deadhead1960

1986 911 3.2 Coupe; factory "Carerra" side stripes, limited slip, short shift, very rare Porsche seats (same as in 1988 Club Sport) and factory alarm option. 91,000 miles. No expense spared upgrade approx 10,000 miles ago, as follows: 16" Porsche "phone dial" wheels, new clutch, steel brake lines, metal master brake pads, cross drilled rotors, sport shocks, ball joints, turbo tie rods, sport torsion bars, manifold gaskets, hoses, ignition wires and Cambermeister anti-sway bar. A/C conversion; updated headlights. Lowered to Euro specs. Work by Porsche certified shop. Original paint; no accidents. All books, keys, compressor and cover. Email/call for additional pictures and information. $20,000 Rennlist price!
Jay 201-294-7171; newtonbread@aol.com

theiceman

wow are there ever some nice cars popping up these days for sale .. at reasonable prices too.. the guys looking for cars the last couple of weeks have no excuses not to be sitting in these cars ... But I just HAVE to ask ....
... the phone dials .....

Giantviper

Personally I actually like the phone dials. My Dad had them on his '86 and I think they looked very nice.

deadhead1960

Everyone says the same thing, "whats up with those phone dials?" And then they see the car and say, "wow, those phonies look awesome!" They are the 16" version (stock were 15") and with the white/black combo of the car, the matte aluminum finish with the colored crests look incredible. Some people like to zig while the rest of the world zags!

deadhead1960

Here's a better picture of these beauties. All 4 are perfect..as they are new OEM wheels; not a scratch or mark on them!!

theiceman

So they were original with the car ? didn't realize they came on 911s , I am just to seeing them on 944s

911Dave

On '84-86 911s, 15" phone dials were the standard wheels. You don't see them often on 911s because dealers almost always ordered the cars with 15" or 16" Fuchs alloys.

Ed Hughes

I'd question whether they are an upgrade, but they don't look bad.

deadhead1960

911Dave is correct; the phone dials were factory from 84-86; 15" were standard; 16" versions are the upgrades.

whalebird

I thought 15" fuchs were standard. Dead, I suspect your car would sell in an instant if you had 16" fuchs and black anodized aluminum interior bits.

deadhead1960

Whalebird...good suggestion; find me a set and I'll buy'em. As for the "phonies," the literature I have suggests that the 15" phone dial wheels were standard with the car however the dealers had the option of the 15" Fuchs; 16" Phone dials or Fuchs were considered an upgrade....again based on my reference material.

theiceman

would make sense to me based on the size of the wheel.. a bigger wheel is considered an upgrade, maybe in handling but necesarily in looks.

I am in the same boat with my 17" cups as in my avatar. At the time it was the only 17"wheel i could get that even looked half decent, and with high performance rubber on it far out performs my Fuchs when it comes to handling. But there is nothing that looks better than my Fuchs on my car.

jackb911

That's a nice looking car. I kinda like the phone dials as well because they were not commonly seen, even back in the day. Not everyone shares my enthusiasm for them, though.

I have a set of 7 & 9x16 Fuchs (the ones on my car in the avatar) coming up for sale soon that would look killer on that car, as an alternate look.

deadhead1960

bump...lowered price to $19,000 for Rennlisters only!

race911

While I don't remember any customer cars coming with them in that era, pretty much every '86 944 Turbo came with them.

Glad I'm hoarding Fuchs. Amazing to believe the 4 9's I still have sitting around cost me about $100/ea......