Porsche 3.2 Carrera - An In Depth Look at the last of the classics by specialist dealer 911 Virgin. 

Best video on classic 911s I‘ve seen in a long time. Great job! Looking forward to more content.

That's a fantastic vid. As a relatively new owner of a '84 911T, I find myself hunting for informational videos like this. (along with the subscriptions to various forums) Many thanks and well done. Subscribed.

Great review and I know from first hand experience how knowledgable you guys are, having bought a 993 from Tom a couple of years ago. Looking forward to the next video.

What a great video. I’ve just bought a 997.2 which I’m loving. One day I may think about one of these old models. I will follow and watch more of your vids. Thank you so much for taking the time and your obviously a enthusiast!

Excellent video. Extremely well done and full of insight. Thank you for sharing.

Thanks for your review! I drive mine not too often due to a lack of time, but I don't mind just looking at it for hours...

Great video! A wealth of information on these beautiful classic 911's. Look forward to more videos, subscribed.

I bought a 3.2 Carrera Sport Commemorative Edition this summer. What an absolute pleasure to drive an analogue drivers car with amazing looks. Thanks for the taking the time to do the video Henry!

Lovely video and stunning examples. Thank you for posting

A very excellent video! In depth and well put together!

Really good video on the 911 3.2 Carrera. I have one of my own (84) and just love to see reviews like this on them. Looking forward to more content. I spotted a 993, possibly you could review that one in the next video?

I doubt there would be a better video for the 911,well done👏🏼

My dad was a Porsche dealer in Houston, TX when I was a kid. These cars bring back such great memories. Awesome channel.

Wow... Porsche’s Haven .... absolutely Love it..... to bad in this part of the world one needs to be loaded to own and run such masterpieces of engineering marvel! My love and dream started from 1983. 911 3.2 Targa. Being a teen ager then, I had never really been in one much less to have felt how it drove or handled..... thank you very much to you, and all enthusiasts devotees for bringing at least some "tactile" sensation to the rest of us!

Excellent video, very informative. So far it appears your showcasing some beautiful examples.

Really enjoyed the video. My pal has an '88 with a G50 box which he's had since it was 18 months old and is just fabulous. I have a '94 993 which I thoroughly enjoy - had it for 8 years and no plans to sell

Great video! I'm a first time viewer and just subscribed. One thing that did confuse me was when, earlier in the video, you said you'd mentioned the heat exchanger but hadn't yet. Guessing that was a mix-up in the edit but I forgive you! 😄

Good review - the correct level of detail.

RU-vid's search algorithm can be amazing some times. I'm currently debating between a Rolex Sky Dweller and an 1986 911 Coupe, and it recommends this great and informative video where you give a wealth of helpful and interesting information about the 911 while wearing a Sky Dweller :)

Great video! Thanks just bought a ‘77 coupe narrow body. Thanks for the hydraulic tensioner tip😃👌🏽🙏🏽

Super overview thank you.

Great video. I'm looking to enter the classic 911/912 market and this was very helpful. Thankyou and keep up the videos you are a mine of information

I learned to drive and got my license on an '84 911 Targa. Felt like driving a go-kart.....loved it!

Great vid mate. Looking down the nose as a passenger is possibly the best view in motoring!!

A very informative video. As a prospective future purchaser I found that very helpful indeed, thanks!! When i'm ready I will come and see you

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Such a helpful and informative presentation. You really know your Porsche. Thank you.

Thanks Henry brilliant video such good memories of my 89 turbo widow maker brought back! Thanks RU-vid for flagging this channel today I'm subscribed now and will definitely be checking you guys out post pandemic for my late summer birthday treat... Youngest off to university this year so what the heck playtime again me thinks!

I watched this video a while back when I bought my well used '89 Carrera 3.2 that needed some love from me. I bought it from a friend who had a stroke previously and couldn't maintain the car anymore. The price was good with us agreeing it was in need of deferred maintenance and an engine rebuild. In the end I got a break because I'm an enthusiast. The engine indeed had several broken head studs so I dropped the engine and got to it myself. A year later with a lighter wallet, lots of additional knowledge, and a running car I'm very happy with the end result and my journey to get here. The driving dynamic of the car is just so good and then the practically of such a small car comes to light actually using it to do stuff. It's just so unique and quirky I don't think I can get tired of it. So you can tell I'm quite smitten with the old gal.

Thank you Henry for the educating video

Great video....originally from Lancashire, England, and now living in Scottsdale, AZ, I don’t experience UK weather. I just bought a 2014 Porsche 911 with only 9k miles on the car. People in Scottsdale have lots of $$$, and this particular lady had three Porsche 911’s with hardly any miles on any one if them, so I ended up buying her Racing Yellow 911. A car I’ve dreamed about since I was six years of age, when I watched a TV show in England where the guy drove around London in a Racing Yellow Porsche 911....Love the channel, which is very informative and love your cars 👍👍

Excellent review very informative on 84 Carrera & 915 GB 👍

Nice educational vid. Also interesting to add a face to some forgotten memories of time spent on PH a long time ago :). Sure hope you have done similar with that lovely 993 in the background.

