I recently aquired a Lamborghini Countach and have posted it up on a Lambo forum and the feedback has taught me so much about the car, that I thought that I would share with Porsche enthusiasts the story of my Granfather's Porsche 930, that I am now the proud owner of:

My grandfather was a doctor Porsche owner who drove a yellow 911S in Northern NJ in the 1970's. Like all of us, the Porsche 930 must have excited him in a special way. Leading up to the 1978 3.3L Turbo release and the last imports in 1979, he aquired, and I stll have, dozens of books about the Turbo, magazine prints, reviews, and even classifieds advertisments out of newspapers from during this time. Some of your cars are probably in this material and I would be happy to look for you.
Looking at this material, it is hard to imagine that in 1979, certain 930's that were the last to be imported, commanded $100,000 price tags.

He began shopping around for a car and finally agreed to pay a price of $59,000 + sales tax for one of the last 930's from Jess Jones Porsche in West, NY. This price was high considering that the actual sticker price was $44,224.50 including the special order factor options for the car: Limited Slip Differential, Heated Outside Mirror, and Electric Sliding Sunroof. The car is black on black and retains all original paint work to this day. Within 1 year of having the car, he had aquired just about every toy, cover, bra, alarm, art work, and book that could be purchased for a 930. I even have Porsche service manuals, Euro bumpers and headlights just in case.

The car was moved to Palm Desert with about 7k miles on it the early 90's
My grandfather, now an old man, would talk about late night drives where he would push the car pased 160 mph just so for fun. I spent the better part of my childhood dreaming of this black beauty and his stories of racing it. We would talk about how now and then he would take it to the track, but other than that, the car did not accumulate mileage.

When he died in 2002, my uncle purchased the car out the estate with about 8,000 miles on it. He flew to California to pick up the car and drive it across the USA back to the East Coat. In some ways, this is a shame for mileage sake, but I can only imagine the feeling of driving a perfect 930 across the country. In 2004, I had saved enough to buy the 930 and my uncle was ready to sell. I purchased the car with 12,700 miles on it. Today the car has 14,990 and is just as beautiful as ever. For me, what makes this car aside from its perfect condition, is its history and the material that surrounds with the car.
Needless to say this car will belong to my son when he is ready.

I am always trying to put my finger on exactly what I have, and if anyone wishes to engage in a conversation in order to help determine that, please feel free to contact me via this forum.

Here is a recent photo:

 

That car is gorgeous and what a great story.

 

Ditto, very nice car.

 

Very cool history; it's good to hear that the car stayed in your family. I have #1200 of the 79's; the amount of $ they went for new was crazy. They're definately keepers! Enjoy.

 

Agreed. It's a great story and special that it's still in the family.

 

Any pics of the Countach?

 

Really great story. I am glad to hear you wont put any unnecessary miles on the clock, and I too agree that the trip across the country was a shame - but then again, it must have been a really good trip. When I bought my car, I also droved it home by myself, of course it was unnecessary miles to put on it, but it was also a memory worth to remember. Whether to drive the car or not is really a question beetween the adventure by driving the car across the country contra the miles. I would say it is a great story afterwards.

Also, ever since I bought my car, I have been told that it is a shame that I don't drive it more often than I do. When I bought it this summer, it had 19.808 km, now it has 20.492 km. I have a personal limit of 1500 km per year, and any unnecessary driving is not allowed. So I am glad to see that there are other people than I who also wants to keep the miles away from the clock...

 

Wow, thanks for sharing. Stories like these are far and few between!

 

Great story, enjoyable reading

 

How can anyone call putting miles on these cars unnecessary? I have put 50K on mine since I bought it, and would consider each and every one of those miles absolutely necessary! It's good for the soul AND the car..

 

Thank for the compliments-
It is really hard to put a price on how much to drive a car or not. For me, it is like eating out for a nice dinner, the less that I do it, the more I appreciate it and the less it costs.

Here is a shot of my recently aquired Countach. I purchased it this summer as non-running, gold plated, risk of an investment. Today it is a well running and recently serviced car in the middle of a cosmetic refurbishing with new OZ authentic wheels on route from Italy. Yes, that is 24kt gold, and I do not really know what to say about that

From the Lambo forum, we discoved that this car was a poster car at one point.

In my opinion, the two greatest cars of my generation, and perhaps of all are the Porsche 930 and Lamborghini Countach. Just my opinion.

 

I can't see any pics?

 

http://www.lambopower.com/forum/inde...pic=33116&st=0

 

Have to be a member to see pictures.

Btw great story thanks for sharing.

 

LP500 : can you post the pics of the car? sure would like to see them.

Plus I'm curious about the poster - I've got several Countach posters, wonder if your car is in one of them.

Brian