Porsche 911

S Martini

Exterior
The car’s original green paint – mentioned on the accompanying Porsche Cars North America certificate of authenticity – can be seen in the door hinge area.
Martini livery is certainly a popular shade, especially for a competition car, and this one have been applied with some care.
The front and rear glass have retainers, to keep them from dislodging in an impact, with the rear three quarter glass supplanted by Perspex.Retaining pins hold the bonnet and engine lid in place.Panel fit and finish good with the paint also retaining a good, even shade and shine.

*Interior
The dashboard is dominated by a huge tachometer, with a sweep up to 10,000rpm. There’s a shift light built into it that appears to be adjustable and a taped-on strip seems to suggest that redline currently sits at around 7000rpm.Just above the lower dash bar on the substantial roll cage, are switches to control both the fuel pumps (that’s right, there are two) and a master ignition cut-off, linked to the exterior cut-off switch.Floors have lost their carpeting but that simply makes it easier to see how solid they are, quite an impressive feat for this 55-year-old Porsche. An MSD ignition box sits inside the car, behind the driver’s seat with an ATL Laboratories fuel cell found in the ‘frunk’.
Mechanical This 911 has seen extensive mechanical upgrades.we’ll let him run down the abridged highlights: “Engine has mechanical injection and was prepared by Dick Elverude to circa 225 horsepower. Original Fuchs wheels and 930 Turbo brakes with 901 gearbox and shorter gear ratios.”

History Highlights

Porsche Cars North America certificate of authenticity states that the car was built in 1969 and came in Irish Green, with a type 901 transmission, and an engine number of 6390166 901.10
Oregon in the USA – the state where Monte Shelton lived and ran his car dealership Monte’s Motors. Sadly he passed away in 2019. There are a few more tantalising documents in the form of a Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) vehicle logbook – with print images –recording the car’s chassis number and a highly experienced driver. There’s also a similar document –dated 1997 – from the Porsche Club of America.

Vehicle Overview
This 911 once belonged to renowned American racing driver Monte Shelton.
The former Can-Am and endurance driver used this 911S to great success in several stateside club motorsport events in his later years. His name graces the roof of this 911 and its chassis number to correspond with the one listed as part of the Scottsdale Bonhams sale in 2012.
Manufactured in 1969 in Irish Green, this 911S to retain little of its original specification but have been prepared for competition to a high standard.
A link to Mr Shelton's obituary, with him phorgraphed with the car, can be found here:
https://www.oregonlive.com/sports/2019/06/champion-
portland-auto-racer-monte-shelton-dies-at-85.html