[rsnodgrass]

I've done quite a bit of research on the 1976 Carrera 2.7 and haven't come up with anything that indicates these were for racing homologation. This includes looking at all FIA paperwork I could find, discussing with folks at the Porsche factory archives, discussing with Porsche engineers who worked at factory in 1970s, digging into any paperwork I could find, studying photos of almost half of the 1976 Carrera 2.7 production, etc.

Note that manufacturers had to homologate cares for road use as well as racing. I believe what George K saw from Switzerland was the road going paperwork. Racing homologation was always done through the FIA which was the international sanctioning body. There would be FIA homologation paperwork or extensions filed if there was truly for racing reasons. I've found no extensions to the FIA #3062 homologation paperwork which was used to homologate the Carrera 2.7 and the later 911 SC/RS in the 80s. I have contacted the Swiss homologation authority and AMAG (the importer) several times and have never been able to get any paperwork from them. I did find a copy of the Swiss Carrera 3.0 homologation somewhere. Also, from what I understand all 1976 Carrera 2.7 were delivered through German dealers only. While a Swiss person could have purchased them through a German dealer I don't know how that would Swiss road homologation would work in that case.

The 1976 Carrera 2.7 is unique from the previous two years in that it is actually a type "911" instead of a "911 SC". This can be noted on the aluminum chassis tag. The 1976 "911 SC" was the Carrera 3.0 (and the 1973 Carrera RS was also a type "911 SC"). This important distinction means that the standard options were based off the 1976 base model 911 which for the German market included only a single mirror, clear class, non-luxury interior including both the rougher style carpets and simpler door trim without stitching or carpeting, manual windows, reverting to chrome trim as standard per base 911, etc. In a way I think this makes the 1976 even more interesting and rare than previous models as it was a more stripped down version of the 911 which was then built up with Bilstein suspension, engine, LSD, 5-speed 915 with mechanical speedo (also used on RoW base 911 in 1976), plus adding flares on a base 911, etc.

Now they could have been built to somehow homologate the MFI engine for the base type "911" model which was under a different FIA homologation #3060, but I don't know why that would be necessary given the "911 SC" itself was homologated with the 911/83 engine.

That's a quick summary of what I've discovered thus far in my research. I welcome ANY additional information, original documents, etc. as it hasn't been easy (or very cost effective for me!) to track down the info that I do have.

I hope this sparks some new conversations and discussions around this very unique model.

Ryan