Techno Classica is always a real pleasure to attend.
Not only because there are an abundance of early air-cooled Porsche (Essen is after all in the middle of Germany) but also because there is so much to see. Weather you collect spare parts, or photography, or letters that Enzo Ferrari wrote – you can find virtually everything at Techno Classica.
This year I noticed a few things.
First- this year should have been called ‘Techno Porsche’. Porsche’s were everywhere. If I had to estimate I would guess that 50% of call cars present where Porsche. This presumably has two reasons: 1) we are in Germany after all 2) prices of Porsche – even the later cars like 964, 993 are on fire and dealers are clearly profiting from this hype.
Although I spent two full days at Techno Classica – it was not enough. There is simply too much to see. Part 1 is dedicated to Porsche as there were simply so many cool cars. Part II is the rest of the brands (Mercedes, Maserati, Ferrari, Aston etc.).
Lets start with a nice color arrangement of different early 911.
If I could choose I would choose a black one with gold writing. A 2.4 S (which the black one is). However the green one is not so bad either.
Notice the difference scripts of the Porsche writings. The green script type came first if I am not mistaken.
Or do you prefer yellow?
There was a beautiful very early 1964 911 which I would like to show you.
The seat patterns are common and found on many early 911s. Also the wooden steering wheel and dashboard are only found on the very earliest of the 911s.
There were also plenty of Porsche 2.7 RS. Like this white one with blue printing. Superb.
Another 2.7 RS in red. Also nice.
What about Green? There were plenty of RS 2.7 at Techno Classica.
Lets move on to a vey rare car. A Carrera 2 GS convertible. Only 25 of these exist in the world. Look at the 4 Cam Fuhrman engine.
The dashboard is also very nice as is the correct type steering wheel. Porsche quality. I love the greenish print on the gauges – typical of only very early Porsches in the 1950s early 1960s.
While we are the subject of steering wheels look at this beautiful wooden one that belonged to a 1960s Porsche 356 Super 90.
Another very cool car was this Porsche Speedster. It was actually in Fjord Green but my camera doesn’t show this color.
Or is it me? Many people often cannot see certain types of Green. Don’t you love the cord interior?
I have decided that I will only buy a 356 with ‘ventilated‘ wheels like this speedster. Don’t the wheels look awesome? Another Porsche 2.7 RS in the background.
This next 356 was a very rare Porsche GT model.
Don’t you love the bucket seats? This car was indeed very nice.
Also this model had the rare ventilated wheels which I very much like.
We finish with surely the most fantastic and valuable Porsche at Essen – a 1960s Porsche R type!
Yes this is the car upon which Porsche just did a re-edition (which is completely sold out). This incredible car was at Jan Luehn’s stand which had some superb cars.
Only 22 of these all alloy cars were built. Which is why the asking price of this Porsche original R is also €4m +. But what a superb car with two outside fuel caps.
The car was extremely light – its body 100% alloy.
Every single effort went into saving weight on this Porsche R type. Seats. Plexi windows. Ultra light Fuchs wheels. This car weighed a mere 800kg. Notice the doors – even the handles were done to save weight.
These Fuchs wheels look normal but are anything but. Extra light – what a great car. Surely the most expensive 911 that exists in the world.
The heart of this 911 R Porsche is of course the engine. If I understood it correctly the engine in this car is the engine type belonging to the 906 Porsche.
A 6 cylinder lightweight with six carburettors by weber producing an estimated 220hp.
