---
title: "This Flat Six-Powered Porsche 912 for Sale is Almost as Good as a 911"
description: "It’s built as an homage to the renowned 1967 911 R race car."
date: "2018-08-11"
modified: "2018-08-11"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Constantine"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-constantine"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/22802/this-flat-six-powered-porsche-912-for-sale-is-almost-as-good-as-a-911"
categories:
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  - "For Sale"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Porsche News"
tags:
  - "911"
  - "912"
  - "Bring A Trailer"
  - "Coupe"
  - "Crazy Engine Swap"
  - "Flat Six"
  - "luxury"
  - "porsche"
  - "sports car"
  - "vintage"
---

# This Flat Six-Powered Porsche 912 for Sale is Almost as Good as a 911

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/2018/08/1969-porsche-912.jpg>)
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The era of the absurdly-priced vintage Porsche 911 has long outstayed its welcome. It's gotten to the point where even the four-cylinder 912, once dubbed the "poor man's 911," can cost a pretty penny. Despite [handling better than its six-cylinder sibling](<https://www.thedrive.com/porsche/14985/can-a-1969-porsche-912-targa-hold-its-own-on-a-twisty-road>) thanks to less weight, the 912 is not a fast car, and some 911 enthusiasts will argue that owning one will not give you the authentic Porsche driver's car that we all dream of. Will swapping in a flat-six engine change their minds?

This [1969 Porsche 912](<https://bringatrailer.com/listing/modified-1969-porsche-69-912/>) with such a swap in it currently for sale on Bring a Trailer will surely make purists think twice about saving their lunch money for a same-year 911 (good condition examples of which can go for more than $140,000). The car was recently repainted Ivory White and has custom fiberglass fenders, bumpers, and hood (plus an extra ducktail engine cover), as it's been built as a tribute to the [1967 911 R](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/15925/porsches-record-setting-chase-across-the-alps>). Thanks in part to these components, the car weighs just 2,050 pounds, designed to have a similar weight distribution to the car it pays homage to.

The 912's short-stroke 2.5-liter (same displacement as the 911 R) engine is a true Franken-motor; it's made up of 911 S rods, 906 grind-cams, J&E forged pistons, Weber carburetors, a 964 oil pump, and a host of other parts attached to a 2.0-liter crankcase. It was built by Porsche specialist David Brown and is connected to a 915 five-speed manual transmission. Although the car was put on a dynamometer, no power output figures are provided, but at least David Brown's monster sounds good.

https://youtube.com/embed/Wi0XPLX0kf8

While the exterior and engine echo that of the old 911 R, the 912's interior imitates that of the [über-expensive 911 Carrera RSR](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/10768/six-mile-1993-porsche-911-carrera-rsr-3-8-sells-for-2-25-million-at-auction>), primarily with RSR bucket seats and door sills. The odometer shows 165,000 miles, 300 of which have been driven post-build, but BaT says the true mileage is unknown.

What to do you think? Is this heavily-modified 912 a good alternative to a first-generation 911? Better decide fast, because the car's current bid is sitting at $45,000 on only its first day of the auction.

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*Bring a Trailer*

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*Bring a Trailer*

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*Bring a Trailer*

![message-editor%2F1533941231485-1969\_porsche\_69\_912\_chassi\_made\_into\_911r\_recreation\_1533156480f3d77e35627a3859.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1533941231485-1969_porsche_69_912_chassi_made_into_911r_recreation_1533156480f3d77e35627a3859.jpg>)
*Bring a Trailer*

![message-editor%2F1533941323846-1969\_porsche\_69\_912\_chassi\_made\_into\_911r\_recreation\_1533156413976f3627a3790.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1533941323846-1969_porsche_69_912_chassi_made_into_911r_recreation_1533156413976f3627a3790.jpg>)
*Bring a Trailer*

![message-editor%2F1533941315407-1969\_porsche\_69\_912\_chassi\_made\_into\_911r\_recreation\_153315618087f2318116627a3708.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1533941315407-1969_porsche_69_912_chassi_made_into_911r_recreation_153315618087f2318116627a3708.jpg>)
*Bring a Trailer*

![message-editor%2F1533941220832-1969\_porsche\_69\_912\_chassi\_made\_into\_911r\_recreation\_15331565162318116627a3703.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1533941220832-1969_porsche_69_912_chassi_made_into_911r_recreation_15331565162318116627a3703.jpg>)
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