1970 Porsche 911S

model history 

By 1969, Porsche engineers had all but ironed out the idiosyncrasies that were such a feature of the earliest, short wheelbase 911s.

They had reduced the effect of the engine overhang by lengthening the wheelbase, improved the car’s aerodynamics, introduced mechanical fuel injection and produced a car in the 2.0S that was substantially advanced from the early 2.0 cars. Their attention then turned to improving the power and torque of the engine and, in August 1969, displacement was increased to 2,195cc which helped to flatten the torque curve, ensuring more torque was available at lower in the rev range.

For the 911S, power increased by 20bhp over the 1967 2.0S, to 180bhp at 6,500rpm while actual peak torque was largely unchanged at 130 lbs/ft at 5,200rpm, thus retaining the car’s particular rev-hungry nature. The 2.2S remained a competitive road car and the flagship of Porsche’s range pending the launch of the 2.4S (famously with a 2.3 litre engine) and then the 2.7RS with 210bhp in 1972. 

The interior continued to develop with a theme of sporty luxuriousness and still presents as a modern, coherent design today.

this car 

This Porsche 1970 911S was supplied in May 1970 through Porsche Switzerland.  It is presented in its original colour combination of Blood Orange exterior and black vinyl interior and is numbers matching.

The car spent the first 30 years of its life in Switzerland with three different owners.  It was maintained for much of this period by the same classic car specialist near Montreux.  It was then purchased by a well-known British Porsche enthusiast and event organiser, who imported the car to the UK in 2000.  He commissioned a refurbishment at Sportwagen, one of the leading Porsche restorers in Europe.  The car was sold to the previous UK owner in 2005.

The car was sold by Sports Purpose to its current owner in 2020. Wishing to return the car to its very best, while retaining its wonderfully original and patinated interior, the owner commissioned Sports Purpose to oversee a full restoration.

The car was first stripped by marque specialists BS Motorsport, before being sent to the renowned Sportwagen in Essex for paint and metalwork. BS Motorsport undertook a rebuild of the engine and gearbox, as well as a full chassis refurbishment, before reassembling the car and carefully refitting its original interior. Notably, with the use of high compression pistons the engine makes 210 bhp, 30bhp more than factory. 

Completed in 2024, the restoration has since been proven with several hundred miles of snagging and fine-tuning carried out by ourselves including chassis setup by Center Gravity. The result is a car that is now fully sorted and performing exactly as intended.