Daily Driven, Modified 1968 Porsche 912 - One Take
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- Опубликовано: 7 янв 2018
- This Porsche 912 is a spectacular example that is not only fast, spotless, and sorted, but also the owner Kevin Lynch's daily driver in Los Angeles. Underneath the bonnet lies a Benton Performance-built 1.7L four-cylinder engine with forged internals, hot cams, and twin spark, so rather than the standard 92-horsepower, this 912 makes upwards of 130 horsepower. This is a complete, sorted build with great suspension, brakes, and a clean, comfortable interior. Some (incuding me, maybe) think it's kinda silly to go this far in a 912 rather than a 911, but if you're going to build a 912, Kevin's car should be the template.
Check out Kevin's IG for more photos of the 912!
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www.wolfpack901.com - It's a foundation started by Kevin and his wife, to fund paid apprenticeships in vintage auto restoration and race support, giving a young person without experience a potential start at a shop, minimally building a resume, potentially permanent employment if they do well. It’s good for the youth to get to work, good for the “masters” to pass on their trade, and good for the car owners in that it creates a sustainable community. We are selling some cool branded product (more to come), and taking donations, to fund each.
Complete Build Sheet:
1968 Bahama Yellow Porsche 912 - factory original color, numbers matching car - nickname is the “Bahammer”, a blend of words melted together late one night at the shop after too much work, too little sleep, and just enough alcohol (not my creation, I am just the recipient here)
Engine mods:
1.7 twin spark motor, with: knife edge crank, custom forged aluminum pistons, carrillo rods, high lift cam, enhanced valves and hardware, modified twin Weber 44s, custom twin spark ignition with twin hot coils and twin 3 pin CDI boxes
Gearbox:
5 speed 901 “dog leg” gearbox with modified gear set and short shift kit
Suspension:
Custom torsion bar, sway bars front and rear, modified disc brakes, corner balanced and slightly lowered stance
Exterior:
Paint done by Shane at East Auto Body, in my opinion one of the best single stage Glasurit painters in California; factory Fuchs “deep six” wheels (found in a parking lot sale in Stuttgart when visiting the factory one weekend), skinned with Yokohama S-Drive 15x205x55 tires; euro-spec lighting on all the corners, with LED bulbs used in all the indicators and gauges (but I did keep the 1968 US only side indicators, a religious debate among 1968 Porsche owners); H1 headlights from John Audette in Oregon, modified to use an HID element (super bright, one of a kind)
Interior:
RS 380 mm steering wheel; modified gauges with “911 style” data, plus a few additions; sport seats in leather with nickel grommets from GTS Classics in Austin; aluminum floor boards; custom shift knob from a friend in Mexico (the first and original “victory flag” that has now been copied by countless many); Heuer triple plate with a Super Autavia (found in a Portuguese Navy surplus yard sale, another weekend story), a Monte Carlo 3 button, and an Auto Rallye - three of 26 time pieces (so far) I have found, improved, and traded to arrive at a few “signature” sets as a configuration on my cars; Bluetooth connectivity for phone and music; RS style custom door release 
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I have a 1968 912. I bought it for my wife for our first anniversary. She was so excited till she looked for the AC and there was none. After that, she told me it was mine. She's gone now and I still have the 912. I think if it was the other way around, I would be missing the 912 more. 911s are very cool, but the VW simplicity with the Porsche return will never be matched again.
Grand Slam Home Run outcome
It’s a rich mans game to own one of these. Growing up, I had neighbor with a 1968 912 in beautiful shape that sat in his driveway un driven for 15 years. He had owned it since 1982. When I turned 21, I asked him if he would sell the car to me. He replied that people come to his front door every week to ask if he had any plans to sell the car and that he wanted to hand it down to his grandson. I haven’t seen that car in his driveway for a year. My guess is that someone gave him an offer he couldn’t refuse.
Jane Leelavathi good story
A guy down the road from my house had one in his front yard (in rough shape) with a NOT FOR SALE sign on it :)
Or he gave it to his grandson who promptly stacked it into a tree...
