1973 911S Targa 2.4

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On offer is an exceptional example of the last year of the chrome bumper, ong hood 911 that has just come available, ut of long term fastidious ownership. This is an F Program 911 Targa which is one of about 925 manufactured for the 1973 model year (about the same number of 2.4L 911S Targas were produced in MY 1972). The 'S' engine had Mechanical Fuel Injection, 8.5:1 compression ratio, nd produced 190hp.

Options include the rare 110L plastic fuel tank (from the RS), ports Seats, nd Blaupunkt Frankfurt Radio.

This is a numbers matching, ully documented vehicle with one quality repaint (in 1983). The car has only had two owners, he second, Calgary eye doctor, or the last 40 years.

The maintenance on this car is virtually complete, nd transcribed below, ating back to 1974 in Germany, here the car was originally delivered to the first owner, orst Dieter Muller, ho listed his address as Oasis de Nazaret - a resort town in Spain. After a top-end rebuild of the engine by Ludwig Gerstenmair-a Porsche dealer in Baden-Baden, n July 1974 at 22,700km, e imported the car to Canada. The story relayed to the second owner was that Horst was not happy that his car would not reach 250km/hr on the Autobahn as promised, nd he made the dealer take it back and rectify the problem-which was found to be a valvetrain issue. He soldthe carin 1976 in Alberta Canada with about 25,000 km and the next 70,000km were covered in summer weather in Canada.

In Calgary, he car was serviced by Select Auto, dealer for Ferrari and Rolls Royce, nd the engine and fuel injection system was rebuilt by them in August 1985 at approximately 75,000km and at a cost of $10,924. The owner of Select Motors, ohn Chorney' s name is on all the invoices and telexes (!), nd he is still around and currently finishing pre-war Rolls Royce Phantom 1 restoration, nd is a patient of the 2nd owner. Subsequent work on the car was performed by Riegel Tuning and Alpine Autowerks. The car was treated to a quality repaint in its original colour of Metallic Green (230) by Cosmos Collision in 1983 ($2,935). Cosmos is currently the 'Approved' bodyshop for Porsche Centre Calgary, nd both Riegel and Alpine are still in business and located a few blocks away from Porsche Calgary. I use all three business currently for my own classics. The point being that the car is a fully documented well-known local car, orked on by the best people in the city.

The car has never been rusted, amaged or modified apart from the Jensen Stereo which was installed in the 80's, nd has since been replaced with the original Blaupunkt. The car still has the original body panels, loor pans with the original factory coatings.

The car is spectacular to drive. I just can't say enough about it other than it imparts deep feelings of mechanical satisfaction and joy! It starts up and idles beautifully, nd revs cleanly throughout the rev range with no driveability issues. This is a quick car with strong low end torque that gets quite fierce over 4,000rpm. It has a gorgeous soundtrack, imble chassis and talkative steering and has by far the best shifting 915 transmission(never rebuilt)I've ever sampled with virtually no sloppiness, nd a very precise action. Like I said it is an absolute joy.

Condition wise the car is hard to fault. It is a well-kept, riginal car that has been looked after and driven. There are some minor stone chips, couple very small scratches, nd slightwindscreen pits. The engine bay is tidy and clean, ut not 'detailed'. I believe that there should be a chrome surround to the original radio which is not there. The Fuchs alloys have some faded paint. There are two service issues which we are addressing at present; one is the windshield washer motor needs to be replaced, nd a cable to the heat exchangers looks to be broken. These will be fixed before sale.

VIN 9113310474 Mileage: 96,641 km 59,917 miles

ENGINE #: 633149

COLOUR : METALLIC GREE (230)

PRODUCTION: F PROGRAM 925 911S Targa produced in 1973 (989 in 1972)

2.4L MFI 190hp, .5:1 compression 1,100kg Price new 34,700 DM 95,674 02-Aug-12 Reigel Tuning Replace carbon canister $ 426.27 95,674 23-Jul-12 Oil Service Windshield Washer inop. (not fixed) Replace brake hoses $ 647.38 10-Oct-08 Alpine Automotive rebuild test and install MFI injection pump $ 4,222.40 09-Jun-06 Alpine Automotive Ignition Coil Battery $ 621.15 10-Dec-04 DeGreeve Auto Upholstery Recover Targa Top $ 642.00 09-Jul-02 South Centre Fine Cars Battery $ 256.80 22-Jul-97 Kal Tire Tires $ 654.84 25-Nov-97 South Centre Fine Cars Oil Tube Kit $ 186.01 11-Aug-97 South Centre Fine Cars Cam housing cover $ 299.86 05-May-96 South Centre Fine Cars Battery $ 101.79 18-Jun-92 South Centre Fine Cars Battery $ 256.80 84,992 28-Aug-92 Reigel Tuning check timing $ 471.77 adjust mixture rebalance tires bleed brakes R&R driveshafts 13-Jun-90 Reigel Tuning Oil $ 57.25 83,410 05-Sep-90 Reigel Tuning Replace thermostat O ring $ 122.45 83,195 28-Oct-89 Reigel Tuning R&R engine $ 1,311.30 replace oil tubes Adjust valves Major Service Alignment 80,297 30-May-88 Select Auto Oil leak $ 1,480.40 77,203 07-May-87 Select Auto Oil $ 77.76 26-Apr-85 Select Auto Engine Rebulid $ 10,924.00 Repair Fuel Tank Rebuild Injection Pump 13-Jul-84 Tire Town Tires $ 506.00 73,197 26-Oct-83 Select Auto Oil Service Trans Service New Timing Chains Adj rear camber $ 1,204.41 19-Apr-83 Cosmos Collision Repaint Vehicle $ 2,935.20 new Weather stripping R&R all chrome 22,704 18-Dec-74 Ludwig Gerstenmaier Automobile (Porsche Dealer) Baden Baden Rebuild Heads $ 3,937.74 Germany (Cost in DM)

Porsche Centre Calgary is a Porsche Dealer operating out of Calgary, lberta Canada. We are approximately 600miles East of Vancouver, nd about the same distance from Spokane, A. We will assist shipping to the US or overseas. Payment via wire transfer. Purchase price subject to GST and provincial Sales Tax for Canadian Residents

We have recently set up an eBay Account, ostly in response to the low Canadian Dollar, hich enables us to sell the cars for a lower $US amount. While the Porsche Centre Calgary ebay account is new, have been active on eBay for 15 years under the username of MercsandRovers. Also I have a Youtube channel under LawrenceR, nd a Google search will reveal a significant amount of automotive related content under Lawrence Romanosky. I am the General Sales Manager of Porsche Centre Calgary, nd write the descriptions of the cars.

We will be listing a half dozen collectibles in the coming weeks, ostly air cooled Porsches.Thanks for looking.