Really well done, as a 3.2 owner, I knew and lot of about before hand, but you gave a nice presentation. Cheers!

Love my 85 carrera coupe, nothing wrong with the 915 gearbox if it is all set up right, had my car 15 years, runs great, designed to be worked on easy, so much information on the internet for them, this was a good honest video.

Hi Henry. I bought the spitting image of the red targa off you 16 odd years ago - on a D plate. Brilliant car - which I still have today - it's brilliant fun on a summer day . I won't upset people by telling them how cheap these things were all those years ago.....

Really enjoyed your video. I’m currently looking at a 1986 3.2 Targa that looks very similar to the Targa in your video. Just gorgeous. Thank you for providing your knowledge and experience. Look forward to your future videos.

This is great introduction before you buy. So thank you

Super informative Henry! Well presented!

Great job. You have a gentlemanly air about you and impart a sense of trust. Wish you were in the USA

A new channel to me. Great vlog, cool stuff, subscribed.

Great video, great explanation . Thank you so much !

Very good walk-through of the early 911’s 👍

Love that white coupe :-) I have the same! Bought it from the first owner last year .. 124.000 miles but still drives lovely!

First class vid and very well presented "AND" that carrera is absolute mint and now being May 2020 i has to be sold to some really proud owner by now.... professional people by look of the 911 Virgin company.... keep those awesome informative vids coming in!!!

Very informative. Thank you

Thank you for such an informative video! I'm G series hunting,. Targa. So helpful! Cheers from USA.

Excellent video. I’ll keep it as a reference

Excellent, very informative thank you :)

Great video. Found it very informative. Thanks.

Great review, detailed and factual ! Perhaps the best I saw on this genre ! Subscribed ! A suggestion from my side, for the next review: the first of the “newer” generations 911’s, and the first with awd, the 964 Carrera 4.

Very good and excellent advice started just with 3.2 but did end up with a 930 but definitely not a starter car. Tips on storage and routine maintenance would be great. Many thanks for posting and take care in these difficult times.

Fantastic honest review, took me down memory lane in that GP white Carrera and miss those classic torpedo wings constantly telling uou exactly where the cars is on the road.if I remember correctly this was the first model they did in full convertible after the 356

Fantastic video , surprised you didn't mention the early transporter and beetle when explaining the heat exchanges and torsion bar suspension . im looking for my first Porsche so great video for me.

Great vid packed with useful information and without any romanticism so often shrouding the reality of ownership 👍

Great video & informative 👍🇬🇧

Nice informative video! I sold my 1984 carrera Targa to buy my house, worst decision i ever made ... i still miss my little friend today especially when the sun is out ... hopefully i will find a fairly affordable carrera in the near future. Keep up the good work!

Excellent video, thank you, I only have a 997.2, but one day I would like one of these.

Great video mate had a 1982SC same vehicle , thks from Baja Mx.

I own a 1987 911 carrera convertable sport and I love it 😎

Excellent , informative video , if I win the lottery tonight I know where I’m heading Monday morning 🙂

Love the video. Thank you. Doobie brothers was a nice addition.

Another great vid that people will pick holes in for the sake of it, the 86 Carrera with a 915 is my favourite early 911, that white one would of been a keeper for me. Just to split hairs the boot lids weren't the same & also the hinges differ as the sport had two dampers, late SC's (1981 on) had hydraulic tensioners so not a 3.2 thing as such although they all had it, and that loverly red targa was a very early 1984 built example even though on a B plate & maybe that's why you couldn't master the fog lamp controls ;-) All the best.

As a 3.2 Targa owner, I had had my top re-built. I was told ONLY fold it up to place in the boot if you have to. Best not to fold to up - unless you have to for a trip and cannot leave it behind. They can leak, if not maintained and the un-needed wear is not good on these old tops. Just FYI - Again great post! Thanks!

nice little review of the 3.2. Own a 87 911 Targa since 89. Summer driver, fun and easy to drive. G50 is the better gearbox from what all I have heard and read. So if you have a choice between an 86 and 87 that is in the same condition and almost the same price... go 4 the 87.

Very good info. Thanks 😊

I have a 1988 Carrera, 110K miles in perfect condition ...so fun to drive, with upgraded center exhaust and 7" & 9" Fuchs sounds and looks HOT ! Now my 2009 997TT ( 700 HP ) is just a crazy fast Supercar...as they say " Still No Substitute" !

Very interesting viewing. Your knowledge is exemplary. Could you do a back story of how you started in the business? That would be worth watching

G50 the best transmission every Porsche fans favorite !! Shifting is like butter !👍🤓I've also own a 1987 Cab G50 👍

Very nice video sir! Subbed

Excellent job.

