Dear 911 friends,
In June 2019 I bought my 911 S Targa MY72 (VIN: 9112310178) from a private person on Lake Constance. It was built in October 1971 and shipped to North America, US.
Now I am looking for the story of the Targas.
Here is the history I know so far from "current" back to the "past":
April 2017 to June 2019: The Targa had 2 German owners who only drove approx. 600 km together.
Spring 2017: The Targa was sold / brokered from Denmark to Boxer Motor, Dotternhausen (https://www.boxermotor.de/) in Germany. Boxer Motor carried out various work on the engine:
- Pistons / cylinders and crankshaft / connecting rod bearings renewed.
- Crankshaft ground to repair level
- cylinder heads overhauled
2008-2017: In Denmark, Stelvio arranged for a "... .. several years of restoration by a Porsche specialist ..." (2008-2015, I have photos). Here is the link to the ad at the time: http://www.stelvio.dk/uk/product_det...aster&maID=329
2005-2007: Jason Cullen of Euopean Motorcars, LTD, San Jose has obviously already carried out extensive work on behalf of Stelvio as follows:
-Installation of motor MY72 instead of the existing motor MY73 with suitable MFI
- Body restoration, paint, bare metal, completely dismantling, reassembling
- Preparation of the interior.
2004 (?) - 2005: dmcummins purchased the Targa in Kansas City, Mo. (from RetroSC). I was in contact with dmcummins, they couldn't say much about the history of the car, only that it was running in Atlanta, GA before it got to Kansas City. He had some work done on the car but no major changes. The Targa was then sold by dmcummins to Jason Cullen / European Motorcars in October 2005: http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsc...2-s-targa.html
2003-2004: RetroSC purchased the Targa in May 2003, according to an eBay ad. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsc...5-worth-2.html He wanted to restore the car, but after a correspondence with me he didn't do it and therefore sold it to dmcummins. The Targa was already black when he bought it.
In the above thread, RetroSC writes to the previous owner from Atlanta: "..this guy worked at a porsche shop for 5 years and has accumulated boxes of stuff, which he gladly unloaded on me." And continues: "The car was imported from." Italy by a military guy in the mid 80's and the PO bought it in 89. He claims there wasn't a speck of rust when he got it, but it's never been garaged in his 14 years of ownership and has developed a fair amount of surface scars. ".
As part of my correspondence with RetroSC, he recently said the following: “The guy I bought it from had it a long time, maybe 15 plus years, he got it when he worked at a Porsche mechanic to put him through college. When he was there he did a full rebuild of the motor and then proceeded to drive it 180K miles as his daily driver. It was parked outside mostly, but Atlanta isn't too hard on cars, so that's why it was mostly solid. "
such as
"Seems like the shop was on the east coast when he did all the work, but I don't think he ever said the name, or it didn't sound familiar if I heard it."
Unfortunately, this is where the knowledge of the history of my targas ends. I have no further information on the Targa. So I'm missing around 31 years of history.
Who can help me shed light on the dark?
Can anyone remember a gold or black 911 Targa in Atlanta in the late 1990s / early 2000s?
I am grateful for every "trace" and apologize for my poor English.
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Originally Posted by Matchbox
