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1969 Porsche 912 Targa

Published July 19, 2014 by Rob

Typically when we feature a 912 it’s because we hope to highlight its relative value compared to a similar vintage 911. These are, after all, basically a 911 design but with a flat-4 engine rather than the 911’s flat-6 and tend to come far cheaper. Well, what about the other end of the 912 spectrum: the pristine, collector-quality, 912? Like the 911, a really nice 912 can command a fairly high price, though still far short of a 911 of comparable quality. The example featured here is a Polo Red 1969 Porsche 912 Targa, located in Connecticut, with black interior. 1969 was the last year for the 912 (not counting it’s brief reappearance in 1976 as the 912E) and, like the 911, it featured a slightly longer wheelbase than in previous years. We don’t come across very many Targas from these years (whether 911 or 912) so it’s always nice to see where the design began. This particular car is the hard-window Targa and appears to be very low-mileage, though just how low is a little uncertain.

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1983 Porsche 930 Cabriolet

Published July 16, 2014 by Rob

The 930 has always possessed its own ’80s flare that few other cars can eclipse. Make that 930 a Cabriolet, cloak it in metallic paint and give it a nearly white interior and now we’re really talking ’80s. Lately we haven’t seen nearly as many 930 Cabriolets come up for sale relative to the Coupe so when we do come across one it always grabs our attention. The case is no different with this eye-catching Platinum Metallic 1983 Porsche 930 Cabriolet, located in Colorado, with Parchment leather interior and 87,898 miles. Like a few of the recent 930s we’ve featured here at GCFSB this one is a RoW 930 as the 930 was unavailable in the US market during this time.

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1968 Porsche 911 Sunroof Coupe

Published July 15, 2014 by Rob

There are times when I feel like we feature quite a few auctions of a pre-1974 911 and I forget how truly rare it is to come across a quality example of these cars. Still here we are on back-to-back weeks featuring a 1968 Porsche 911 Sunroof Coupe, though this time in a lovely Irish Green exterior over Tan interior. The car featured here was originally a Sportomatic, Porsche’s early attempt at producing a clutchless manual, but the owner asked his dealer to convert it to the full manual transmission. There are some details to work out with regard to the work done on the car – perhaps specifically the statement of a “new interior” – but overall we have a good looking early 911 that has spent its days in California and sits with very reasonable mileage given the year.

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1986 Porsche 911 Turbo

Published July 12, 2014 by Rob

This car provides a nice juxtaposition with the 2005 911 Turbo S I featured a few days back. That car represents the value side of the performance Porsche spectrum, while this car fits squarely on the investment side. I suppose the difficult decision comes for those buyers whose interests lie in having a 911 to spend a decent amount of time driving, rather than saving as an investment. In that regard, a low-mileage 930 wouldn’t be the ideal choice as a driver, but these days even a 930 with a decent numbers of miles will command a cost similar to a 996TT. There’s still something about these cars, especially in their design, that draws my eye more than the modern equivalents and while a 930 won’t outperform a 996TT it still commands a great deal of respect on any road.

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1968 Porsche 911 Sunroof Coupe

Published July 9, 2014 by Rob

Sometimes auctions on early Porsches seem to have almost as many questions as answers. The car we see here is a Steel Blue 1968 Porsche 911 Sunroof Coupe, located in Vermont, with just under 70K miles. For the 1968 model year Porsche produced 3 variants of the 911: the T, L, and S. It was also the last year of the short-wheel-base 911 as Porsche increased the wheelbase for the 1969 model year in an attempt to control some of the 911’s tail-happy and skittish nature. So which variant is this particular car? That hasn’t been made clear by the seller, but according to the VIN (and the VIN decoders I’ve come across on the internet) this should be a 911S. If any of our readers can provide some clarity here, please don’t hesitate to comment. The values of these early variants tend to vary significantly by model so a precise determination will be key in this case. Otherwise, what we have is a SWB 911 that has been in the hands of its current owner since 1990, who has faithfully attempted to restore the car over time, though there is a degree to which this restoration has been done a bit piecemeal.

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