The Air Cooled 911 Eccentric Features Thread
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It never fails to bring a wry smile to my face when I clock one of the many unique and seemingly daft features on these cars. They are littered with them.
For example, the positioning of the speedo ensuring that the only thing you can be sure of is that you are doing more than 60.
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For example, the positioning of the speedo ensuring that the only thing you can be sure of is that you are doing more than 60.
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Once I put a Momo Prototipo on my early 944 it kindly blocked my view of the tacho below 3k and the temp readout. Wasn't really a problem until I was waiting in traffic behind an M3 and didn't realise that the plug for the fan had fallen out and couldn't see the temp rise...bugger.
Still I can see my speedo fine, even if it isn't very accurate
Still I can see my speedo fine, even if it isn't very accurate
My 993 was one of the first batch of 12 registered RHDs in the UK, all on the 07/12/93 ....... she still has her original service book, from the original dealer who has serviced it all its life, ..... and its for a 964!!!!
A few years back I was down at Adrian Crawfords and he showed me a 3.2 Cab, lifted the bonnet and showed me the chassis plate, it had two chassis numbers. The top one had neatly been crossed out (obviously factory crossed out) with the 'new' different chassis number neatly stamped below it.
Someone must have cocked up with the paperwork on both.
A few years back I was down at Adrian Crawfords and he showed me a 3.2 Cab, lifted the bonnet and showed me the chassis plate, it had two chassis numbers. The top one had neatly been crossed out (obviously factory crossed out) with the 'new' different chassis number neatly stamped below it.
Someone must have cocked up with the paperwork on both.
Wozy68 said:
My 993 was one of the first batch of 12 registered RHDs in the UK, all on the 07/12/93 ....... she still has her original service book, from the original dealer who has serviced it all its life, ..... and its for a 964!!!!
A few years back I was down at Adrian Crawfords and he showed me a 3.2 Cab, lifted the bonnet and showed me the chassis plate, it had two chassis numbers. The top one had neatly been crossed out (obviously factory crossed out) with the 'new' different chassis number neatly stamped below it.
Someone must have cocked up with the paperwork on both.
On a similar note I have a early sales brochure for the 3.2 Carrera and all of the interior shots show an SC dash with the narrow side vents. I don't know if this is because they didn't have any 3.2 interior pics handy when the brochure was made or did some 3.2's actually have the SC dash in late 1983 early 84?A few years back I was down at Adrian Crawfords and he showed me a 3.2 Cab, lifted the bonnet and showed me the chassis plate, it had two chassis numbers. The top one had neatly been crossed out (obviously factory crossed out) with the 'new' different chassis number neatly stamped below it.
Someone must have cocked up with the paperwork on both.
Doug I think the vents changed later on, possibly with the G50? Need to go check my anorak. Article in this months 911&PW had two 3.2s early with with SC vents and G50 with the bigger vents. Still didn't make much difference, ventilation is non existent unless its cold.
I would say the drivers are the most eccentric feature.
I would say the drivers are the most eccentric feature.
supersport said:
Doug I think the vents changed later on, possibly with the G50? Need to go check my anorak. Article in this months 911&PW had two 3.2s early with with SC vents and G50 with the bigger vents. Still didn't make much difference, ventilation is non existent unless its cold.
I would say the drivers are the most eccentric feature.
I think it was around 1985. I would say the drivers are the most eccentric feature.
Damn I know more about 911s than I thought.
For all the oddness of the air cooled dash, mirror selector switch and intermittent wipers, Porsche tried to be more normal for the 944. But they just couldn't resist being a little odd. The trip reset is invisible as it is part of the air vent and you would never guess in a million years.
supersport said:
For all the oddness of the air cooled dash, mirror selector switch and intermittent wipers, Porsche tried to be more normal for the 944. But they just couldn't resist being a little odd. The trip reset is invisible as it is part of the air vent and you would never guess in a million years.
Yes, when I got my first SC years ago I wondered for a long time what the rocker on the bottom edge of the dash was for. The 968 CS I had also had the trip reset in the vent. The first time I filled it up I searched all over in the petrol station trying to find a way to reset it. Not until I got home to manual did I find out how, but by that point refused to due to OCD about trip reset and a brimmed tank. Resetting it with the juice used from driving home would have f
ked up my Qi.
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