These days, we’ve seen no shortage of special Porsche 911s come up for grabs. However, this has to be one of the most desirable air-cooled cars I can recall seeing anytime recently, and I’d even go so far as to say it’s better than a lot of the more “special” models we’ve reported on. This 1972 Porche 911 Targa is a rare “Rally Package” car with option package E51, supposedly offered on a limited basis as a tribute to the company’s 1972 LeMans campaign. The list of optional equipment that seems geared entirely towards the enthusiast lifestyle is impressive, and it has all survived intact on this gorgeous survivor example. Find the 911 here on eBay with a Buy-It-Now of $179,995.

I can’t get over how many boxes this 911 checks, from the color to the options to the incredible survivor-grade condition. The story, as told by the seller, indicates that an aerospace engineer working for Lockheed Martin in Europe purchased the 911 new in Germany and had it shipped home. In selecting the Rally Package, he got the following features added to this Targa-roofed specimen: sport seats w corduroy inserts; 85-liter rally tank; rally lights; door script; rear wiper; and defroster. Incredibly, the paint is still original, which tells you a lot about how much the 911 has been loved and looked after.

The sport seats offered by the factory for an air-cooled 911 are among one of the most desirable options you could hope to find in your car, and these appear to be in incredible condition. The same goes for the rally lights mounted to the hood, which go for huge money on the used parts market. All of it combines to create a motorsports-themed 911 that is like an RS but decidedly more unique and harder to come by (in my opinion). The RS is obviously in a different league as it brought significant performance gains to the table and this Rally package car is largely a series of cosmetic improvements, but the parts added to the basic 911 recipe are all useful and have actual uses beyond just looking good.

At the end of the day, this 911 would fetch a big price simply for being an original paint, European-delivery model with a matching numbers drivetrain; throw in the Rally package and its desirability increases several folds. I can’t recall ever seeing a genuine Rally package car that is still this original, and it’s been years since I saw one in any form. The price is likely entirely realistic for the kind of enthusiast who understands how rare it is to find a car like this, and while it kills me to ever justify a six-figure ask on an air-cooled 911 of any variety, there’s a lot here that’s going to prove hard to duplicate in the near term. When’s the last time you saw a 911 with this equipment?