There's plenty of correlation, Unfortunately it's all negative correlation.
There's plenty of correlation, Unfortunately it's all negative correlation.
Brent
'70 911S
'68 TR250
Cult?? News to me. Sold my nice driver Cond 3 69 S Targa privately for very good money last Fall. With no resto expenses and lots of use--gentle loving use.
1969 911S Targa
1970 911S Coupe
1973 911T w 3.2
1972 Alfa GTV 2000
I would like to add that a 69S is quite unique. I has many one year only features. I don't need to cover these because everyone knows. But I believe 3 are most important. Last of the 2 liter cars and 1st MFI and 1st LWB. I restored one and can tell you it was quite challenging to get it all right. Lots of SWB characteristics/details combined with new LWB features/details. A great car to drive as we all know especially over 4K rpm. Just a great car to own and enjoy.
One of the tells of being part of a cult is knee jerk denial.
I had an original 69S Coupe as my first 911. It was a really original car. But it was SLOW...and not nearly as exciting to drive as my 72S or my 73RS
Bahia Red '72 911S
Meerblau PTS 2019 Speedster
GP Silver, 2018 GT2RS WP....the BEAST
Daytona Gray 2021 RS6 Avant....BEAST #2...Best daily EVER
ES #333
GONE...MANY, many great ones....
Bahia Red '72 911S
Meerblau PTS 2019 Speedster
GP Silver, 2018 GT2RS WP....the BEAST
Daytona Gray 2021 RS6 Avant....BEAST #2...Best daily EVER
ES #333
GONE...MANY, many great ones....
I wouldn't call it slow, but the driving experience is different from the other S cars.
The MFI 2.0S is the peakiest, most sudden feel of the S cam engine out there. Power graphs out similar to the 906 in shape. Its torque curve is very different, lacking lower end of the later and even the earlier 2.0 S cars. With those huge valves and ports, it weezes a bit lower down in the RPM band when compared to the more modern feeling, lower compression, broader torque curved 2.4s and later. No argument.
But, IMO, it is the closest in spirit to many of the things that make early 911s so special. Small displacement, magnesium, MFI, crazy cams, one year valves, and the highest compression normally aspirated air cooled production car made, 9.9:1. These cars vied for engineering mindshare at the factory during all the prototype madness and borderline bankruptcy obsessed 917 program.
Special cars.
You can call me cultish...