This 1970s color film advertising Porsche 911 Targa cars is produced by Konstantin Kalser, a Marathon International Production, and narrated by Sidney Paul. The many color choices are shown throughout the film. It opens with flared spots from oncoming headlights at night and the sound of race cars. The #6 Porsche pulls into a pit stop. The backs of crew jackets say Sunoco, Goodyear, or Porsche. The car rear sponsorship says Sunoco Porsche + Audi. Number 59 pulls into a pit stop for a windshield cleaning. The crew member’s headlamp is shown (:08-1:22). Three colors of Porsches round a race track. The film switches to a 1969 Porsche 911 T Targa (1:46) being driven through a forest area. Views of the convertible’s hood and sides are shown (1:23-2:11). The film intersperses views of the #59 Porsche on the track and a driver on city streets wearing a 1970s leisure suit and hair past his collar with bushy sideburns. Another Porsche is shown from many angles (2:13-3:25). Garrard Porsche race car #59 is examined by men (3:26-4:00). Porsches with tire views scream around curves at the Porsche Development Center test track near Stuttgart. (4:12-5:02). Inside, engineers examine each car tested. Parts are repaired (5:03-5:45). Close-ups of engines being built are shown. Connecting rods are weighed (5:46-7:51). A poster for the Daytona International Speedway is shown (7:52). Various shots of men and women in 1970s clothing, hairstyles, and sunglasses (7:53-8:15). A team discusses race strategy. The driver secures his helmet. Footage of the race cars are mixed in with Porsches in the parking lot (8:16-9:35). A blonde couple enjoy their convertible (9:36-10:13). Porsche cars wait to be picked up at the factory. A lounge lets owners relax. Skater Peggy Fleming waits for hers (10:14-10:45). Car assembly is shown using various mechanical equipment. The body metal is prepared for painting (10:46-14:22). The transmission is assembled and tested, as are the tires. Calibration machines, a video screen of a car in testing, and computers are shown (14:23-15:47). Residual noise is measured in an acoustic chamber. A crash test dummy waits in a car on a sled (15:48-16:28). A Porsche on the test track slams on the brakes, spinning in a circle. Another weaves through orange cones (16:29-17:00). A car rises from the electrophoretic painting process. The inside and outside are sprayed by hand. The painter signs his name (17:01-18:20). The insides are assembled on 911 T cars. Headlights and car doors are added (18:21-19:55). Installed are front axles, disc brakes, engine, drive train, dashboard, and steering wheel (19:56-21:30). Completed cars are inspected. Gas and oil are added. The car is tested on a dynamometer. Road testing includes adding gas, and opening and closing doors. Porsches follow each other for 20 miles and return (21:32-25:13.) At the factory, any defects are corrected and the car final polished. One drives up an auto-carrier ramp, shown full of 911s (25:14-26:03). The film intersperses racing with driving (26:04-25:42). A Porsche pulls up to the Munich Opera House (26:43-26:56).
The Porsche 911 (pronounced Nine Eleven, also Nine-One-One, or in German: Neunelfer) is a two-door, 2+2 high performance rear-engined classic German sports car made since 1963[1] by Porsche AG of Stuttgart, Germany. It has a rear-mounted six cylinder boxer engine and all round independent suspension. It has undergone continuous development, though the basic concept has remained little changed. The engines were air-cooled until the introduction of the Type 996 in 1998, with Porsche’s “993” series, produced in model years 1994–1998, being the last of the air-cooled Porsches.
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