how many 1964/1965 porsche 911 are left?

[pss]

Possibly an old question......but I have no clue how to find the answer in the forum but to ask it again.

I guess the 1964 registry is pretty complete. The 1965 might be less known. Does anyone know how many cars are known today of either year 1964 and 1965?

[NeunElf]

Possibly an old question......but I have no clue how to find the answer in the forum but to ask it again.

I guess the 1964 registry is pretty complete. The 1965 might be less known. Does anyone know how many cars are known today of either year 1964 and 1965?

I can only be sure about one of them but folks are undertaking some ambitious restorations so it looks like the number's increasing. See http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...ation-please-)

[terecha]

Haha thx!

Pss answering your question. Methinks no more than 10% of 911 64-65 population was saved till today.
Remember - fast cars die faster. Also expensive cars were often purchased in rich countries, where scrapping vechicles is a kind of sport.

[preS]

Haha thx!

Pss answering your question. Methinks no more than 10% of 911 64-65 population was saved till today.
Remember - fast cars die faster. Also expensive cars were often purchased in rich countries, where scrapping vechicles is a kind of sport.

Of the 232 cars completed in 1964 83 or so are known to exist today. That is already more than a third that is known.

Won't be surprised if at least 50% of the '65 cars have survived because in 1965 more cars were shipped to the US and California in particular.

Richrd

[NeunElf]

Haha thx!

Pss answering your question. Methinks no more than 10% of 911 64-65 population was saved till today.
Remember - fast cars die faster. Also expensive cars were often purchased in rich countries, where scrapping vechicles is a kind of sport.

I don't think scrapping Porsches was ever a sport in the USA, although the definition of parts car vs. project car has changed over the years.

For many years--if I recall correctly--the 1965 Porsche 911 was eligible for lots of vintage race events while the '66 and later cars weren't. Quite a few people were tempted to unleash a '65 911 in the under two liter class.

[pss]

That is a good point. However will that popularity lead to more or fewer preserved, IE do you expect that more cars have been restored for racing than have been wrecked in the race?

[NeunElf]

That is a good point. However will that popularity lead to more or fewer preserved, IE do you expect that more cars have been restored for racing than have been wrecked in the race?

At one point, converting 1965 911s to race cars was attractive but with the huge values of original cars today I don't think that will happen much any more. In fact, some race cars might be brought back to street specs.