1979 Porsche 911 SC Coupe

Make:

Porsche

Mileage:

129000

Location:

Warwickshire, UK

Seller:

Silverstone Auctions

Sold Price:

£20,250

Sold Date:

24th October, 2015

Description:

The 1978 Porsche 911SC defiantly disproved those whod written off the air-cooled rear-engine concept.With the SC, the Porsche 911 could finally claim tractability as a virtue. In fact, Road & Track likened it to "a big V-8 powered Detroit car. Theres lots of torque, so constant downshifting isnt necessary even in slow traffic. No Porsche owner is going to let the revs fall to 1000 rpm in 5th gear and then attempt to accelerate. But to prove a point, we did this with the SC and the engine accepted the treatment with never a judder of protest...just roll your foot off the clutch pedal and glide away."In all, the SC was widely judged the most forgiving 911 yet, though the "wide tyres, have some demerits in wet weather", warned Autocar. " It suffered occasionally from front end aquaplaning under braking on water covered roads, and understeer is also far more noticeable on wet surfaces. In these...conditions the tail can sometimes be provoked out of line with the throttle, and understeer can also be killed by the traditional remedy of easing back on the throttle, being prepared to catch the resulting slide. Such intricacies of handling make the Porsche very much a drivers car; experience with it constantly teaches new skills."The current vendor of this particular car, has cherished it for the last 10 years and has always been willing to spend money on it whenever necessary,with new ...

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