Scripted door handles

[DavidL]

How unusual are these?
There are a set on pH which seem quite expensive for not being in great shape and I have read adverts where they are listed as a "feature". They only open the doors after all but I just wondered if they were an option or only on early or late cars.
David

 

[jackregan]

i thought that more early cars than late cars had these, but I might be worng!

 

[swright]

Wernt they only fitted to the turbo cars?

 

[Black_JPN]

Have them on mine.

 

[Lemon]

ORIGINAL: Black_JPN

Have them on mine.

Me too []

 

[Indi9xx]

They go for lots of money because they can also be made to fit VW golfs and are desired by the golf boys due to the Porsche connection.

 

[random hero]

As far as i know they were fitted to most oval dash cars (all models) upto about 89-90 when the lost the porsche logo, as jon has said they usually end up polished chrome on golfs which has pushed the price up the same as porsche wheels !!

 

[Steven944]

These were a standard fitment on all 944s from oval dash onwards. Also on 924S from 86 on.

I should also have said that this was Porsche changed from using VW door handles to their own design - hence the script.

 

[nick3814]

I had them on both of my 1986 and 1988 944 Luxs but not on my 1991 944S2! Which is a little disapointing really as they look rather smart compared to a plain handle []

 

[appletonn]

Not got them on my '91 Turbo[&o]

 

[swright]

ORIGINAL: Steven Ferguson

These were a standard fitment on all 944s from oval dash onwards. Also on 924S from 86 on.

I should also have said that this was Porsche changed from using VW door handles to their own design - hence the script.

I viewed 3 S2's before buying my turbo and none of them had the scripted door handles. My car does have them. So maybe they were an option?

 

[random hero]

My 1990 S2 did'nt have them either as they stopped fitting them around 89-90 and went for the plain ones instead.

 

[Steven944]

I do indeed stand corrected then. I assumed they were on all 944s until 93 and the advent of 968. Having said that, now that I really think about it, my 92 944S2 didn't have them...... I remember ooing and aahing over them on a 924S at the 1986 motorshow - that and the 'new fangled' smooth rain gutters.....

 

[Steven944]

I've checked the 1990 price list now, and there was no option listed for the door handles. hmmm....curious indeed...

 

[poprock]

I've go them on my '87 Lux but not on my '89 Turbo. Quite fancy swapping them over actually"”does anyone know how easy or difficult a job that is?

 

[DavidL]

You've still got it then? It certainly seems a bit slow out there.
Anyone want a nice S?

 

[poprock]

What with getting married and going on honeymoon I've not had the Lux's front end repaired after it's accident yet. It'll sell easily enough once that's done, hopefully.

 

[Geoff 944]

I have a scripted one on my drivers door but not the passenger side, probably fitted later as mine is a 2.5 1983

 

[sawood12]

Plain ones on my '87 turbo. In fact I think they are quite rare - I certainly havn't noticed them on the majority of 944's and 924's i've ever seen so I don't think they were ever standard fittment. Maybe they were part of an upgrade package specc'd from new or something along those lines.

There was a chap on ebay selling them for a good while. Not sure where he sourced them from - I always presumed he just took plain ones and had a small modlers milling machine in his shed and was milling the script in.

 

[tr7v8]

ORIGINAL: Geoff 944

I have a scripted one on my drivers door but not the passenger side, probably fitted later as mine is a 2.5 1983

Funnily enough mine is the other way round. The Passengers one is upside down so I presume is actually a drivers side one!