Restored 1973 US-Spec 911 T Coupe to Be Given Away

The guys from Porsche Club Service and Porsche Classic have saved a classic air cooled Porsche from the scrap heap and created something that fans of the Stuttgart brand can dream about owning. It’s going to be one of the main attractions at this year’s Porsche Club of America’s (PCA) parade in Savannah, Georgia, from July 31 to August 7. The car will be offered as the main prize at a raffle held during the event.

As part of the “Revive the Passion” project, as the restoration process was named, a US-Spec 1973 911 T Coupe has been brought back to life to be enjoyed by an enthusiast for coming years. The car was found in a “pitiful condition” – missing its windows and lights – but complete with bird’s nest, near Los Angeles before being shipped off home to the Porsche classic workshops in Stuttgart.

“Every year we service and restore around 250 Porsche classic cars from all over the world, from the 356 through to the last air-cooled 911 model, the Type 993,” said Alexander Fabig, Head of Porsche Classic.

It’s taken a year to turn those 38 years of use back, but now the vintage narrow-bodied model is like new again, finished in silver with a black interior and powered by a 2.4-liter flat-six, producing 140 horsepower and a gloriously classic sound.

“We regularly reported about the progress of the full restoration on our website, supplemented with numerous pictures and film material of the individual work steps,” says Barbara Böckenhoff, who is responsible for project coordination at Porsche Classic.

Next month, a very lucky member of the Porsche Club of America will get his hands on it, as it’ll be a raffle prize at the 2011 Porsche Parade. Wow.