Vehicle Description
-Gemini Blue Metallic with Black Recaro sport seats and Black
German square weave carpeting, Numbers Matching, Original colors,
190 BHP, 2.4 liter with Bosch mechanical injection, 5-speed 915
gearbox, Porsche Certificate of Authenticity, Complete ownership
and service histories.
This 911 was equipped with rare Recaro sport seats with headrests,
Koni shocks absorbers, Fog lights, Heated glass, Tinted front and
side glass and Forged alloy Fuchs 6x15-inch wheels.
The 911 S 2.4 liter was the ultimate and most desirable of Porsche
standard production cars in its era. Only the 2.7 RS Touring and
Lightweight 911's achieved higher status, but this due to its being
more race derived for the street and track. The 911 S is powered by
a Bosch mechanically injected 2.4-litre flat-six producing 190 bhp.
The 1973 911 model year also marks the last of the original 911
long hood body prior to the introduction of the new 911 body that
carried the model in various designation to 1989. Many consider
these early 911's to have the cleanest lines of all 911's produced
to date.
This 911 S came off the Zuffenhausen production line in October of
1972 destined for its first registered owner a resident of Modena,
Italy, Mr. Gian Piero del Sante. Kept in this ownership for
thirteen years, it was then sold to its next custodian, a resident
of the city of Trento, Northern Italy. It was kept in this
ownership for the next fourteen years until being sold to its next
owner in the United Kingdom.
The 911 S would stay in this ownership for the next twenty years.
In this ownership, the 911 S was maintained regardless of use or
cost by only UK Porsche marque specialists, mostly Maxted-Page Ltd.
and Prill Porsche Classics. In 2018, this 911 S was sold to its
next custodian finding itself within a wonderful collection of
Porsche and Ferrari motorcars.
This 911 has had only four owners from new. In absolutely
incredible condition having been sympathetically restored when and
where needed, it shows superb originally and only a mild honest
patina throughout.
Relatively few of these S Coupes were produced in 1973; just 1,430
cars total, and only 524 of those were designated for the U.S.
market. Their relative scarcity and fully evolved specification of
the 1965-73 911 production run means these models are always in
demand by knowledgeable Porsche enthusiasts and collectors
alike.
On offer in meticulously maintained condition, this 911 S wears its
original factory color combination of Gemini Blue/Black, retains
its matching numbers engine and gearbox, has full ownership and
service history and its Porsche Certificate of Authenticity.
Complete with its original tools and factory jack, this is an
extremely rare opportunity to purchase what is considered by many
to be the ultimate 911 of its era and the last long hood, early
production 911's.
Recently serviced, this 911 S is ready for immediate use and
enjoyment.
