How special is a 1974 Targa Carerra?

[tdskip]

Hi folks, hope everyone is have a good week. I just stumbled across a tatty but all there and rubbing 1974 Targa Carrera with the factory tail.

I know these aren’t exactly falling off trees common but is under 400 built for the USA market really anything that drives value? Is there anything that special about this model? I know that Europe had a different engine but the USA models were not that different than base cars?

Obviously need an education here.

Thanks!

[Matt Monson]

Quite valuable these days. They were unloved for many years, but now that’s a desirable car.

[faapgar]

74 Targa.1st year.It had a duck tail and Carrera side stripes.They did not make too many.It could be a good deal if the bones are good.Remember this is before the galvanized chassis.Ciao Fred

[tdskip]

Thanks for the responses. So mostly same as my other 1974 oily bits then, just slightly different body then?

[gtc]

Wider Fuchs, too right? 7/8x15 instead of 6x15?

[tdskip]

I believe so Graham, supposed to have slightly flared rear fenders.

[Matt Monson]

Originally Posted by tdskip

Thanks for the responses. So mostly same as my other 1974 oily bits then, just slightly different body then?

Have you got the vin?

I forget the exact number, but the first few hundred of them got leftover 73 Carrera RS flares. There are also some chassis reinforcements, and S calipers.

[pmax]

Skippy,

Worth more than the non Carrera everything else being similar, that's for sure.
What's the color ?

BTW it's Carrera, not Carerra.

[tdskip]

Thanks, sorry for the typo. I blame my iphone small screen, and being a moron.

I'll get the VIN tomorrow.

Thanks!

[tributeventures]

Mine was 9114400140. Long gone but never forgotten

[HarryD]

Originally Posted by faapgar

74 Targa.1st year.It had a duck tail and Carrera side stripes.They did not make too many.It could be a good deal if the bones are good.Remember this is before the galvanized chassis.Ciao Fred

Actually, they used galvanized metal on the not so shiny parts starting in 1973.5. Like floor pans, wheel wells etc. The total body was galvanized in 1977.

Originally Posted by blucille

Well documented over on the early s registry

https://www.early911sregistry.org/forums/showthread.php?107931-Year-Galvanization-Began


1970 – Galvanized steel (not Thyssen type) used in floor pan and wheel arches (Bob White in Pano V: 142); the “entire platform, including the floor, the longitudinal members, the wheel arches and the seat pans were galvanized.” (Boschen & Barth, p. 124)
1971 models – had galvanized steel in areas particularly exposed to rust (Frere, p. 201)
1972-1973 – Thyssen steel use began (Bob White in Pano V: 142)
1973 – Thyssen steel: rocker panels, inner rocker panels, floor pans, & some other parts (Chuck Stoddard in Pano V: 142)
1975 – Thyssen steel: entire body treated (Bob White & Chuck Stoddard {began in Feb. ’75 production for US cars; earlier for Euro cars – had trouble with paint} in Pano V: 142, 192)
1976 models – had Thyssen steel in entire body except roof (Frere, p. 201)
1977 models – on – had Thyssen steel in entire body (Frere, p. 201); an “important step forward was the use of zinc-coated sheet steel for the manufacture of the entire body structure (except for the coupe’s roof on early production cars). Coated on both sides, this made the structure virtually immune against the formation of rust….” (Boschen & Barth, p. 143)

[tdskip]

They do still find ways to rust, I’ll give a good once (or twice) over and report back.

[WPOZZZ]

246 US Carrera Targas made in 1974

[tdskip]

Aloha, and thanks Bryan

[Nick Triesch]

My Porsche buyers guides say stay away from the mid years.

[Nick Triesch]

But then again they also said my 356b was not desirable! My how times have changed!

[tdskip]

I find that guidance to be out of date, glad you ignored it with your 356!

[HarryD]

Originally Posted by Nick Triesch

My Porsche buyers guides say stay away from the mid years.

The reason is due to the 2.7 liter engine with the Thermal Reactors and no external cooler caused the head studs to pull out.

Several things.
1-The 1974 cars did not have the Thermal Reactors
2-Most cars are old enough to have addressed this problem.
3-If it came from the factory or had an external cooler (trombone or better), chances are the motor is ok.

The 1974-77 cars combine the lightness of the early cars with the sweet revving of the 2.7 liter motor. Worth checking out.

[991gts6s]

I had 74 Carrera and sold it in the boom ... it was rare and the slowest 911 i ever had..
nobody wanted it either just one guy ..went to France..

[tdskip]

OK - just drove it and it is going to need a significant recommissioning. Brakes and toe rods and bushings etc.

2.7l are fun engines, have a raw edge to them that the later bigger ones lack (in my opinion anyway) but this one needs to be gone through. Feels like the injectors need cleaning.

Good oil pressure.

Didn’t see any rot, paint looks to be original if tired.

Shifts well.

Interior is tired.