Parting 911 Targa

[don1357]

Every once in a while them deals do pop up. Long story short This is what $300 can buy you nowadays:

Plus a lot of body metal, rear glass, and parts on the back of the pickup truck. I had to act fast so I just tied it up to the bumper of my truck and drove it through the back roads:

I know; it looks irresponsible but there are four separate straps with a tow strap wrapped around several times in the middle. It wasn't letting go and the sub 20 minutes going down took an hour at a top speed of 20mph.

Anyways... Could somebody help me decode the vin? According to this site https://www.stuttcars.com/technical/vin-decoder/ 10-digit is a 1970~1979, and the fourth digit is the year (0 = 1970, 1 = 1971, etc) so it should be a 1974. Except that the tag says it is a 911SC, and those were not introduced until 1978.

So what year is it?

There are a couple more pictures on my gallery

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_search.php?search_author=don1357

[don1357]

Nobody knows why this 1974 VIN has a 911SC? According to every vin decoder I could find the fourth digit is the year, which indicates that this is a 1974 car. And yet:

[panel]

Try http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-technical-forum/ maybe ?
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[don1357]

Thanks, will do

[TornadoRed06]

Hi,
I suggest you to not worry too much into thinking if you've got a 1978 911SC.
You have to overlook a bit the SC on the Typ 911SC manufacturer's plate. Your car is a G-modell. Those came first for the MY74 (G-programm).

The most important, by now, is to find out if all data matches. Do the stamping in the floor of the trunk matches the stamped number in the manufacturer's plate? I ask this because looking into your picture I almost find the stamped numbers funny.

According to verified Porsche data, 1974 911 Carrera targa US/Canada cars have chassis numbers that started with 9114410001 and fitted engine types either 911.93 or 911.98
So, if everything on the $300 purchase is factory legit, You've got into a 1974 911 Carrera targa (US spec). Congratulations!!

But why did Porsche found out a good idea to stamp Typ 911SC on the manufacturer plate. Honestly I don't know why. But I do know a few things:

- the 1974 911 Carrera made use of an 'evolution' of the famous 1973 F-programm Carrera 2.7 RS as it was in-fact still using the MFI system debuted on the Carrera 2.7 RS. Did you've got the original engine on this $300 acquisition?. I guess you didn't...

- in October 1973, at the Paris Auto Show, Porsche showed a new model (incidently, without an engine fitted). It was the new 911 Turbo. The very first production 911 Turbo was delivered with a 2.7-liter turbocharged engine, and was designated as Carrera 2.7 Turbo by the factory. It was handout in August 1974 to Louise Piëch, as a gift.

Maybe in 1973, at the time of introduction of the G-programm, Porsche found good idea to differentiate the future product by allocating Typ 911SC for the Saug-Carrera and maybe Typ 911TC for the Turbo-Carrera? Hope somehow this helps.

[don1357]

It does a lot, most appreciated.

Mostly I bought it for the rims, I just need to nail the year so I can properly part out and list the rest. Even for nearly free it is just too incomplete to bring it back, costing more to complete that the final value by a lot.