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3legs Posted 26May Report Share Posted 26May 11 hours ago, OZ930 said: Is that the original 911 Turbo prototype from around 1973/74? I remember reading about that back in the early 80's. Must be still around. TwoHeadsTas 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomo Posted 27May Report Share Posted 27May 1 hour ago, 3legs said: Is that the original 911 Turbo prototype from around 1973/74? I remember reading about that back in the early 80's. Must be still around. Bit of Blurb. https://supercarnostalgia.com/blog/porsche-911-turbo-prototype-chassis-911-330-0157 OZ930 and 3legs 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZ930 Posted 27May Report Share Posted 27May 19 hours ago, 3legs said: Is that the original 911 Turbo prototype from around 1973/74? I remember reading about that back in the early 80's. Must be still around. 3legs, you are correct, it is the original 911 Turbo. Here are some of the photos at the time of sale and on display in USA by it's new owner. Another great part of Australian automotive history lost. 19 hours ago, 3legs said: Is that the original 911 Turbo prototype from around 1973/74? I remember reading about that back in the early 80's. Must be still around. Since going to USA it has been converted to LHD, had a restoration to Paris Motor Show specs, such as mirrors and whale tale sans the oil coiler grill BTW, the asking price was $550,000 3legs, Yeatesy and Raven 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZ930 Posted 27May Report Share Posted 27May Here it is registered when Alan Hamilton owned it 3legs and Raven 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reedminor Posted 27May Report Share Posted 27May 24 minutes ago, OZ930 said: 3legs, you are correct, it is the original 911 Turbo Here are some of the photos at the time of sale and on display in USA by it's new owner. Another great part of Australian automotive history lost. Since going to USA it has been converted to LHD, had a restoration to Paris Motor Show specs, such as mirrors and whale tale sans the oil coiler grill BTW, the asking price was $550,000 Great article about it and its restoration 000 Magazine issue #28 3legs and OZ930 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZ930 Posted 27May Report Share Posted 27May Sorry, I had the price wrong 3legs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZ930 Posted 27May Report Share Posted 27May …but it wasn’t the first 911 Turbo https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1092526_meet-the-first-porsche-911-turbo-video tomo and 3legs 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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reedminor Posted 29May Report Share Posted 29May On 28/05/2024 at 05:04, OZ930 said: …but it wasn’t the first 911 Turbo https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1092526_meet-the-first-porsche-911-turbo-video it was actually a 1973 911S chassis that had a wooden mock up display engine in it for the Paris Motor Show. So stylistically it was the first, but it wasnt the first produced or registered. It was brought to Australia in 1974 on a dealer tour, and my friend the late Mark Goddard was working for Scuderia Veloce at the time. He took several pictures of the car in the showroom on Pacific Highway Lindfield (where Volvo is now I think) .... Ive now got his archive - so will scan and upload when I get a chance. Justin 3legs, OZ930 and Yeatesy 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomo Posted 29May Report Share Posted 29May 1 hour ago, reedminor said: it was actually a 1973 911S chassis that had a wooden mock up display engine in it for the Paris Motor Show. So stylistically it was the first, but it wasnt the first produced or registered. It was brought to Australia in 1974 on a dealer tour, and my friend the late Mark Goddard was working for Scuderia Veloce at the time. He took several pictures of the car in the showroom on Pacific Highway Lindfield (where Volvo is now I think) .... Ive now got his archive - so will scan and upload when I get a chance. Justin The engine-less 0157 sat at the Porsche factory until 1975 when it was purchased by the firm’s importer for Australia and New Zealand, Alan Hamilton. Hamilton actually wanted a 3.0 RSR, but as production had ended, Porsche converted the old 911 Turbo Prototype to partial RSR specification. 0157 was fitted with a full fat RSR engine and exported to Australia. Along with his red 934 (chassis 9116700165), Hamilton raced the silver ‘RSR’ on a couple of occasions during 1976 (picking up wins at Oran Park and Hume Weir). Afterwards, 0157 was converted to right-hand drive by Porsche Cars Australia and sold to Graham Stockley, chairman of the Victorian Porsche Club. Stockley had the car road registered (on the Victoria plate ‘RSR’) and also used it for a few sprint type events. 3legs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reedminor Posted 29May Report Share Posted 29May 1 hour ago, tomo said: The engine-less 0157 sat at the Porsche factory until 1975 when it was purchased by the firm’s importer for Australia and New Zealand, Alan Hamilton. Hamilton actually wanted a 3.0 RSR, but as production had ended, Porsche converted the old 911 Turbo Prototype to partial RSR specification. 0157 was fitted with a full fat RSR engine and exported to Australia. Along with his red 934 (chassis 9116700165), Hamilton raced the silver ‘RSR’ on a couple of occasions during 1976 (picking up wins at Oran Park and Hume Weir). Afterwards, 0157 was converted to right-hand drive by Porsche Cars Australia and sold to Graham Stockley, chairman of the Victorian Porsche Club. Stockley had the car road registered (on the Victoria plate ‘RSR’) and also used it for a few sprint type events. was actually sold to Sydney first - very briefly.According to the 000 magazine article Alan Hamilton could not recall the fellows name. It came back to Melbourne where it was sold to Vin Smart ( a very active PCV member), then Graeme Stockley who owned and ran the car for over a decade (including in early Porsche Cup). There were 2 more Aussie owners before it went to CTS and was sold to the US. Just found one of the pics taken in Lindfield in 1974 by the late Mark Goddard - attached below. Justin Yeatesy, 3legs, tomo and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZ930 Posted 29May Report Share Posted 29May 4 hours ago, reedminor said: was actually sold to Sydney first - very briefly.According to the 000 magazine article Alan Hamilton could not recall the fellows name. It came back to Melbourne where it was sold to Vin Smart ( a very active PCV member), then Graeme Stockley who owned and ran the car for over a decade (including in early Porsche Cup). There were 2 more Aussie owners before it went to CTS and was sold to the US. Just found one of the pics taken in Lindfield in 1974 by the late Mark Goddard - attached below. Justin Good history, thanks. I was at Oran Park that day, watching it squat and lifting the front left wheel exiting BP Corner. 3legs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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