Vehicle Details
- Year: 1973
- Make: Porsche
- Model: 911 T
- VIN: 9113101534
- Mileage Shown: 25,020mi (TMU)
- Transmission: Manual
- Title Status: Clean
- Color: Oxford Blue
- Seller Type: Dealer
- Dealer Fees: None
- Location: Newtown, PA 18940
- Country: United States of America
- Lot #: V-0056271
This 1973 Porsche 911T is powered by a 2.4-liter flat-six engine paired with a 5-speed manual transmission and underwent a seven-year refurbishment beginning in 2010 by Automobile Associates of Canton, Connecticut. Refinished in its original Oxford Blue, it features custom Pepita interior upholstery, front sport seats, supplementary driving lights, 15” Fuchs alloy wheels, and more. Accompanied by a Porsche Certificate of Authenticity, this classic long-hood 911 is now being offered for auction by its seller out of Pennsylvania.
This Coupe has been refinished in its rare factory-specified shade of Oxford Blue, a color exclusively offered for the 911 between 1972 and 1973. As part of the refurbishment, Euro-spec bumpers were installed, and repairs were made to the nose, floor, and right floor supports. Additional details include chrome trim, black horn grilles, H4 headlights, Carello driving lights, and “PORSCHE” side stripes. The 15” Fuchs alloy wheels are wrapped in Pirelli Cinturato CN36 tires from April 2024. A ceramic coating was also applied in 2024, and detailed images are provided in the gallery.
The black interior features aftermarket front sport seats adorned with Pepita houndstooth fabric and an aftermarket three-spoke leather-wrapped steering wheel. Accessories include VDO instrumentation, a heater, a locking glovebox, Coco floor mats, and rear seats. A previously installed roll cage has been removed.
The air-cooled 2.4-liter flat-six engine has been fitted with dual PMO carburetors and benefits from a rebuild by Becks European of Scottsdale, Arizona. The rear wheels are driven through a 5-speed Type 915 manual transmission, and stopping power comes from disc brakes at each corner. Service documentation is available for viewing in the gallery.
This sale will include a clean title, a Porsche Certificate of Authenticity, and a host of documentation.
The seller would like you to know: “Known car, totally done by Automobile Associates of Canton, Connecticut who is the premier place for long hood cars”
Comments (10)
Bid in the amount of $50,000
Thank you for looking at my auction for this spectacular 1973T. This is a “known” car, meaning this car was shown at Amelia Island in 2024 and sold at the Gooding Auction there in 2024. Since last year, the car had a little more sorting done, some new Pirelli CN36 tires fitted and around 800 miles added. The result is a truly special example of a mildly hot rodded 1973T that runs and drives superbly. If you follow my auctions, you know what an air cooled junkie I am, having owned north of 3 dozen 911’s and/or 930’s personally over the last 30 or so years, as well as having countless others pass through my hands. My addiction caused me to jump at the opportunity to represent this car here.
From 2010 through 2018 the car was restored east to west, north to south by Jim Newton’s Renowned Automobile Associates of Canton, Connecticut. Then cared for by them post restoration. If you know early 911’s then you should know Automobile Associates, they’re one of the top shops in the country for restoration and maintenance of these cars. This car is shown on the “About Us” page of their website. The receipt and restoration book included with the car has roughly 100 pages of receipts for all the work done on the car going back into the early 1980’s. You can trace the cars history from the Pacific North West where it was first registered through to today. The records include many pages of receipts from Akers in Seattle, which go back to the early 1980’s. Trans synchros, loads of basic maintenance, and parts receipts. This car was well serviced and well cared for back then. I believe this to have been a CIS car at birth. I based that on references to a new pop off valve, which anyone who knows about Porsche CIS injection, knows it’s a must. However, that’s just my personal speculation. Around September of 2010 is where the work at Automobile Associates begins. The book includes something like 50 plus pages detailing the restoration process. Of course, there are even more pages detailing the motor rebuild done at Becks European in 2019 and finally all of the receipts for the recent work done as well. The restoration sheets cover every nut and bolt used to transform the car into what you see here in these photos and video. The car is truly spectacular.
As I read the sheets from Automobile Associates, it does not appear as if the car needed an excessive amount of metal work. Of note, is the repair of a small hole in the floor, and some rust repair in the right corner of the nose, and of course the front and rear bumpers were stripped, had minor work done and then refinished. There are pages covering what appears to be all of the tiniest of details, even a .37 cent charge for a miscellaneous “pin”. That’s how detailed they are. The receipts from Automobile Associates also show this is when the decision was made to switch to carbs. The set of PMO carbs is on one of the receipts, as well as SSI heat exchangers. The receipts form Automobile Associates run well beyond the finished car, as the car appears to have been serviced there through September of 2018. The final receipt shows a new CD box, coil, plugs, throttle rod bushings, valve cover gaskets, fuel pump, PMO pressure regulator and more.
In 2019 there appears to have been a small fire . There is no mention of body damage, it appears the damage was contained to the motor. This is where Becks European comes in. Their notes show the engine had a small fire during a trip and the car was flat bedded in. Their initial notes show damage to the right-side intake manifold and air cleaner. Further notes show that upon disassembly they found debris in combustion chambers 4,5,and 6. At that point they tore down the entire engine to inspect everything else. A full motor rebuild was performed with the heads completely redone, new valve guilds, and valve job etc etc. Repair and replace all associated and needed parts. After being back on the road, the car continued to be serviced at Becks. The final receipt from Becks showed 1000 plus miles from when they initially rebuilt the motor, confirming everything operating properly through the break in miles and beyond. The most recent service work was done right here under current ownership in the Philly area. In the gallery are the receipts from Becks and for all of the service done since the car was purchased in 2024.
I do see that the COA has a notation for “rear spoiler”. The COA’s are nice to have but over the years I have come across many many errors in them. I have also seen two different COA’s for the same car showing different equipment. I don’t recall any rear spoiler being offered on any 1973T. I would assume it’s a mistake.
The carbureted version of the 2.4 was not offered in the US for 1973. The very early 73 T’s had MFI and the later cars had CIS. This car was restored to the owners desires, and its not a factory nut and bolt restoration, hence the choice to go with PMO carbs, SSI’s, the seats, the additional lights, the removed bumper overriders, etc etc.
The Oxford Blue is the original factory color, it also happens to be truly stunning. My thanks to Tom Silknitter for the amazing photos. I think he did a spectacular job capturing the car in different lighting throughout the day we shot the car. Some of the shots appear to be the same but they’re actually of the car staged in the same spot at different times during the car with different sunlight and clouds. The paintwork is really spectacular.
Although I don’t have dyno sheets, there are references to dyno tuning in a number of the receipts and a reference to 160 bhp. I cannot confirm that other than to say… I have driven a fairly high number of these cars, as well as selling 3 other very high level 911T’s here on BAT, my seat of the pants dyno is calling this one nicely above the factory rating.
Keep the comments and any questions coming.
@Jstumper The motor was recently rebuilt by Becks European. Heads done, PMO Carbs, SSI heat exchangers.
What’s motor HP
The details suggest a 2.4 but then the word hot rod is used . Has something extraordinary been done to the engine or is it considered stock ?
Bid in the amount of $47,777
GLWS…