1968 Porsche 911 Sportomatic Coupé
- Colour
- Silver Metallic
Chassis 835019 is a 1968 Porsche 911 coupe finished in Silver Metallic with a black leatherette interior, built on 9 January 1968 and delivered to its first owner in California via VW Pacific in Culver City. Equipped with the rare Sportomatic semi-automatic transmission and period accessories, the car has accumulated fewer than 23,000 miles from new and remains largely unrestored, retaining original paint, interior, trim, and chrome steel wheels. Its concours record includes national-level wins at Porsche Club Parade and the Greenwich Concours.
Ownership
- —Auction saleSold US$286,000
- —Auction saleEstimate US$225,000 – US$275,000
- 1968 →Factory deliveryT.G. Tupmanfull documentation
Original registered owner; took delivery via VW Pacific in Culver City, California. Selected numerous factory options and had air conditioning fitted post-delivery, believed at a Newport Beach dealership.
- → 2000Acquisition unknownBob Hartwellpartial documentation
Owner of a Napa Valley vineyard; kept the car until selling it in 2000.
- 2000 →Private salePrescott Kellypartial documentation
Noted Porsche historian and collector based in Weston, Connecticut; acquired the car from Hartwell, later sold it to the Ingram collection, then reacquired it.
- → 2015Acquisition unknownPrescott Kellypartial documentation
Reacquired the car from the Ingram collection before selling it in 2015.
- 2015 →Private saleCurrent ownerpartial documentation
Has maintained the car in concours condition and entered it in multiple competitive show events.
- Date unknownAcquisition unknownBob Ingrampartial documentation
North Carolina-based collector whose holdings included this car for a period before it returned to Kelly.
Competition
- 1988Porsche Club of America Parade1988 Pikes Peak Porsche Club Parade National Concours1st in 911 Division
Competed against fully restored examples and took the divisional award.
- 20012001 Greenwich ConcoursMost Outstanding Porsche
- 20122012 Greenwich ConcoursBest German Sports Car 1967–1983
Maintenance & restoration
- 1968ModificationChick Iverson Porsche
Air conditioning system fitted after the car was delivered new; believed to have been carried out at Chick Iverson Porsche in Newport Beach, California.
Attribution is based on a former owner's recollection, not documentary proof.
- 1987Bodywork
Front bumper repainted; the only deviation from the original factory paintwork on the car.
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