Amazing barn find and a journey of discovery

210bhp · Post by **210bhp** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:11 pm

Leslie wrote:Michael

You must start a new career! This story will make some movie

Old Lessers

Hi Leslie

What role are you gonna play? Pearce Brosnan's? (a little plastic surgery should do it)

210bhp · Post by **210bhp** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:12 pm

andy888 wrote:take your time with this story mike as it is currently invaluable to me to. that whale tail is making a great workbench!!

Andy

You can cut that old thing up for all I care. Just don't damage the metal grille. That's still the original!!

johnM · Post by **johnM** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:20 pm

johnM wrote:It's not one of Ferry Porsche personnel cars is it.

Quite silly that statment what would Ferry want with a RHD car

Best zip it and wait for the next update.

hot66 · Post by **hot66** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:21 pm

the infamous 320xxx cars

Bruce M · Post by **Bruce M** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:26 pm

F*** ME! A 320!!!

You lucky bas@&£ds

Highfield · Post by **Highfield** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:27 pm

What a great story, but Mike, if you are listening to Radio 2 in the morning you will know that a complete story can be no more than 500 words

I know nothing of number sequences, but from the photo the important digit in the secret inner sanctum of Porsche codes is the one that has been removed by someone drilling a hole there. It was really 9320012

....meaning....goodness knows what, but I await the next instalment.

Or is is the 3,200th 912 ever built

Or it is the factory prototype for the original 911ST lightweight car ? .. but surely not RHD

Ian

johndglynn · Post by **johndglynn** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:37 pm

210bhp wrote:So we were in the barn again....... This time early December 2011,
For what it's worth the negotiations were between an Irishman an Englishman and a Scotsman but despite the language barrier those negotiations were fast!

Love it - well done you two

Mick Cliff · Post by **Mick Cliff** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 11:49 pm

All this reminds me of Del boy and Rodney ( or is it Dave?), another pair of TiT's (Trotters independent Traders, from 'Only Fools and Horses')).

"This time next year we'll be millionaires" and they were, after discovering a rare watch!
Maybe not ££ but some other currency?
Good fortune to you both, but I suspect it will be a long and arduous road that you take. Made even harder by Mike's commitment to authenticity

davep · Post by **davep** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 12:38 am

I am not surprised at the production # 320012. The South African 911S is 320011 and it's mate is 320010. Interesting that my database skipped 320012, but includes 320013 of which I know nothing. Be very careful with the paint badge, it may be as interesting as 320011. Note that 320011 did not have a production # on the knee frame, it was on the paint badge instead. What else do members know about the 3xxxxx series cars?
Mike, can you clean the type & build # up so as to be readable please. The build # looks like 147xx, and that is well before the 1968 series ended. Not surprising really since these were prototypes, and thus were produced in advance of the production run. Also need to get the transmission #'s.

pgxif · Post by **pgxif** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 2:10 am

Over on the 911S registry there is more information on these prototype cars ..
http://www.early911sregistry.org/forums ... -LWB/page5

With details (from ST Man who has the second 69 911S with 320 011):

320-001 to 320-009 1967 911 S (Versuch) 9 of 9
320-010 1969 911 S (Versuch), 119300001 1 of 2
320-011 1969 911 S (Versuch) 119300002 2 of 2
320-012 to 320-019 no details (to be amended !)
320-020 1967 Coupe Viersitzer 1 of 1

edit: (oh, and i've just noticed who started that post ... !)

p.s. this E story is FANTASTIC ... and very well told !

left4dead · Post by **left4dead** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:13 am

So, to clarify (pleeeaaase!!!!), this is a pre production (prototype), first RHD 911E? Or is it the first production RHD 911E?

I'm thinking the former but know nothing...

Bruce M · Post by **Bruce M** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:25 am

Looks to be a pre-production factory car. Not sure of their exact purpose. Perhaps test cars built to final proposed spec for final sign off before production began (hence slightly mismatched spec). One thing is certain, it must pre-date my Aug '68 guess and been built earlier in '68. Perhaps not the first lwb (lhd surely) but one of the earliest.

What's the chances this will end up the factory museum one day....!

hot66 · Post by **hot66** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:30 am

looking at the pre-production numbers you can assume ? the '69 S cars were the 1st lwb ones , although I think all up to 11 were LHD .

So Mike, are we assuming the 1st pre-production RHD lwb 'prototype' or were the SA cars RHD too? If not the very 1st RHD LWB, is it the very 1st ever 'E' ? Does it look like it actually came with the swb rear lights ?

210bhp · Post by **210bhp** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:59 am

Versuch and such later tonight,

964RS · Post by **964RS** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 11:02 am

210bhp wrote:Versuch and such later tonight,

What????

Tonight????

Some of us are just sitting here hitting refresh every 10 mins?!!!

Bloody dentists....

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