Update on 2/21/2012: The seller has taken the listing down. It may have sold.

Posted 2/21/2012: One of the über rare 1976 Carrera 2.7 MFI is for sale.  Currently painted green, was painted red previous to this, and was supposedly Bitter Chocolate Brown originally.  Don't have many more details than this on the car.  Offered for £72000 (roughly $114k USD in today's money).

From the private seller's listing on Car and Classic:

this car is one of the youngest still in live, number 119 on 123 make the last year in 1976body 9116609119, engine 911/83 6668145, options M446 andslipdifferential M220, black leather seatsengine, gearbox, suspension, brakes etc all in done on this car with receipt for most of the work; body in perfect original condition,all the history of this car is clear, more pictures availlable on request

Offered on in Juan-Les-Pins, France for £72000 on Car and Classic.

The guys at Autobahn Interiors have just completed the interior well ahead of schedule.  It seems like just yesterday I was sitting in Tony's office going over all the details, but now realize over a month has passed since dropping everything off.  I hadn't planned on seeing the interior for at least another month so this is officially the first part of the restoration completed.

As the pictures show the red tartan inlays turned out fantastic.  Tony did a great job at ensuring all the various details on the panels and carpet matched exactly the way they originally left the factory.  I look forward to seeing everything installed once the car is ready to be reassembled.  In the meantime all the recovered original parts will be shipped to Oregon and carefully stored awaiting their reunion with #9050.  I will take a few detailed photos of the interior bits once they arrive in Oregon.

Meanwhile Tim and the guys at German Master Tech are wasting no time starting in on the '76 Carrera MFI 2.7 project.  Since the Carrera arrived earlier this week they've been busy stripping the car, sorting and inventorying all the parts, and figuring out what is missing.

In other news I've also managed to source an original black 1976 dash without the A/C vents or speaker grills in excellent condition.  The dash from #9050 had several large cracks and was in need of a complete restoration.  Unfortunately nobody currently restores these dashes exactly as they left the factory, for instance there is usually visible seams where the ridge crosses the entire dash.  Thus finding an original dash was the only option for this project.  Tony still has the cracked dash and I may get it recovered as a spare or for another project.

Chassis stamping for 911 660 9050

Stay tuned for future installments covering the restoration of '76 MFI 2.7 #9050.

The body, parts, and everything but the interior for chassis 911 660 9050 was picked up last weekend by Concours Transport and has now arrived in the shop of a serious Porsche fanatic: Tim Morris of German Master Tech in Bend, Oregon.  Tim has mostly focused on restoring and hot rodding early long hood 911s like the '67 911S project that Bruce Canepa recently sold.  However, Tim is also no stranger to later 911s and has worked on several Euro Carreras already.

• Best of Class, Porsche - Forest Grove Concourse D'Elegance (Forest Grove, OR)
• Best of Class, Short Wheel Base 911 - Concourse on the Aves (Carmel, CA)
• Best of Class, Early Post-war Microcar - Legends of the Autobahn (Carmel Valley, CA)
• Best of Class, BMW - Legends of the Autobahn (Carmel Valley, CA)

Stay tuned for future installments covering the restoration of '76 MFI 2.7 #9050.

Update 2/13/2012: As stated this would sell fast.  This sold within 24 hours of being posted.

Posted on 2/12/2012: This 1974 Carrera MFI is decked out with Cibie rally lights, fog lights, and ducktail.  Blue Carrera script and wheels are incorrect for 1974 (black and gold were only options).  The side mirror is from a 76 or later, not a 1974.  No photos of interior so unclear how well preserved that is. Appears to have original matching engine.  At this price it will likely sell quickly.

From the owner's posting on early911sregistry.org:

I have a 1974 European Carrera RS, this car has the same mechanical fuel injected motor as the 1973 RS. Very rare car only 1026 made. It has been in storage for the past 8 years. It isn't in pristine condition but the Engine is great but the transmission needs a little work. The car has current California License and Registration. With a little TLC this car can be a Concourse contender. Twins and the economy have kept me from making this a Show Car.

