djpotential

So, I drove all the way up to upstate NY from eastern PA. about 500 mile round trip to pick up my new 1988 Porsche 944 Celebration edition. It drove the whole way without any issue at all. I knew it would need alot of work to be up to par, but with the rarity of the car i went for it. The interior is crap and needs new carpets, seats (frnt/rear). The dash has cracks. The sunroof needs seals. The passenger side window doesnt work. The paint is starting to peel. I am so excited to have a 944 again, Its been close to ten years since i lost my baby... I am going to do a complete restore on this one (if i can source the rare as **** plaid interior fabric)... She has the following new parts.

New Clutch(951)
New shifter bushings and linkage back to trans axle
New Valves and seats
New Timing and balance shaft belts
New K&N Air Filter
New Coolant Temp Fan Switch
H4 headlight conversion with 130w High 100w low
New Goodyear assurance triple tread all season tires
CD/MP3 CD radio.
New windshield washer bottle and pump(drain cap on bottle/ reservoir has a crack in it and it needs a cap)
New light bulbs in all position marker lights and tail lights
Has the rear section of the Bursch exhaust set up installed
New horn!

Marcquito

Wow... I can see a beautiful gem underneath all those years of neglect! Congrats on the purchase!

djpotential

yeah..theres no rust at all. I know i am gonna need to do alot of work, but i LOVE 944's and the passion is well worth the money invested.

Reimu

Nice to hear


Looks like the PO(s) have been having all manner of celebration going on in that car

racer

Pardon my lack of knowledge, but other than the funky interior, what is special about the "Celebration" edition?

djpotential

LMAO...You got that right man. I asked the PO if he hauled dirt for a living. The trunk is almost black now. I am gonna rip the ENTIRE carpet out of the car and get new. Underneath, though ...the paint looks new....lol

djpotential

By 1988 sales were falling dramatically, with the production down by nearly a third from 1987. Howerver, this only encouraged Porsche to celebrate the 944 breaking all the company's previous sales records. To mark the 100,000th car rolling off the Neckarsulm production line, a limited edition was made available in either Zermatt Silver or Satin Black Metallic.

These Celebration models- effectively standard cars brought up to a very high specification, featured black leatherette, the attractive grey or maroon "STUDIO" cloth and silver and grey carpeting. The new split rear seat backs were included, along with automatic heating control and removable electrically tilting sunroof. Wheels were the optional 7J front and 8J rear “telephone dials”, fitted with 205/55VR16 and 225/50VR16 tires respectively. Integral fog lamps were also fitted at the front. US models did not have the rear “944” logo found on the cars for other markets. They made only 500 Satin Black metallic and 500 Zermatt Silver. They fabric for the interior is almost impossible to source present day.

Van

Funny it has the wrong steering wheel (I think).

Looks like a fun project!

djpotential

yep...its an early wheel....i guesss the original was too faded for the PO. I am swapping that out asap

Dougs951

Give that car a nice buff and polish and it will look great!

Also try the Black Box by Turtle Wax. It did wonders on my Satin Black 951...
http://www.turtlewax.com/main.taf?p=2,1,4,28

supes6

or, more likely the car was in an accident and the airbag deployed, and the PO was too cheap to buy a new airbag steering wheel.

Dougs951

I believe it is a non airbag car.

djpotential

yeah, its a non airbag car..I did carfx and autocheck reports on it and no accidents.

ritzblitz

Interesting. How many miles are on it? What did you pay?

djpotential

well 170,000, paid only 1,500