Graham bought his 1969 Porsche 911T back in the mid-1990s, long before the air-cooled 911 boom. Graham found his purple 911T in the Netherlands, and after parting with a then-substantial number of guilders (which Porsche reports was equal to about €21k), he drove the car home. Upon his return the purple T became Graham’s daily driver. It made regular forays to UK shows, trips across the continent, and braved London traffic for the next four years.
After four years with the car though, Graham left for the UAE, and the car was left behind in a London parking facility. While Graham thought he would be spending just a few years in the UAE, his brief move quickly turned into a decade, and the 911 sat. It sat, accumulating dust, and amusingly the word “shill” was fingered into the dust on its flank.
When Graham returned, the dust-shrouded 911 was sent to Tower Porsche, who had cared for the car before he departed. Surprisingly, the long-idle car returned to life swiftly with a fresh battery and a few cranks on the air-cooled flat-six. With some further fettling, fresh Michelins, and tuning the car was returned to running order.
But Graham opted not to clean it. Still ensconced in its protective layer of London car park dust, the car was driven from London to the 2019 Goodwood Festival of Speed. There Porsche spotted Graham and his purple 911T, and concocted a plan: Bring John’s classic T and the marque’s modern-minimalist Carrera T together.
While the Flatsixes staff is somewhat split in our feelings on the new T, seeing the new and old cars together warms the cockles of even my curmudgeonly, blackened heart. The two cars are separated by five decades, seemingly dozens of ECUs, and about 1,000 pounds, but they are united in both layout and spirit.
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The new T looks like the bloated overpriced whale it is next to the simple clean lines of the '69. No wonder the early 911 long hood boom exists. And stupid me I sold my longtime ownership '70 911 T a few years ago. Oh well.
I have a 69 911 T that i bought as a tarted up plastic whale tail racing seats wanna bcar.The best thing that happened after i bought it was the owner bought out a pickup truck load of the parts he took off.
It was a very dark blue, when i looked up the paint code and and found out it was Ossi Blue and what a great color , I was thrilled has the original seats done in houndstooth inserts and all of the original parts put back. i love the look and its so visceral that every drive is a pleasure