were standard, extras were 7&8 x15 Fuchs w/ 205/50//225/50 P7s, lsd, leather sport seats L&R, front and rear spoilers, Blaupunckt Frankfurt radio and speakers, left side power mirror
options not included were impact absorbing bumpers, tinted glass, AC, electric windows
I'm also sure that coupes had a different list of standards, for instance the door quarter widows were fixed and I believe that electric windows were standard on coupes.
as far as the tempostat goes you are lucky, my experience agrees w/ the commentary from contemporary magazine reviews that it's action was coarse and surging w/ too wide a range of variation and 'Motor' which did a 12,000 mi test had a failure soon after taking delivery of their C3 normal which was never rectified, other electric failures they had were w/ the 3 speed + intermittent wiper system, I've also experienced issues here but it has always been intermittent and has fixed itself so far, 35+ year into ownership I have had few issues that were not of my own doing, Bilsteins have been replaced once, tempostat ditched, some stiching on the leather sport seats has rotted, the leather itself is showing some signs of age where the dye has been rubbed off(the seats need to be recovered), the oe rear spoiler was swapped out for a lighter aftermarket version and of course the engine transmission and brakes have all been replaced w/ more up to date versions
I guess that I really shouldn't comment on what happened for the '77 J series cars as I never owned or shopped for one just know what I have read over the years. Though I'd be really surprised if Bilsteins were no longer standard but then I was surprised to find A calipers instead of S on mine