Porsche 911 Backdate

The vehicle in detail

It was to Berkshire-based Rindt that the lady vendor turned to for this G-Series example, which dates from 1974, the year she was born. Interviewed for a six-page article in Classic Porsche magazine (August 2024 edition), company founder Brian Richardson explained why: “Our customer was adamant that she wanted a bespoke 911 based on a car originally manufactured in the year of her birth. She had specific requirements beyond age of the donor vehicle, though. For example, despite the competition-inspired look, which obviously takes heavy influence from Gulf livery worn by the JW Automotive 917s fielded five decades ago, she explicitly stated that she wanted a 911 built to touring specification, ideally with an automatic transmission.” Hence this car is equipped with Porsche’s four-speed semi-automatic Sportomatic gearbox.

Rindt started by sourcing a suitable donor car: a basket-case example minus engine and gearbox, which was purchased from Northern Ireland in need of complete restoration. Such was the poor condition of the bodyshell that it spent four months undergoing renovation on Rindt’s body jig, receiving fresh metal where required and being modified to ‘2.7 RS’ specification, which included shortening and narrowing it, flaring the wheelarches, and fitting a duck-tail spoiler at the rear. Replica Group 4 Campagnolo wheels, finished in Gulf livery, complete the exterior picture.