The 1972 model year saw the Porsche 911 get a displacement bump from 2,195cc to 2,341cc. Although the new displacement rounded off to 2.3 liters, the badging on the decklids of the new models proclaimed "2.4" in a little bit of stolen valor.
The 911T was the bottom of the 911 model range, and rode on 5.5" steel wheels instead of the wider light alloy ones of its more expensive siblings. It also had a lower output variant of the 2.4, putting out 157 SAE gross horsepower on 91 octane regular gas.
Car and Driver tested a '72 911T 2.4 and managed a 6.9 second zero-to-sixty time and a 15.1 quarter mile at 92 mph. Price as tested was $8,804, or $68k in constant dollars. I think the chonky rubber bumper blocks on this Aubergine 911T make it a '73.
This one parked across the street from me while I was dining al fresco in August of 2020, and I scooped my Nikon D7000 and 16-80mm f/2.8-4E zoom lens off the table at Byrne's Grilled Pizza and jogged over to get some photos.
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