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Re: Painted Dash 912, Porsche Dreams do come true
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 10:40 am
by Mark Collins
Well mine is not a painted dash I am just out side the 1500 cars but I am making it a painted dash as I love the early look so much. Wrong I know but I love it..
waiting for law suits to come though the post LOL
Re: Painted Dash 912, Porsche Dreams do come true
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2012 9:34 am
by Adam Wright
Found this in the Factory Archives, looks like one of the early press shots.
The caption read,
The demand for an inexpensive Porsche resulted in 1965 in the 912 model. Its engine came from the 356 model range.
Re: Painted Dash 912, Porsche Dreams do come true
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2012 7:11 pm
by Brian R Adams
My sister's father-in-law flew from Portland, OR, to Germany to bring back a 356 sometime in '65, but came back instead with a 912. An Oregon State patrolman pulled him over on I-84 soon thereafter, saying he just wanted to check out the first 912 he had encountered.
After it had been passed down to my brother-in-law in the early '70s I first rode in the car. He called it an "early plain-dash" but the gauge surround was either dark gray or black, while the car was that infamous brownish yellow ("baby poop" they called it) with black interior. I believe it had three gauges, but can't be 100% sure now.
I wonder if the earliest '66 912s could have been shipping while 356 Cs were still available? If not then the one in this story would have been a late '65 I suppose. Rather a mystery.
Brian
Re: Painted Dash 912, Porsche Dreams do come true
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2013 4:40 pm
by Adam Wright
A super early one just popped up and is being sold for a good reason. Registry Brother Steve Restelli is selling it so he can buy back his long lost 356 that Registry Brother Ibriham Kuzu has.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... 1072221699
Re: Painted Dash 912, Porsche Dreams do come true
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 10:39 am
by Adam Wright
Wow, I think this is a new record, $40,000. Good thing I have a few of these painted dash cars hoarded for my retirement.
Re: Painted Dash 912, Porsche Dreams do come true
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 7:56 pm
by Adam Wright
There's one less Painted dash now
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 5:33 pm
by Larry Brooks
I got a call from a good friend of mine telling me that two of his early Porsche's were destroyed in a hangar fire along with his airplane, in Camas Washington. Several hangars burned and several planes were lost. One of the Porsches was a 1965 912 painted dash that I sold him a few years ago. It was a decent car in Ivory with a red interior.
Before and after pix below:
Re: Painted Dash 912, Porsche Dreams do come true
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2014 9:14 pm
by Adam Wright
L-
I saw this on S Reg, very very sad.
Re: Painted Dash 912, Porsche Dreams do come true
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 8:17 am
by Adam Wright
Re: Painted Dash 912, Porsche Dreams do come true
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 4:37 pm
by Jim Alton
C J Murray wrote:I will not swear to it but I think Bill Block is wrong about any '66-'67 912 coming standard with 5 gages. I thought that you had to pay extra to get 5, even in '67.
The September 1965 (1966 model year) accessories list includes:
9170 1 Satz Außenthermometer-Zeituhr, je 80 mm dia DM 160.00
902.741.601.00 (nur für 912, wenn die Bestel lung im Auftrag vermerkt 1st)
901.741.702.01 1 set, outside-thermometer and clock, each 3.2" diameter
(only for 912, if requested on original order)
Re: Painted Dash 912, Porsche Dreams do come true
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 8:10 am
by Adam Wright
I guess now that values are up, painted dash cars will be popping up more and more.
Three have popped up recently.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/ ... id=1763627
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1965-Porsche-91 ... true&rt=nc
The last one is already sold.
Re: Painted Dash 912, Porsche Dreams do come true
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2015 11:17 am
by Adam Wright
Re: Painted Dash 912, Porsche Dreams do come true
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2015 10:26 am
by Paul Kust
"does have some rust" Is that like a little pregnant?
Re: Painted Dash 912, Porsche Dreams do come true
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2016 8:20 pm
by Adam Wright
Wow, prices are way way up on the painted dash ones.
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche- ... 912-a.html
$57,500, and it has some rust!
To think I sold mine last week for $5000! Well, I sold it back to my brother, who sold it to me for $5000 a few years ago.
Re: Painted Dash 912, Porsche Dreams do come true
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2016 10:08 pm
by M Penta
I love 912's. In fact I may actually prefer the right hot rod 912 over a similar 911. A better balanced car, designed for 4cyl. I guess I missed the boat on these. I was reading this thread and saw the one on Pelican for 21K, did not realize at first it was an old post! Not that I have 21K for another car anyway...