Awesome video 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾😎

Regarding the oil hahaha... I made the same mistake with my targa.... God!!! I smoked like the Patrol of France!!!????after 2 kms... I thought my engine was broken... The panic in term of expense repair.... I remember turning around a pretty big block in my neighborhood and recovering the smoke still there??!!!!! I was glad to call in august a garage to reassure me, he was closîng and say see you in september😆😎... The engine is not broken... Just full of oil... And no Porsche for holidays!!!! That's life... Epic... But I thought it would cost me an engine.... Ushhhh! As well... Exactly the same feeling with the front wings, the engine at the back when you drive it for the first time... Just magic, unique, nothing comparable... The feeling on the motorway.. When I pull on the engine just few seconds at 240 with such an astonishing facility???? So quickly?? And the vision at 360° because almost nothing of the body comes to obstruct the visibility... I thought for a while it was similar with a black cockpit inside an antique airplane.... As well, I felt comfortable like in a motorcycle with 4 wheels... I'm a daily biker commuter... Car it's secondary to me...obviously in a big city like Paris... Excellent overview for an hypothetic buyer... But that car , 3.2 is visceral!!!!

I had a lovely 964 targa florio. Really interesting to hear about bodywork issues on outwardly shiny cars you see. My own advice and experience would always be to deal with a specialist like yourselves and perhaps pay a little more or perhaps not!

Excellent review, right away I am rudnine to the garage where my Targa 1986 rests (70 kilometres away 😵) to admire it. Delete the music when the engine runs and it will be a perfect video for a Porsche pourist.

The rims, the wing, the colour. Perfection.

Amazing you fit in that car!

Hi from France 😊 Nice watch, too ⌚

Very helpful! 👍

Great video and love the Long Train Running guitar solo too! I wonder who performed that? I also wish I had bought a 3.2 before, but I think they are a little out of reach now, sadly...

Great video...

Good overview. I would have liked more talk around maintenance/repair/durability and what to look for engine wise.

Very informative.

Great video from a top UK independent

Hi Henry, I love the channel, very informative. I'm going to buy my first classic Porsche (possibly off yourself). I'm undecided between a 3.2 carrera or a 964 C2. I love the styling of the 3.2 but feel that the 964 would be easier to live with. What would you go for? Thanks and keep the great videos coming.

Great video! And this is a lovely example. BTW, at the time of commenting there seems to be a problem with the formatting on your website. The photos of all the cars are squashed up and look like Noddy cars.

I had 3, 2x 3.2 Carrera's and an 3.0 SC. I hade a 928 4.7 Ltre S2 and 944 2.7 Lux with I had remapped. My Dad had the early 4 speed Turbo with RUF alloys, that was a monster. Took it to AFN for a service and the engine mount bolt fell out leaving the engine to flop around. Need those removed to service it... Yes, they are great cars but they cost a FORTUNE to maintain. They usually come with a massive folder and for a bad reason. All those previous owners shelled out £1000 and then sold it on. The cars might also be galvanized coated body panels, but if they get damaged they rot away behind paint. The 3.0 SC is one to avoid. I was constantly plagued by gearbox synco problems and poor heating. Window rubbers perish and water can run in where you can't see it. Very tail happy car. Known as a widow maker and this is doubly true if you let the fuel drop below quarter of a tank. Tanks is in the front and the massive flat six is in the back. All the weight needs to be distributed if your going to use all the handling on the road. I span mine, and it's pretty terrifying. When it goes there's no stopping it!

I have an immaculate 1987 Supersport m491. I was hoping you’d mention this car. Rarely driven but a joy to drive. My head says sell it and invest the profits but my heart won’t let me.

G00D Evening from Auckland, New Zealand it’s Friday, May 15, 2020.

I love to know what line of work he’s in to be able to have so many Porsche collections such nice car garage

It's Christmas? Hahaha Good video

Another rust area: front cowl around the windshield trim.

Nice rolex!

Why the watch on the right hand.Thanks for your video. I learned something. Rust in the doors sill as you indicated. What were you saying about the Kidney valve /drain in the rear wheel well?

THIS is the one! This, or a 964. It’s just that 915 transmission in the previous models....as much as I adore those earlier 911s, that transmission is something I just wouldn’t want to deal with in a daily driver. Give me a G50 or nothing. I have to have a modern trans! And if any car ever was, purposely designed for it, the Porsche 911 is meant to be a daily driven car.

Great video and a hint of The Doobie Brothers.

How much would you say an engine rebuild would cost ? Great video by the way !!

When putting anything with mass into the bonnet, bungee it down! If you stop suddenly, you’ll put reverse dents into the hood. Ask me how I know! Cherry popped there…

I really enjoyed this overview of a great model Porsche. Well done. Are the 911Virgin jackets available for sale?

Removing that spoiler is blasphemy.

Off - topic, but what timepiece are you wearing?