Nice car. Not so nice price.

[Cairns888]

http://www.carsales.com.au/CarStockGallery.aspx?R=AGC-AD-15209042&TabID=304736&enq=6093893&ad=6035088&gal=6093855&wt=0&ladt=6093859&adpvEnq=0&show=photos&cw=555&ch=370&index=1&mode=popup

[Cairns888]

Nice price for the seller though!!!

[Terminator]

My guess is that is Dennis Brooks car he has just acquired another machine from the USA...could be wrong.

If it is his its had heaps of work over his long ownership including fairly recent full repsray and panel replacement repairs.

[epilot]

2.2 S,original RHD, perfect colour, documented history = $165K= will be snapped up !!

[ZoKniwry]

The price is only wrong if they can't find a buyer. I suspect they will.

[npvpositive]

Yup that's DB's car, 100%. Autohaus maintain it and it has the 72/73-S front bumper and the red/black pepita from Eric Linden. Great car . . . as Clyde said it has had lots spent on it, complete paint job by Zag Auto a few years ago, etc.

Originally a UK car but has been here for many years . . . I'd say fair value at $165k given the popular colour and $175k-$180k paid for the two minter Aussie delivered 71S cars at CTS and Bowdens late last year.

[Cairns888]

BTW I was not having a crack at the price. If it is worth it then fine. Just wishing it was cheaper for no other reason except so I could buy it. Very nice car and hopefully they get the money they are after.

[CamBiscuit]

Likewise I wish I had the $$ its a very well cared for car.

I can't believe Dennis is parting with it.

[Terminator]

914/6 GT, very special car he has acquired, I have seen his garage room for 1 only!!!

His S also has the 85 litre plastic tank

[9er]

I need to get out more.

[PD Targa]

I thought this may be of interest since we are on the topic of 911 values. These are recent Auction results in the US. I have taken this info from the early 911S forum. Seems that the 911S for sale at Autohaus is right on the money. 911E targa is looking good as well!

http://www.early911sregistry.org/forums/showthread.php?96774-2014-Auction-Round-Up-911-Cars

Lot 8 - 1989 Carrera Speedster: $126,500

Lot 26 - 1970 911E Targa (9110210715): $176,000

Lot 77 - 1970 911E Coupe (9110200496): $71,500

Lot 105 - 1973 911E Targa ( 9113210526): $140,250


In typical RM fashion, they attracted the best and brightest from the Porsche fold.


Gooding and Co. Auction Results

Lot 17 - 1973 911E Targa (9113210395): $92,400

Lot 34 - 1968 911L Coupe (11805286): $143,000

Lot 110 - 1972 911S Coupe (9112300846): $165,000

Lot 135 - 1965 911 Coupe (302344): $269,500

The 1965 911, also, was a complete shocker. The "early" 911s are rare, but this was no "901" car. If anyone has an explanation, I'd love to hear it.


Bonhams' Auction Results

Lot 111 - 1977 911S Coupe (9117201892): $88,000

Lot 149 - 1965 911 Coupe "Barn Find" (302226): $116,600

Lot 154 - 1967 911 Coupe (306528): $115,500

[Fishcop]

Wow, 68L coupe $143k... Makes me wonder if I should be turning mine into a race car

[npvpositive]

Autohaus have posted some details now:

The 2.2L 911S was introduced for the 1970 / 71 model years and received the 180 BHP spec engine with Bosch mechanical fuel injection. The S designates it as the top of the range model available at that time. Porsche quotes just 1420 coupes and 788 Targas sold worldwide, RHD versions were a very small proportion of the total figure, thus making this a very rare Porsche indeed.

This particular car was delivered new in March 1971 to the UK and is a genuine matching chassis # / engine # car, in its original colour of silver metallic with black interior. Its original options were electric sunroof, electric windows, tinted windows, black leatherette with corduroy centres and rear wiper.

In 1979 the car was imported to sunny Australia ( no more salted roads ) with approx. 9500 miles ( documented ) on the clock by an Australian expat, since that time it has remained in Australia and appears to have had 3 Porsche club QLD president owners, one Victorian owner and 2 Sydney owners.

The car comes with a very thick folder of documentation dating from 1978 right through to todays date. The documentation has left us in no doubt that the mileage is correct and that the 5 digit odometer has only travelled around once hence total mileage appears to be 163395 miles. It is also a car we know very well having maintained it since 2004.

Over the years the car has received much attention, with invoices showing 2 engine rebuilds ( 1980 and 1994 ) and 2 gearbox rebuilds ( mid eighties and 1993 ) plus all the other normal maintenance you would expect a car like this to receive.

Body wise, the invoices show remedial work in 1986 and a major body refurb in 2006 ( $31k worth ) which resulted in confirmation that the car has not had any major crash repair and that the shell was straight. Front guards were replaced along with a handful of other small rust repairs and a complete glass out respray in the original colour was carried out with photographic proof. It still presents beautifully to this day.

Other recent work includes, refurbishment of front seats in hounds tooth, new head lining, new 85L factory plastic fuel tank, new Koni classic shock absorbers, SSI heat exchangers, wheels refurbished to correct finish, etc...
We have just put the car through our workshop for its yearly service and carried out a compression and leak down test to which it passed with excellent figures.

Comes with the original Durant mirror ( Flag style fitted for better visibility ) comes with original clock ( voltage meter fitted in place at the moment ) genuine 6' Fuchs spare wheel and a number of other period spares.

[npvpositive]

Bit confused by Authohaus' commentary about the odometer and the car's mileage since DB has clearly swapped out the speedo at some point and put in a KM version.

So I'm not sure you can draw any conclusions at all based on the odometer. The maintenance documentation presumably provides the necessary evidence.

[npvpositive]

Sold

(well, it's been taken off carsales and Autohaus site . . . and DB's beautiful new 914-6 is being readied for the road at Autohaus, so I assume it has already sold!)