[rsnodgrass]

elferfan,

Your theory on the "sportive" version sounds plausible.

By special steering wheel I assume you mean the Sport steering wheel? Also I think the Carrera badge was available to delete...I haven't noticed any other 1976 Carrera without the Carrera badge (but I should go back and check!). I think the whale tail was standard, but could be deleted by the customer.

Thanks for all the info on your car!! This has been great. I too have never seen the unusual Fuchs pattern before. It looks like your car has 7 and 8s, is that correct?

There are NO roll bar mounting points on any of the cars I've inspected in person (at least six, perhaps one more that I've forgotten). Further none of the photos of restorations that I've seen indicate any roll bar mounting point or reinforcements were in place. Also it seems like there are a large number of metallic cars produced...if you were producing cars for racing it wouldn't make sense to produce cars with paint that would be difficult to match (and more expensive) for inevitable bodywork.

Ryan