SC Weissach Special
04-25-2011, 03:09 PM
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SC Weissach Special
One has come up for sale over here in the UK and I'm tempted by it. Can anyone shed any light on exactly how 'special' they are? I know there were 400-odd made with metallic paint and special colour fuchs plus the nice tail-lid but is there anything else that should attract me to this over a standard SC?
Also, is there any notable performance drop or driving difference being a US model compared to ROW?
If anyone knows the actual car please feel free to PM me. TIA
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1980-Porsche-9...item5643b93e9d
Also, is there any notable performance drop or driving difference being a US model compared to ROW?
If anyone knows the actual car please feel free to PM me. TIA
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1980-Porsche-9...item5643b93e9d
04-25-2011, 04:18 PM
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Drifting
I know for a fact that it has less horsepower than the Euro models and it's a L/H drive as well ...
Surely something more appropriate for you will turn up eventually.
In my opinion there would be too many tradeoffs to make it an enjoyable car... but that's just me
Cheers!
Phil
Surely something more appropriate for you will turn up eventually.
In my opinion there would be too many tradeoffs to make it an enjoyable car... but that's just me
Cheers!
Phil
04-25-2011, 06:42 PM
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Three Wheelin'
It's a 31 year old car, so most of the suspension bits have probably been freshened. FWIW, I just finished up the resto my Weissach last week and it drives great! Not as much power as my turbo, but it is very enjoyable as it drives tight. I would think the cache of owning a US only car would be pretty cool to have in Europe.
04-25-2011, 07:05 PM
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It's a 31 year old car, so most of the suspension bits have probably been freshened. FWIW, I just finished up the resto my Weissach last week and it drives great! Not as much power as my turbo, but it is very enjoyable as it drives tight. I would think the cache of owning a US only car would be pretty cool to have in Europe.
Anyway. With the paying of tolls,parking,etc done more and more passively I would think the draw back of a leftie isn't as much an issue as in the past.
04-26-2011, 07:48 AM
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It's a 31 year old car, so most of the suspension bits have probably been freshened. FWIW, I just finished up the resto my Weissach last week and it drives great! Not as much power as my turbo, but it is very enjoyable as it drives tight. I would think the cache of owning a US only car would be pretty cool to have in Europe.
Does anybody know the particular car in question?
04-28-2011, 08:45 AM
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Most of the Weissach's can be found here http://www.adelgigs.com/911scregistry.shtml
Scroll down to the 80 models and all of them are close together in the list by VIN number. You can get there quickly by doing a find on Weissach. If the specific car is in the registry you may be able to contact a previous owner.
Scroll down to the 80 models and all of them are close together in the list by VIN number. You can get there quickly by doing a find on Weissach. If the specific car is in the registry you may be able to contact a previous owner.
