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Re: 1974 Carrera Coupe - RHD, UK car
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2013 9:23 pm
by carlbon71
JPH wrote: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.
Re: 1974 Carrera Coupe - RHD, UK car
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2013 9:41 pm
by JPH
Carlo, c'est moi. Currently on hols in France but will happily sell that NOS speedo when back in Blighty.
Re: 1974 Carrera Coupe - RHD, UK car
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2013 9:44 pm
by carlbon71
JPH I should have guessed, Mr Holmes!!
Je suis dans le Lake District cette semaine.
Enjoy your vacances
Re: 1974 Carrera Coupe - RHD, UK car
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2013 10:11 pm
by Ferry Man
JPH wrote: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.
Re: 1974 Carrera Coupe - RHD, UK car
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 8:56 am
by Nick Moss
Anyone got one for sale?

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

Re: 1974 Carrera Coupe - RHD, UK car
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 10:47 am
by 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.

Re: 1974 Carrera Coupe - RHD, UK car
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 10:48 am
by 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.

Re: 1974 Carrera Coupe - RHD, UK car
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 10:51 am
by Bootsy
Paul, plus using 'old' parts on this project would just be plain wrong!
Re: 1974 Carrera Coupe - RHD, UK car
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 11:00 am
by KS
Bootsy wrote:Paul, plus using 'old' parts on this project would just be plain wrong!
Excluding the driver, of course.
Re: 1974 Carrera Coupe - RHD, UK car
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 11:01 am
by Bootsy
KS wrote:Bootsy wrote: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.
Re: 1974 Carrera Coupe - RHD, UK car
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 11:05 am
by Ferry Man
KS wrote:Excluding the driver, of course.

Re: 1974 Carrera Coupe - RHD, UK car
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 11:06 am
by Ferry Man
Bootsy wrote:using 'old' parts on this project would just be plain wrong!
I've got a new badge too....

Re: 1974 Carrera Coupe - RHD, UK car
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 10:07 am
by 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.
Re: 1974 Carrera Coupe - RHD, UK car
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 10:09 am
by Ferry Man
Ferry Man wrote: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.

Re: 1974 Carrera Coupe - RHD, UK car
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 10:09 am
by 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.