Last month Alex inspired me to try and track down the first owner of my 911E.
A success, I found him, a nice story & even some photos.
I already knew the car was a tourist factory pick-up in Stuttgart in February 1969 from the options list (0000) on the COA.
However, I now know that the car was ordered through Hamiltons in Melbourne in late 1968 by Anthony Woinarski of Surfers Paradise.
However, Anthony, in his 20's at the time, was not living in Queensland but working in London, so he used the address of his parents.
His plan was to order an Australian compliant 911, use it in London, then marry his girlfriend, have a driving honeymoon in Australia using the Porsche and then flip it.
He picked the car up at the Porsche factory on 19 February 1969 with his girlfriend - soon to be wife.
Anthony told me that collecting the car was a great all day affair.
In the morning he completed the necessary paperwork, then was given a guided tour of the factory followed by a lunch.
In the afternoon he collected the car and, with a factory driver that spoke English, drove it out onto the Porsche test circuit and was shown how to drive the car properly with all it's idiosyncrasies explained and demonstrated.
He clearly recalled one piece of advice - "if you are in a corner and feel you are going too fast DO NOT TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR but keep a little power on and trust the car".
They then drove the brand new 911 back around Europe and then back to the UK, on tourist plates.
See attached attached photo taken near Thun in Switzerland (hope he had snow tyres on!) just a few days after collecting the car.
The car lived in London for the rest of 1969 and in August 1970 he had it shipped to Melbourne so it was ready to pickup when the newly married couple arrived for their honeymoon.
Anthony sold the car back to Hamiltons in December 1970, and made a nice profit as he paid only A$5,500, (less A$500 rebate from the German Govt on leaving Germany), at a time when the Australian landed price for a 1969 911T was $9,500.
A success, I found him, a nice story & even some photos.
I already knew the car was a tourist factory pick-up in Stuttgart in February 1969 from the options list (0000) on the COA.
However, I now know that the car was ordered through Hamiltons in Melbourne in late 1968 by Anthony Woinarski of Surfers Paradise.
However, Anthony, in his 20's at the time, was not living in Queensland but working in London, so he used the address of his parents.
His plan was to order an Australian compliant 911, use it in London, then marry his girlfriend, have a driving honeymoon in Australia using the Porsche and then flip it.
He picked the car up at the Porsche factory on 19 February 1969 with his girlfriend - soon to be wife.
Anthony told me that collecting the car was a great all day affair.
In the morning he completed the necessary paperwork, then was given a guided tour of the factory followed by a lunch.
In the afternoon he collected the car and, with a factory driver that spoke English, drove it out onto the Porsche test circuit and was shown how to drive the car properly with all it's idiosyncrasies explained and demonstrated.
He clearly recalled one piece of advice - "if you are in a corner and feel you are going too fast DO NOT TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR but keep a little power on and trust the car".
They then drove the brand new 911 back around Europe and then back to the UK, on tourist plates.
See attached attached photo taken near Thun in Switzerland (hope he had snow tyres on!) just a few days after collecting the car.
The car lived in London for the rest of 1969 and in August 1970 he had it shipped to Melbourne so it was ready to pickup when the newly married couple arrived for their honeymoon.
Anthony sold the car back to Hamiltons in December 1970, and made a nice profit as he paid only A$5,500, (less A$500 rebate from the German Govt on leaving Germany), at a time when the Australian landed price for a 1969 911T was $9,500.
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