1966 Porsche 911

Registration No: AUB 153E
Chassis No: 305893
MOT: Exempt

• Highly desirable SWB example, manufactured in 1966
• Comprehensive bare metal restoration completed in 2022 with over £45,000 worth of expenditure
• Just c.2,000 miles covered since the conclusion of the restoration
• Recent set-up and tune by AutoFarm Porsche specialists
• Offered with a history file including AFN Heritage letter of authenticity

After a lengthy gestation period, the now ubiquitous Porsche 911 entered production in 1964. The design was the work of Dr. Ferry Porsche's eldest son, Ferdinand 'Butzi' Porsche and the company's joint founder and chief body engineer Erwin Komenda. The car featured rack and pinion steering and both torsion bar suspension and disc brakes all round. It was powered by a dry-sump, air-cooled, 1991cc, flat-six engine which was overhung at the rear and allied to a five-speed manual transmission. Power output was restricted to 130bhp, though with an all-up weight of just 1,080 kg this was sufficient to provide the new car with a top speed of over 130mph and a very respectable 0-60mph time of just 8.5 seconds. Having competed successfully with the 356, Porsche was quick to do the same with the 911, and laurels in both racing and rallying came quickly and easily from 1965 onwards. Indeed, a mere four months after the first car rolled off the production line, the company entered one for the Monte Carlo Rally. For a lesser organisation this would be a baptism of fire. Porsche fans, however, will not be surprised to know that the car not only completed the event without trouble but finished an astonishing fifth overall.

Chassis ‘305893’ was manufactured in September 1966 (Model Year 1966, denoted by its six-digit chassis number), being supplied new by Porsche of America in Teaneck, New Jersey with a delivery date of the 19^th of May 1967. Remaining in the United States, latterly in California, until 1995, the 911 was thereafter shipped to the United Kingdom with the owner who was reputedly a British gentleman relocating back to the UK. Used on the road for several years before being laid up, the Porsche had already by this stage been fitted with a later 2.2-litre engine. Purchased by the vendor in 2017 from twenty-year previous ownership, the vendor embarked on a comprehensive restoration of the 911, with the renovation to be inspiring by privateer entries in period and in the manner of S-spec cars for use in road rallies.

Benefitting from over £45,000 worth of expenditure during the restoration and in some of the fettling since, the Porsche was stripped back to bare metal, with the engine refreshed with a top end overhauled, fitment of genuine Weber carburettors, and new ignition parts. The gearbox was restored with a new clutch kit, with the brakes renewed and suspension bushes replaced, before the SWB 911 was fully repainted in the striking colour of Porsche Albert Blue paintwork. The interior was fully refreshed with Rennsport race seats and cross bar, and a full carpet set. Most recently set-up and tuned by AutoFarm Porsche specialists earlier this year, the 911 is understood to be producing around 180hp.

Only used for c.2,000 miles since the completion of the restoration, the Porsche is now offered ready and raring for use, and both started readily and was running well during our photography session. A highly desirable SWB example, ‘AUB 153E’ is offered with a history file that comprises an AFN Heritage letter of authenticity, previous California title, numerous invoices relating to the restoration, over 200 images of the restoration, previous MOT certificates, and a current V5C document. As a now much sought-after early SWB model, this highly capable 911 is ready for pressing into use.

For more information, please contact:
Paul Cheetham
paul.cheetham@handh.co.uk
07538 667452