Vehicle Description
This is a very nice 1974 Porsche 911 automobile. As you can see
from the pictures, it has a wonderful interior with no rips or
tears in the seats. It was just recently repainted the original
white color and looks great. Despite a now decade-old basic design,
the 911 seemed to have aged hardly at all. Of course, it was still
getting better -- and not a moment too soon, given the upheavals
that rocked the American auto industry for model-year 1974. The
toughest U.S. emissions standards ever made most engines less
efficient than ever. A new federal edict for 5-mph bumpers brought
power-sapping weight and ugly looks to too many cars. Inflation was
still pushing prices up and sales down, even as soaring insurance
rates continued devastating the ranks of performance machines. But
the real shocker came in late 1973 from a heretofore little-known
cartel called OPEC -- Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
-- which decided to make "black gold" as precious as real gold by
shutting off Middle East pipelines. Long waiting lines began to
form at gas pumps across the United States, and prices for all
petroleum-based products went out of sight. That winter was longer
and colder than usual for the world's industrial nations as
rationing and other energy-conserving measures threatened to become
a way of life. Against this bleak backdrop stood refurbished
Porsche 911s that remained uncompromising high performers in utter
defiance of the day's news. They naturally had "crash" bumpers, but
so skillfully integrated as to look like they'd been there all
along. And while many automakers resorted to smaller engines, the
911s got a larger one that met all the latest "smog regs" while
sacrificing little in performance or fuel efficiency. Of course,
these changes were pure coincidence, for no one could have
predicted the events of 1973-74. Still, the Porsche 911 entered its
eleventh year as unassailable proof that when the going got tough,
Porsche knew how to get going.
