Earl Green's
'73S 2.7 RS Spec
Great
web page! More info on the sportomatic then I have found anywhere. You might
have heard of my car from one of the two previous owners. I live in Portland
Oregon and purchased it a year ago from Bill Woods in Paducah Kentucky. He had
only owned it for a year. He bought it from Tom Weston. Weston lives in
Interlochen Michigan. He found the car in a barn in Stuttgart in 1985 where it
had sat for nine years. An elderly woman bought the car originally and only
drove it for three years. There was an exhaust leak that made her sick. She was
afraid to drive the car so she parked it. The car sat uncovered in a barn with
chickens. Her grandson attempted a resto on it at some point. He pulled all the
glass out and ground holes into the passenger rear quarter. That was the
condition Weston found the car in. He transported it to the USA in 1986. 
It is #9113300238 and came out of the factory on 9/19/72 which was Butzi's
be-day and coincidentally mine. The RS upgrade was performed using the original
case and the car literally rocks! I love making sporto converts out of other
early car guys. I had fully intended on putting a 915 in and even bought a gear
box with the car. Now I am planning on buying a 905, putting short gears in it
and sticking my original gear box on the shelf. I also own a 1987 951 and
recently sold a 1984 Carrera which I had for five years. I have had the pleasure
of driving quite a few Porsches and with the exception of a 1976 930 and a 1972
911T with a 2.8 and short gear box both set up by the shop owned by the crew
chief of the Alex Job car that won LeMans, I have not found a more enjoyable car
to drive than my car... 
Weston told me he was able to spend quite a bit of time in the Porsche
factory. He told me the that he was told this was one of eleven european1973
911S Sportomatic manufactured. He say's of that four went to the USA and three
are running today. I have not been able to verify this. Do you have any
resources that could?
Thank you,
Earl Green
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Great
web page! More info on the sportomatic then I have found anywhere. You might
have heard of my car from one of the two previous owners. I live in Portland
Oregon and purchased it a year ago from Bill Woods in Paducah Kentucky. He had
only owned it for a year. He bought it from Tom Weston. Weston lives in
Interlochen Michigan. He found the car in a barn in Stuttgart in 1985 where it
had sat for nine years. An elderly woman bought the car originally and only
drove it for three years. There was an exhaust leak that made her sick. She was
afraid to drive the car so she parked it. The car sat uncovered in a barn with
chickens. Her grandson attempted a resto on it at some point. He pulled all the
glass out and ground holes into the passenger rear quarter. That was the
condition Weston found the car in. He transported it to the USA in 1986. 
