1979 Porsche 911 930 Turbo

Introduced in 1975 the 911 Turbo, or 930 as it was known, was the definitive and fastest sports car of the era. Substantially refined in 1978, Porsche introduced a larger 3.3-litre intercooled engine with substantially less turbo lag, improved brakes and 300bhp on tap.

This car is the later 3.3 930 Turbo supplied new to California, USA in 1979 in left-hand drive. Infact it was one of the last 50 930 Turbos imported to the USA as the model was banned the year after for being too quick! It carries the badge confirming the last 50 build status on the dashboard.

Sourced for the current vendor by highly respected marque experts, Francis Tuthill Porsche, it was imported to the UK in December 2012. Early in 2013 work commenced with Tuthills and a complete mechanical overhaul of the car was carried out - which included replacing all tyres, sonically cleaning the injection system, rebuilding the fuel metering unit and fuel tank, as well as replacing all worn parts where necessary. Although only 46,000 miles have been covered from new, today the bills and receipts on file confirm it was still necessary to spend over £9,000 to get the car 'on the button' for our fastidious vendor.

In early 2014 Paragon Porsche were charged with fitting new dampers all round and a further £4,400 was spent on minor improvements to the car prior to this summer. The car then arrived back with Tuthills in early September 2014 for a diff and clutch rebuild as well as new brakes and a service with four more new Bridgestone tyres - all of which cost an additional £7,738.

The car represents value today which is highly likely to increase over time as these now legendary status cars continue to escalate in value. This car, having never been used or modified for competition, represents a great opportunity to acquire an example that has had serious money and care spent on it and is now ready to enjoy and use.

Coming to the sale for genuine reasons, it is offered with ten months MoT and ten months road tax (and the original steering wheel) as well as all bills and receipts. This is a matching numbers car from new and is offered at a most sensible guide price.