Re: [T3] Fuel Injection's NOT Fuel Infection...

[Jens Vagelpohl <jens@dataflake.org>]

<x-flowed>hey shad,

> At the Ypsilanti, MI, show, I met a gentleman with a 2-door 411 
> Fastback.

was that tom siligato by any chance?


> For those who don't know, these are EXTREMELY rare, ESPECIALLY in the 
> US.

the 2-doors have been the worst sellers of all three body styles, that 
is correct.


> It was the best-looking of all the T4's, and was intended to recieve a 
> 901
> 5-speed transmission and 6-cylinder engine as an option (a la 914-6, 
> only a
> 411-6).  Porsche and VW decided to eliminate that option from the
> drawingboard at the last minute.

do you have any proof of that? i had not heard of the planned 
6-cylinder models  before. One of the prototypes was a bigger 
6-cylinder station wagon (bigger than the 411 models) with slightly 
different lines, but that was dropped pretty quickly.


>   There were ~100 that were imported here
> via special programs (they were never on showroom floors), and that's 
> it.

this is incorrect, the 2-door sedans were part of the standard lineup 
and came here through the normal sales channel. it is true that 411 
2-doors (as opposed to 412 2-doors) were very rare because they were 
only sent to the US in a single model year (1972).


> He had it restored pretty danged well.  He even had an original Type 4
> 4-speed manual transmission that still functioned as new.

all 411/412 2-door models for the US market had manual transmissions. i 
suppose they tried to position the 2-door as the more "sporty" model.


> And, he was proud of the Weber progressive carb conversion he did to 
> replace
> that "stock FI stuff."  D'oh!!!

i know :(  that sucks.


jens

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