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Originally Posted by RNajarian

My wife’s uncle bought a 911 from Vasek Polak in Manhattan Beach in 1971. Unfortunately he passed away in 1981. His wife, my wife’s aunt was conned by some #$&$#@ mechanic who convinced her to sell him the car at some ridiculously low price.

I’ve always wondered if any Porsche memorabilia/“stuff” was left from the ‘71 911.

His widow passed away last month, while straightening out her estate I finally got the answer to my question. I found a Vasek Polak Pocket knife in pretty good condition, not the original Owner’s Manual I was hoping for but still pretty cool nonetheless.

I think you're looking at 2 separate items here. The 3 bladed tool was one item, the snap pouch another. Such snap pouches were given by many dealerships back in the day. I have one from a now defunct mopar dealer. Before keys became huge, they were common. Designed to place a key or a pair of keys where to tool is in this pic. The key would rotate out when used, tucked in the pouch when in the pocket. Keys were great for wearing holes in pockets. These snap pouches prevented that. Those 3 bladed tools were also common back in the day. Usually came with a beaded key chain.

Looks to me like somebody put these two items together. If you haven't figured it out yet, the pivot point should screw apart. It was screwed back together through the key hole, so the key could rotate in and out of the pouch...kind of like a jack knife blade functions.