Description
After being in production for over 10 years, the first major change to the bodywork of the Porsche 911 was exercised for the 1974 model year and this generation of the 911 was dubbed the G Series. It initially came in 4 versions - the Base, S and Carrera along with the newly-launched and exciting Turbo. All variants featured 2. 7-litre engines - air-cooled and rear-mounted, but in different states of tune. The base 911 had 150bhp, the S put out 175bhp, the Carrera boasted an impressive 210bhp and the Turbo an eye-watering (for the era) 260bhp - albeit delivered in a way that often had drivers clinging on for dear life thanks to the sudden and savage boost from the turbocharger. In 'S' form though, as here, the 911 was rather more controlled and civilised; a nice blend of both performance and practicality. While 175bhp may not seem too much by today’s standards, it was enough to propel the S to 140mph overall, with a 0-60mph time of 7. 5 seconds. However, the ‘new’ S proved a short-lived model and with Porsche making continuous improvements throughout its range, it introduced a new base variant for the 1976 model year with a 165bhp engine, so being very close to the output of the S, Porsche discontinued it the S, thus making the car we’re offering here quite rare and thus very desirable. According to the Porsche Certificate of Authenticity this Porsche 911S 2. 7 Coupe - Chassis No: the details below and Engine No: 6272685 is a 'matching numbers' car and was manufactured in Germany in December 1976. It was originally finished in Bitter Chocolate with a Cork Leatherette interior and with the following options: Fuchs forged Alloy Wheels with Pirelli Tyres, Koni Shock Absorbers instead of Boge, Oil Cooler, Leather Steering Wheel and an Electric Sun Roof and it was first registered on 1st March 1977 in Wisconsin, USA. The car was repainted in Guards Red at some stage in its life in the USA, but unfortunately there is no prior history from the USA, which is not unusual, so we do not know when the colour was changed, but it still has its original and very nice Cork (Beige) leatherette interior, Porsche over-mats, 2687cc Flat Six Engine, 5 Speed Manual Gearbox, Sony Stereo/ Radio/ CD player, Electric Sun-Roof, original Porsche Tools and sitting on its original 15'' Fuch's Alloy Wheels with relatively new Vredstein tyres. It was purchased by the previous English owners in February 2017 when they lived in New York and it only had 3 owners in the USA prior to them. The car had a considerable amount of work carried out on it soon after buying the car and there are bills totalling over $17, 000 in the history file from Porsche specialist Intersport Performance in Virginia. When they came back to the UK in August 2018 they shipped the car back with them as they loved it so much and couldn't bear to sell it! It was first registered in the UK on 1st October 2018 and issued with the age related numberplate TRJ 828R. Since arriving here, a further £4, 000 was spent by them with Precision Porsche in Uckfield, West Sussex on various works and copies of all invoices are contained in the Documents shown on this advert. They reluctantly decided to sell the car last year and we sold the car for them in May 2022 to a car collector when it had covered a believed genuine 67, 105 miles from new, but due to a change in his personal circumstances, the car is now being offered for resale. It has spent most of the last 12 months in storage with only 1, 000 miles being driven during this time and due to the paint having faded over the years, the decision was made to completely strip and repaint the car before offering it for resale and it was given to renowned paint specialists GP Auto Design in London in early September 2023. They have just completed a full 'glass-out' repaint of the car to an exceptional standard with works also including the fitting of all new rubber seals, new sunroof seals and parts, new front and rear screen rubb
