Porsche 912

The engine starts instantly and runs well, while the transmission is in very good working order. The latter enjoyed a recent overhaul, including replacement of the syncro’s. Both gearbox and engine are original to the car and matching numbers. The car also comes with its original jack, a service book, toolkit, an Italian and a Belgian valuation. In short; this is a lovely early short-wheel-based Porsche to be enjoyed driving on weekends and rallies.

• • Matching numbers and colours
  • Rare and desirable early model with the 3-clock dashboard
  • Italian delivered
  • COA available
  • Desirable rare ‘Aga blue’ colour scheme

HISTORY

• 04/03/2019 : Belgium – Current owner
• 17/03/2017 : Brescia, IT
• 15/12/2016 : Milano, IT
• 14/05/1966 : Bologna, IT

Valued at €53.000 on 27/08/2019

THE 912

A ‘modern classic’ if ever there was one, Porsche’s long-running 911 arrived in 1964, replacing the 356 and providing the Stuttgart manufacturer with a product worthy of comparison with the finest sports cars from Britain and Italy. The 356’s rear-engined layout was retained but the 911 switched to unitary construction for the body shell and had a more modern McPherson strut and trailing arm arrangement.

Although widely acclaimed, the 911 was necessarily expensive, a shortcoming that Porsche addressed by offering the 912 which, though outwardly identical, was powered by the 356’s 1.6-litre four-cylinder engine. As installed in the 912 the latter produced 90bhp, some 40 horsepower less than the 911’s six, but this deficit was offset by significantly reduced weight, resulting in a better-balanced car with greatly improved road manners.

The 911 gearbox was used, offering a choice of four or five speeds. Despite being down on power, the 912 had a respectable top speed of 191km/h. Porsche officially began production of the 912 on April 5, 1965 with a little over 30,000 produced (all on the original short-wheelbase chassis) between 1965 and 1968, and today the 912 is a relative rarity when compared with its better-known sibling.