For its Frankfurt debut, Porsche's 911 Turbo concept featured a mock turbocharger made from wood.
It was at the 1973 Frankfurt auto show where Porsche first made it publicly known that it was working on a new high-powered 911 to be equipped with a turbocharged flat-6, a car that would eventually become the 930-generation 911 Turbo.
The announcement was made with the reveal of a concept, shown here following a restoration by its current owner to bring it back to a similar state to what it was like at its Frankfurt debut. Mind you, the car Porsche presented all those years ago didn't actually have a working turbocharged engine. Due to delays in development, the automaker installed a naturally aspirated engine with a mock turbocharging system made from wood and painted to look like metal. The car was the first 911 to wear a “Turbo” script, though, in this case as a hand-painted graphic on its flanks.
The car has since traded hands several times and currently resides in Europe. It's scheduled to make a public appearance at an event at Hampton Court Palace in the U.K. starting Aug. 30. It isn't considered to be the first 911 Turbo. That honor goes to a separate narrow-body car devoid of any “Turbo” markings but equipped with the 2.7-liter turbocharged flat-6, which was, a daughter of Porsche founder Ferdinand Porsche, on her 70th birthday. That was also in 1973, albeit prior to that year's Frankfurt auto show. That car is now in the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart.
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