How many 911 2.4S were produced
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Hi Oldbug73
Welcome to ownership of the great F series 911 cars from Porsche, I have owned my 1973 2.4S for 39 years and still enjoy driving it.
From my records and the Red Book there were 850 F series cars imported by AFN into the UK. AFN were the official importers at that time based in West London.
This is made up of 321 cars with the Chassis number being 9112xxxxxx and 529 cars with their chassis number being 9113xxxxxx, all 'F' series cars.
This number is for all F series cars which include 'T' 'E' 'S' and 'RS' models of which some were Targa models most were Coupe's.
Porsche produced 2812 examples of the 'F' series cars worldwide so about 30% came into UK but not all official imports were RHD.
I guess this only poses more questions about your car, there may be more info in the PCGB Archive, or with Ian McLeod.
Good Luck, drive safely. Robin.
Welcome to ownership of the great F series 911 cars from Porsche, I have owned my 1973 2.4S for 39 years and still enjoy driving it.
From my records and the Red Book there were 850 F series cars imported by AFN into the UK. AFN were the official importers at that time based in West London.
This is made up of 321 cars with the Chassis number being 9112xxxxxx and 529 cars with their chassis number being 9113xxxxxx, all 'F' series cars.
This number is for all F series cars which include 'T' 'E' 'S' and 'RS' models of which some were Targa models most were Coupe's.
Porsche produced 2812 examples of the 'F' series cars worldwide so about 30% came into UK but not all official imports were RHD.
I guess this only poses more questions about your car, there may be more info in the PCGB Archive, or with Ian McLeod.
Good Luck, drive safely. Robin.
I have to say, why should I bother to reply to people on this Forum who are not members, I checked my records and replied and .............. Nothing.
In future I think I will only reply to members who actually give their proper names and not waste my time trying to help non members, perhaps with 22000 members we don't need any more of them ?
Any thoughts on this ?
In future I think I will only reply to members who actually give their proper names and not waste my time trying to help non members, perhaps with 22000 members we don't need any more of them ?
Any thoughts on this ?
According to Peter Morgan, Porsche manufactured 1430 '73 2.4S Coupe's .... fewer than 2.7RS in the year !
If the UK market was 30% of the ROW, that would be around 400 cars.
However, I thought that the UK was nearer 10% of the world market.
Vin numbers were 9113300001 to 1430, engine numbers in the series 6330001 to 2231 ... including engines for 925 Targa's. So they didn't build enough engines ? Or they didn't make so many cars !
If the UK market was 30% of the ROW, that would be around 400 cars.
However, I thought that the UK was nearer 10% of the world market.
Vin numbers were 9113300001 to 1430, engine numbers in the series 6330001 to 2231 ... including engines for 925 Targa's. So they didn't build enough engines ? Or they didn't make so many cars !
I don’t get to this forum much so late to this thread. I have original paperwork from the dealer principal’s jolly …. errrm …. formal tax deductible busness meeting… to Vienna around 73 so contemporary with that period. It doesn’t give the breakdown by 911 model TES (and RS) but the figures for the 911 model are 550 and 325 for MY 73 and MY 72 respectively. These appear to correlate to Robins figures 911 2…. ans 911 3…. Close enough for government work, as they say. The RHD MY 73 RS numbers are very well known; that limited edition homologation special might have cannibalised the S numbers however the overall y-o-y 911 volume is up and RS racing success humbling factory prototypes (at Daytona Targa etc) might have contributed to a bump by attracting buyers to the then top range model. So not clear if many S buyers went for the RS Touring option foe a little more money instead.
I’m curious in knowing the RHD breakdown RS vs S (total and percent) for that reason. Any new data points?
Steve
I’m curious in knowing the RHD breakdown RS vs S (total and percent) for that reason. Any new data points?
Steve
From a quick count of the not-very-accurate list of Early 911 cars supplied to me by Club Office I have recorded that the list shows there are 32 RHD 2.4 S cars. I do not know how many are Coupe or Targa models some are 1972 and others 1973 model year cars.
