Lot details Registration No: TYY 11M Chassis No: 9113511253 Mot Expiry: April 2013
After a lengthy gestation period, the ubiquitous Porsche 911 entered production in 1964 and, despite Porsche's own attempts to replace the model with the 928 during the 1970s, much evolved versions remain in volume production to this day. The original iteration featured rack and pinion steering and both torsion bar suspension and disc brakes all round. It was powered by a dry-sump, air-cooled, 2-litre, 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 newcomer with a 0-60mph time of 8.5 seconds. In 1968, the wheelbase was increased by 57mm, the rear overhang reduced by the same amount and 22lb saved from the engine crankcase - changes that greatly improved the car's handling. In 1969 the engine capacity was increased to 2.2-litres and hiked once more in 1971; this time to 2.4-litres. The corresponding outputs were as follows: 911T (130bhp), 911E (165bhp) and 911S (190bhp). The revised model also featured the new, more resilient 915 transmission with conventional H rather than dog-leg pattern gearchange.
The example on offer is a right-hand drive 1973 911T Targa that sports Red bodywork teamed with a Black interior. The vendor acquired the Porsche in 2003 and informs us that it had been restored by RS Autos of West Kingsdown Kent some 15 years prior; since when it is understood to have covered just over 34,000 miles. These days he regards the bodywork, paintwork, 2.4-litre engine and five-speed gearbox as "good" but considers the interior trim to be only "fair" - there is apparently a hole in one of the seats. This venerable 911 comes complete with a large selection of invoices, tax discs and old MOTs, plus a new one valid until March 2013.
PLEASE NOTE: This vehicle has an MOT until April 2013.
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