The Porsche Museum Just Finished Restoring Its Oldest 911, And We're In Love

Porsche has released a series of images showcasing the restoration of a gorgeous 1964 '901', now the oldest 911 in the official Porsche Museum
The Porsche Museum Just Finished Restoring Its Oldest 911, And We're In Love

Ladies and gentlemen, we’d like to introduce the oldest 911 residing in the Porsche museum. Well, kind of: this one is so old, it comes from the very brief period of time during which the sports car was referred to as the ‘901’, before Peugeot kicked up a fuss about its naming convention being echoed.

901 number 57 was found along with another 911 in a barn in 2014 by a German TV crew working on an antiques show. The Porsche Museum bought both, and has spent the last three years meticulously restoring it in the most authentic way possible.

Porsche’s engineers worked hard to retain as many original parts, repairing and restoring pieces as much as they could, as opposed to using replacements.

Take a look through the restoration gallery below - I’m sure you’ll agree the results are stunning.

The Porsche Museum Just Finished Restoring Its Oldest 911, And We're In Love
The Porsche Museum Just Finished Restoring Its Oldest 911, And We're In Love
The Porsche Museum Just Finished Restoring Its Oldest 911, And We're In Love
The Porsche Museum Just Finished Restoring Its Oldest 911, And We're In Love
The Porsche Museum Just Finished Restoring Its Oldest 911, And We're In Love
The Porsche Museum Just Finished Restoring Its Oldest 911, And We're In Love
The Porsche Museum Just Finished Restoring Its Oldest 911, And We're In Love
The Porsche Museum Just Finished Restoring Its Oldest 911, And We're In Love
The Porsche Museum Just Finished Restoring Its Oldest 911, And We're In Love

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Anonymous

Petrolhead bucket list item #47

Visit the Porsche museum

12/14/2017 - 10:57 |
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Guillem Fàbregues

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Visited it twice, will visit again for sure. The real dream is the porsche factory tour though, absolutely worth it.

12/14/2017 - 11:03 |
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Anonymous

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Y #47 lol

12/14/2017 - 21:21 |
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Daniel Siclait

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I went to the Porsche museum, but it was disappointing to me. That may be because I’d gone to the Mercedes museum before. It is kinda hard to compare to the Mercedes museum.

12/15/2017 - 07:05 |
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Anonymous

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already visited it 😊
it was awesome

12/18/2017 - 11:55 |
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ShadowHuayra (HemiPower)

How much of me do I have to sell to have this?

12/14/2017 - 12:38 |
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Whole plus some more

12/14/2017 - 13:29 |
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More than your kidneys…. Already checked

12/15/2017 - 07:33 |
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Ewan23 (The Scottish guy)

Amazing

12/14/2017 - 13:01 |
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Anonymous

I’d have loved for them to display this restored one next to the other ‘barn-find’ 911 they bought, in the condition they found it. Would be a great comparison and a real testament to the work of the engineers.

12/14/2017 - 13:21 |
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Dhruv Shetty

And give it to Magnus Walker later on .

12/14/2017 - 13:45 |
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Anton 3

It’s absolutely beautiful to see an old, wrecked up car being restored and brought back to life.

I’d do that to a youngtimer in my free time, if I only had the money and the time.

12/14/2017 - 14:17 |
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And the skill.

12/15/2017 - 16:21 |
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Sudip Suresh

respect your elders kids

12/14/2017 - 14:31 |
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A.Jelinek

Peugeot meeting in 1960s

12/14/2017 - 14:54 |
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TheBagel

Holy crap I saw that car when I was there a week or so ago! That little shop area!

12/14/2017 - 15:34 |
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Anonymous

Project Car Done Right!

12/14/2017 - 21:27 |
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Turbono

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It’s easy when you got ingenieer and all the Porsche factory worker dreaming to help. I found that even long three years with all the workforce they have.

12/20/2017 - 07:29 |
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