Forget Old 911s: This Is The Affordable Porsche You Really Need

If you’d like a Porsche but find most models just a bit too common (and expensive) for your tastes, check this out. It’s a Porsche diesel-engined Allgaier tractor from 1957.

Yours for an estimated £10,000-£15,000 at auctioneers Historics at Brooklands’ November sale, it’s the kind of Porsche you just don’t see every day.

Alongside Ferdinand Porsche’s businesses building Porsche cars and the Volkswagen Beetle during the 1950s, he also built tractors. His company built some 120,000 of them as Porsche Allgaier models before buying the latter company outright in 1957. This tractor, therefore, is one of the last associated with the Allgaier name.

This gorgeous (sorry not sorry) two-cylinder diesel farm worker has a mighty 18 horsepower beneath that long, graceful bonnet. Originally used to manage the lands in Saint-Ferriol in southern France, it was eventually retired and stored in a medieval castle. Because of course it was.

When its second owner bought it in 2009, he restored it to the glowing condition you see here. It’s in full working order and, weirdly, conforms to Belgian traffic laws. That man sold it to a racing driver called Barry Sidery-Smith in 2013. After more time in storage it will make its way to auction next month.

The sale takes place on November 25, ironically at Mercedes-Benz World at Brooklands. It has no corrosion, ‘reasonable history’, handbooks and still runs just fine. Are we alone in being just a little bit in love with this?

Also for sale on the same day is a left-hand drive but UK-registered Porsche 911 GT3 RS. The 997.1-era car has covered just over 24,500 miles (39,500km as per the odometer) but has still somehow managed to gain value.

Sold for £94,280 when it was launched in 2006, the car’s estimate now takes in a range from £115,000 to £140,000, despite the steering wheel being on the wrong side. Originally sold in Sweden, it then went to Japan before coming to the UK. It’s in superb original condition with the Japanese service history, but the single month’s MOT is a bit short.