The total number of 911S models in the list is 89 cars again this includes 2.0 2.2 and 2.4 engine capacities
So this leaves a total of 57 all other 911S models all LHD.
This is a quick count up and I will have another look at the exact number of all the various models and try to update the archive list.
I am sure other Early 911 Register members reading this will have their own questions so please be patient with me and I will see what I can find.
Remember this is the 60th anniversary of the launch of the 911 shaped Porsche so we want to see as many of the cars out during the year supporting the various events around the country. They are drivers cars!
The total number of 911S models in the list is 89 cars again this includes 2.0 2.2 and 2.4 engine capacities
So this leaves a total of 57 all other 911S models all LHD.
This is a quick count up and I will have another look at the exact number of all the various models and try to update the archive list.
I am sure other Early 911 Register members reading this will have their own questions so please be patient with me and I will see what I can find.
Remember this is the 60th anniversary of the launch of the 911 shaped Porsche so we want to see as many of the cars out during the year supporting the various events around the country. They are drivers cars!
working from memory there were 102 examples of Carrera RS that had the EG country code. This is probably a reasonable approximation to work with for the time being. There were in fact more RHD if count other other country codes codes for in Australia SA etc. Also a couple had different EZ England code that denoted different delivery.
I have an old list with 110 RS examples listed but 102 is probably a reasonable number to work with for RHD RS . Once the 911 S is nailed down it would not be difficult to get an exact figure for RS if I were to check my references as would need to work through the nuances of EG EZ in combination with country equipment code C16 along with other country equipment code for other countries with RHD to finesse. They would get back to the more recognised figure for RHD 73 RS
So if for now if we accept the 550 for total model year 73 911 from the dealer jolly period source together with Robin’s quick figure as work in progress then the 73 RS model appears to have been about a fifth of the 911 year here in model year 73.
If it seems a lot ( high proportion) we must remember the third RS series was in some ways a less special version assembled without a some of the RS homologation special parts ans with Leeds consideration for weight-saving . After homologation was achieved in April 73 Porsche could simplify and take cost out to exploit the success as few of the third series played any formal role in homologation. With a few exceptions the essence of the third series was not about doing things in a convoluted way using double ordering and manufacturing to achieve homologation; after that it could be about more cost effectively filling the unexpected demand and maximising profit by making the later examples much more productionized both on spec and manufacturing process. However these cars without thinner gauge steel, without unique forged crossmember , lot more shutz etc etc are 911.744 are in the RS tally regardless of what folks might think of Porsche commercially exploiting the success beyond the 500 plus 500 more in the original carefully developed spec that was needed to achieve homologation goal with FiA .
I probably already have the information myself to double check things properly for RS To combine with 911 S information that emerges.
Steve
I have an old list with 110 RS examples listed but 102 is probably a reasonable number to work with for RHD RS . Once the 911 S is nailed down it would not be difficult to get an exact figure for RS if I were to check my references as would need to work through the nuances of EG EZ in combination with country equipment code C16 along with other country equipment code for other countries with RHD to finesse. They would get back to the more recognised figure for RHD 73 RS
So if for now if we accept the 550 for total model year 73 911 from the dealer jolly period source together with Robin’s quick figure as work in progress then the 73 RS model appears to have been about a fifth of the 911 year here in model year 73.
If it seems a lot ( high proportion) we must remember the third RS series was in some ways a less special version assembled without a some of the RS homologation special parts ans with Leeds consideration for weight-saving . After homologation was achieved in April 73 Porsche could simplify and take cost out to exploit the success as few of the third series played any formal role in homologation. With a few exceptions the essence of the third series was not about doing things in a convoluted way using double ordering and manufacturing to achieve homologation; after that it could be about more cost effectively filling the unexpected demand and maximising profit by making the later examples much more productionized both on spec and manufacturing process. However these cars without thinner gauge steel, without unique forged crossmember , lot more shutz etc etc are 911.744 are in the RS tally regardless of what folks might think of Porsche commercially exploiting the success beyond the 500 plus 500 more in the original carefully developed spec that was needed to achieve homologation goal with FiA .
I probably already have the information myself to double check things properly for RS To combine with 911 S information that emerges.
Steve
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