![]() The 2.0 liter flat-six engine was tuned to produce 160 bhp at 5,000 rpm, up from the 130 bhp of the standard car. The 911 S used the same unibody shell as the 911 and much the same running gear. The interior of the car its largely original, with the exception of the period-correct Halda Speedpilot rally computer. ![]() The 911 S took all that made the 911 great and made it just a little greater. The Porsche 911, originally called the 901 until Peugeot objected, had been developed to replace the dated Porsche 356 that had been developed not long after WWII in the late 1940s. The Porsche 911 S was a critically important car for Porsche when it was released in 1966. The 1967 911 S you see here was rebuilt by specialists Paterek Brothers into a replica of Vic Elford’s famous Monte Carlo Rally challenger.Today these early examples of the 911 S are among the most desirable of all 911 models, offering a simple analogue purity that was not always matched by later cars.The “S” stood for “Super” and along with the engine performance enhancements the car also came with adjustable Koni dampers on all four corners, a rear anti-roll bar (the front anti-roll bar was standard), and Fuchs wheels. The 911 S came with a higher performance engine, producing 160 bhp vs the 130 bhp of the standard 911.The Porsche 911 S first appeared in 1966, just three years after the introduction of the 911 model at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 1963.The Porsche 911 S has long been lauded as one of the most desirable examples of the German sports car from this era and they made quite an impact in the world of motorsport thanks to their excellent handling – when driven by experienced hands of course. Elford drove this particular car not long after its rebuild and said that it was “a spectacular, exact nut-and-bolt recreation, exactly as we drove it.” This 1967 has been built up to the same specification as the Porsche 911 S that was driven by “Quick” Vic Elford in the Rallye Monte Carlo in 1967.
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