Air Cooled Porsche At the Cincinnati Concours

The feature for the 45th Annual Cincinnati Concours d'Elegance was 75 Years of Porsche. Unfortunately Mother Nature must not like the German marque because rain did its best to wash out the event. With heavy rains falling even before the gates opened many of the cars that were scheduled to appear decided to stay dry instead. The same held true to spectators. For that reason I only was able to get a few shots of a couple of the Porsche categories. These cars were in the Air Cooled class and included this 1984 911 which was one of only 62 European specification M491s built that year. The M491 designated that the car had all of the turbo options but not the turbo engine. What it has instead is a 3.2 L flat six cylinder engine that puts out 228 horse power.

This 1990 964 Cabriolet sorts only 36,000 original miles. It is powered by a 3.6 L boxer flat six cylinder engine that pours out horse power. The 964 version of the 911 was built between 1989 and 1993.

When Porsche decided they needed a more affordable "entry" car they created the 912. This is a 1969 model, the last year for this model. It cost a third less than the standard 911 and accounted for just under half of all Porsche production during its run. The 912 has a 1582 cc flat four cylinder engine that generates 90 horse power, just a little over half of the standard 911 of the time.