Matthew Sharpe I can only imagine. The car wasn’t running then, and I feel like his grandson (19) would sell the car if he knew how much he can sell it for.
Jane Leelavathi just going off a neighbor of mine who had a rare (but not very valuable) Toyota Soarer active model, UZZ32 - only around 800 ever made. It was in very good condition and everything worked perfectly. He gave it to his son who stripped all the active suspension technology out of it and turned it into a trashy drift car before writing it off a few months later. :-(
“If I ever get a 911.” That definitely dates this shoot.
I had to go through over 20 912's before I found a magical one. I now prefer it to all my 911's. Great car here and 68 is the best year.
Anyone else get a "Matt just purchased himself a Porsche " vibe from this channel lately? Lol. Keep up the good work Matt and crew.
I'm not complaining :D Maybe he has been hanging around at Porsche meets or something:)
Mike O'Barr haha actually all these videos were made before I bought the car!
I have always believed all sports cars eventually lead to Porsche. Great car.
I agree with that statement, same thing happened to me
own or not
they are by all means a great cars so praizing them dosent mean being based
My mom passed her 69 912 to me, she bought it new in 1969. I can say I rode in the back seat in comfort(that was a long time ago). It is a great little car, when we found out how valuable it is. We were in shock, if you don't want offers keep the car in a garage.
The most important thing, I cannot emphasize enough. You have to drive the car, letting any car sit isn't a good thing.
Thanks Matt, Great One Take. Enjoy seeing your appreciation for some of the older classic Porsches. Very nice Porsche 912 that got the right amount of attention and dedication from its owner. Great conversation. Thanks Kevin for sharing your passion and awesome Porsche 912!
This definitely goes strait into the One Take Hall of Fame.
Matt, so glad you're still doing ones takes. Best informative content on how a car drives on the net.
not for long, tho
lets comment enough so he keeps doing them
Ring a Ding bit difficult. He stopped filming in November
don't worry guys. whatever comes next will be good. trust me this is one of the few channels where peoples opinions are considered and valued, and the videos are done mainly for fun not for money. so even if we get less quantity of one takes there will be something similar and great, or at the very least our feedback will not just be considered but appreciated which already makes this one of the best automotive channels out there without even looking at the content. I remember getting answers/explanations/opinions to my feedback from klappman or farah so many different times. It disgusts me to see greedy automotive youtubers pretend I'm part of their life/job/channel even though they only care because of the money. I feel like the audience of TST is basically the opposite of the vehicle virgins audience, meaning there are drivers instead of kids in this comment section. we can't force more one takes but that's life if he made more one takes without enjoying it then it wouldn't be to much fun to watch anyway. this channel will always be worth a subscription though unlike 90% of the rest.
That's one of the sleekest interiors I've ever seen, I love it.
One of the best owners you’ve had on the show hands down
Right?
Matt - great video, enthusiastic and rewarding. It definitely proves the adage that it is more fun to drive a moderately powered car fast than to drive an over powered car slow. Thanks for highlighting a rarely seen Porsche that is run every day. Cheers from Roond Rock, Texas.
7:57 hahaha that cut way too deep for the owner. "I didn't go that crazy" aka $58,999.
You could make anything go fast, you just need $$$$! Beautiful ride!
I keep re-watching this video. What an inspiration.
What a nice guy and what a nice car!
Sebastian11 ...right
I had a 66 912 purchased for 4K back in 1997, regretfully had to sell two years later. Wished I had kept it and slowly restored over the past 20 years. Great drivers car.
Great car, light weight precise and not a lot of extra weight and horsepower. Pure driving car.
Love the old Porsche’s and the color of it was amazing!!!!
This car is a real gem. What a great car!
Wow, what a machine!! Made love for that 912.
What a lovely car, insanely good condition. And kudos for using it daily!
Glad to see you driving a good 912. The last time you drove one I thought to myself that you were missing out on what a 912 really can do. The same with that blue 914 you drove. Hopefully someone will come up with a 914 with a nice setup like this for you to drive. You'd be blown away by a good 914 with a nice 150+ horsepower.
Chris Farley in the back would make this perfect.
