Opened at the tip of 2022, Malaysia’s first Porsche Classic Partner Centre at Porsche Centre Johor Bahru has wheeled out its first ground-up restoration – an original early-Nineteen Seventies Porsche 911 T.
This silver example, which appears to belong to Karrus Automotive Group founder Reza Mutalib, is the product of a months-long process undertaken entirely in-house by technicians certified under the Porsche Classic Partner programme. The nut-and-bolt restoration saw every worn-out panel and component disassembled, documented and rebuilt to original factory specifications, guided by factory standards.
Introduced in 1967, the 911 T (short for “Touring”) replaced the four-cylinder 912 as a less powerful, cut-price alternative to the usual 911. Despite boasting just 110 PS from its 2.0 litre naturally-aspirated flat-six, this stripped-out model holds an outsized influence on Zuffenhausen even today, serving as an inspiration for today’s entry-level, manual-transmission 911 Carrera T and the GT3 Touring.
The “2.2” rear windscreen sticker marks this out because the later circa-1970 911 T, which featured a bigger 2.2 litre mill churning out 125 PS.
The Classic Partner certification signifies that Porsche Centre Johor Bahru’s body and paint services and its repair techniques have been tailored specifically for models which have been out of production for at the least ten years. The power joins considered one of the few global outlets endorsed by Porsche AG itself to preserve the brand’s classic sports cars.
We visited the Porsche Classic Partner Centre at Porsche Centre Johor Bahru just a few years ago – click here to observe our video tour.
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