1970 911T - mine

[DJ911]

I am very pleased to be the new owner of this car.

I would like to sincerely thank Shane for passing on custodianship of this fine vehicle and for being a stand up honest seller (and decent bloke to boot).

Completed my initial familiarisation run with the car (Sydney to Adelaide) on Monday - it didn't miss a beat - which is great because it is now my daily driver.

Can't wipe the stupid smile off my face

[CS911E]

Congratulations Dirk, the hunt for a 911 is now over.

Enjoy

[CamBiscuit]

Well done Dirk you bought a great car!

The Adelaide contingent grows....!

[9er]

Well done, get that historic rego organised, unless you were being literal when you said daily driver. I now know that if you plan to put a car on historic reg is S.A. you dont have to pay stamp duty on the purchase price either, big savings all round.

[Michel]

great dirk- SWB LWB perhaps a needless issue for mortals. any pics of crossing the hay plains

[e72phil]

Hey Dirk, it would make a great story to new members to understand how you arrived at yr decision to buy Shanes car.

I remember at the beginning you were adamant about getting an SWB car, but still wanted to drive it daily.

What finally changed your mind ?

I am sure Shanes car will suit the job perfectly as his motor swap etc (as I recall) was all aimed at getting a good reliable daily car.

And that was surely a great familiarisation run in it. Similar to when I bought a 72E targa in Portland, OR and drove it down to Southern California a few years back.

[DJ911]

Thanks Gents.

Chris,

I was being literal when I said daily driver. Driveability certainly does not feel like an issue (though its only been a couple of days). Will see how I go in the peak of winter & summer

Michel,

Too focused on driving / getting home to take additional breaks for photographs. There were enough stops for fuel - 3.0 running at 3400 rpm uses some juice - not to mention some gear changes that were strictly not required


Phil,

It was a range of factors that made this car correct for me. While I did have a strong preference for a SWB this car ticked several other important boxes: Australian delivered, highly usable 3.0 engine, desirable (but not original) colour and driver quality. I was not interested in concours quality (nor could I afford it). Additionally it has future potential/inherent value because it comes with the original matching no 2.2.

So overall an opportunity too good to let pass.

[Terminator]

Yep all perfectly sensible and rational reasons for buying the car.......they are not emotions that occur too often when buying an early Porsche purchase however

[DJ911]

Yep all perfectly sensible and rational reasons for buying the car.......they are not emotions that occur too often when buying an early Porsche purchase however

... did I forget to mention it looks bloody fantastic, sounds f**king great and goes like stink!

[douglas]

.......they are not emotions that occur too often when buying an early Porsche purchase however

+1 on that