Vehicle Description
Chassis No. WP0EB0932KS060091
Engine No. 68K00784
Transmission No. 2K01563
Perhaps one of the least understood models to emerge from Porsche's
Sonderwunsch (Special Wishes) Department, the 911 Turbo Slantnose
has recently received special attention from those Porsche
enthusiasts and collectors that revere the model not only for its
racing department looks but its rarity and hand-built construction.
Some of the confusion stems from the special wishes nature and
myriad changes that featured in early 1981 to 1986 models. By 1987,
due to customer demand, a new option appeared on PCNA price lists:
M505. This new Slantnose option order code cleared up much
confusion in not only the ordering process but the associated
costs, which by 1989, had ballooned to an impressive $29,555.
For those interested in adding the equivalent cost of a Porsche 944
to their 911 Turbo, the Slantnose option not only added race
inspired looks and special wishes interior treatments but rarity as
well. Just 143 Slantnose-optioned 911 Turbos were created for the
U.S. market for the final model year of the G-Body in 1989 - yet
just eight of them were configured in the increasingly rare Targa
body style, as this example is - creating the rarest and most
exclusive M505 Slantnose variant. Furthermore, it should be noted
that these final model year examples of the 911 Turbo are the only
to feature Getrag's G50 five-speed manual transmission, enhancing
the Turbo's already impressive driving dynamics but collectability
as well.
Completed in March 1989 in Guards Red over a Cashmere Beige and
Black partial Leather interior, this 911 Turbo Slantnose Targa is
said to have been ordered for Tourist Delivery through Paul Miller
Porsche by the heir of the Sbarro Italian food company.
Interestingly, according to the 07154 code on the options sticker
the car was specified without the Guards Red color-keyed centered
wheels with the specifier perhaps opting for black centered Fuchs
to better complement the Black-finished Targa bar and trim.
Porsche's excellent sport seats with red piping feature prominent
within the interior which was optioned with a Porsche-branded
electronic LED boost gauge in place of the quartz clock and light
Rootwood dash trim through Porsche Exclusive. A rarely seen
leather-covered center console came via Exclusive as well
containing a suite of VDO gauges including an ambient air
thermometer, clock, and voltmeter along with climate controls and
an Alpine cassette stereo. A color crested and leather-covered
special wishes steering wheel sits in front of the driver while the
shift knob atop the factory optioned short shifter with leather
boot falls to the driver's right hand rounding out the exceptional
specification ordered over 35 years ago.
Offered from an exceptional collection of late 1980s 911 Turbos,
today, this Slantnose features just 7,945 miles at time of
cataloging and is offered with a number of items including Tourist
Delivery documentation, its original window sticker, books,
toolkit, and air pump no-doubt expected from a well-preserved
example such as this. A collectible Turbo-powered Porsche only seen
in the most complete collections of the marque, this
matching-numbers example with its five-speed transmission, just one
of eight produced for 1989, is Porsche Sonderwunsch
personified.
