1971 Porsche 911 T

Introduced at the 1963 Frankfurt Motor Show, the basic Porsche 911 design would run virtually unchanged for twenty-nine years. Ferdinand Porsche had been working on the design since the late fifties as a better performing replacement for the 356. Today, his design still underpins the production of Porsche AG of Stuttgart. Before long, the merits of using the Porsche 911 in competitive motorsport became apparent and history records it as one of the most successful campaigners of all time. From the 24 Hours of Le Mans, to grass-roots motorsport, the 911 offered reliable performance in many guises.

For 1970, the C-Series 911 was introduced with a larger bore to give a capacity of 2165cc, producing 125bhp and now badged as a "T". Alterations to suspension points improved the handling and gave the steering a better on-centre feel.

This, 1971 left-hand drive, 911 T was imported by our vendor in 2005 from California and has been in his ownership ever since. The Porsche Certificate of Authenticity shows the original color combination as “Gemini Blue Metallic with a black leather interior” and was ordered with comfort equipment, sunroof, coloured windows, and alloy wheels.

Our vendor has spent around £9,500 on the car during his ownership and there are receipts for the various works carried out in the history file along with some older MOTs. Unfortunately, any history prior to our vendor's purchase has been lost. We understand that the first MOT certificate during his tenure from 2005 shows a mileage of 7,935 (probably having been around the clock) and the indicated mileage is now 14,089, so he has only completed around 500 miles a year in the vehicle. The vendor has also replaced the front and rear bumpers with period 911 'S' style which really suits the car and treated it to a respray in its original Gemini Blue. The car has always been garaged whilst residing on these shores and this lovely old 911 appears to be in a good honest condition throughout.

The pure unadorned, unfettered, unmolested lines of early 911s are iconic in the proper sense of the word, and it's easy to see why these cars really set the benchmark in sports car design in the late sixties.