Australia's first Porsche 911 "Reimagined" by Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur

55 years since the Porsche 911 began to be sold in Australia

This time, Porsche Center Melbourne and Porsche Center Sydney South jointly created two Porsche 911 Special Editions.

The two special cars will be released for the next few months, along with the first Porsche 911, which was first sold in Australia in 1965. Oh, the size is completely different ... ^^ ↓

What caught my eye here was that the Porsche Center Melbourne sales manager said, "The idea of this project is to reimagine the Porsche 911, which went on sale (in Australia) in 1965." The word "reimagine" at the time.

Re-imagining Porsche is, yes,The wording used by SingerSo, it was said that the Porsche Center was reimagining here, so I was a little surprised and unintentionally read the article.

First of all, I would like to see from what background the two special edition Porsche 911s were made.

By the way, it was written that I made two, so at first I thought that I made two different models, but apparently I reimagined the new Porsche 992, PC Melbourne and PC Sydney South respectively It seems that they made two of the same ones so that they can prepare one each (it seems that one will be sold from each PC in the future).

Australia's first Porsche 911

Well, first of all, about the Porsche 911 that was sold for the first time in Australia.

The Porsche 911 was sold to Ron Angus, a farmer in the area of Adelaide, in 1964 by Norman Hamilton, a Porsche distributor at the time.

* It is written that Porsche 911 sales in Australia started in 1965, but it is a mystery that the first Porsche was sold in 1964 (laugh)? Does that mean the model year was 1965? Is it?

It is said that this Porsche 911 was 2,000 Australian pounds at that time (1964), and the order form when ordering this 6-cylinder 911 is written as "901".

The body color is stone gray. It was delivered to Mr. Angus' farm in Barossa Valley, about 100 km north of Adelaide, but when it was delivered, it was delivered.Exchange of model names in Porsche 901 with PeugeotIt was after that, Porsche's name was already "911".

However, it seems that Angus, the first owner, didn't care about that. Because, the number of the black and white license plate that the Angus family made independently and attached to Porsche is "119".

Eh, was it so good? It seems that you may think that, but this is actually quite thought out, and it seems that when the car in front saw Angus' Porsche in the rearview mirror, it was supposed to be "911". Cute commitment ^ ^

Mr. Angus regularly enjoyed hill climbing at Porsche 911 in his territory.

When he sold the Porsche 911 to his friend architect Roy Wilson in 1969, the Porsche 911 had a mileage of 87,000 kilometers.

And the current owner is Porsche enthusiast Stewart Kay, and he first encountered this car in the late 1980s with the second owner Wilson in relation to a university dissertation. It was when I went to the university.

At that time, Kay saw the Porsche 911 quietly sitting in Mr. Wilson's garage, and said that the 911 was "previously displayed in the Porsche Museum as the oldest 911 I saw in the magazine, maybe it is the same. I noticed that "Isn't it ?!"

After that, Kay also confirmed the article, and what was even more surprising was that the 911 chassis number displayed in the Porsche Museum featured in the magazine was 302 503, which I saw in Wilson's garage. It was the number 1,000 after 911.

After checking with the factory through Porsche Cars Australia, it seems that the 911 under Mr. Wilson was one of the "first right-handed cars made" in Porsche 911. is.

From there, Kay begged Wilson to sell the Porsche 911, but it wasn't so easy to sell.

After all, a few years later, in 1992, a single phone call "Do you still want it?" Resumed negotiations.

I would have been happy when I got the call ~ ^^

Later, Kay became the third owner of the Porsche 911, along with the original keys, the original owner's manual and the service book.

At this point, the Porsche 911 has a mileage of 136,000 kilometers.

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Kay still owns this Porsche 911 in almost original condition. I think it's taken care of.

Currently, it is said that it is usually stored in a museum called The Bend Motorsport Park in South Australia, but for the time being, it was made as a tribute to Mr. Kay's Porsche 911, which was "Reimagined" this time. It will be exhibited at Porsche Center Melbourne and Porsche Center Sydney South along with the new Porsche 911 (992).

Newly reimagined new Porsche 911 (992) Carrera S

Introduced this time, the new Porsche 911 (992) newly created as a tribute to the first Porsche 911 in Australia, Mr. Angus' original Porsche 911 delivered 55 years ago is the modern Porsche 911 An attempt to duplicate some of the features, which symbolizes how the Porsche 911 is a timeless machine, says Lee Hallett, general manager of Porsche Center Sydney South.

The re-imagined Porsche 911 also demonstrates the endless possibilities of Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur, which uses the highest quality materials, combines the latest manufacturing methods, and is particular about the details.

Mr. Angus's Porsche is a 5-speed manual, and this 2020 Porsche 911 is an 8-speed manual.

Mr. Angus's Porsche was stone gray, but the 2020 Porsche 911 is a crayon. Here, the rear slats are also colored with crayons.

20/21 inch Carrera exclusive design wheels with black calipers.

Sport-designed side skirts with painted side mirrors and high-gloss trim stripes.

The interior of the early model of Porsche 911 was green leather, maple yellow dashboard wood trim, and steering matched.

This time, I reimagined it, and the interior of Porsche 992 in 2020 is agave green club leather, crayon stitching, and the seat belt is also agave green.

Unlike the original, the seat is an electric sports seat with a 14-way memory package, and the headrest is embossed with Porsche Crest. In addition, it is equipped with an interior package of Paldao Dark.

And the door sill says "1965 Reimagined".

It will be exhibited only in Australia, but the first 911 in Australia and the latest 911 ... Moreover, it is a Porsche reimagined as a homage to the first 911, and it is quite nice that the two are exhibited side by side. ^^

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I wonder if the singer doesn't think "What?" Using the phrase "Porsche reimagined" (even writing it to Dosir!).

... is my question (laughs).

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Or is it pleased that "Oh, did you finally understand the meaning that Porsche also reimagines? Porsche has caught up with Singer?"

1965 Reimagined with Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur --Australia's first 911, 55 years on

Here is the introduction video (official) of the two Porsche 911s introduced this time ↓

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