I've Owned this Porsche 911 for 51 Years 

Cars of that vintage that have been modified are often a dog's breakfast. This one has been done with care and attention to the car's origins. Spectacular!

Some people just deserve cars they own! Is it a fate or a God's will but they clearly do! This guy is one of them. That Porsche is well taken care of! Best of wishes for both owner and car to make a lot of safe miles. As for a video crew and host, don't worry, people will eventually caught on your stuff and you will dominate YT one day. Mark my words. ❤

Love this story. Someone who couldn't easily afford the car but loved it so much, he made it happen and worked hard/smart in order to keep and maintain the vehicle. Looks amazing!

Car owners that own their car for more than 10 years and continue owning and taking good care of them deserve my highest respect. Hope to see more videos like this.

coolest thing ive ever seen

Enjoyed the video, quality and editing. Don't worry about views and subscribers yet, just keep pumping the videos out. One will catch fire and your channel will likely explode after that. For now, you at least got one more subscriber here mate!

I think I might have seen this very Targa parked on the Coast Highway in Laguna Beach about 48 years ago. Walking north about 100 feet south of the White House it was parked at the curb with the top off and it looked as good as a slice of tiramisu to me. I never forgot the chocolate Targa. It inspired me enough to be the happy owner of an 87 Targa now for 31 years. Great video, I love what Richard has done with his!

A lovely 27 minutes spent watching and hearing this Porsche tragic.

The condition looks like new!

What a great car and such a caring owner. All the modifications were done tastefully and professionally and genuinely make the car look amazing. I hope this car has a great life for the next 51 years!

I've always loved 911's. Daily driver supercars with a timeless design. Very tasteful modifications on this stunning Targa without going overboard. A beautiful machine.

At 0:18 seconds I already love this-just from seeing the tach at 5,000 rpms, which means you’re driving this car like the engineers who designed it intended.

You’ve got me beat; I’ve only owned my 1972 911T Targa for 47 years. I’ve ’bare-metalled’ my car - twice - and plan to do it a third time, as soon as I finish my 1988 911 Carrera . After the Targa is finished, then my 1973 911S project is next. Who needs antifreeze when air is free?

$10k in 1973 would be around $70k in 2024 given official US inflation over the last 50 years. Shows just how much Porsche have jacked up their prices of new cars🤑🤑

Just imagining guys. If this 1973 911 Targa is available (for sale) at the Porsche dealership today - as a limited reproduction model. I wouldn't think twice in buying it. I truly love the design more than the current 911 Targa - heck any 911 model today. Absolutely beautiful in every way! Bravo!

Such a beautiful build! The car is IMMACULATE! that paint looks wet my gosh 💦 I remember my first car. 1992 Honda Accord coupe w/F23 5sp. Paid $1400 for it 😮. Sold it but I remember my grandpa having a similar talk with me about the purchase 😂 since he had custody over me. Good times but I sold it, and brought a 1996 Honda Prelude Type S that my grandfather actually approved of 😎. Miss them both! R.I.P 🕊

What a great story. I especially liked the modern version of the car in his collection. The paint to sample option alone cost more than the original car. Amazing!

Love the fact that you are the original owner. Congrats on an amazing vehicle.

Every Porsche tells a story ~ beautiful car!

Love the car, and love him. Special story for sure, and the records and other stuff is just phenomenal. That said, can't believe Werks reunion and some of the other competitions are handing out ribbons/trophies for cars that have had major bodywork modifications (flares, bumpers, rockers), resprays, non-original engines, different seats, etc. That's actually kind of mind-blowing in a way

Complimenti per i 51 anni di fedeltà 👏 Ma con una 911 è un po' più facile 😉 Nel mio caso ho ancora con me la 2.4 '73 comprata da mio padre nel 1986 🖐

Dude your mods are so OEM++ and tastefully done, I love it. What a gorgeous car and amazing to have kept it since new. Kudos.

What a beautiful car. And nothing but props for owing it for 51 years.

I too have a 73 sepia 911 but, mine is the L coupe with the MFI engine. I also have the same Recaro seats but, without the air inserts. Great look and mods on your car. I have tried to keep mine as stock and original as possible including the paint on mine.

Beautiful. That color. Those wheels.

Very Kool! Love the mods on this OG owner Porsche💯

Beautiful car. I'm on all the porsche forum trying to hunt for a targa, preferably a 964 but a 930 will do.

Great car, even better story! Love it!

I have a '73 911T Targa (green) that I inherited from my Dad. Its been in our family since 1975. Mine's a survivor. Had an engine fire and sat, non-functional, all this time (about 40 years). I just had the engine rebuilt and fired it up for the first time last year. She runs beautifully. So much fun to drive! It definitely doesn't look anywhere as nice as yours. It's faded and scratched and a little rusty (like me, honestly) but its mine, and I've been waiting 40 years to drive it. I'll never give it up! Do I wish I had the $30-$50k to bring it back to it's original beauty? Sure. But for now, I'm happy to have it at all. There's nothing like them. Thank you for sharing yours with us!

Sepia Brown is a durable paint for whatever reason and one of my personal favorite 911 colors. Not once was it mentioned in this fantastic video. Thanks for sharing your car with us.

Had a ‘72 Sophia 911T targa. You brought back a lot of memories. Beautiful car. Thanks for sharing

Beautiful car. I've always loved Targas.

What a beautiful car. It would be a pleasure to see this vehicle in peerson.

Beautiful car and tastefully modified. Great to hear the original owner talk about his car, which is very special.

Gorgeous car Richard Really enjoyed the video!

