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Not definitive proof one way or another, but here's a quote from the S Registry BB...evidently, the car in the EXCELLENCE pic is a rare bird indeed, made in 1964!:

Car Number 300 049

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The car number you are asking about is # 300 049. The 82 cars made prior to it were 901's. His car was the first to have the type number 911. The cars made in year 1964 were not made in any sequential order that's why the 83rd car made had the serial number 049.

Of the 232 cars made in 1964 less than 40 have been identified in the world. Alois Ruf has just completed car number 300 037 and has a large pictoral in the January issue of the english publication, "GT Purely Porsche". The last issue of Excellence has the listing of top 10 Porsches for style and is led off with a photo of Bill Cummings 300 134 .

By the way, the asking price for Jerry's car was $400,000 (Hemming and Panorama ads) prior to the restoration. You might want to factor that into the restore cost.

Hope this helps.
Bob Fleming
Early 911 Porsche 232 Registry
Owner of car #300 149 (The odometer rolled to over 355,000 miles on the return drive from Daytona for the Rennsport Reunion 2)