944S2NUT

heheh yes, I know what you mean! So easily blinded! by the image of owning a great car like this, this are easily seen and forgotten on purpose

r911

HUndreds of people have taken 1974- cars and removed their bumpers and made them look like cars up to 1973 - often at great expense. I've never heard of anyone doing what you want to do and make an early car look like the big bumpered later ones! Why?

The early cars have much less rust-proofing than the later ones. Slat will kill them.

The Webers - or maybe it has PMOs - are great and cost about $3k new. But they are not kind in cold weather.

So think about what you want out of this car. The early cars are getting quite valuable and are beautiful (b/c they lack the ugly bumpers...) but might not be a daily driver for a person in Northern areas. (or the far south - as they lack A/C too). They are at their best in moderate climates with some open road driving. But the degree to which you sacrifice creature comforts for sportiness and elegance is up to you...

944S2NUT

Strangley enough this 73T has A/C which has been removed, it was sitting on the front right part of the engine if you were starring at it. Could this possibly been a addon feature?

JackOlsen

911's might be scarce where you live, S2Nut, but as a rule, the 1974-1977 accordian-bumper cars sell for 1/2 to 1/3 of the long hood, eariler models.

If you like the look of the impact bumpers, you could get one for a lot less than a decent 73, and you'd also be getting rust protection as part of the bargain. In fact, you could probably get a 74-77 911 for about what it would cost you to correctly 'update' (hood/bumpers/fenders) the early car.

You also wouldn't be slashing the value of the car in order to get the look you want.

944S2NUT

Unfortunaltly the 74+ are worth a bundle more than the early cars here , I can not find a 74+ for under 15k+. Average price here is about 18k

jim911

I have a 32,000 mile orig. 1973 1/2 T with all the S options, inc. all leather sport seats that show no wear. I've added adj. Koni's and adj. sway bars, had the motor and tran. redone by a race shop. Great autoX er, and DE car. Does upper 2:50s a Road America. This car is as much fun as my GT3. Enjoy them!

Jay Laifman

A neighbor with a Carrera 4S recently drove my 73.5 911T, completely stock, with all the S options (but no sport seats or S engine :-) or brakes). He came back with a big smile and said "Man, your car feels like a race car!" There is something to be said about the early, light and sporty 911s. Made my day.

GTS

Hi, I think a 911 T goes best with classic seats.Depending what you like you can go either with a bucket or a reclinable sport seat.The original Recaros are well over $ 3500..... but here are some close find's and they fit the car as well and available in custom colors and applications.GTS-classics.com
regards Stefan

Jay Laifman

How funny. I've seen it the other way around! Usually it seems people want their cars to look like the latest, newest, not the oldest. In fact, Performance Products used to sell kits to make the rear of pre-74 cars look like the newer cars. I'm always reading ads by people who have taken early cars and "updated" them with newer fenders, etc. In fact, I seem to recall recently seeing an early car converted to look like a 993. Quite a feat if that's what you're into.

Fortunately I know that my car there to the left has a 100% stock 1973 911 engine and tranny in it! Don't have to worry it's a 993 butched to hide as an old one.

ked

Times & tastes change.
When "the new new thing" was all the rage, some first time buyers who couldn't (or wouldn't) afford a new 911 would update the look of older versions. Meanwhile, wear & tear (the 3 Rs: racing, recking & rusting) created a demand (& manufacturing capacity) for body skins. Updating is a natural development, given the 911's evolutionary design & construction. Years ago, the unique character of the '65-73 models was not as widely appreciated as it has become. Of course, this is reflected in the growing $ value of preserved original examples as well as the R Gruppe phenomenon. So much so that the opposite trend, backdating, has emerged. Appearance, lightness & longevity are the drivers. Meanwhile, update kits for the 997 headlight look onto the 996 are already on the market. Perhaps the pattern is that recent used models are updated & middle aged cars are backdated.

After 40 yrs, it seems almost any well-executed (or preserved) 911 concept has a following.