1979 Porsche 911 SC Targa

• Stunning 3-litre, right-hand drive, SC Targa in Guards Red with a Pasha interior
• Powered by a 180bhp, 3.0-litre six-cylinder engine with Bosch K-Jetronic fuel injection and a five-speed, 915 transmission
• This SC Targa is a true survivor, having lived a sheltered life in Jersey for almost 40 years
• It has covered less than 37,000 miles and been serviced every few years as required
• Our vendor is known for being particularly fastidious and with the red paint having faded slightly in the Jersey sunshine, he removed the engine, gearbox and seats prior to refreshing the paintwork
• To his astonishment, the Guards Red responded to a good clean so the gleaming finish is the original 42-year old  'Factory' paint, the car has not been resprayed
• It's accompanied by its document pouch with the usual manuals and service records, correspondence, invoices and MOTs etc
• The 3-litre SC was a great car anyway but at this low mileage, in such sparkling condition and on offer at 'No Reserve', this is a remarkable opportunity.

This sparkling SC Targa lived happily in Jersey up until 2020, followed by Southport until recently, and the effect of years of sunshine in the Channel Islands was very much evident in the Porsche's Guards Red paintwork. Our vendor, who has vast experience of modern classics and is known to be particularly fastidious, assumed that the car would need to be repainted before sale so the engine, gearbox and seats etc. were removed prior to the inevitable respray. To his surprise, having started to clean it, the factory paintwork had remained in top condition under the dull red haze. The car was professionally cleaned and carefully gone through mechanically with amazing results as you can see from the images.

The current indicated mileage is 36,980 and the car's History File is very interesting. It includes the factory wallet which contains a service book showing dealers (in period) as well as a letter directly from Porsche explaining that the space-saver spare wheel does not conform to current UK directives (in 1979) and them not being true radials. As such the car came with 12 months recovery and free puncture repair within the UK and Isle of Man but not the Channel Islands!! There is an accountants receipt from 1990 for £17,500, detailing the sale of J12077 to a Mr K Pinel with a statement that the car had first been registered to that plate on 7/5/1980 at a mileage of 18,900. There are a couple of receipts from Porsche Centre Jersey in 1991, a 1997 Porsche Club GB Membership relating to Miss Worrin, an insurance valuation for £12,000 in 1999 stating the mileage as 26,500, and a service invoice dated 2001 from Jersey Garage ( Five Oaks) at 28,213 miles.

In 2004, ownership appears to have transferred to a Mr Lebacle who paid £741.44 to Oakhurst Garage for a service at 34,503 miles. He subsequently sold the car to a gentleman in Southport in August 2020.

In factory paint with a smart black and white 'Pasha' interior, this is a very desirable 3-litre, SC Targa that could occupy pride of place in any collection of early 911s.