Barn find - 901 and 911 '67

[moito]

It will be interesting to follow the 64 restoration and see how the factory handles it. With all the information available in the last few years, will they manage not to over restore it and make it just right?

The barn find seems to be a 68L and I actually like the idea of exhibiting it as is. It seems that the Museum is going in the right direction and getting closer to the mentality of 911 collectors.

yes i really hope they let it do someone with the right spirit....but i doubt that they will keep any patina or any of the old coco insulation material....

[kouwenhoven]

It seems to be signal red. You can see the traces of red underneath the black next to the dash serial number.

Richard

Signal red indeed. Color code 6407 (sorry for the bad quality)

[Allen Henderson]

They probably pulled the kneepad to check the VIN. If you look closely you see that they scraped the paint where about the VIN is.

Richard

Oh, you mean like this ?

[John Straub]

John, not to ruin your day, but Dieter Landenberger from the archives and his team were after the '64 car and got the '67 car as a present just because the owner needed to clear the 'barn'.

BTW: Porsches estimates another 1500 hours of labour will go into the '64 car. It will be restored by the museum. The price Porsche paid was established by two independent experts.

Erik

Erik...well, easy come, easy go, I guess!

John

[Allen Henderson]

Here's a better picture of the dashboard number. Also note the extra cut on the right side of the ash tray. This was a 1964 feature. Later style dash has less wood pieces.

Attachment 308768

Do you have good photos of the driver's side and of the fuel door mechanism? Thanks.

-Allen-

[CDOUGLEHMAN]

That's a great number

[CDOUGLEHMAN]

Are they doing the cars now is there a link for the progress

[kouwenhoven]

I will send some good pics of the left side monday, fuel door mechanism is gone unfortunately. When you're going to have one made I would like to join for one more.

Do you have good photos of the driver's side and of the fuel door mechanism? Thanks.

-Allen-

[kouwenhoven]

Erik...well, easy come, easy go, I guess!

John

It was too far gone to make a restoration worthwhile and also they like the patina look and I have to say I think it's better off as is.

Erik

[raspy2point2]

Looks like the 68 911L is from the 720 copies made for Europe or ROW. Looks like it has Rally experience from the stripes on the hood and rally lights. I wonder if the 911 is a Rally lightweight of which only about 35 were made. Chris