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john at westcoastgarage.net john at westcoastgarage.net
Sat Mar 15 19:02:43 PDT 2008


Others have said: 

"first year was '64. by '66 they had the 'S'."

"I don't recall a '65 911. Thought they showed here in '66"

and
"Up thru '66 still came with (6) individual Solex carbs while later models 
had triple-choke Webers."

I have a '65 911.  It's actually a few hundred SNs newer than that one.  
Pre-June cars are '65s, post June cars are considered (per the factory 
"specs book") '66s.  His is pretty early in the year.  Very early '65s 
have a slightly different dash arrangement and are considered more 
valuable (his isn't that early).  All the pre '67 cars came with 
"floatless" Solex carbs, 6 single throat carbs on 2 float bowl 
reservoirs, which were fed by a dual mechanical pump as well as a Bendix 
electric pump.They had a frightening tendency to go lean as air moisture 
increased, and foggy night speed runs could spell big bucks. Porsche 
offered  owners a Weber conversion, coupled with much improved heat 
exchangers, at little or no cost.  They had troublesome triple U-joint 
Nadella axles, most of which have since been replaced with Lobro CV 
Joint axles.  The 911S  appeared in the '67 MY, along with the Targa 
version and the now familiar Fuchs wheels, albeit rather skinny ones.
The first 911s anyone in the US really saw in any quantity were at the 
'65 Porsche Parade in Santa Barbara.  There were 6 of them, fresh off 
the boat.  There were a couple of 901s floating around, but they were a 
rare thing.  In my 35 years as a Porsche tech, I've worked on only 1 
901, and only because I know the owner, who apparently bought it new.   John


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