Pre ‘74 911’s were the prettiest. My dad had a ‘73 RS that was stolen in front of our house on lido Island in Newport Beach in ‘87. It drove my dad crazy with the constant carb problems. So he bought an ‘87 red cabriolet in early ‘88 off a one year lease. He drove that until his death in ‘09.

The cleanest 70s 911 I've ever seen 😮😮 amazing

Fantastic! I’m subscribing, keep these kind of stories coming. 👍

I think we need to hear from Mara.

Sepia is probably the second most unloved color for '73 (Royal Purple takes bottom spot). But this car looks fantastic. The F-body chassis with 3.2 is such a great combination...

Congratulations. I originally bought mine 73 911T in 1974 and still going and driving!

I don’t know this gentleman, but I respect him, the way he tells story about his mom.

Brilliantly modded and maintained

The storytelling here is as compelling as the car itself. The owner's passion also elevates this video, distinguishing it from so many other Porsche videos which can sometimes be a bit vapid--not this one though. It is excellent. Good job.

911 Targa was the first car I fell in love with as an 11 year boy in 1975.

I used to own a blue 1974 Targa. I sold it before prices sky rocketed 😢. I just turned 50 this April. My new daily driver is a BMW Z3 Coupe.

Buying and building a car of ur dreams or love to have is by far the easiest part of the journey, keeping the car, maintaining and keeping it like how it was? only a few people are able and blessed to do because it is never ending until the end. Congrats and thank u for sharing

Great story, and equally great owner

That’s the way you do it. Well done. A very worthwhile 27 minutes.

I didn’t catch it, how long has he had the car? Just kidding - beautiful car, love it.

This was a fantastic video

Very interesting car and ownership history.

Wow... what a joy! Straight into my Favourites :) The (elder) Richard certainly was even more "fiscally conservative" than grandpa' in keeping this baby for 51 years ❤ All the best to them... I feel they morphed into one living being now :)

Love the color!

Very cool story

Great Porsche story

Great video and editing

This is providence!

Awesome content !!!

In the family 52 yrs, 69 911T, brother has had his 65 for 48 yrs, he bought it himself, I bought the 69 from my father in 82

This is very very cool!

Must be referring to that spring/dampered bumper with concertina side rubber moulds, similar to what Volvo did for their one year produced 850 mark 1.

I love this video

Lets see the car!!!!

Richard? 🕵🏾‍♂️

Love it.

Badasss......

Great video. Where did you get the 1973 Porsche t-shirts?

Looks same as meaning of building quality. I'm kid Dat raised watching n playing race games. N here i'am today looking at world fast cars and record of world. N the Porsche nine eleven is a bullet of the road or race track. Man this guy have a rare pearl, big stack of $$$$$ this peace.

looks great and the 50+ year ownership is a great story behind the car. i would rather have the original steeringwheel.

👍Following your steps I have a 993C4S for 27yrs since new

The man has a doll in the car for 50 years ffs !!

Mine was mechanical injection...super fun to drive 🚗...

Neat car and story, annoying static. Back in those days I was buying $500 cars. No one ever gave me money to buy expensive cars.

Nice!

dude your friend is a racer!

Congrats on your stewardship of that beautiful car…love it…i wonder whether there are any mixed feelings about the OEM fender changes…no criticism intended.

3:20 -- *That's $71,914.68 with inflation.* ... still more affordable than today's Porsche's.

Wow, what a hefty price tag for the Porsche. It is so Beautiful!!!!!.......You have owned it for 51 Years?, you look 51....lol

Beautiful Porsche! Living the American Dream! 🇺🇸

I believe the stock HP for an 86 911 was 207 HP. (USA)

Wished I could own a Porsche of my own. However, in my country, imported cars are the most expensive. I could only own a Toyota Corolla based on my own finances. Perhaps, I could sell my Corolla here and buy a Porsche in the US. There is no 400% tax placed on cars in the US and there's definitely no Certificate of Entitlement required in the US. What a way to control car ownership in my country. So cool, the Porsche even comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

Beautiful car ,I love the vintage Porsche

The dash not cracked might be 1 of 1

Your car reminds me of an 81 911 I almost bought. It was 8k 15 years ago. I got the creeps and felt there was something wrong like broken head studs. The clutch seemed to grab too close to the floor. Almost the same color. Someone rattle canned the original white headliner dark brown. This turned me off from buying the car.

Um…911 does not use a “timing belt” obviously all 911 use chains to drive the two cams (1 cam per bank on this vehicle). The belt in that tool kit was either for the fan/alternator, or maybe it would have been for the mechanical injection pump if this car had mechanical injection which it didn’t because its a CIS/K-jet engine. So the belt is probably the fan/alternator belt.

Good Idea! I should also ask my mom, if she could cover some money for the purchase of the new released 911 Carrera.

Newer models appear bloated. Safety mods took a blow.

This guy is a true Porsche enthusiast. He’s so different than all the repulsive RU-vid posers who just want to own one so they can be seen in it and then flip their PorschAHHHHH just to be pretentious. So, hats off to the owner who actually drives and enjoys the car for its intended purpose.

If only it wasn't a targa! Almost perfect

"we didn't hurt the deer let alone... hurt the car" I thought he was going to say "my girlfriend" how silly of me. 😂

What happened to the original engine?? That’s a huge loss for longhood cars. Hopefully you kept it.

I just wish I knew how long he has owned the car for. Wish he mentioned it.

Why don't you have more views?

Good decision. I sold my 67 911S in 89. Huge mistake.

Porsche doesn't provide COAs anymore I believe

The “ original timing belt?”””” Even after 51 years around a 911? Oof

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