1971 Porsche 911 T - Jay Leno's Garage

I truly despise the new gadgets on cars too. It's so wonderful to be involved in actually driving.

I love how you enjoy your cars Jay.....this one is a beauty.

I just turned 71 last week and back in the summer of 1977 I sold Porsche/Audi - new and used in Fort Worth, TX. Back in those days you got a free driver when you started selling at a dealership. True Story! The driver they gave me was a decked out, totally loaded, top of the line, V8 - Ford Maverick. At the end of my first day my sales manager, who was married and had a couple of kids, took me to the side and asked me if I wouldn't mind changing cars with him, he wanted the loaded Maverick as a family driver. I said yes, I didn't care, then I asked him what I would be driving and he said that silver car on the side of the building. I went outside to see my car and it was a 1976 Porsche 911S Targa, thus began my love affair with sport cars, especially Porsches. I got to use that car as my own for four months until the day I sold it! The car was beyond a dream, it was perfection.

“No lane control.. learn how to drive!” Preach, Brother Leno, preach.

I can still remember sitting in the back of my dads baby blue 71’ 911s in 1974 when I was 4. Mum and dad listening to Neil diamond. The sun. Those sunglasses with weird tint colours. My mom saying that it was too bumpy. I’d say nooo it isn’t mum in that worshipping little squeak kiddy voice trying to be heard cutting through that motor note...Miss ya old mate. Miss ya mum. Great video Jay.

When I go into rich neighborhoods and start asking questions, asking where the good cars are, they usually just call the cops on me. Then again, I'm not Jay Leno

Jay hit all the right notes in describing what these cars are all about: lightweight, simple, unique, precise, communicating to the driver. Loved seeing the heartfelt grin on his face as he got it out on the road. Jay, I know it was a happy drive to nowhere for the day. Thanks for bringing it home.

I fell in love in 1969. It was the air cooled melody from that flat six... for starters. Then came the McQueen movie Le Mans. In 1970 I was 15 and wanted to tour the Porsche factory in Zuffenhausen on a summer vacation with my mom and sister. Standing outside the cyclone fence behind the factory we were staring at all the new 911’s and 914’s, but the factory was closed for their vacation. A groundskeeper saw us and asked if we wanted a closer look. A moment later we were in! Posing with and photographing our favorite picks. Will never forget that moment. Jay, thanks for showing this beautiful Sepia brown T. There is nothing else like it. I still enjoy the old 911’s the most today even though my ‘95 993 is the distillation of all air cooled Porsche.

Comes with 125 hp
Wants a "bit more power"
Almost doubles power

That's the way to do it, Jay.

Thanks for not painting her!

I’m sad to say that I moved back east after 15years in LA. We met and talked many times at the Rock Store or at the top of the snake. Thanks for being ‘just a nice car-guy’, totally approachable and helping make LA tolerable around all of the other showboats. I hope to meet again!

I'm not a car guy at all, but the classic Porsche 911 is my dream car. I love those rounded headlights so much. Just a dignified, humble car. And just about every one I've seen has a desaturated colour that only adds to that feeling.

Wow, what memories this episode brought back for me. My father had a 1969, 912 Targa, when I was 10, we took it in to be serviced at the dealer, Kendon Motors, in Torrance Ca. where he had purchased the car. So, while we were waiting. I was running around the showroom, when I saw it, a 1971 yellow 911T Targa. It was beautiful, and even up to this day it is still my favorite Porsche I have ever come across. I yelled for my father to come look at it. The sticker was $10,500, a huge amount of money for a car fifty years ago, but my father also fell in love with it, and of course we drove home in that beautiful yellow 911 T Targa. I always loved the smell of that car, and the sound, of it's engine, it was magical. Watching Jay tonight, in his brown 71 made me want to cry.

I had a 1971-T Targa for 30 years. Loved that car. It introduced me to a wonderful set of lifelong friends. It expanded my outlook on life and people. That car let me to your collection, to a trip to Monster Garage and the people that help me build my business. That car changed the path I took in life.

Thanks Jay for this one, it is very special to me.

If this was the only car in my garage, I’d be very, very content.

Perfect shape. The 911 never looked so good after they started messing around with it.

I love it when Jay goes into details that only a true gear head would appreciate. He clearly loves the car, snd owns it for the right reasons. Just look at the smile each time he runs it up through the gears. Thanks Jay!

Just love the color, really time correct, I can not imagine a modern 911 looking that good in this color

Those smiles Jay kept flashing as he drove this. True love haha!

Whomever audits this for Jay, please let him know that we really enjoy these simple and more personal videos, sometimes even more than the normal ones. Jay's enjoyment and willingness to share it with us is the most important component, and the covid videos have been just great.

The sound of an air cooled Porsche is absolutely beautiful!