Tim Schofield
Head of UK Business Development, Motoring
LOT 277
1966 Porsche 912 Coupé Registration no. LYL 6D Chassis no. 353062 Engine no. 746863
Estimate: £70,000 - £90,000
Lot 277
1966 Porsche 912 Coupé
Goodwood Revival: Collectors' Motor Cars and Automobilia|9 September 2023, 13:30 BST|Chichester, Goodwood
1966 Porsche 912 Coupé
Registration no. LYL 6D
Chassis no. 353062
Engine no. 746863
Registration no. LYL 6D
Chassis no. 353062
Engine no. 746863
• Single family ownership from new
• In dry storage for 39 years
• Professionally restored 2016-2019
• Circa 9,000 miles from new
The lady vendor's first memory of this Porsche 912 was in 1974 when she first met and went out with her husband-to-be. His father had purchased another new Porsche 912 in 1968 and gave his original car, 'LYL 6D', to his son. The couple used the Porsche for the next two years, and our vendor remembers driving it around South Wales. When her father-in-law passed away in 1969, her husband inherited the other Porsche, which was in slightly better condition, so 'LYL 6D' was placed in garage storage. There it remained, uncovered and quietly corroding, until our vendor purchased it from her husband in late 2015.
In October 2015 the Porsche was winched out of the garage and transported down to Hampshire. It was the first time that it had moved for 39 years (see photographs on file of the car in the garage and on the trailer). In 2016 a complete 'last nut and bolt' restoration was commenced, which included rebuilding the engine. The odometer reading is now around 9,000 miles, which our vendor believes to be genuine based on her time with the car back in the 1970s and the fact that it had been
garaged since 1976.
The brief for the restoration project was to return the car to the same condition it would have been in as it rolled off the production line, and this was achieved by using as much of the original car as possible, and by sourcing genuine Porsche replacement parts wherever necessary. The restoration was carried out by Jim Stokes Workshops Classics in Hampshire, the respray done by David Newton's paint shop in Stockbridge, and the interior lovingly restored by Petersfield Car Valeting. After some four years undergoing restoration, the Porsche was returned to its owners in January 2020. A file of history dating back to 1974 is offered with the car.
• In dry storage for 39 years
• Professionally restored 2016-2019
• Circa 9,000 miles from new
The lady vendor's first memory of this Porsche 912 was in 1974 when she first met and went out with her husband-to-be. His father had purchased another new Porsche 912 in 1968 and gave his original car, 'LYL 6D', to his son. The couple used the Porsche for the next two years, and our vendor remembers driving it around South Wales. When her father-in-law passed away in 1969, her husband inherited the other Porsche, which was in slightly better condition, so 'LYL 6D' was placed in garage storage. There it remained, uncovered and quietly corroding, until our vendor purchased it from her husband in late 2015.
In October 2015 the Porsche was winched out of the garage and transported down to Hampshire. It was the first time that it had moved for 39 years (see photographs on file of the car in the garage and on the trailer). In 2016 a complete 'last nut and bolt' restoration was commenced, which included rebuilding the engine. The odometer reading is now around 9,000 miles, which our vendor believes to be genuine based on her time with the car back in the 1970s and the fact that it had been
garaged since 1976.
The brief for the restoration project was to return the car to the same condition it would have been in as it rolled off the production line, and this was achieved by using as much of the original car as possible, and by sourcing genuine Porsche replacement parts wherever necessary. The restoration was carried out by Jim Stokes Workshops Classics in Hampshire, the respray done by David Newton's paint shop in Stockbridge, and the interior lovingly restored by Petersfield Car Valeting. After some four years undergoing restoration, the Porsche was returned to its owners in January 2020. A file of history dating back to 1974 is offered with the car.
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