Drove this one Sunday....owned for 20 years. 72S with 3.2.....

 

Over the 30 years I owned this 1978 SC it served variously as:
only car/daily driver, autocross and track rat (Summit Point, Pocono, Watkins Glen), SCCA pace car, vacation transport. For just under 100 kmiles it never missed a beat.

It was dead reliable and faster than the competition, once I deleted the emissions air pump, installed a pop-off valve so it wouldn't blow the airbox, replaced the clutch with one without a rubber harmonic damper, installed chain tensioner oilers, stiffer roll bars, backdated stainless heater boxes and muffler, periodically rebuilt the shocks and brakes- all the usual tweaks for the era.

Old age, 95 degree days (no AC) and a "bargain" Boxster S RS-60 (with air) caused a trade. The Boxster was faster and more comfortable and I would still have not but for the 991 launch.





1978 911 SC

 

My favorite P Car was my 1976 Targa. The mag block cracked twice and was pulled out and used as a coffee table. A 1967 (911S) sand cast block motor was found and punched to accept 2.7 pistons. Fully built by Imagine Motors out of Kansas City as well as custom built Bilstein RSR coil overs and 15in Fuchs. I sold years ago.
This little yellow bastard ran on the dyno 225HP and 212 TQ. This is based on wheel HP and Tq numbers arrived from a Mustang 500SE AWD with a .8- drive train loss. So much more fun than my 930.

 

My buddy’s ‘74 and my 991.1 together.

It’s smelly and feels a little loose generally compared to mine, but I’m surprised at how much performance it has given the specs. It’s a bulldog.

 

Wish I had some pics but all were lost in a disk crash. I remember chain tensioners in my 68 911-L , did em twice, once when I got it at 30K and before it was sold at 70K. One very early morning I had to go to Knoxville before I 81 was fully open and I let it rip on the new section at 139 MPH. After 20 glorious miles I heard a "pop" from the rear and minor power loss, but it still flew on at 129 MPH. Can't be too bad, right? The oil gauge (not pressure) did show a decrease after 20 more miles at the end of the completed section of I 81. When I pulled off at the exit I decided to take a look in the back and saw lots of oil was around the exhaust pipe. I drove to the dealer, with a little miss, and discovered there was a hole in one of the pistons. Long story short, new cylinder with piston plus a $100.00 full gasket set was $300.00 dollars. Try to get that today
When I sold it, it needed the exhaust heat boxes but the buyer was smitten with it and I actually made $400.00 on the car after driving it daily fro 3 years. Ah, but when children come, things change.

 

I have a 1967 912-6 hot rod. She's got a 2.3L (hot rodded) 911 motor, 911 SC brakes, and upgraded suspension. My 2nd long hood car I've owned and I absolutely love them. I previously had a 1968 911L with a 3.0L carb'd SC motor and upgraded brakes/suspension as well. Sold that in 2008 for pennies and regretted it ever since.

Had a 997S that I regret selling too. Basically, don't sell your P-Cars because you'll just regret it later haha. I just picked up a 2015 991.1 Carrera S that is currently getting some mods/maintenance performed. Will get some pics of her once she's out of the shop.

To the original poster: These early cars are amazing and offer the most raw 911 driving experience you can ask for. Parts are plentiful as long as you're not a stickler to keep it an original numbers matching car. I've always loved modifying cars, so "hot-rodding" them doesn't bother me. I don't need a completely original car. I drive my cars hard and the early cars can handle it.

 

Never owned one but drove plenty of them. In 1976 I was lucky enough to land a job at a European Garage that specialized mostly in Porsches while I was a teen, I knew nothing about them but I was trained and learned a great deal about them and the icing on the cake was they had 2 Carreras 3.0 race cars that ran IMSA GTO class, needless to say the next 10 yrs where a blast. Them era cars where a blast to drive and easy to work on, I would love to have one but only as a second car, modern 911s 997 and forward are way superior cars in every way,and i love my 991 but driving those air cooled 70s/80s models specially the 930 Turbos was a blast. Damn I might just start looking for one to work on as a retirement project.