Vehicle Description
Very Rare Low Production 1969 Porsche 912 Targa ,2nd Owner
California car .. The car recently had a major service in order to
go back on the road , Brakes , Fuel, cosmetic etc.. nbsp;. Clean CA
title .. Engine # 4096710. Vin#129010758. Originally Porsche only
allocated 12.7% of its Type 901 series production totals to be
Targas (which includes both 911 and 912 models) namely because the
Targa was priced higher than the coupes, which Porsche thought
would curb demand. nbsp; As it turned out, the public, and the U.S.
market in particular, wanted more Targas, and so production was
soon increased. nbsp;According to Porsche records, 2,562 912 Targas
were built, which equates to about 8% of all 912s. nbsp; All 912
Targas were built at the Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen plant while,
whereas many coupe bodies were sub-contracted to be built by
Karmann. Most of the Targas coming off the production line at the
end of 1966 were 911s with only three 912 rsquo;s reported. There
is a fabled photo of the 100,000th Porsche built, a 912 Targa,
shown in lsquo;Polizei rsquo; (Police) trim. Of the 40 or so
Porsches-delivered to Belgium and German Autobahn Polizei, most
were 912 Targas. nbsp; nbsp;It was late 1967 before 912 Targas were
exported to the U.S. nbsp; These early cars had the characteristic
removable ldquo;Targa top rdquo; that could be folded and stowed in
the bonnet. nbsp; nbsp; nbsp;... Read the full description on our
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