Asking $65,000 Call (redacted)

VIN: 9114600343
Eng: 6640446
About 80,000 miles

The restoration of chassis 911 660 9050 has begun.  This is one of the very rare 1976 Carrera MFI 2.7 models, also known as a Euro Carrera, that carried on from the 1973 Carrera RS in 1974 through 1976.  Porsche produced only 113 of these non-production models all within the last month or so of the 1976 model year.  Most Porsche enthusiasts don't even know these exist and very few books have a mention.  The chassis numbers for the 1976 MFI 2.7 includes a "9" digit in the sequence number indicating these cars were a special non-production model like the RSR.  Further the factory original 911/83 RS spec engines also include an "8" digit in the sequence number (aka 6668XXX) to indicate the engines were a special build not used in normal production cars.

Chassis 911 660 9050 was originally delivered via the factory connected and longtime Porsche dealer Glöckler in Frankfurt, Germany.  This Carrera originally had black leatherette with red tartan dress inlays, a stunning combination with the silver exterior.  It has been sitting for well over a decade in an unrestored state, but is rust free except for the battery box and lower window sills which is where almost every old 911 has rust.  The 1976 Carreras were fully galvanized which surely helped in preservation, though this car has had primer roughly applied in the past along with a fair bit of overspray from sitting in body shops.  Otherwise the car is very original, appearing to have never suffering accident damage, and almost all the original bits and pieces are there necessary for ensuring this is correctly restored.  However I do need to source an original 1976 black dash in good to very good condition as the current one is heavily cracked as well as original speaker covers for the door panels.  If you know of any please contact [email protected].

At this point the interior is stripped completely and has been delivered into the good hands of Tony Garcia at Autobahn Interiors in San Diego. We'll catch up with Tony on future posts to share the progress, but after visiting his shop I am extremely excited to be working with him on this project.  Fortunately Tony has just enough NOS OEM red tartan material to finish the seat inlays.  I'm thankful the car didn't have the full tartan plaid interior (option M392) as it would have been difficult to source more OEM material.

The original black needle punch carpets were all in good enough shape to be reused except for a few rips in the vinyl edging.  This means we will be able to clean up the carpet and Tony will perform some minor reconditioning including resewing a raw edge vinyl exactly as the factory did in 1976.

Stay tuned for future installments covering the restoration of 911 660 9050.

Update on 2/27/2012: Carrera has been sold.

Posted 2/7/2012: Jurgen Rott of 2shores has just listed a 1974 Carrera MFI 2.7 (chassis #911 460 0808) that was recently repainted in original Grand Prix White.   Jurgen is very familiar with this car having sold it in 2010, along with numerous other Euro Carreras over the years.  The wheels appear to have been refinished since it was last sold in 2010.  The odometer now reads 92,504km, having travelled less than a thousand km since mid-2010 when it read 91,700km.  There was a small crack in the dash in 2010.

Description from the seller:

One of only 1023 produced Carreras for the European market. These cars are not to be confused with the US spec Carreras of 74 & 75, as they carry the iconic RS motor (type 911-83) of the 73 Carrera RS from the factory.

These cars are very rare and come to market rarely, especially in the US. Weighing in at 1075kg (2365lbs) the performance envelope is just like that of an RS Touring model.
This particular car was sold new to Italy and is fully numbers matching. It comes with a Porsche Certificate of Authenticity issued in Italy. It was sold from Italy to Great Britain in 2007 and eventually found its way to a collector here in the Midwest.

The car was recently taken to bare metal and re-sprayed to its authentic grand prix white. The wheels, undercarriage, brakes and engine are fully sorted and detailed and in wonderful shape. While not freshly rebuilt, the engine is in tip top condition with excellent leak down and compression numbers and no oil leaks.

The interior is still all original and shows very nice.

These cars are very strong performers and will outrun any S model and holding their ground with the iconic Carrera RS.

Offered for $125,000 USD by 2shores.

Carl Bauer at Orange Bar Products has been making really high quality reproduction accessories for 356 and earlier long hood 911s.  One of his recent projects has been to faithfully reproduce the lackstift paint stick including the correct bottle and matching silkscreen, the original box and bag, and even fills them with the correct shade of Glasurit paint (though I wouldn't recommend these for actual use as the color is unlikely to match your repainted or aged paint).  There are only very minor differences from the original lackstift, which Carl intentionally did so that folks could tell the difference between an original and reproduction lackstift.

Unfortunately many of the newly introduced colors by Porsche after 1973 aren't available yet from Orange Bar, however if you have a standard Porsche color that has been around since 1973 you are in luck.  Given these have been NLA from Porsche for decades this is a wonderful addition to the Porsche community.

For more information see Orange Bar's Porsche Lackstift.