First gear is dogleg, to the left and down, and oh, “rev the shit out of it.” Fine by us. Then hold the throttle wide open while cranking the engine over. Twist the ignition key (located, famously, on your left) to the accessory position and listen for the ticking fuel pump to prime. Enjoy this chapter on the Porsche 911, but be sure to read the entire eight-part story.Īs the track surface dried, Sloan briefed me on preflight procedures. This is an excerpt from our recent article, The Search For the Greatest Sports Car of All Time, where we rounded up eight of the most important enthusiast cars ever made, track-tested them at Lime Rock Park, and declared one ultimate winner. The car’s gracious owner let us borrow it. Brett Sloan of Connecticut air-cooled specialist Sloan Motors- look ’em up if you need a good drool-happened to have this recently restored Bahama Yellow, Italian-market specimen on consignment. And while there are faster and more valuable long-hood 911s, we wanted something that wasn’t unobtanium when new. In its day, this 1967 911 Super was the club racer’s choice, the sort you’d hammer at the track all weekend, then drive home. But which? There are scores of options from the 911’s 56-year run: air-cooled or water-cooled, turbocharged or atmospheric, exotic or gawky. Including Porsche’s 911 in our search for the greatest sports car of all time was a given.
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