This, ironically, is perhaps one of the rarest cars I own—a 1976 911. But it's a 911 2.7 MFI meaning that this is the exact same 2.7 RS MFI motor that you would find in the Holy Grail 1973 RS Carrera. And, when you crunch the numbers, it is Porsche’s lowest-volume 911 2.7 MFI.

And I wasn’t even looking for it when I acquired it.

I wanted a ’64 and even had an ad: “Wanted. ’64 911.” This guy called me and said, “Hey, my brother's got an old ‘76 911, would you be interested? And I said, sure, send me some photos. So he sends me literally five crappy photos and in the fifth photo, the engine, I'm like, wow, this is interesting. This car should be a CIS, but in the pictures were the MFI induction system and a Bosch MFI pump. So that piqued my interest, but knowing that everything's interchangeable, I just figured that the engine had been swapped out on the car.

But then I asked the guy for the VIN number and got out the Red Book, the Bible, the Holy Grail of Porsche VIN numbers, and went to the year 1976 and went down the engine numbers and serial numbers for the chassis, and I couldn't find the VIN number. There was no VIN listed with a nine in the middle of it. 911 obviously is the model, six references the year, ‘76, but nine didn't exist in this Red Book. So then I happened to go online and found a very intensive, detailed thread about a similar car where it showed that if there's a nine in the VIN number, it represents a homologation car. Something very rare indeed.

So I wired him the money the same day and then picked the car up the next day.

It has the SC Carrera flares, but other than that, appearance-wise, it’s just a pretty standard-looking G-bodied car from the 70s. And whenever people come to visit the warehouse, I always ask them if they know what the car is, and no one really knows, because it doesn't stand out too much. And I kind of like that about it.

Recently I've changed the seats out to these tartan velour interior bucket sports seats and added my own OMP signature steering wheel, ducktail, Carrera side script, and had the hood painted in what I like to call an R or ST two-tone. Even though I’ve added some personal touches and it’s been repainted, the car remains very original. It has its original engine and comes with a Porsche Certificate of Authenticity.

It’s just a remarkable piece of Porsche history.

—Magnus Walker

The 1976 Carrera 2.7 MFI is one of those under-the-radar Porsche models revered among true marque enthusiasts. On the outside, it may resemble a standard G-series 911, but in the back is a 210-horsepower Type 911/83 engine with Bosch mechanical fuel injection—the very same RS-spec flat-six that made the original Carrera 2.7 a legend. Raw, mechanical, and immediate, it has a hard-edged induction snap and razor-sharp throttle response that the later CIS-equipped 911s could never fully replicate.

From 1974 to 1976 Porsche built only 1,633 Carrera 2.7 MFI coupes but for 1976, as the line was being phased out in favor of the Carrera 3.0-liter, Porsche quietly screwed together a last batch of just 113 cars, all sunroof-delete “slick-top” coupes, all fitted with the RS-spec MFI motor, and all destined exclusively for the German market—reportedly as homologation “Sondermodells” for a racing series that never materialized.

What makes this final evolution so appealing today is its contrast. It has the familiar G‑series stance, the impact bumpers, the usable cabin, yet the driving experience is pure early‑’70s RS—light on its feet, eager to rev, and with crisp throttle response. This was the last street‑legal 911 Porsche ever built with mechanical fuel injection, marking the end of a bloodline that ran from the early S models through the Carrera RS and into these “Euro” Carreras. After 1976, MFI was reserved exclusively for race cars—the 934 ½, 935, and later the 911 SC/RS—making these roadgoing 2.7 MFI models the final opportunity to buy that race‑bred system straight off the showroom floor.

Magnus Walker’s example, which joined his collection in 2009, is believed to be the 23rd of these coveted 113 Sondermodells. Per an accompanying Porsche Certificate of Authenticity, it left the factory finished in Silbermetallic (Z2) over black leatherette and optioned with a radio antenna featuring front loudspeakers and noise suppression.

As Walker himself described it, he was genuinely surprised by how rare the car was—and by the fact that it found its way into his collection. Now, it can be a part of yours.