Not a S but a 67 911 Part two
Picked up the 67 911 I bought Tuesday morning in response to the “not a S but a 67 911” thread. Turned out the car was less than two miles from my house. Wish I would have known about it a few months ago before I sent my 67 S to a restoration shop here in Atlanta where it still resides today. I supposedly purchased one of 4 remaining new front fenders from Porsche in Germany to the tune of $2,500 plus air freight plus many, many hours by the shop of welding, grinding, blasting, and fitting of new rockers, floor panels etc. Had I bought the 911 sooner I would have seriously considered changing out the VIN stampings and probably saved a ton of money, but then I would never been able to get over the questionable ethical dilemma and the certain criticism from the die hard enthusiasts would have towards the car. So I’m destined to continue to spend thousands for a proper restoration of my S and now have a 911 normal of the same year that I need to deal with. With that said here’s a little something about the Normal. VIN 308017, Motor 911397, Webers (40IDA C), 4 Deep 6’s with Hearts wearing nearly new looking Semiperits (but at least 25 years old) 185 70 15’s. The front has vented rotors, haven’t pulled the back yet, has the correct crest in outstanding condition with the 901 on the inside, and has the Bilstein jack and tool bag with most tools including the long red screwdriver but no Messo gauge. The owner’s manual has an odd stamp in it: Kendon Volkswagen, 1241 Pacific Coast Highway, Harbor City, Da. (Yes Da not Ca) zip is 6-7231, Te 2-2654, Sp 5-6515. The taillights are amber, its missing the front turn signal lights. Has a Cassette player mounted under the dash with a Deep Purple “Who do you think we are” cassette in it. The radio in dash is a Blaupunkt AM/FM/SW. Hoping it’s a Koln as is on the COA for my S. The Paint code, on the driver door jamb is also weird – “97 96024 1”. Allegedly the history is that is was bought in Indiana in 1974 (I have the title) was originally silver, the owner, as were a lot of folks back in those days decided to paint the car Guards Red, took it apart, had it painted and during such period divorced his wife and moved back to Australia where he was from. I wonder if the Da referenced above is Darwin which might explain the amber taillights, but then it’s a Left hand drive car??? The car then (1978) went to a barn, then a storage unit and then shipped to Georgia , lots of Mayflower shipping labels on some parts and boxes and then ended up in a garage with some parts the glass, fenders etc in the attic and spare bedroom. When it was dissembled it was not bagged and tagged,more like thrown in cardboard boxes from a liquor store, tin cans or just loose. The good things I will use on my S things, like the sun visors, dirty but perfect, the correct rear view mirror with the black plastic back, the 2 screw horn grills, perfect except for some black spray paint and the Bendix Fuel pump which looks nearly new complete with yellow label, the Bosch Blue Coil with perfect yellow lettering and get this lots of parts and seals new in Porsche plastic wrapping with 901 part number labels, absolutely mint rear bumper deco strips (too bad they are the narrow and not the S type) but should bring some relief and cost recovery to me. The emergency brake boot has only one hole for the heater lever – I’m stoked about things like that. Posting pictures has always been a problem for me on this website. Every time I get them down to the right unloadable size there either tiny or fuzzy and at my age have no patience for learning new tricks, but if someone wants some I’ll be glad to Email them. Any comments on my above observations would be welcomed.
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Originally Posted by Wilywilly
