1976 Porsche 911 Carrera

A 1976 Porsche 911 Carrera, factory white with Red Tartan cloth over leather — the earliest, most stripped-back expression of the long-hood 911 lineage on our floor. Five-speed manual, showing 46,291 miles from new.

The 1976 model year sits inside the G-Series (or "G-body") era — the long-run 911 platform Porsche produced from 1974 through 1989, which followed the earliest short-hood cars and preceded the modernised 964. G-body 911s are the analog end of the lineage: mechanical, lightweight, and unfiltered.

The Red Tartan cloth-insert seat is a factory-catalogue finish specific to the era, ordered by the buyers who wanted their 911 to read as a proper enthusiast car rather than a luxury coupe. It ages beautifully on a car with genuine miles and honest paint. In factory white, this configuration reads as a period-correct specification the way it would have looked on a Porsche showroom floor in 1976.

On a G-body 911 approaching fifty years, the pre-purchase focus shifts from mechanical failure modes to preservation. Top-end oil leaks, chain-tensioner service history, suspension bushings that have aged with time, the rubber and seals across the body, tire and fuel-system compound age, and the specific paint history all matter more than any single mechanical inspection. A G-body with a paper trail is a very different proposition from one without.

Grand Prix Motorcars is an independent, Porsche-focused dealer in Portland, Oregon. We hand-pick pre-964 air-cooled cars for buyers who understand the era. Nationwide delivery, enclosed or open, from our showroom.