Looking for other sportomatic owners

[RobGould88]

Hello
Very happy to join and be part of this forum. As the of an Aubergine 1973.5 sportomatic, looking for other sportomatic owners.

[soterik1]

Well, I'm not. I drove 2 of them prior to not purchasing them. The first one was an early 911T, 69 or 70, and I couldn't keep my hand off of shifter which is something you really can't do,... right?!
The 2nd one was a 73S. Much later in my life. Managed to drive it without resting my hand on the shifter. It was interesting in an S, probably should have bought it.. but probably then would have converted it to a manual.

Post some pics? Great color btw...

I owned a 73.5, Dalmation blue, loved the car, great torque! One of many that slipped threw my fingers over many years. 73 had some great colors....

Best,
Eric

[RobGould88]

You are correct, you need to remove your hand from the gear shift quickly or else it slips into neutral. Once you get use to it, it is fun to drive and I like it in city/neighborhood traffic. I also wanted something different and somewhat unique. I will post pictures soon.

[teenchy]

This is my '70T coupe. I've owned it since January 2009. Approximate mileage is 115K miles. I don't know a lot about its history, but I don't think it had more than 2 POs. When I bought it, it came with a parking decal from a garage near the UN in Manhattan and a large stack of receipts from a Porsche dealership in the Hamptons. I suspect dealing with NYC traffic prompted the purchase of the Sporto.

Under my watch, all the suspension rubber has been replaced and the suspension slightly upgraded with 15mm f/r sway bars, 21/27mm f/r hollow Sander (Elephant plugged/plated) torsion bars, and Bilstein Sport shocks all round. Wheels are 23.3 offset 15x7s all round, wearing 185/70-15 CN36s. A three-year drivetrain rebuild was completed last year by Peter Dawe. The numbers-matching 2.2 case was built out into a twin-plug 2.5 on Webers and mod-S cams, passing through SSIs and a Scart Sport muffler. The numbers-matching 905/20 gearbox was also rebuilt but Peter found it couldn't handle the power of the 2.5. I sourced a later 925 box which Peter rebuilt with custom gearing, which handles the power comfortably. Front brakes were slightly upgraded with Alfa Romeo Brembo calipers; the car did not have S calipers or 3.5-inch bolt spacing on the struts when I bought it. (Either those were swapped out or, contrary to popular opinion, not all Sporto-equipped cars automatically came with S calipers.) Brake pads are Porterfield R4S.

Now that the car is mechanically sorted, I'm turning my attention to the cosmetics. It wears a poor respray circa 1990 and there are panel gap adjustments to be made.