1985 Porsche 911 (930) 3.3 Turbo

One of the fastest production cars available at the time, the Porsche 930 Turbo was revered for its performance and reliability during the 1970s and by the 1980s it became one of the defining cars of the decade. It was first seen at the 1973 Paris Auto Show and full production commenced two years later. The basic engine underpinnings came from the Carrera 2.7RS which was increased to three litres and of course, turbocharged with technology gained from Porsche's 917/30 Can-Am program.

The bodywork received special treatment resulting in one of the most aggressive looking Porsches ever made, with its wide arches and impressive rear whale-tail and the brakes came directly from the Porsche 917 race car. Porsche made its first and most significant changes to the 930 for the 1978 model year, enlarging the engine bore by 2mm to a total displacement of 3,299cc (3.3-litre) and adding an air-to-air intercooler. The flat-six powertrain mated to a 4-speed manual transmission and boosted by a turbocharger complemented by the intercooler offered 300bhp and 304ft/lbs of torque.

Performance was amazing for the era and the Turbo 3.3 can still keep up with modern sports cars when accelerating from a standstill, requiring 5.4 seconds for 0-60mph and a quarter-mile time of 14 seconds flat with a top speed of 160mph. The iconic side profile so redolent of its era came from the re-profiled 'whale tail' spoiler which was raised slightly to make room for the intercooler and the look completed by its muscular haunches. Usually specified in black, red or white, most UK cars had the same interiors, very few, however, were specified under the Special Wishes program like this fabulous example.

Produced for the 1986 model-year as the 167th car under that year’s GS chassis prefix it was nonetheless registered on 1st November 1985 to the first of just four UK owners and supplied by JCT600 of Leeds in Iris Blue Metallic and its striking two-tone leather interior under the aforementioned program. It was purchased by our vendor on 25th October 1997 when the car had covered some 43,000 miles by the three previous owners. As a mechanical engineer, the car was to be diligently maintained by our vendor with frequent oil changes, plugs and other sundry maintenance, whilst marque specialists attended to the more important works during his 27 years of ownership

These included attention to the B-post and kidney bowl by Racing Restorations, with other works to included a bare metal respray, a new K27 turbo, a gearbox rebuild, SS heat exchangers, oil tubes, a full brake rebuild with new pistons and seals at Pro Calipers and the last major bill came to some £6,400. The Porsche embossed wallet contains the handbooks and service book whilst the history file is filled with receipts and the car comes complete with its V5C, toolkit, a new headlining and an advisory-free MOT Certificate valid until 14th March 2025.

Regretfully offered to auction due to advancing years, the odometer reading was 67,090 miles at the time of cataloguing and our vendor has generously included the private registration number in the sale.