Laguna2013 ...Chris Farley in the back would make this parked...
Fat man, little coat!
912's are the most astonishing, glorious piece of jewelry ever made. They are absolutely sublime and I won't feel accomplished until I'm holding that wonderfully finished leather steering wheel.
Perfection in motion.
Worked on many 911’s If I had a 912 like this one it would bring me joy
What a gorgeous car. Great dude too.
Congrats Kevin. One of the best looking Bahama Yellow 912s out there, well next to mine that is. :)
HEY KEVIN! Good to see you made it on a One Take!
wow. nice 912. tasteful mods. great sound. great owner.
That was a good one..
Long live the one take!!
That’s a beautiful classic 😊
How can I find out more about this "excellent" shifter they are so enamoured with?
Absolutely beautiful car. Love it.
seriously. they mentioned it twice but never discussed specifics.
...everyone wave goodbye to power-to-weight...
My second Porsche 912 purchased for $1300. In Washington State in 1982. Pulled the engine and glad I did the oil drive pump drive slot was just about to go away. Added 1743cc cylinders and pistons, new bearings, oil pump. Great car for town and county. Even got almost 30 mph hiway. Miss that 912. Would love to have another and would differently love to have your 130hp engine. Thanks for the story of your 912.
In a test in a French magazine of the time, I read that this engine consumed 3 litres of oil per 1000 km. I wonder if this is normal. The specific power is brilliant, but it does not reach the values of competition engines. Did your unit have such a high oil consumption?
seeing these two big dudes in the 912 was great.
Porsche boys got a lot of class ;)
sounds great! really nice 912...
U cant hate a 912, its such a beautiful car.
What a nice owner and a great car. Good One Take.
God I want a first generation 911! They are literally the most beautiful and most timeless car I have ever seen
Love Porsches, hope to own a classic one day
What a sweet little gem this car is. :)
Right? Right.
It sounds smooth and responsive, I agree. I bet it's a sweet engine to daily.
Right?
ohw,...i'm impressed by this nice 912... Never been a big fan of these but hey.not too old to learn... T'is is a great car !
Beautiful, beautiful car.
I’m liking all this Porche related content lately
that color is so retro...i love it.
What a beautiful car !!!!
That motor sounds super smooth. Who wouldn't love it? Right?
sounds amazing wow
Awesome video! Cheers matt
Cool dude, and a really nice car!!
The only Porsche i've heard that actually sounds good
"ive got a garage full of these things" killed me.. bravo!
Such! a clean driver!
Pretty rad ride
Nice video. Cool car
Amazing what a sorted and slightly modded P-car feels like compared to a 'nice' one. I know from experience and it's an amazing difference.
Cool 912, very cool owner.
I'm soooooooo down it's insane. So dope.
all those that think it a bug.it not.excellence custom build.
Love it!
Looks like Matt's dad or something, you two favor. Maybe that will be you in 30 years. Great video! Keep it up Matt and team.
beautiful color
Incredible
Also, just went to like the video and it had 911 likes and mine made it 912. Neat.
awesome color
I grew up in the SF Bay Area and I remember a period of time when these cars went for very little $ . Great car... kept it original which is nice to see ; but I would have saved a ton of coin and did a Subaru 2.0 or 2.5 turbo swap (294hp) ....
When you know your gonna be on the toilet for a while and a new one take comes out. Good times.
That is a beauty
I bought a roller off a local body shop when I was in high school for a grand. They basically have Bug motors. Easy to build. It's funny how much people are willing to pay. I guess labor isn't cheap nowadays.
The editor laughed into his beer putting in that solo takeoff shot right after "Two big guys in a small car" to break continuity.
Porche 912? 0 to 60 in like 12 seconds! Awesome!!!
what a beauty
shady313 se
Awesome vid. What highway are you guys driving?
What modification did you do to the shifter? Can it be adapted to a 2.0L 914 shifter?
I did some weight reductions says the big man to the other big man.
That engine is singing to me especially on the pull after the turn around. Love that the owner dailies the vehicle. Also, if the vehicle doesn't have a whale's tail, then wear a shirt with one! :D
Why at 1:50 did one of you leave in the car but two of you appeared?
