1966 Porsche 911 Targa Prototype

Porsche 911 Targa prototype versuchswagen nr 500006

Info from Porsche Factory Kardex.

Ausgeliefert, left from factory 6.7.1966

Engine nr 900541 gearbox 103011

S Ausfuhrung, S options and Fuchs Wheels

Car has original per kardex engine and gearbox.

This car is very different from other Targas,

It has H1 headlights, it has S front and rear suspension with brakes, it has different interior, it has S numbered Gearbox. It has very Early Fuchs 4,5 wheels. It has 4 bolt 1965 horn grills. The engine feels very strong compared to other 65/66 cars. This car has also other 911 badge rear.

As we have per kardex found out this car was used in testing department, maybe for future upcoming S model released late 66 as 67 model?

We have gathered info from other Targas versuchswagen 500001 up to 9 also 500100.

Also First? Production 911S chassis nr 305126S where similar parts used on 500006 car was used, and is marketed privately as first S 911 car 305126 is a coupe delivered 21.7.1966

Urbans Garage Team Will Do Some Research Regarding History Of The Very Early Targas

This car 006 has still in car S gearbox. Engine is per number a 1965. Probably with higher power. If this car was equipped with all other S parts i feel it would be interesting to find out if also engine was built with coming S spec.

We have gathered pictures from car 006 previous owners, some date back to 60-ties. But owners can modify their cars. Car 006 can probably easily be recognized from rear different 911 badge. I have attached a picture from second owner.

This car 006 has been delivered with Fuchs wheels. 6.7.1966. I have asked very many Porsche historians and i have good reason to believe that car 500006 was first or one of first cars from factory delivered with iconic Fuchs.

This car 500006 schould have according to info gathered from Porsche historians which have copies of internal production documents given from museum to research other historical cars in sequence builddate around 1965 december. I have no documents which states 500006, unfortunately i have only earlier.

This car number 006 is the car with earliest ausgeliefert date, delivered from factory, of the 10 versuchswagens. 9 sold from factory 1 was scrapped. Which gives me the feeling looking at all info i have in my possession this is the very first Targa delivered from Porsche?

We will restore the car to specifications from when the car was delivered new

1955 Porsche 356 Pre-A Sunroof Coupe

A Porsche 356 Pre-A built in 1955

After a stay on Curacao and in Mexico for a number of years, my parents, Jan and Sanny, returned to the Netherlands in 1955. My father was employed with KLM as a flight engineer. He had bought a Fiat Topolino in the Netherlands in 1949, which he took with him to Curacao and Mexico, and later back to the Netherlands. The family, now with two children, had outgrown the car, and the Fiat was also not the best choice for commuting to Schiphol Airport.

So a Volkswagen Karmann Ghia was ordered through Piet Heiligers, who was employed with Pon Volkswagen dealer. But before delivery, Piet Heiligers called my father whether he was interested in buying a Porsche 356 Coupé with sunroof, ready for instant delivery. Which was remarkable, as in 1955, only 10 years after WWII, cars were still very scarce. Originally, this Porsche was ordered by a U.S. Serviceman, who had to return to the States unexpectedly and didn’t want to take the Porsche with him. Instead of a Volkswagen Karmann Ghia, my father bought a Porsche 356 Coupé. From that day on the Porsche was used as a family car. Whenever my father had to go to Schiphol for work, which often meant that he would be away from home for an extended period, my mother drove him in the Porsche to Schiphol airport , so she could use the car at home.

I was born in 1958. I remember well that, together with my two sisters, I sat in the middle on the back seat of the Porsche. Because the car was gray and low, and because people weren’t used to fast cars in the fifties, the front bumper was painted fluorescent orange, to provide better visibility. Quite a special color in those days. Years later this color was also applied on Dutch police cars.

Initially the engine has had a number of problems. The camshaft sprocket was made of synthetic material and broke. The engine was taken out, repaired and rebuilt a couple of times. In 1961, again engine problems. This time with the cylinder lining. But factory guarantee was expired. Therefore my father decided to buy a 1954 Porsche 356 that had been in a accident. Its engine was transferred to my father’s Porsche, so he could drive it again.

In the meantime my father overhauled the original engine and he put it back in the Porsche. Early in the sixties the Porsche had a collission with a deer. The front right side had considerable damage. After the damage had been repaired, the door on the right hand side never properly opened and closed again. Next, the car started to show more and more rust. In those days cars weren’t well protected against rust. A courageous effort was made to restore the car. The rust holes were sealed with tape, and the front of the car was sprayed blue.

Jan retired in 1967. In 1968, the Porsche was in such a bad condition that he decided to store it in his garage, with the idea to restore it one day. In 1981 and in 1998 the Porsche 356, together with the damaged Porsche 356 were moved from one storage to another. On 17 February 2017 Jan passed away at the age of 95.

I inherited both Porsches. And in 2018 I transported the Porsche 356 Coupé from 1955 on a trailer behind my car through Germany, Denmark and Sweden to Urbans Garage in Estonia for restoration.

In October 2020 I took, the completely restored Porsche 356 back in a trailer, back home.

Jan Okke

A restored one family owned 1955 Porsche 356 Pre-A Sunroof Coupe from the Netherlands