04/17/2026
First experimental 911S soft window targa coming to market.
Chassis No. 500100
Engine No. 900054
Transmission No. 11
“I used it as my training car in the run-up to the race. We would train on the course for a full week, trying to memorize the 45-mile lap.” Jochen Neerpasch
For fans of the Porsche marque, driving a 911 Targa along the Sicilian roads that made up the Targa Florio circuit—the very race from which the Targa takes its name—during the golden years of the event would be a story passed down to future generations, but for factory driver Jochen Neerpasch, it was all part of the job. Neerpasch, perhaps best known as the founder of BMW’s M Division, was a highly successful racer in his own right. Winner of the 1968 24 Hours of Daytona in a Porsche 907 and a third-place finisher at Le Mans in a Porsche 908 the very same year with Rolf Stommelen, Neerpasch paired with many of the all-time-greats including Amon, Siffert, Ickx, Elford, and Hermann. For the 1967 edition of the Targa Florio, Porsche entered a 910 for him and Vic Elford, and to best prepare for the event, provided a 911 “soft window” Targa company car to him as a reconnaissance vehicle to practice on the vast 44.74 mi Piccolo Circuito delle Madonie in the week leading up to the event.
Händler is indicated as “WE” short form for “WERK” or factory. First owner on Kardex “Versuch.” Engine number, 900 054, it falls squarely within the range of numbers reserved exclusively for prototype use, as every engine numbered between 900 001 and 900 100 was set aside for the test department—the first production 901 to leave the factory after 14 September 1964 carried a number above 900 100, placing this unit firmly in pre-series territory.
