Porsche 911 E

The vehicle in detail

Not So Mellow Yellow

Which brings us perfectly to this Hot Rod 911, that really is right up our Strasse, built purely for fast road driving, with an emphasis on simplicity and a bullet proof drivetrain.

Its Porsche Certificate of Authenticity says humble US spec, Bahama Yellow, 1968 911 E. It rolled off the production line on Oct 10 and was registered on Dec 12 of that year, via Porsche Cars Pacific inc, Burlingame, California.

It is, however, far from humble or standard now. The basis of this build is a full RHD body resto and bare metal respray back in the mid-90s, for Porsche stalwart Peter Andrews, which still holds up very well today.

Although originally fitted with a 2.0 engine, this had been replaced some time ago for a client who wanted a reliable classic car to use for European road trips, a decision was made to replace this with an engine from a later 3.0SC running on PMOs and hooked up to a rebuilt Type 915 gearbox, with an LSD and strengthened internals. The recipe worked well, so a full rebuild took place in 2016 to bring it back to its former glory.

The suspension was also enhanced with front and rear Bilstein dampers, uprated torsion bars, roll bars, Turbo tie-rods and Turbo steering rack, plus Weltmeister tower strut brace. Bilstein dampers again feature at the rear, with later aluminium radius arms, with larger bearings, plus RS spec roll bar, uprated torsion bars and adjustable spring plates. Braking is via SC callipers front and rear, and braided hoses, and modified pedal box bushes.