A Proper Introduction

[Ghost Chaser]

thanks for the welcome guys. here's the short version of how i came to own my 2.2T. the story about the car goes like this:

in 1998 i was working with two professors at a business school called IMD in lausanne. professor #1 had purchased the car new, and told me how he'd sold it to professor #2 in 1984. professor #2 never drove the car, he just parked it in his underground garage and let it sit. as curious as i was about the car, i didn't dare ask professor #2 about it, as he wasn't really approachable about such subjects. i left the job a few months later, and we lost touch.

ten years later i found out professor #2 was going to retire, so i sent him an e-mail asking about the car. he replied back immediately telling me he still had it and maybe it was time to sell. he suggested i come look at it. then he got busy at work stopped responding to my mails for several months. in short, it took me nine months of working on him to finally get to see the car. all i knew about it was that it was white and a 911. he told me it was a '69. it wasn't until i came to look at it that confirmed it was a '71.

as you'll see in the photos i found the car kind of moldy and with spiderwebs underneath it. it also sat over a pool of oil that made it look like a homicide victim. it had steelies, and someone had applied positive stripes backwards, etc. just details. but overall the car looked save-worthy. the next day my mechanic and i towed it out into the sunlight and he gave it a detailed 360, which i used to negotiate the price with the owner. two weeks later a deal was struck and we started to revive the car.

here are a few photos of how i found it.

[Ghost Chaser]

here are some photos of the t getting sorted out. it's undergone a full mechanical revision, suspension upgrades, brake work, got a new oil tank, gas tank refurbished, fuchs, positive stripes applied correctly, etc., and the cherry on the cake was the addition of my buddy ibmiked's sport seats (thanks mike!).

[Ghost Chaser]

Yes, welcome Rich...Aah, a light yellow sunroof -72S this time of the year in the Alps...Very Cool...Stacey S has #1450...I have #1451...Will S has #1453...You don't have #1452, do you?...if you do we're looking for you!../ Lars...

Hi Lars,

mine's 1412, delivered new in Switzerland and has been here ever since.
here's a picture of it with the original owner (sorry for the poor quality, it's kind of blurred, and has faded with age).

Cheers,
Rich

[911T1971]

Another 2.2 71T..even better than a 68S

I've got the same seats (but w "flat bottom" headrests) but not the S-package.
Have you been able to trace down its AMAG number, probably a small sticker
on inner front fender of luggage compartment ? Does it have Weber carbs ?

Nice 2.4 72S too..

[69911T]

Say Rich,
Are the oil lines under the Yellow car polished???
Ed

[Ghost Chaser]

Another 2.2 71T..even better than a 68S

I've got the same seats (but w "flat bottom" headrests) but not the S-package.
Have you been able to trace down its AMAG number, probably a small sticker
on inner front fender of luggage compartment ? Does it have Weber carbs ?

Nice 2.4 72S too..

Thanks. The 2.2T was delivered new in Düsseldorf. The day I went to pick up the car, the owner said, "Oh, by the way I found this in my desk, I don't know if it's important or not." It, was the original Pflegepass from Autohaus Moll AG. It had service stamps in it through the first 52,000 km...

[Ghost Chaser]

Say Rich,
Are the oil lines under the Yellow car polished???
Ed

Yes, Ed. I just couldn't resist.