1971 Porsche 911 Targa

911 T Targa · 2.2-litre flat-six, type 911/07, 125 hp · Zenith 40 TIN carburettors · Presented Gulf Blue, built Silver Metallic · 97,223 miles · Fifty years of Californian paper · VIN 9111110895

A 1971 911 T Targa with a paper trail that starts in 1973 and never really stops. It carries its Porsche Cars North America production certificate — production completed October 1970, engine type 911/07, built Silver Metallic over black leatherette — the original Porsche maintenance record booklet with the first names written into it in blue ink at 41,917 miles in July 1973, and thirty-one pages of Californian service and parts receipts running through the 1970s from seventeen shops between Palo Alto and San Diego. The licence plate 930CSL appears on receipts across the whole decade, and the speedometer calibration chart from Palo Alto Speedometer Service, dated 20 July 1973 at 42,451 miles, is retained. A thirty-operation recommissioning in April and May 2025 is invoiced at $16,247.25. It shows 97,223 miles and is presented in Gulf Blue; the repaint is disclosed and measured across 104 readings.