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Thanks Andy (and Vic)

This might be of interest
https://bringatrailer.com/2018/07/12/te ... at-12-4wd/
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Very interesting article, but when they say another partially completed one was 'discovered' wasn't this in fact at the Wheatcroft Donnington Museum years ago (when I went there in the 70s with the Porsche Club!) and in fact one of the photos in the article looks as if it could be from there.
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Roland Kussmaul: “the 959 was too fast for the camera helicopter trying to follow it across the desert!” Here giving the helicopter a chance to catch up on his way to a 6th on the '86 Dakar. He went on to develop the 964 Cup car

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Which model did they build more of Keith?
The 914-RS or the 914/S?
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23e Heure wrote:Which model did they build more of Keith?
The 914-RS or the 914/S?
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Oh, the RS was definitely a one-off. But how about the SC?

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I guess a high number of the 914 GTs out there nowadays might actually more accurately be called 914 SCs, by dint of the engines they run.
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I badged mine SC when I put, err, an SC engine in it :lol:
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Come to think of it James, yours is an SC too isn’t it?
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rhd racer wrote:Come to think of it James, yours is an SC too isn’t it?
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Out of interest, how many RHD Crayfords were made?
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911hillclimber wrote:Out of interest, how many RHD Crayfords were made?
That's a very good question. About 11 or 12 I think, some went to Australia and Hong Kong I believe where at the time you couldn't drive a left hand drive car on the road. I'm sure Ian MacMath will be along in a minute with more information. The conversion cost was £631 apparently.
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AFAIK, 11, of which two went to Australia. Was looking it up this morning.
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11 is correct, according to the invoices I have.
The invoices show,
1 to Hong Kong
1 to Australia
1 to Cyprus
5 to Malaya Garage in Billingshurst
1 to a guy in Tunbridge Wells
1 to London
1 to Woking
According to my records, and the team at Crayfords my car was the first one converted, it was bought by the boss of Crayfords in a dealers in Dussledorf (as he was unable to buy one in the UK), it started life in Tangerine and was painted white sometime after then.
the car in that poster , MPX , a blue car was owned by a Rene Beziat in London some time ago.

There are a few Non-Crayford RHD cars about.
I am in conversation with a guy down under he also knows of a couple of cars overthere--not necessarily Crayfords.

There was a small brochure produced, in black & white which showed my car under construction--I have only ever seen 1 of these brochures and it happens to be infront of me now.
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Ian, how many Crawford have survived?
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