Keyser's 2.5 S/T....restored by Porsche "classic"

[70tangerine]

just saw this:

http://www.sportscardigest.com/porsc...ImsFF.0q0Os.C0

[LongRanger]

VIN = 9112300538
Eng# = 6622022
Trans# = ?
Prod# = 1022592

. . . just saw this:

http://www.sportscardigest.com/porsc...ImsFF.0q0Os.C0 . . .

'. . . Ordered from the sports division of Porsche by the US racing driver Michael “Mike” Keyser in November 1971, the 911 2.5 S/T saw action at several races in the USA and at the endurance world championship during the 1972 season. One of the drivers back then was Jürgen Barth, a Porsche factory driver and an employee of the sports division of Porsche. The overall winner of the Le Mans 24 Hours race in 1977 can still vividly remember those days even now, 44 years later: “Mike Keyser had invited me to Sebring and we planned to drive the full 1972 endurance championship. Mike had even hired a small TV team to accompany us through the season."

In the 1972 season, Jürgen Barth and the 911 2.5 S/T raced in the Daytona 6 Hours and the Sebring 12 Hours in Florida, followed by the Targa Florio as well as the 1000-km race on the Nürburgring together with Mike Keyser. Together with Sylvain Garant from Switzerland, Keyser and Barth finally took up the gauntlet of the season’s highlight — the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Not only did the trio, under the banner of the team Louis Mezanarie, take the class victory for GT cars up to 3 litres, but also clinched a formidable 13th place overall.

Alexander Fabig, head of Porsche Classic at Porsche AG, recalls the state that the car was originally in, “The 911 2.5 S/T was rediscovered a few years ago by a collector in the USA — and it was in a really dilapidated condition. Our experts have done an excellent job at restoring the sports car to the highest standards. We are thrilled about the confidence this customer placed in us with this restoration job. This project is unparalleled and of great historical significance.”

All these years later, the restoration posed a real challenge for the Porsche Classic experts — especially when it comes to the bodywork. As soon as the car arrived at the workshop the experts discovered that not only had the 911 been converted to what was later dubbed the ‘G-model’, but it had also suffered accident damage, which had been bent back into shape unprofessionally. In addition to deformation in the tunnel as well as on the side rails, corrosion had done serious damage, in particular in the wheel housing panels, the tunnel and the roof. The roof, which had been deformed beyond repair, suggested that children had used the car as a welcome playmate for a considerable length of time, making the repairs to the bodywork particularly complex, which included the challenging conversion and reconstruction of the flared wing extensions, partly done by hand. The 911 2.5 S/T was given a new roof as well as new tank bottom.

After the extensive metalwork had been completed, the body of the 911 2.5 S/T was coated by cathodic dip painting (CDP) to protect it long-term against corrosion. This was done by putting the restored body through the current series production process at Porsche to give it protection against corrosion. This was then followed by body finishing and painting in the original light yellow colour, code 117 . . .'





Some previous mentions/appearances/posts --- starting @post #594 . . .
http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...d+hall%2C+mans


And others . . .
https://www.total911.com/porsche-991...s-for-revival/
https://www.classicdriver.com/en/art...ica-essen-2016
http://www.carscoops.com/2016/04/pie...l-you.html?m=1




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[Chuck Miller]

Showed up at the Le Mans Classic last July..........

[911T1971]

Swiss owned

[LongRanger]

. . . Swiss owned . . .

. . . Here is a link to the factory website showing the original ST with its new owner driving in beautiful mountain country.

https://www.porsche.com/microsite/91...orsche-classic . . .

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[Biancaneve]

It doesn't say anything about engine / trans ...

[LongRanger]

. . . doesn't say anything about engine / trans . . .

From looking at the pics of where this project started --- seems that very little of the original car survived, at all . . . engine, trans, floors, even the roof (!) = all pffft!


Compare this to the Seinfeld (so-called) 'counterfeit' Carrera Speedster . . .

. . . heard from someone who knows the situation that a lot (a LOT) of the metal was new, and that the engine and transmission were not original . . . . the new buyer tried to sell the car via Maxted-Page who went through the car and decided there was too much new metal to call it a period car . . .

Wonder what Fica Frio would make of 9112300538 . . .




. . . or Maxted-Page's 'expert'





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[_gonbau]

The "philosophical" content of these matters is quite extensive. It is an opinion but they "ate the Perseus boat"?

[StephenAcworth]

Too true...in so many cases

The "philosophical" content of these matters is quite extensive. It is an opinion but they "ate the Perseus boat"?

[manu72S]

Hi

Is there a little mistake on its VIN ?