This is my 1970 911E with 135,000 original miles. S-trim. It is a real E with real E parts.
Here are the vitals:
Serial Number…………….9110210137
Engine Number…………….…6200309
Transmission Number………….911/01 (5-speed)
Transmission Serial Number…7101579 (I believe)
Body Color Code………………8310-H (Green Metallic).
To be honest, the paint job on this car is ABSOLUTELY STUNNING! It was just completed this winter from a bare body, glass out, fully disassembled car. The car has NO RUST. Never has! I had the front suspension pan replaced, but, only because it was a little wrinkled from a minor front end bump. The first owner had the minor damage repaired, but it was a bit short of perfect. I simply had my body man replace what had been repaired. All the sheet metal of the car is original with the exception of the front bumper and the suspension pan. The hood apparently was unaffected by the bump. The body is straight , straight, straight!
The interior is the original leather interior. The front seats are black leather with corduroy inserts. From what I was told by the previous owner, they are original. The rear seats are also leather and in excellent shape. The rear deck had some upholstery work done on it to replace a section where aftermarket speakers had been mounted in the early 80’s. There was a black vinyl section sewn in on the upper half of the rear deck. The lower half is still the original leather.
The dash is extremely nice for this vintage car. There is only one small crack near the speaker grille. Other than that, it is excellent. The original speaker is in the hole, but there is no radio at this point.
The steering wheel is the original leather wrapped Porsche wheel. It is in excellent condition! The gauges all work including the clock and odometer.
The driver’s door panel is in great shape, and complete. The pocket opens and closes well. All chrome is present. The leather is real nice. The window rolls up/down fine.
There is a scratch in the glass from an earlier misalignment. The alignment has been corrected, but the scratch is still there.
The passenger’s door panel is also in great shape. There are two chrome pieces MIA. They have been a little tough to track down. (Part of the fun of vintage car ownership.)
The carpets are new. World Upholstery Perlon was used for it’s ease of installation and maintenance.
The seat belts are vintage three point harnesses. The shoulder belt portion is MIA. The lap belt part works fine.
The engine is the original 2.2 911E engine with a couple of exceptions. It was rebuilt; however I have no documentation as to how long ago. The previous owner said that it was done at about 100,000 miles. The engine has had the Carrera chain tensioner upgrade, as well as Turbo valve covers installed. It does have some characteristic 911 oil leaks. I park with a cookie sheet under it. Obviously the fuel injection system has been replaced with 40mm Weber carburetors. This was a very common practice in the 70’s and 80’s. A lot of mechanics of the day didn’t understand fuel injection, and rather than take the time to learn, they did the very expensive conversion to carburetors. It was also thought that carbs offered better breathing, thus making the car faster in the upper RPM range. I can’t say if it is any faster, but I can say it sounds awesome when you open up the throats of those Webers. It also offers a much less cluttered engine compartment. The MFI fuel injection is no longer with the car. The engine start, idles, and accelerates like a new car.
The transmission is the 901 5-speed. It has reverse located to the left and forward, with 1st gear left and to the back. The tranny is great with the exception of the second to first gear down shift. It does not synchronize very well. You need to almost come to a complete stop to downshift into first. Pretty common with this transmission. All bushings in the shifter assembly are new. The clutch works great. Even my wife can drive this car. That can’t be said about any other Porsche I’ve ever had. This car eases from a dead stop so easily you would have to actually try to stall the engine.
I’ve installed two brand new Kinetic dry cell batteries in the factory battery boxes.
The Targa Top is freshly recovered with pebble grain German vinyl. It looks great inside and out.
The Fuchs wheels are 6JX16’s in great shape. No curb rash or scratches of any concern. They are not the originals; the car came with 15” wheels from the factory. These were upgraded in the early 80’s to 16’s with vintage Yokohama A-008 tires. You could easily swap these for 15’s for the same money you could get for the 16’s if you wanted to return this car to stock. It shouldn’t cost a dime. You might even get more for the 16’s.
The front brakes use the 911S calipers from the factory. They are aluminum light weight units. The brakes work fine. Have to keep reminding myself they are not power assisted. Parking brake works fine.
The exhaust still has the factory heat exchangers and muffler. The heat works as it should.
I have only the records for the work done to the car since I acquired it 2 years ago. The previous owners didn’t feel the need to keep records.
My overall opinion of this car is that it is a spectacular parade car. It is not ready for concourse, but, will hold it’s own at any car show or cruise in. The paint and body work are nothing short of awe inspiring. Driving the car is a total thrill. I would not be afraid to hop in and drive it cross country. I don’t think the car needs anything of any consequence. You can always find things to tinker with if you want. Or you can buy this car, park it in your garage, pull it out on sunny days and terrorize your subdivision, or run circles around your kid’s Civic.
I would like $25,000 for the car or interesting trade. (No motorcycles, not allowed.)
Drew Williams
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