QV Fi 87 HLA12144 Full Restoration

Very informative, keep going, love it

 

My car is non skirted 87prod year 88reg US

 

Side skirts from build date September 1987 onwards I believe.

 

There is also another aftermarket version floating around that is far from accurate, the OEM item is rare to find in good condition
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I have seen a July 1987 build with no side skirts and a Sept 1987 build with side skirts so that would likely confirm what Joe said . Both MY 1988. Awesome thread!

 

Here is a better one, my car is oct(10-87) non skirted .that should confirm what i just said , or not?

 

Very interesting, any comment Joe ? My 9-87 has skirts . His 10-87 doesn't .

 

Could poss be my car is fi ,and wasUS bound, yours is dd ,just a thought.

 

Mine is FI , USA car..interesting for sure

 

Probably used whatewer parts they had laying around, mine just happened to get the last non ribbed/skirted belly panels on thē shelves, lucky me.

 

Interesting for shure,do you have the new style digital air cond /climaté control, or the push lever twist knobs?

 

Old style , you ?

 

Old

 

I think this is a matter of his car being delayed during the build process for some reason, Alpine equipment etc, as the build date was allocated upon completion, unless of course his car had skirts and they were removed.

I have September 1987 as the point at which the side-skirt application commenced, and once production was underway, I believe that's the only way the cars came - in other words the skirts were not an optional item, which I believe was the basis of DaniT's question.

 

All good points, my car has been in my ownership for 10years,prior to that it belonged to a friend for 17years, the first year in USA it was owned by somone else,but the chances of anyone going from skirts( wich was the hottest thin since popcorn at the time)to non skirts is very slim,i o w that did not happen, the next 27years is also to be ruled out, also my car has no extra Alpine equipment, i guess it will remaine a mystery,or as Joe said it was delayed for one reason or another, my guess is there was non skitr panels left,and they decided to stick them on a US car, by the time it rolled off the boat,nobody cared being the Countach market at the time was Hot Hot