This very early “wood dash” 1965 Porsche 911 was completed by the factory on February 4, 1965, as documented by a copy of its Kardex on file. Finished in Champagne Yellow (6405) over a brown leatherette interior and equipped with a Webasto gas heater, the car was dispatched new to Schmidt + Koch of Bremen, a Porsche dealer in northern Germany, and first registered to Jürgen Hans Reinhardt. Mr. Reinhardt’s ownership was brief, as the Kardex records service at Competition Motors in Los Angeles, along with a change of ownership to Richard Runyon, just months later.

By 1986, the 911 had passed to Leonard Earl Miller of Manhattan Beach, California, before later being acquired by noted Porsche restorer Skip Shirley of San Diego. In August 2004, the car was sold to Tommy Trabue, at which time it was described as a notably complete and largely original example in need of restoration. Completed within the last year, the 911 was fully disassembled, with a Tennessee-based shop overseeing cosmetic work, including a repaint in its original Champagne Yellow. Mechanical work was entrusted to restorer Roy Sanders, who rebuilt the matching-numbers engine, which had long been presumed lost before its rediscovery in Europe.

As an early-production example, chassis 300355 represents a rare opportunity to acquire the 911 in its purest form.