1988 Porsche 911 (930) Turbo Targa 'Flatnose'

Anyone who followed the "World Championship of Makes" (essentially an international championship for long-distance Sports Car racing), will remember their surprise at the shape of the new 935 when it first appeared at Mugello in March 1976. Subsequently, these 'Flachbau' or 'Flatnose' 935s and 936s were to prove very competitive in the hands of drivers such as Ickx, Mass, and Stommelen and during the next two seasons managed four victories in eight World Championship races and a triumph at Le Mans in each year.

However, Porsche began to worry that all these victories by the works Flatnose cars might alienate the vast number of private clients who were investing their own money in conventionally shaped competition 911s, and decided to restrict their efforts for 1978 to an entry at Le Mans. The distinctive look of the 'Flachbau' (literally translated as Low Build) obviously retained its appeal in the minds of their road car customers and from 1985 until early 1989, UK Porsche 930 Turbo buyers could specify their car in this style to special order from the 'Sonderwunschen Program'. However, these cars (marketed as the Turbo SE) carried a huge cost premium over the standard car and were rarely ordered, prompting Porsche to offer the M506 (Flachbau) Option as a factory kit that could be retro-fitted to existing 930 Turbos.

This delightful, very rare, right-hand drive 911 (930) Turbo Targa was supplied new by JCT600 on 1st August 1988, and several months later the decision was taken to convert it to a Flachbau car using the factory option kit. This work was carried out by Dage Sport Ltd. in early 1989 using the correct Porsche parts throughout. Finished in gleaming Black with a Black Leather interior, this distinctive Porsche has a full service history supporting its indicated 50,015 miles and was purchased by our vendor earlier this year with the specific intention of using it for a rally to Monte Carlo. In order to ensure its reliability in the run down to Monaco, he entrusted the car to Autotech in Cheltenham to sort out a couple of minor electrical glitches (bill in file £1,186) but, sadly, they ran out of time and our vendor was obliged to use another of his cars for the rally. Consequently, this dramatic Porsche is now surplus to requirements.However, the good news is that prior to our vendor's purchase during 2015 the car had been the subject of significant attention. The work was carried out by RSR Engineering of Grayshott and the engine rebuild included the following;

Rebuilt Heads with Guides, Valves, and SeatsNew 3.2 Carrera spec Camshafts.New Hybrid K27 Turbo and Turbo Smart wastegate.Complete new exhaust system.All engine-bay tinware was powder coated.

The Gearbox was also stripped, cleaned and inspected at this time and rebuilt with new synchros on first, second and third gears. Invoices for the engine work (£4,834) and the gearbox (£1,760) are in the file. The car was subsequently professionally resprayed in its original Gloss Black.This superb 930 Turbo Targa is supplied with a V5C registration document, an MoT test certificate with no advisories (expires June 2017), the handbook pack containing the original handbook and fully stamped service book, and its history file containing all the recent invoices.

This is a rare opportunity to purchase a well sorted, low mileage 930 Turbo 'slantnose' at considerably less than an original factory 930 Flachbau.The registration number CCZ 9111 is not included in the sale and a new one is in the process of being issued.