1967 911S coupe, Chassis # 307653s, Color 6603 Gulf Blue, Mileage 56,805 original engine #961269 and trans 901/02 #104337 needed.
I'm a long time member of the EarlyS registry and hate to sell the car, but it is time. Below is my short story on the car. If you have questions, please PM me. Car is available in Denver CO.
The find, in a tiny little house:
I found the car in the Portland Oregonian newspaper in the spring of 1997. I had been looking for my own Porsche for some time. Having grown up with 356's and a Gullwing, I thought an early 911 would be an awesome Vintage race car. This car was advertised for sale with a 3.0 SC engine as a low mileage car. I went the following day to see it in Toledo, Oregon, a small logging and mill town on the Pacific coast.
The owner had the car in a very small “garage” under his house and I was only able to see one side of the car, along with the front and rear ends. The car was complete and intact except for the noted 3.0 SC engine hanging off the back. The SC engine had been placed in the car but not connected or running, he had bought the car in this state about 5 years earlier from an advertisement in the Eugene Oregon paper. He had two other early 911’s in the yard; both were suffering from the Oregon weather. Luckily he knew the S was the better car and had put it inside the house. The original case (i think) was included with the sale and featured a large hole in the bottom from a hitting a rock sometime in the 70’s. As the story went, the car was parked at that time and hadn’t been driven for nearly 20 years. It had been in long term storage in Eugene.
Interesting side story, the SC engine was procured from another enthusiast who pulled the SC engine to replace with a v8 Chevy engine in the SC. When the SC engine was out of the car and on the stand it was painted from top to bottom in engine block red. That’s how I found it hanging in the back of the S. After all, at the time it was just an old Porsche 911.
Being so excited about the car, I locked my keys in the car I drove there that day and had to call a locksmith to come save me. I purchased the car that day, came back the next and loaded it up with all the parts he had to give me. Shortly there-after we moved with it to Montana from Portland. The car waited about 12 months before I procured a proper 2.0S engine in partial trade for the bright orange SC engine.
The S engine was built for me on a 67 2.0 Normal case with S Pistons, Cylinders and Heads (slightly ported) along with Elgin Mod S cams. I was in possession of the original Weber carbs (40IDS3C) intakes and a header exhaust. I added oil squinters to the case. It was a really nice engine. Sadly, I had a rod bolt failure on that engine and now the case is available in my garage with a rather large hole in the topside, if you know anyone who can weld aluminum.
My Plan, vintage Race it as time and money allowed:
I kept the car in its 1970’s repaint to a darker metallic blue, yet I replaced the front suspension pan and front latch panel to correct for the obligatory rust from the front mounted battery. I installed a fuel safe cell, bolt in roll cage and Sparco race seat after striping the interior and cleaning out all of the original sound proofing and boxing up the webasto gas heater. I replaced the complete front suspension with that off a 72T (completely stripped and powder coated black) to be able to use the cheaper components that change allowed for (Struts, ball joints, etc). The original suspension is in my garage and can be delivered to the next owner. The rear suspension has not been modified and includes the early small sway bar. Safety was very important to me, so the brakes are updated to a dual master cylinder with the original (to the car) calipers. Wheels are 1971 6x15 Fuchs with 195/60/15 Michelin street tires. The wheels were soda blasted and left un-painted. I also ran the car with 6x15 cookie cutters on race rubber sized205/60/15. A full set of steel wheels with hubcaps are also available.
I quit taking the car on the 2000 mile round trips to Colorado for vintage races and instead drove in one or two local DE events a season. When those started to be cost prohibitive, the car was just used on sunny days in the summer.
As happens, I needed to replace the built S engine due to rod bolt failure (noted above) that put a hole in the 67 alum case about 5 years ago. The Engine currently in the car was rebuilt at that time using many of the same parts from the original build but with replaced P&C’s bringing it to 10:1 compression and a non-counter balanced crank while the case is magnesium sourced from a 1969 T (#6192351). Oil squinters were again installed in this new case. We continued use of the Weber IDS3C carbs along with an original S distributor and a MSD 6AL ignition system. It never went back to the track for any races or DE days.
The next phase, painting and interior transformation:
My Dad was missing his vintage car projects three years ago and we brought the car to Denver to complete the Paint and Interior work. We stripped everything off the car, boxed the parts up and brought them down later to reinstall when the paint was completed. In the meantime Dad had the car stripped and painted back to the original color 6603 gulf blue by a very talented independent painter. I’m a purist in regard to colors; I don’t like un-original colors and love how this car looks in its original guise.
The painter was able to color match off the inside of the doors and it’s perfect. There was no rust in the car as I had always suspected, it was put away in storage pretty early in its life and kept dry despite being located in Oregon. There was some previous damage to the driver’s side door and we replaced it with one I had available from the 72T I parted out about 5 years ago. This was purely cost driven at the time. The original driver’s door with matching numbers will go with the car if the next owner sees fit in fixing it and placing back on the car.
The interior was installed as supplied by Tony at Autobahn Interiors. The seats are those found in the car when I bought it. The steering wheel is original as is the dash and all of the glass except for the front windshield. Visors, gauges, mirrors, door handles, trim (except front bumper) are also all original to the car.
I’ve really enjoyed working on the car with Dad when I visit Denver. It’s absolutely gorgeous in gulf blue. I have to admit, I never wanted to paint it while I had it in Montana as I live on a dirt road and I would not have driven it if I had painted it. I wouldn’t hesitate to jump in this car and drive it anywhere. Not a garage queen, but not a restoration project either. There are finishing touches that someone else will do.
I truly believe this cars mileage is accurate. The pedal cluster foot pads for the brake and clutch were not noticeably worn, nor the gas pedal. The carpet over the door thresholds was not worn also. Dad has all of the above available to look at if someone is interested. Bottom line, I just think the original owner(s) drove the car hard and put it away early due to the engine issue. After all, it was just an old SWB 911 in the 70’s and they weren’t worth much. I’m really glad it wasn’t molested and changed like so many in that era that were made to look like Turbo’s and short hood mid-year cars.
Why sell now:
Well, the car is pretty much done as far as Dad and I can take it. Dad and I just bought a 1957 356A Cabriolet and we need to make room.
The market as you all know is pretty strong for the early 911’s, the S cars in particular. Without the original S engine the car loses some value accordingly. This is a strong 3+ car on the Haggerty scale.
Feel free to contact me anytime if you have questions about any aspect of the car. Asking Reduced to $188,000,
Best Regards, Bob
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