FS: 1968 911S Soft Window Targa, Solid, Low Miles - FAST!

[L.a.Brooks]

SALE PENDING

1968 911S Soft Window Targa in Tangerine. Early version with the aluminum engine, Elephant hide and early style split decklid/rear grill. The car had sat in dry storage for 30 years after the owner died from a rare disease. It has 116,000 kilometers on it (72,000 miles). Interior is original Elephant Hide in good condition. I put a wood wheel in it, but have the original leather wheel too. I just had the original engine rebuilt and tweaked by Jeff Gamroth at Rothsport. It dyno tested at 207hp and it's still breaking in (25 miles on it) so it should end up at 210+ or so. Original IDS carbs were rebuilt by Paul Abbot. Rothsport replaced the first gear syncros and it is smooth and quiet in all gears. They also corner balanced the car and did a 4 wheel alignment. It runs and drives fantastic. Sounds great too with the new sport muffler.

When I bought the car the eng/trans were there, but not in it so I took that opportunity to scrape off all of the old undercoating and reseal it. I found NO rust so it was just a matter of priming, painting and putting on a light coat of undercoating. The calipers were rebuilt and I replaced the master cylinder, a couple of rotors and all of the rubber brake lines. New Konis all around. Still has it's original, first year, Bosch H1 headlights and Hella 128 fog lights too.

Original, correct 15X5 1/2" Fuchs, including the spare dated 9/67. I put on new Michelins.

I had the top rebuilt with the correct, early style headliner by Autobahn. The rear top is original(brass zipper) and in excellent condition except for a minor split seam in one of the corners which I sealed. Gauges and switches work great, including the clock.

Original Webasto gas heater. The fan works great, but I did not hook it up to fuel so I didn't test the heater function. Amazingly it has the original gas heater exhaust pipe and muffler. Usually just the mounts are there - truly a solid car!

The car was painted over 30 years ago in the correct Blutorange(Tangerine). It looks very nice, but upon close inspection it would need a repaint to show.

I did obtain a Kardex, which shows it has the original engine. It also showed the original owner, Franz Eder, in Germany whom I contacted. This was the first of many Porsches for him.

Many more pictures available.

Consider interesting partial trade.

$175,000

[Jules Dielen]

ugh.. gorgeous car Larry.... if I only had ROOM! GLWS

an 1157 Deutschmark warranty repair at 16k km... that was a chunk of cash back then!

[trdking]

ugh.. gorgeous car Larry.... if I only had ROOM! GLWS

an 1157 Deutschmark warranty repair at 16k km... that was a chunk of cash back then!

1157 Marks was probably replacing the non matching transmission?

[L.a.Brooks]

1157 Marks was probably replacing the non matching transmission?

There is some question. The owner at the time didn't remember the TA being replaced almost 50 years ago, but the date and number on the transaxle certainly points to that being the case.

[Jules Dielen]

Very good guess, the transaxle was replaced by Porsche with the correct transaxle (901/02) #4280658 in March of 1968. It still has the replacement transaxle.

Hm interesting. If it was done under warranty it is normally marked on the Kardex itself with the new KD number.

[DOUGS73E]

For the record:
1968 Porsche 2.0L 911S Soft Window Targa
VIN: 11850106
Engine: 4080375
Trans: 4280349 (901/02)
Color: Tangerine (6809)/Black 'Elephant Hide'
Mileage: 116,000 km (72,000 miles)
Price: US$175,000

68S Targa 1.jpg

[haul]

can i help with the language barrier?

nice ride...btw

[Peanut]

Nice car. Good luck with your sale. Nice to see a 68S every once in a while.

Scott

[911L Guy]

For the record:
1968 Porsche 2.0L 911S Soft Window Targa
VIN: 11850106
Engine: 4080375
Trans: 4280349 (901/02)
Color: Tangerine (6809)/Black 'Elephant Hide'
Mileage: 116,000 km (72,000 miles)
Price: US$175,000

68S Targa 1.jpg

That's a beautiful car .... I've got its less-muscular American cousin, my '68 911L also in Tangerine (Blutorange). Same trim as the 911S but with the non-S engine 'cause the S engine couldn't pass the US emissions standards that year (oh, plus the not-so-elegant sidemarkers...). GLWS, and here's a pic of mine

SAMMANN-R1-E011.jpg

[L.a.Brooks]

Good looking coupe! I notice that it is the later version with the 3 bar grill - does it have Elephant Hide or Basket Weave?

It was a 1968 911L Hard Window Targa I owned almost 40 years ago that kindled my desire to someday own a 1968 911S Soft Window Targa. Was an itch that took 35 years to scratch.