I have a 76 912e and love it!
Obviously my opinion that all old Porsches are overpriced, underpowered, evil-handling rust-buckets is quite wrong. I must make an adjustment, because this car is really a lovely build that any enthusiast would be happy to own. Thanks Matt and crew for another fun video!
T. Howard Overpriced, underpowered and evil handling are still accurate.
I still have Need For Speed Porsche installed on my hard drive, since 2000 on every PC I owned.
Pure .
$20k on an engine is "not crazy"? I beg to differ, dude.That's a beautiful car and one of my childhood heroes but damn.
mickeybill If he's got the money and passion for the car he may as well treat it to something
This is why he answered the $60,000 question like it came from his wife. You use that Man math on the rest of the car and this is a very expensive slow car.
“Not crazy,” of course, is relative to what Porsche horsepower costs elsewhere. A standard rebuild for the stock 3.2L motor in my 87 Carrera is $20,000. No high performance anything, just a stock rebuild. So while yes, $20,000 is a lot of money, it’s about the minimum you could spend for a hot rod engine of any kind from a Porsche Racing shop.
Well there go any ideas I had of owning an old Porsche. lol
It a lot, but not ridiculous, especially considering it is somewhat specialty work. I spent 15k building out the 454 in my Chevelle, and that was having a friend of mine who buils engines do it for me who barely charged for labour. You would be surprised how things add up when you are replacing basically every part in an engine, and having to get machining work done. However, you basically end up with a brand new engine afterwards though.
I know it's beating a dead horse and it's all relative but $20k for an engine is insane. I know the Porsche premium is high and the parts are more and the labor is more but damn.
Super nice guy with a super nice car though. This would be a perfect daily in SoCal I bet.
Brennan McKissick that and not to mention a 4 cyl engine only making ~140
Not really. If you have ever fully built a high performance motor on an older car, starting with a bare block, its not really that insane of a cost. Its a lot different then buying a Chevy crate motor that is still mass produced. I've gone through it before in one of my cars, and almost spent that much, and that was having a friend do it who builds engines, and didn't really charge much for labour. Heck, a top quality paint job will cost you 10k nowadays
How many 1.7 Liter naturally aspirated engines do you know of that make 140 hp? You realize that 1.7 Liters is just over 100 cubic inches, right? If you do a simple ratio then an equivalent 454 should be making just over 600 hp. How many 7.4 Liter naturally aspirated engines do you know that make 600 hp? I'll wait.
The Hellcat engine, you say? Sorry, supercharged.
The Corvette ZR1 engine, you say? Sorry, supercharged.
M H Not a fair comparison. Those enormous engines are usually pushrod which rely on their enormous size to produce power, and not to mention the ridiculous torque they output..
RIGHT??
Guy should run for pres . .
I was going to comment on how many times this guy said right but someone beat me to it 😂 RIGHT? I've counted six times in the first four minutes. And that was after I noticed
I went back and counted he actually uses the word RIGHT at the end of his sentences 44 times and I think I missed one or two... that's like saying right somewhere in the neighborhood of every 18 seconds
Джон Партлов Right?
he should use the n-word instead of right?
Simply LOVE that camel-diarrea-brown color, honestly! :-) I'd never call it directly pretty but it's so period ULTRA COOL !
its called Bahama Yellow
How's the handling on these? Kind of an odd choice to compare it to, but what do you think of this gen Porsche (Targa specifically) compared to the S2000?
That color!!
I meant that I really like it, but it's only a matter of preferences
Lovely video …may i know where to get the short shift kit. Thank you.
For Kevin to make you look like a normal size dude he must be a giant. That car was basically towing a motorcycle lol
Any word on the brand of the short shift kit?
Thks.
Badass.
So are you going to get the shifter?
beautiful car. matt has definitely been bitten by the air-cooled bug.
POLO goals... i'd love one in my 912 one day. What shifter does he have? Willhoit? Wevo?
I like his answer when asked if he dumped 60k in it. Simply put, it was built for him so does it matter.
Benton power!