£149.5k
1967 Porsche 911 'SWB' Soft-window Targa
Bonhams • UK • 7 Sept 2024
Market Position:
Highest 20% of Past Sales
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£149,500
1967 Porsche 911 'SWB' Soft-window Targa
UK • 7 Sept 2024
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AI Listing Summary
This 1967 Porsche 911 'SWB' Soft-window Targa, chassis number 500017, is one of the earliest known surviving examples. It has undergone a fastidious, professional, world-class restoration, and retains its matching-numbers engine. The car is presented in its original Polo Red and comes with its Kardex build sheet and an extensive history file, ready for a world class Porsche collection.
Condition
9
Based on the description, the car has undergone a meticulous four-year restoration by marque specialists, with photographic documentation of over 900 man-hours of work. The listing mentions that the car is now presented in its original Polo Red and finished to a standard far beyond what was achievable in 1966. The car has been carefully stored and driven sparingly since its restoration. Any issues are not mentioned, so the car is assumed to be in near perfect condition.
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500017
LHD
United Kingdom
SVN 99D
1967
Auction
£149.5k
1967 Porsche 911 'SWB' Soft-window Targa
Bonhams • UK • 7 Sept 2024
Market Position:
Highest 20% of Past Sales
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Description
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One of the earliest examples known to survive.
Chassis 017.
• Offered fresh from a fastidious professional world class specialist restoration • Rare and desirable Soft Window example •
Delivered new to Germany • UK registered in 1982 "During a meeting with his staff, as they discussed how automakers appropriated racetrack names for car models, sales director Harald Wagner came up with the name 'Targa'." – Randy Leffingwell, The Complete Book of Porsche 911.
It was back in August 1965 that Porsche applied for a patent to cover its new 'semi-convertible' and, in the autumn of 1966, work began on the assembly of a series of pre-production examples.
As yet, the new model didn't have a name to differentiate it from the regular coupé versions of the 911 and 912 but, following a meeting held at The Fleischauer dealership in Cologne, at the suggestion of Porsche sales director Harold Wagner the term 'Targa' was decided upon in honour of the company's victories in the Targa Florio road ...
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