cas951

Is this a real turbo? I thought turbo cab was made only in 91.

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/car/206152600.html

Cory9584

I didnt even think they made any cabs in 86

Ski

it might be a real turbo, have to see the engine compartment, and it's a conversion by someone, looks like they did a nice job but that would also be subjective, based on if they stiffened up the body.

Take a look at the trunk from the rear and then this shot of a real cab, look at the trunk lines along the outside edge.

potent951turbo

Looks like a cutom job. The window and quarter panel don't look like a normal cab.

caster951

That most likely is a conversion. There is a plastic cap on the rear quarters on the factory cabs which were not made in 1986. Looks pretty good.

Luis de Prat

Chop top.

95Juan

if it works, goes fast and it's in good mechanical condition, i dont care if it started life as a geo metro, that thing looks great.

SeaCay

I've seen much worse jobs.

xsboost90

that one is 3" taller on the windshield and has the wrong windows to be a real cab- looks good though!

rickb20

I read an article a couple of years ago written by a guy that had one for sale online (with pictures). His was a custom color that he called pearl red I believe. It had a bit of a pink hue but looked beautiful. Like the white one referred to in this thread, that one also lacked the bumper caps.

He claimed that his car was produced by Porsche in 1985 (instead of ASC) and was a one of a kind. It looked really odd seeing a pinkish red metallic cabriolet with Fuchs.

Rich Sandor

That white one is a bodyshop-special, it's not factory!

Porsche DID make some 944 cabs in 1986, but they were factory prototypes, and never left Porsche. There have been some photos circulating that shows a grey coloured 944 convertible with fuchs wheels.

Raceboy

This is Bieber cabrio kit that is originalli made for 924 and 944 but easily can be adapted to 951, nothing really different here.
But, if I'd made this kind of conversion, I'd sourced a crashed or otherwise unusable S2 cab and convert the turbo to the "real" looking cab.
Note the rear quarters are higher and on original cab they're kind of bended lower. Plus the roof looks much better on original car.
But anyway, nicely done project and I love that interior

Rock

Thats definitly a chop up, but it looks like it was done nicely actually! I cannot say I am unimpressed

Luis de Prat

You're missing the point. Looks have nothing to do with the fact that a chop top conversion lacks the 120 lbs worth of reinforcement plates Porsche spent 2 years engineering to compensate for the lack of a roof in the cabrio version.

Chop tops are prone to body flex and scuttle shake. Always better to convert an actual cabrio.

Cory9584

It would be so much better off to put a turbo drivetrain in a cabrio