JPP

Hi all,
I spend most of my time on the 993 forum and this is my first post here. I took these pictures at the factory Museum restoration shop last year and thought you all might be interested in this car. It is the prototype car for the low production 'Clubsport' 911 offered in 1988/89. I believe this car's base is a '87 Coupe and was put together for management to review before they gave the go ahead for a limited production run. They had just drug it out of a storage facility that day and were getting ready to restore it for the museum. Obviously, some details were changed and refined before production ...

Note single drivers side door mirror ...



I don't think the rear script made it on the production cars ...



I remember seeing a white one on the showroom floor in Seattle and thinking it would make a great driver. I think the cars destined for the U.K. had Carrera CS graphics down the sides with color matched wheels like the RS's from the 70's ... could be R.O.W. but I'm no expert ..

User 4221

Are those front wheels 7" or 8"? Anybody know?

whalebird

Thanks for sharing JPP. Really cool car

ClubsportSP

Look like some SCRS bumpers on there?

jackb911

If the USA cars had had those almost-SCRS bumpers, I'll bet they would have sold more than 28 Club Sports here in '88-89. However, it is doubtful that our DOT would have approved them.

The CS really needed something special aside from simply deleting some equipment and slightly tweaking the ECU to differentiate it from a normal Carrera. Same with the '93-94 RS America (of which I owned two), which was also a rather halfhearted effort on Porsche's part.

Ed Hughes

I'm quite sure those bumpers wouldn't have made it here. Porsche probably wouldn't sell a non-impact bumper on a road cal in Europe either.

Those front wheels look strange to me-maybe they are 8's.

Steve Weiner-Rennsport Systems

Looks like 7's & 8's to me.

JPP

Yes, Jörg Thilow, the gentleman that got me behind the glass and into the shop that day said he thought the front bumper was an old RS after I noted the mismatch at the flare.


I'm not sure about the wheels, but I owned an '87 cab that I bought new that I believe came with 7's and 8's, and these wheels look the same to me. Here's a pic of a stock '87 to compare:

M491

very cool.

I believe the script did make it into production, but was placed on the front fender instead of the rear.

rusnak

I remember the CS cars. Funky wheels, or maybe funky offset, I dunno. Would need to see different angle to make a guess.

Anyone remember the RS America?

Ed Hughes

RS Americas are absolutely cool. There was a time they weren't worth much, now they are pretty collectible in the 964 world. They have come down a bit in price the last year.

rusnak

I don't wanna hijack, but here's a nice website and article: http://www.rsamerica.net/whatis.htm

MUSSBERGER

If I sell my 997 an RSA would be on my short list. If I can't get you know who back.

Ed Hughes

I've spent many a spare moment on that site.

whalebird

I like the RSA. But they are not anywhere near what people are trying to get for them. Maybe I could make a RSA "tribute" car and sell it for...say...35K.