Motorsports Monday: 1971 Porsche 911E

The Porsche 911 is a favorite when it comes to Motorsports Monday features. There are plenty of examples out there which have been race prepped by amateurs and professional race teams alike, along with some rather valuable factory built examples. They are a very versatile vehicle to go racing with, having seen action in everything from IROC to the rally circuit. This 1971 911E for sale in Atlanta has seen race action on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. It ran in the 24 Hours of Nürburgring in the late 1980s and was subsequently imported to the US and raced by John Forbes and the crew at Black Forest Racing.

CLICK FOR DETAILS: 1971 Porsche 911E on eBay

Year: 1971
Model: 911E
Engine: 3.0 liter flat-6
Transmission: 5-speed manual
Mileage: 62,671 mi
Price: $74,900 Buy It Now

Motorcar Studio is pleased to offer this 1971 Porsche 911E race car. Very well documented with its original German title / registration document (Kraftfahrzeugbrief) and its original Wagenpass. Built into a race car in 1986, it subsequently ran all of the important German races including Hockenheim and 24 Hours of Nürburgring in both 1987 and 1988.

The car’s owner in Germany was an officer in the U.S. Army; he was transferred back to the U.S. in 1989 and he imported the car the same year. All import documentation is included. He continued to campaign the car in the U.S. until it was bought and campaigned by John Bourassa, Joachim Warmbold and John Forbes.

The car was running a Black Forest Racing engine built by John Forbes, but after a missed shift (and a blown motor) at Sebring in the mid-1990s it has been off the track and in storage ever since. 901 gearbox with limited slip was rebuilt shortly before engine failure and still feels excellent. BBS wheels. Enduro 26-gallon fuel cell. After a recent re-commissioning in our shop, it’s now running and driving on a 3.0 liter street motor; the car starts, runs and stops but will need some further updating and sorting to be race ready.

Given the German race history and documentation, it’s a great candidate for repatriation to Europe. Or campaign it stateside (HSR and SCCA logbooks included). We welcome you or your inspector. Domestic and international shipping available. For more information, please contact Motorcar Studio 404-692-5250.

Click here for more photos of the car.

Click here for a walk-around video of the car, including it starting and running.

Click here for a PDF with all of the documents referenced above.

Speaking as a librarian, the seller’s inclusion of all the paperwork in an attached PDF link really impressed me. So often we see cars come through here with a claimed provenance and no documentation to back it up. Perusing through these old papers was a joy. I also like that this car is not perfect, with a nice patina so as to not intimate one into thinking they couldn’t immediately track this car. Even for a stock 911E of this vintage, the asking price is well within the ballpark, making a race vehicle with this kind of history a fairly decent value indeed.

-Paul