1968 Porsche 912

The 912 built by Porsche from 1965 through 1969 was the entry level Porsche after the discontinuation of the 356 and was used as a filler until the more powerful more expensive 911 took off. The 912 is the same design as the 911, however only offering the tuned down version of the left over 356 engines. The 912 is a light and nimble Sports car that offered nearly 30 MPG due to the low drag and high efficiency engine. Now for the good stuff….This might be the most highly documented car that I have had here in our Traverse City location. It was ordered for European delivery on June 19, 1967 from Bob Smith Porsche in Hollywood, CA. The original purchase order would have the color ordered as Lido Gold, but the original delivery document from Porsche and pictures of the car on the assembly line verifies that the car was painted Orange Tangerine. The car has Maintenance records dating all the way back with dealer stamps in the maintenance book for the first several years and then in 1974, there is service records with receipts all the way through, there also several notepads with hand written service on them. The original purchase order along with cleared check, window sticker, correspondence from Porsche, pictures of the owner taking delivery in Germany, shipping paperwork and original owners manual are all original and come with the sale of this car. This 912 has had four documented owners with me knowing the last two since 1999. Before 1999 the car was always a California car and since being in Michigan has had two incredible stewards and collectors taking care of this gorgeous cars. The first owner had the car from 67-81, second owner from 81-99, third owner 99-08 and finally for the last 16 years the fourth owner. The car was never abused and shows no signs of rust or rot anywhere, other than what described in a email to the fourth owner from the second owner. Sometime in the late 1980's the cars cover caught fire but was quickly extinguished causing minor paint damage to the hood of the car, and because of the age of the car, the shop was unsure how close they could match the paint so the entire car was repainted It still shows very well in my opinion. The only other thing that we know for sure is that the front seats were recovered, other than these couple things this is a fantastic nearly all original car including numbers matching engine and transmission. This was a factory A/C car, however the compressor has been removed. It does come with the car if you wanted to have it restored. Due to health issues, the car has not been driven much the last few years but runs, drives and stops as it should. The underside is solid and original with some weepy valve cover gaskets, probably from sitting recently and then being driven. The car, the history is just incredible. Please let us know if you would like any further information or would like more information about the said paperwork.