1972 Porsche 911T Sportomatic Bahia Red

Make: Porsche
Model: 911
SubModel: 911T Sporto
Type: Coupe
Trim: Sportomatic
Year: 1972
Mileage: 102,115
VIN: 9112191291
Color: Bahia Red
Engine size: Flat 6
Number of cylinders: 6
Power options: Power Windows
Fuel: Gasoline
Transmission: Automatic
Drive type: RWD
Interior color: Black
Vehicle Title: Clear
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1972 Porsche 911 Sportomatic Description

I am pleased to offer this 1972 Porsche 911T Sportomatic. VIN # is 9112191291. Mileage shows 02115 (likely 102,511 but exact mileage is unknown).

Features:

– Fuch wheels – Power windows – Driving lights – Mileage unknown – Rocker aluminum decor – Radio – Antenna – Owners manual (appears to be original) – Better than a 2 maybe 2.5

These early 70’s Sportomatic 911 are quite rare and would be a great addition to any Porsche collection. The owner notes that this car is a blast to drive. It is definitely in “driver” condition cosmetically and is not being represented as anything else. A blast to drive nonetheless.

History of the Porsche Sportomatic:

Curiously, Porsche described Sportomatic as an “automatic” transmission, even though it had no fully automatic setting. A modified four-speed 911 gearbox, Sportomatic was essentially a manual with a vacuum-operated single-disc dry clutch. A torque converter replaced the flywheel and existed both to smooth the transmission’s electro-mechanical shifts and to allow the car to remain stationary with the clutch engaged. When a driver grabbed the shift lever, the clutch would disengage, re-engaging as soon as one’s hand was removed from the stick. To change gears, the driver needed only to move the lever to the desired gate and let go of the knob. Porsche Sportomatic detailed cutaway

The “gears” were labeled L, D, D3, and D4, and although Porsche suggested using L only for steep grades, it was, essentially, first gear. (We found in a 1971 test that using L helped acceleration.) Gears D, D3, and D4 were really the transmission’s second, third, and fourth speeds, and there was even an automatic-like “park” setting enabled by a pawl that both engaged and locked a countershaft gear.

Sportomatic-equipped 911s were, as you might expect, somewhat quirky: As on other early 911s, there was a secondary hand throttle between the front seats to adjust the engine’s idle speed to prevent random stalls, and we found in our contemporary test that you could easily overrev the engine by accidentally touching the shift lever or not lifting from the throttle during an intentional shift event. An innovative yet flawed first step, Sportomatic’s last gasp wasn’t heard until 1980. The technology received only one update along the way, in 1975, when Porsche stripped it of one forward gear due to the torquier nature of the 911’s more-flexible 2.7-liter flat-six.

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1972 Porsche 911T Sportomatic Bahia Red

Car is located in Minneapolis, MN.

Contact Ron Susser

Phone [630 567-0066]
Fax [703 858-0056]

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