1974 Carrera Coupe - RHD, UK car

[carlbon71]

This is mechanical drive, PET lists it for the 2.7 Carreras

Tripe from impactbumpers was selling the speedo in this pic a while back.
It's NOS and was £500 iirc.
Might be worth an email.

[JPH]

Carlo, c'est moi. Currently on hols in France but will happily sell that NOS speedo when back in Blighty.

[carlbon71]

JPH I should have guessed, Mr Holmes!!
Je suis dans le Lake District cette semaine.
Enjoy your vacances

[Ferry Man]

Currently on hols in France but will happily sell that NOS speedo when back in Blighty.

Enjoy your vacation Tripe.
Kindly PM me upon your return, we'll see if we can deal on that speedo, I might be able to help you recover from the inevitable holiday overspend.
Cheers, Paul.

[Nick Moss]

Anyone got one for sale?

Funny you should ask. Probably cheaper to have Speedy Cables change yours to 180 mph.

[Ferry Man]

My garage has quite a selection of rear grilles hanging on the walls, I seem to have bought too many along the way.
But none of them were quite good enough for this project.

So, I was delighted to be offered a brand new one by a DDK’er who’d sourced it but subsequently changed his mind and no longer needed it.

[Ferry Man]

It really is lovely to work with a brand new part, all the bars are straight and even with no scratches or scuffs.
The anodising is free from sun bleaching, a really deep, dark black.
Starless and Bible black.

[Bootsy]

Paul, plus using 'old' parts on this project would just be plain wrong!

[KS]

Paul, plus using 'old' parts on this project would just be plain wrong!

Excluding the driver, of course.

[Bootsy]

Paul, plus using 'old' parts on this project would just be plain wrong!

Excluding the driver, of course.

I've heard he's being 'forward dated' for the project.

[Ferry Man]

Excluding the driver, of course.

[Ferry Man]

using 'old' parts on this project would just be plain wrong!

I've got a new badge too....

[Ferry Man]

Chesterton's did a wonderful job on the metal work in the body but they did observe that the ducktail didn't fit well.
They'd trial fitted the spoiler but they made it quite clear they were metalworkers and did not relish working with the fibreglass ducktail (they hate the stuff).
They felt it would require a bit of work to fit.

[Ferry Man]

They felt the ducktail would require a bit of work to fit.

Fair enough, that was made clear to me and I understood perfectly.
But it left a little chore for Early911 to resolve.

[Ferry Man]

When presented in the body aperture the ducktail was a bit lacking.
One of the sides was very slightly bowed which manifested itself as an uneven gap between the rear wing and boot lid. Also one of the corners stood proud and needed reshaping to match the profile of the back edge of the rear screen.