968 TURBO... RARE...

[Big Dave]

Yes some of you may well have spotted this already.. But here you go...
http://pistonheads.com/sales/569029.htm
A VERY rare car indeed....[8D][8D][8D][8D]
So whos going to go and look at it then.????
Sorry,
Who can afford to buy it.????[8|][8|]

 

[944s2]

Ha

Wonder if thats the one that I came across on Ferry parked in front of me last year heading for France Just after my 944 had been written off?

Seriously jealous - lovely car

 

[Mr968]

It probably was as it came back from France on the 9th, I had been in touch with the owner with a view to getting it to Donington on the 8th but as he explained it wouldn't be back until the 9th.

 

[shawn 968cs]

Yummy!!
So how do we get this pass the fun police (AKA the wife)
Answers on a postcard please?

 

[Big Dave]

First,,, Find £50,000....

 

[henry997]

I had actually spent last night wondering if I just might be tempted (sold my 997 recently so had a good dollop of Porsche looking cash in a bank account). Does anybody know of ANY price points for 968 Turbo S sales ? I'm guessing with so few of them around price's will be all over the place but £50k, just a stab in the dark or with some precedent and justification ?

Henry

 

[pauly]

You could probably build the same thing for half the price if you just wanted the performance.

 

[ChrisW]

ORIGINAL: pauly

You could probably build the same thing for half the price if you just wanted the performance.

Surely one would only buy this as an investment --- I would wonder more about parts availability and ease and practicality of ownership.

 

[pauly]

Do you think it will go up in value then ?.

 

[Mr968]

I would wonder more about parts availability

Not sure that would be a major issue for the vast majority of the parts as they will be 968 CS / 944 Turbo / M030 stuff apart from some small number of parts also wheels, spoilers, bonnet.

 

[ChrisW]

ORIGINAL: K300

I would wonder more about parts availability

Not sure that would be a major issue for the vast majority of the parts as they will be 968 CS / 944 Turbo / M030 stuff apart from some small number of parts also wheels, spoilers, bonnet.

You are probably right --- I'm not sure of the commonality between these siblings in the range.

Will it go up in value Pauly ? I don't know, but there is joy to be found in the ownership, development and preservation of a piece of motoring history. It may go up in value, but that would not be the reason to purchase. What I would say is this. It will certainly not lose the kind of money that most owners willingly lose on a new 997 Turbo ....

My question for you Pauly is, what are you really looking for ?

Fast ? Classic ? track ? Road ? Passion ? Profit ? Moneypit ? Image ? One can argue for or against each of these facets, and we each make our own choices.

 

[Mr968]

I think the main reason for buying one of these is the pride of ownership of one of the rarest and best cars that Porsche ever have produced and it's a real unknown to most standard Porsche owners which can give a bit of pleasure when you have to educate them about what it is.

Now wouldn't it be something if they revisited this layout to build a practical as well as high performance car.

 

[pauly]

ORIGINAL: ChrisW

ORIGINAL: K300

I would wonder more about parts availability

Not sure that would be a major issue for the vast majority of the parts as they will be 968 CS / 944 Turbo / M030 stuff apart from some small number of parts also wheels, spoilers, bonnet.

You are probably right --- I'm not sure of the commonality between these siblings in the range.

Will it go up in value Pauly ? I don't know, but there is joy to be found in the ownership, development and preservation of a piece of motoring history. It may go up in value, but that would not be the reason to purchase. What I would say is this. It will certainly not lose the kind of money that most owners willingly lose on a new 997 Turbo ....

My question for you Pauly is, what are you really looking for ?

Fast ? Classic ? track ? Road ? Passion ? Profit ? Moneypit ? Image ? One can argue for or against each of these facets, and we each make our own choices.

Some interesting questions Chris, I suppose it comes down to what £50k means to you, and if you value the exclusivity of the car more than the sum of it's parts, personally I don't. As for what I'm looking for ?, Fast, Road, Classic and image will do for me, but for £15k and over the engine would have to be aircooled.

 

[Mr968]

but for £15k and over the engine would have to be aircooled.

now wouldn't that be the typical image of a 911 owner []

 

[pauly]

ORIGINAL: K300

but for £15k and over the engine would have to be aircooled.

now wouldn't that be the typical image of a 911 owner []

[] I do quite fancy a 993, I don't fancy lobbing out £25k for one though.

 

[shawn 968cs]

Has the car been sold?

 

[appletonn]

Not sure, but am i the only person who thought that a 968 Turbo S had a turboed 968 engine under the bonnet?[8|]

Anyone know what sort of upgrades of the 944t engine it had at all?

Lovely car, although going down the 9m supercharged CS route might result in a more useable and cheaper car, though I know that this one has huge historical and rarity kudos.

 

[Mr968]

you've looked at the image and thought it's simply a 944T engine, it is a 968 block with a 944T head.

 

[pauly]

ORIGINAL: K300

you've looked at the image and thought it's simply a 944T engine, it is a 968 block with a 944T head.

I thought it was a 2.7 944 head, that's what people use for conversions now I think.

 

[appletonn]

ORIGINAL: K300

you've looked at the image and thought it's simply a 944T engine, it is a 968 block with a 944T head.

So it is a 3 litre 8v turbo?

Nice....