This is a Porsche 911… obviously. But it’s not just another absurdly expensive example with no heritage to back it up. This is the very first 911 (formerly 901) Cabriolet ever produced by the German automaker. It’s heading to auction on February 8, 2017, as part of the RM Sotheby’s Paris sale.
One of just two surviving examples of the original 13 prototypes produced by Karmann between 1963 and 1964, it’s believed not only to be the oldest cabriolet ever produced, but also the second oldest 911 in existence. It wears the chassis #13360, and was used by the company almost exclusively as a model for the production 911 Targa that would eventually debut in 1967. It wasn’t until 1982 that we’d see a production version of the cabriolet.
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