Not a barn find but another one will be saved!

[AlexJ]

Hi everyone!

For many years I knew a guy that had 2 911's (a 2.0 T from 1967 and a Targa 1985).
He first bought the SWB, disassembled and latter the Targa as a donor for a future project.
The years passed and the man never had time to start the project. Luckily he doesn't have internet...
Last week, after a few visits last years, I decided to make a deal with the guy and bought the two cars.
Every time I was visiting him, cars looked worst, more abandoned and specially the targa that although was not complete when he bought it, was serving some more cars...

Living on an island lost in the middle of the ocean, with 270.000 inhabitants, it is not everyday that you have the opportunity to buy one of the two SWB's on the island! Specially when it is going to be the only one because the other is living soon to the continent...

As the Targa doesn’t belong to this board (IMO), lets talk about the SWB!

Is is a 1967 T model, has been converted to post 1976 look - unfortunately!
From a first inspection, car is not complete but it doesn't seem too serious... on my optimistic point of view!

VIN 11820296
Engine number: 2080297
901/03 10537
Transmission: 228027

The car has been paint around 1993 and since then, stored.
At first sight, the body looks pretty clean. I will wait till a better inspection to make the final verdict.

To convert it back to stock condition I will have to change allot. Front bonnet is fiberglass as well as the rear and front bumpers. Front cross panel has to be changed to long hood latch, front fenders have to be changed, I would like to eliminate the flares (that would be the last thing regarding bodywork), etc...
The under tray has an odd shape... not sure yet... but maybe it is because of the work done in the front on the conversion...
I have to admit that my first thoughts, when I bought the cars, were the same as the previous owner's... But every day I go to the garage and I a start looking at the SWB, inspecting parts and every detail, I always end up thinking, "Will I destroy this car??... Of course not!!!"
My priority was the Targa project (meanwhile, I decided to build a rally car with it) but now I am starting to think that the SWB will be first...

It is not going to be a concourse car but a solid possible, every day drive, with some improvements, specially those that don't affect too much the originality.

[AlexJ]

more photos

[AlexJ]

Sporty seats...

[davep]

Nice. That is a 1968 911T built for ROW (rest of the world) not the US market. The same series the TR's were taken from. You have some work ahead of you, but it does look possible. It has the aluminum engine case which is nice. Also appears to have some rear fender flares added.

[AlexJ]

Any comments are very well come, specially on VIN, engine and transmission numbers... I have PET but it doesn't have the info about this cars, like options sold, color code, etc., right?
I am honest, I only used PET 2 or 3 times, I didn't really explore it...

Is there any data base where I can find some more info about my car?

[AlexJ]

Still have two questions:

- Those sporty seats look like they were built from the original ones, no?

- In one of interior's photos, we can see a sort of "burgundy shade" on some panels... Is it possible the original color of the car? The title says "Red" but nothing more...

[davep]

There should be a tag rivetted to the drivers door hinge post with the VIN and paint code stamped on it. The basic paint code might be 68xx. Is it there? OH, the transmission is not the original, it is for an earlier car.

[AlexJ]

Unfortunatly, there is no tag on the door post...

[Mark Morrissey]

Sorry to have missed this thread... Best of luck Alex... I'll be watching with interest

[Rotmilky]

Still have two questions:

- In one of interior's photos, we can see a sort of "burgundy shade" on some panels... Is it possible the original color of the car? The title says "Red" but nothing more...

My 68 coupe was originally painted 'Polo Red', #6802, which was one of the standard colors. I'd describe that as burgundy. Strangely, all the 'Polo Red', I see on the internet are much lighter shades than mine. The closest I've found to my polo red was posted on 912Registry.org. Here's a link to that paint chip which is a good approximation of my polo red: http://www.912registry.org/graphics/chips/6802.jpg

Given the car is a 68T, which is one of the base models, I'd think it more likely to be painted a standard color. Just complete speculation on my part, though.