Welcome to another edition of Daily Turismo Omologato (DTO), where we
showcase cars that are above the standard DT price range, but are unique
and worthy of a few words. The classic (1965-73) small bumper Porsche 911 is one of those cars that seem to have gotten away from the average working man driver. Porsche built a fair number of their rear-engined runabouts, but modern market mechanisms (especially restomod conversions from specialty aftermarket shops like Singer) have driven prices sky high. So, while some DT readers will think "hey, I can buy 10 of XYZ car for the same price" others will say "that is half off the normal rip-off price" and a big fight will break out in the comments. Just wait until I'm done getting my popcorn ready. Find this 1970 Porsche 911T for sale in Palo Alto, CA for $22,500 via craigslist. Tip from Stigroy.
This 911T isn't in perfect mint condition, but it is numbers matching (engine/trans are original) and has a reported 54k original miles. The pale yellow color is a respray and its original Irish Green (isn't that a soap?) paint was covered some years ago, by someone with questionable taste, with this current shade of lemon meringue.
This car was reportedly stored in a barn for 20 years in Arizona and the seller doesn't say when it was unfrozen from that block of carbonite, but there are still a few cobwebs remaining on the underside which is mostly free from rust. Currently the car needs some attention paid to a fuel leak but the seller says it runs/drives great....we say: be sure to bring a fire extinguisher to any test drives.
The entry level 911T put out 123 horsepower from its 2.2 liter flat-6 and is shifted via a 5 speed manual gearbox. Short of a complete basket case, this may just be the cheapest way left remaining to get into a genuine original 911...but of course there are always engine swapped 912s...
See a better classic 6-cylinder Porsche for less? email us here: tips@dailyturismo.com
Listing already gone :(
ReplyDeleteLooks like he has been running it through the brush, breaking new trails....
ReplyDeleteFinally I own a car in the bubble! My '70 sits patiently awaiting my backside! Like everything...in America what goes up must come down........except old Porsches! Haters and Imprezas owners aside, theres something about these cars that makes the soul sing. But I would have takes the leaves off the the transaxle before showing how clean the underside is
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