porsche 911 t/r - Taylor and Crawley

PORSCHE 911 T/R
Chassis No:11820884
In 1968 Porsche introduced the 911 T/R in a very limited production run made
available to customers looking to race or rally their 911s. Taking advantage of
the low weight of the basic “T” model, 52Kg less than the “S”, Porsche
homologated it with the race and rally parts from the previous year’s
experimental 911 R. The T/R could be specified with almost any combination
of parts to reflect the use and budget of the customer. Two engines were
available; the 911S engine, 160 bhp or 180bhp with the Rally-kit, and the
exotic twin-plug 906 engine. This was a full race engine with titanium internals,
twin plug heads and 230 bhp.
The car was delivered ready for competition; the interior stripped of sound
insulation (another 25Kg saved) and any other extraneous trim was removed.
A limited slip differential was fitted along with large capacity fuel tank, oil
coolers, Koni shock absorbers, front and rear anti-roll bars, ventilated brake
discs, racing seats, baffled fuel tanks, twin fuel pumps etc.
Just 35 examples were built and only 3 of them right hand drive.
Chassis 11820884, a right drive T/R, was ordered by Paddy McNally and
Charlie Lucas via AFN in November 1967 with the 911S Rallye-kit engine,
rollcage, limited slip diff, rollbar and 100 litre fuel tank as detailed in the Werks
Rekord Card.
This was a race car and not road registered at the time.
As soon as they received the car in July ’68 Chris Maltin stripped and rebuilt
the engine to 906 spec. McNally had ordered the car specifically for the
South African Springbok Series but used races at Oulton Park and Brands
Hatch for shakedown before taking it all the way to the southern hemisphere.
SUMMARY OF PERIOD RACING HISTORY FOR 11820884
1968
Oulton Park - 16 Aug
Charlie Lucas - 6th OA
Brands Hatch
Motor Show 200
Charlie Lucas - 2nd OA #111
Capetown, 3 Hrs - 23 Nov
McNally/Martland - 1st Gp3, 12th OA #16
Bulawayo Rhodesian GP - 1 Dec
McNally/Martland.
#16.
Mozambique, Lourenco Marques 3 Hrs - 08 Dec
McNally/Martland - 7th OA #16.
Pietermaritzburg, 3 Hrs - 26 Dec
McNally/Martland - 9th OA #17
Digby Martland driving 11820884 at Pietermaritzburg, the opaque headlamp lens
were caused by a sandstorm in the previous race at Lourenco M arques.
East London, 500 Kms - 4 Jan
1969
McNally/Martland - 4th OA #17
Declared Springbok Champion
Saloon Car Winner & Joint Championship Winner
Brands Hatch, Guard's Trophy - 16 Mar
Charlie Lucas - 4th 2 Litre Class, 9th OA
Car sold to Paul Vestey May 1969
Vila Real - 06Jul
Paul Vestey/Peter Sadler - 1st Gp3 2 Litre, 10th OA #109.
Mugello, 500Kms - 20 July
Paul Vestey #120
Barcelona, 12 Hrs
Alain De Cadenet/Chris Craft.
Rhodes - 27 July
Paul Vestey - DNF (struck ramparts while leading) #26.
Montlhery, 1000 Kms of Paris - 12 Oct
P Vestey/Peter Sadler - DNF (Gearbox) #29
1970
Monza, 1000Kms - 25 April
David Weir/Mike Ogier #83
Targa Florio - 3 May
Alain de Cadenet/Mike Ogier 2nd in 2 litre class, 15th OA #138
De Cadenet hustles the T/R out of Campofelice in the 1970 Targa Florio
Nurburgring, 1000Kms - 31 May
Mike Weir/David Ogier 9th in 2 litre class, 29th OA #97
Mugello, 500Kms - 19 July
David Weir/Mike Ogier/Alain de Cadenet 2nd in 2 litre class
Vila Real, 6 hrs - 5 June
Mike Ogier
1971
Sold to Sir Anthony Bamford and registered in U.K as YBF 847 J in April
Le Mans, 24 Hours - 12/13th June
John Chatham/Mike Coombe/Willy Tucket
De Cadenet / Ogier pass the pits on their way to 2nd place (2 litre) in the 1970
Targa Florio
A comprehensive restoration of T/R 11820884 has just been completed by
Andy Prill at Maxted-Page and Prill.
The car is in superb ready to go condition with HTP papers. This represents an
exceptional opportunity to acquire a genuine and extremely rare
competition 911 with great history and provenance.
T/R 11820884 is eligible for a wide variety of the best events, including the
Le Mans Classic, Tour Auto, Monterey Historics etc.