To Be OFFERED AT AUCTIONEstimate:
£130,000 - £150,000
- Please note this car is in transit to the UK, and is due to
arrive mid-December
- One of roughly ten right-hand drive 'narrow body' examples
produced
- First registered to Porsche Works pilot and 1983 Le Mans winner
Vern Schuppan
- A rarely configured chassis from Porsche's storied
one-year-only 930 Speedster
- Guards Red over black leather
Please note this car is currently in transit to the UK, and is due
to arrive mid-December. Please also note the title is in transit, a
duplicate V5C has been applied for, and will follow post-sale from
the DVLA.
The Porsche 911 Speedster was a very long time coming: conceived as
a nod to the iconic 1954 356 Speedster, it appeared first as a
series of prototypes in the mid-1980s before the production version
finally debuted for the 1989 model year. All Speedsters share the
contemporaneous Carrera 3.2 powerplant--a naturally aspirated,
air-cooled 3.2-liter 'flat' six-cylinder engine producing 215 hp--
paired to a five-speed Getrag manual transaxle.
If the Speedster's heritage and purist focus made it instantly
appealing, its limited, single-year production run made nigh
impossible to acquire. Just 2,104 were built for the world market,
with a scant 171 examples leaving Zuffenhausen clad in the 'narrow'
body style-foregoing the more popular 'turbo-look' package and its
requisite widened bodywork.
This Guards Red over Black leather example offered here is one of
roughly ten recorded right-hand drive examples produced wearing a
'narrow body' configuration. Completed on June 30, 1989, it was
specified from the factory with a velour luggage compartment lining
and anti-theft device. Delivered new to a dealer in Adelaide,
Australia, this chassis was purchased shortly thereafter by Porsche
Works pilot and 1983 Le Mans winner Vern Schuppan. Schuppan thusly
imported and road registered his Speedster to a residence in Great
Britain, where it remained--carefully stored yet sparingly
driven--for several years.
After passing through Schuppan's collection and a handful of
equally fastidious custodians, this chassis was acquired by the
consignor in 2015, and has been rarely enjoyed since. Immediately
prior to his purchase, the selling dealer had commissioned Porsche
specialist Autofarm Ltd. of Wendlebury, to complete over £12,000
worth of mechanical sorting. In addition to many entries showing
regular servicing at certified Porsche facilities, accompanying
invoices indicate that the convertible top is a newer unit fitted
by specialists in 2011. A retro-styled Porsche Classis head unit
was also fitted at that time by Dick Lovett Porsche of Swindon.
Under the consignor's care this chassis has been maintained by
Porsche Centre Hong Kong.
Immediately collectable when new, the enduring popularity of the
Carrera 3.2 Speedster is such that Porsche has reprised the formula
several times since 1989. This is an attractive example of the
factory special that began that ongoing tradition, with a
right-hand drive configuration and U.K. ownership history that
places an already rare car in even more exclusive company.
Should you want more information on the condition of this lot and
or discuss the possibility of an in-situ inspection, please contact
our office at
+44 (0) 20 7851 7070 or email Britta Buchmann
at
[email protected]To
view this car and others currently consigned to this auction,
please visit the RM website at
rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/lf20.