A fantastic sports car with room for the kids!

Ferdinand Porsche junior, known as "Ferry" had inherited his fathers skills as a gifted engineer and designer, but who would have thought (him included) that his early idea of clothing a modified Volkswagen chassis in a sleek bodyshell, and calling it a Porsche 356 would one day lead to the amazing Porsche 911.

It was in turn his son Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, commonly known as Butzi, who was asked by his father to style a replacement for the ageing 356. The brief was simple,  the car had to be better than the 356 in every way, and more of a GT Tourer than its predecesser.

This exciting new Porsche was unveiled at the 1963 Frankfurt motor show to great excitement. It was labelled the 901, but Peugeot had claimed the rights to all the tags with a central zero, so it was hastily renamed 911.

The first model was powered by a 1991cc flat six cylinder engine with an output of 130bhp, 0-60mph coming up in 8.5 seconds and a top speed of 131mph. Over the years the engine size grew, first to 2.2L, then 2.4L, 2.7L, and then to 3.0L for the first Turbo model in 1975. In 1977 the 3.0L engine became standard for the 911SC, which is the model we have managed to track down here at Classic Car Experience. The 911SC was produced from 1977 to 1983, but what makes our one so special is that it is a Cabriolet. This was Porsche's first 911 Cabriolet, and did not go into production until October 1982, and then SC production finished in 1983 when the new 3.2L Carrera model was released.

During the 70's different people in Porsche's head office kept feeling the the 911's days were numbered so replacements were designed. The 924 arrived in 1976, and then the 928 V8 in 1977, but with 911 sales still out stripping the models that were supposed to replace them Porsche finally decided if you carn't beat them join them!, and set about bringing the 911 up to date in a tradition that is still continuing today!

Lee was dead keen on finding a 911SC model, as the later 3.2L model gained full electronics with onboard computer, which he thinks can only lead to reliability problems as these classics get older. Mind you with his new Cabriolet being only the second one to come on the market in the last year, Lee was starting to think he would have to settle for a Targa or Coupe model.

Our 911 is in amazing original condition for a car that is now 24 years old. It is an English import which came over in 1995, but it must have been a summer only car as there is no sign of corrosion in its galvanised body at all. With its bright red paint and black interior with leather seats, its simply a stunning sportscar screaming out to be enjoyed!