Originally Posted By whiplash10:


Used helps lol this cost the first owner $6.15/mile in depreciation.  WHEW!

Pic thread, color hits hard today.
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Originally Posted By HRJ:


I would love a metallic green ‘72. It was the first car I drove, sitting in my dad’s lap. He sold it in the late 70s and doesn’t have a VIN so I’ll never find it. But one like it would be so cool. We went everywhere together in that thing.

Originally Posted By Boregonian:


Where in the country?  I have a pretty good mechanic but he is older and semi retired.  I do a lot of work myself but am occasionally nervous about getting in over my head.

I lucked into my SC for what I now understand to be well below current market prices.

Originally Posted By Rigley:


You have 2 strikes against you when it comes pricing.

The 72 is the one year only with the external oil tank fill on the rear fender. So they tend to be more desirable.

Plus the 72 is the first year of each model (T, E, and S) coming standard with mechanical fuel injection. From the 69-71, the long wheelbase T's had carburetors and only the E and S had MFi.

That and the fact it's a cooler color can make the prices jump.

Do you remember any details? Targa, coupe, sunroof? Was it a T, E, or S?

You can also go on Bring-A-Trailer and do searches for 1972 longhood.

They archive all of the past sales and the listings themselves will often have history and details (like the original color if it was repainted, pictures of service history invoices, etc..)

Originally Posted By whiplash10:


Hell yeah and a 2-liner.  OG Pelagos there!

Originally Posted By maslin02:



I liked it for what it is, I'm used to the AMG DCT offerings.

Just felt like it needed to be a manual. I don't get to drive very many 911's these days (no Porsche dealer in town = no Porsche trade-ins), but they're all automatics. A buddy had an old SC that I always enjoyed, and a client in Montana had a Renntech-ed 996 Turbo in the shop pretty frequently. Having a manual transmission always felt like part of the appeal.

Originally Posted By Rigley:


Now that the early cars are 60 years old, most of them don't have the original engines. So if you're not into needing an original matching numbers car, a T is perfect.

When I say early cars, I mean pre-73.

Definitely drive an early car. There is just something about them that's unique.

I also tell people don't get stuck on a certain year. If given an option, I would actually prefer a 69-71. The first few years had smaller 2.0/2.2 engines that just scream. The S models will sound similar to a 906 with small displacement, big valves, 9.8:1 or 9.9:1 cr, and mechanical fuel injection. The thing for most people is "bigger is better" so they'll often stuff 3.0SC or 2.7 (74-77) motors in them because they're more plentiful after the original motor gets tired. Or when they do rebuild the original motor, they up the displacement. That's fine but there is just something special about the small 2.0/2.2 motors. They have just a unique sound and you can really push them hard on the street without getting into too much legal trouble.

Plus the 69-71 cars have the earlier 901 transmission with the dog leg. So your 2-3 shift is just up and down and not over like a later 915. I like the 901 because it has kind of an early sports car (like a 356) feel to it.

This 69S recently sold on BAT for 72k which is insanely cheap for an early S. But I'm seeing those prices more and more.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1969-porsche-911s-coupe-15/


A lot of the early cars have mechanical fuel injection that often gets replaced with carbs. The problem with mechanical fuel injection is that it's a great system if you engine is stock, all the linkage is tight/measured, and the Bosch pump isn't leaking.
Inside the Bosch pump you have a 3D space cam that is tailored to your engine spec (like a 1970S Bosch MFI pump will have a different space cam inside than 72T pump). This was confusing for a lot of people back in the day. That and the fact if your MFI pump is leaking, you'll start mixing oil and fuel and have a lot of issues. So that's why a lot of mechanics convinced customers to ditch the MFI system and just run carbs.

A well tuned MFI system is like nothing else. My dad was a massive Porsche nerd and he had a 1972 911E while I had a 1979 911SC (back when both were cheap, like 10k-18k). I loved my SC but the moment I drove my dad's 72E, it was on a different level.

Just instant throttle response. Like individual throttle bodies. You breath on the pedal and it goes. Made my SC feel like it had a delay between my go pedal and the engine. And the sound of MFI. Just incredible. It's such an awesome system but because people like to tinker and adjust things (without knowing what they're doing), a lot of the MFI cars ran like crap so they got ditched to run carbs.

Didn't mean to ramble. Just love this system.


I'm currently rebuilding an Porsche MFI pump at my house at the moment. Had spare one.

Added a note with name so you guys didn't think I'm a BS'er


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Originally Posted By pilotshark:


That's some great info, thanks!

Originally Posted By Rigley:


My girlfriend says the same thing after I spend 30 minutes explaining the differences between the 1969 911 E/S MFI system compared to the later models. Usually it's a glazed expression that reads "This guy has a form of autism, right???"

Originally Posted By RobertL:


Thanks, I didn't think about hanging them.

Originally Posted By Lothbrok:

I drive my Cayman every day I can. It’s a manual. Sitting in Denver traffic sucks.

My next will be a PDK lol