Finding value on the air-cooled 911 market is always a somewhat relative proposition and has been increasingly difficult to come across. It is also something with which you will rarely see me lead-off a post when the car in question is a long-hood 911S. Even when only in fair condition these cars command quite a lot of money; a pristine example can easily exceed $200K. The question here, and which I’ll discuss more below, is whether the current owners of this 911S have found themselves a nice value. Here we have an Irish Green 1972 Porsche 911S Targa, located in Texas, with 74,111 miles on it. You may recall that last week we featured another ’72 Targa, that one being a Bahia Red 911T. The distinguishing characteristic of these ’72 911s is the external oil filler and, while possibly entirely anecdotal, I have noticed quite a few examples from that model year coming up for auction. They certainly seem more prevalent than other long-hood model years. As the early-911 market accelerated and then possibly cooled some it has been these rarer variants that have continued to command the most money and as such sellers continue to try to make the most of the market.
