Vehicle Description
This 1983 Porsche was acquired from the second owner who purchased
the car in May of 1995 with 30,689 miles according to the Auto
Check report. The Auto Check score is a high 78 and has no accident
reports noted. He was an engineer at Boeing here is St. Luis and
performed most all maintenance himself. We have no receipts or
documents for the car. The vehicle always garaged over the past 29
years of Stewardship.
Made in July 1983 at Porsche's Stuttgart, West Germany factory,
this example is dressed in black (code L700) with an added silver
911 stripe near the bottom. The paint and trim are in excellent
order with mostly original paint (see meter readings). The bodywork
is straight and solid and shows minor imperfections. The bumpers
with black bellows are in excellent shape. The window frames and
exterior door handles are anodized black. The headlamp rings that
surround the Hella headlights are bodycolor while the taillight
panel bears a black Porsche logo. Up front are fog lights.
The rear lid featured a distinctive added rear wing with a wide
black hard-rubber border, commonly referred to as a 'whale tail.'
This large rear wing was installed to help vent more air to the
engine and to create more downforce at the rear of the vehicle.
This 911 rolls on Hankook Ventus R-S2 radials, 205/55ZR16 in front
and 225/50ZR16 in back. Each tire is mounted to a black Fuchs alloy
wheel. The wheels have been refinished and look fantastic and the
tires are in very good order.
Under that whale tail is a 3.0L air-cooled flat six-cylinder
engine. Backing the motor is a five-speed manual transmission.
Backing the motor is a Getrag G60 five-speed manual transmission.
Driver convenience features include air-conditioning, compressor
removed, cruise control, rear window defroster, headlamp washers,
power windows and power sideview mirrors.
Inside, there is a black leather interior. The front buckets and
rear demi-buckets are in very good order overall. The matching
carpet and headliner are in similar order. A three-spoke steering
wheel faces the driver while the dashboard with its VDO gauges and
the interior door panels are in very good condition. A
floor-mounted shifter and a Blaupunkt Monterey AM/FM stereo with
cassette deck round out the inside.
Starting in 1978, the new 3.0 L 911 SC was now the second
generation basic 911 model. It was in effect a Carrera 3 (known as
a 911S in the United States). The "SC" designation was reintroduced
by Porsche for the first time since the 356 SC (as distinguished
from the race-engined 356 Carrera). No Carrera versions were
produced and the 930 Turbo remained at the top of the range.
Porsche's engineers felt that the weight of the extra luxury,
safety and emissions equipment on these cars was blunting
performance compared to the earlier, lighter cars with the same
power output, so in non-US cars, power was increased for 1980.
However, cars sold in the US market retained their
lower-compression engines throughout. This enabled them to be run
on lower-octane fuel.
In model year 1980, Porsche offered a Weissach special edition
version of the 911 SC, named after the town in Germany where
Porsche has their research center. Designated M439, it was offered
in two colors with the turbo whale tail and front chin spoiler,
body color-matched Fuchs alloy wheels and other convenience
features as standard.
If you're a Porsche fan, a 911 collector or if you just like the
looks of this car, head on over to MotoeXotica Classic Cars and
check it out.
Competition to this Porsche in 1983 included Alfa Romeo's GTV6 2.5,
Audi's Quattro, BMW's 633 CSi, Lotus' Esprit and Mitsubishi's
Starion Turbo.
VIN: WP0AA0911DS122485
This bike is currently located at our facility in St. Louis,
Missouri. Current mileage on the odometer shows 126,154 miles. It
is sold as is, where is, on a clean and clear, mileage exempt
title. GET OUT AND DRIVE!!!
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