1966 Porsche 912 - Heavily Modified on 2040-cars

 Fully Restored 1966 Porsche 912 - FrankenPorsche

No expense was spared in rescuing/reviving this one.  I spent way too much, took way too long, but holy crap - JUST LOOK AT HIM!! 

IT IS ALIVE!!!!

If you want a story, this beast has one.  Originally I intended to rescue a 1968 Coffee Brown car.  However, after getting the car, disassembling it, and having the chassis media blasted, it was determined that it was beyond my special talents and my checkbook. I decided to start over and sell all the parts.  I posted all the parts on various Porsche forums and sold several.  After a couple of weeks I was contacted by a gentleman who told me he had a shell for sale - a very rare 3 gauge, Sunroof Equipped ,  1966 912, no engine, no trans, no interior, just a shell with a clean title.  I went and looked at it, and bought it.  So begin the origins of this FrankenPorsche.

I already had a 1966 Engine and Trans in the process of being rebuilt.  Seemed like Karma was smiling upon me - until we media blasted this shell.  Frank was not a 1966 912 with a Sunroof and 3 gauges.  He is actually 2 cars (now 4) put together to be one.  The media blasting revealed that the car was actually cut in two at the dash and welded back together.  The back half is indeed a very early factory sunroof car, the front half is actually a 5 gauge car with 2 holes very neatly welded over.  The VIN plate was swapped from yet another car.

After talking with some local Porsche legends here in Texas, it turns out they all know about this car and the man who owned it before the gentleman I purchased it from got his hands on it.  This car had been used extensively to race.  The former owner had crashed it, and since the business end is the back end, he just cut the front off another car he owned and he was back racing the next week.  He passed away on the track, doing what he loved - what a story.

What I decided was to go ahead and create a 912 beast like no other.  I was already waist deep, and I loved the idea of having a really hot, air cooled monster.

My good (and excessively expensive) friends at North Texas Customs took several weeks and about $20K to restore, reinforce, and purify the chassis.  Exery square inch was taken to bare metal.  We replaced the floors, inner and outer rockers, rust treated the heater tubes, reinforced the tunnel, the floors and the rockers.  The A pillars were cut and properly reinforced and aligned.  Better, stronger and stiffer than Dr. Porsche himself had invented.  The entire chassis was coated with Lizard Skin sound and heat shield.  The entire passenger compartment was coated as well.  Lest we forget about the doors, they were done also.  This car will never rust again.

What else did we do?  Everything.

Interior is a custom leather affair with ventilated seats (By Bell's Auto Trim).  The door panels and side panels were done in matching vinyl.  Headliner is an OEM replacement.  Nardi Wood Steering wheel. Rennline pedals and aluminum floor footrests,.All the gauges we sent to Palo Alto Speedometer for restoration - like new.  The stereo is a Kenwood DCX896 with 2 custom 6x9 boxes in the back seat and 2 - 4.5 inch speakers where the original dash speaker was.  Windows are tinted with 3M film.

Wiring was completely replaced with a hand made GM block to replace what was otherwise a questionable system from Germany that was 45 years old.

Every lightbulb, socket and lense are new.  Even the cigarette lighter works.

New gas tank and electric fuel pump.

The engine was completely rebuilt using a Competition Cam, Big Bore Pistons and heads, Weber 45's, optical distributor and all the sheet metal was powder coated.  A bullet proof power plant, we estimate it produces about 140 hp.

The Transmission was rebuilt to 911 race spec using all of the heavier mods found in 911 race applications including the larger clutch.

Suspension in the rear is OEM slightly lowered.

Suspension in the front is re-conditioned 1975 911 Suspension with all new tie rods, etc,

New Koni Shocks all around.

Brakes are cross drilled discs with rebuilt calipers off a later model 911.

Doors, Hood and Decklid are all off the original 1968 chassis.  The doors still make the distinctive "ping" sound when closed.

The paint is the original Ivory consistent with a 1966 Porsche in a base coat clear coat finish.

S Trim on the Rockers.

I seriously have a folder with 2 inches of receipts.  I also have a CD documenting the restoration process at North Texas Customs.

So why do I want to sell ??, I did it for the project.  I always wanted one, but now I want a 911 instead.  Call me fickle.  Whoever buys this will be getting one hell of a bargain.  My investment is well north of $60K.  It's an amazing car, not a collector car.   It's built to be driven and enjoyed.