1968 Porsche 911S Coupe at Quail/Bonham's Auction

[72targa]

Estimate: $75,000 - 95,000

http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/publi...aleSectionNo=2

[mjk911]

Why the shock? I know this car and you'd have to look long and hard to find one as nice and as original (one excellent repaint only, everything else original...and near-perfect). And, it's a prime example of how a good S SHOULD drive. It's so nice I expect it to go high.

Mike Kieley

[preS]

I am really curious about this interior the red button next to steering wheel

The red button is probably the hazzard switch.

Richard

[mjk911]

It is, indeed, the hazard flasher - the whole switch lights up! Might be aftermarket, but it certainly looks period correct.
The radio is a European Blaupunkt. And, yes, that is the original interior - black over red. (A little tamer than the E I sold you, Raj!!)

Car was just tweaked and tuned by Robert Gross, so you now know just how well it drives!!

[preS]

I think it's a hella switch. Some where I might still have an all green switch. They are out of my uncle's BMW 1502 which I think is from that same era.

Richard

[preS]

BTW I have learned something about radios in respect of US vs. European. The European radios reads U L M, US AM and FM.

So this cas has an Euro radio which has the shorter band.

Richard

[Allen Henderson]

This car belongs (or did until recently) to a list member in Canada. The engine case is magnesium (4080688) and if it had been made just a few days earlier, probably would have had an alu case engine which stopped at 4080680, missed by 8 cases being aluminium!

-Allen-

[70SATMan]

It is, indeed, the hazard flasher - the whole switch lights up! Might be aftermarket, but it certainly looks period correct.
The radio is a European Blaupunkt. And, yes, that is the original interior - black over red. (A little tamer than the E I sold you, Raj!!)

Does that mean that the interior was a special order on the Kardex then? Normally with the red interior the door panels and the seats would also be in red.

I recall Italy had some weird deviations but, I thought the SWBs had the hazard switch in the upper right bank of switches.

[mjk911]

The red carpet is correct as per the COA.

[70SATMan]

The red carpet is correct as per the COA.

So then the seats and door/rear quarter panels have been changed out? Does the COA say red leatherette interior or specifically red carpet?