RajDatta

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Porsche-968-...US_Cars_Trucks

Description:
THIS CAR WAS PART OF THE LIOYD HAWKINS COLLECTION, A WELL-KNOWN DRIVER AND PORSCHE ENTHUASIST, WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BUILD THAT WAS EXECUTED BY Rennsport PORSCHE IN LOUSIANA. The Porsche 968 was the final evolution of the four cylinder, front-engine cars that began with the 924. Introduced in 1992, the new Porsche was powered by a three Liter version of the 944 engine further refined through the use of VarioCam variable valve timing, a dual-mass flywheel and upgraded engine management. The new model be

Very little information on the conversion. I feel good knowing my car has many more factory turbo S parts

p5th

Saw it this morning. By the way,been meaning to ask you for a tiny favor............can I borrow $120,000?

p5th

What head is that? Looks like a stock 951,maybe I'm wrong.

docmirror

Well, sorry to **** in the punchbowl, but if this didn't come out of Zuffhousen with all these bits I'm not interested at even half that price. After it leaves the factory, one can glom on as much stuff as they want, it's still not a Porsche 968 Turbo S.

docmirror

Exactly! Who knows cause it's not a Porsche anymore, it's a one-off homologation of bits left over from previous generations. Not that it won't go fast as stink, but I can go fast as stink for ~$40k pretty easy.

jeff968

It was factory born as a base 968 coupe without any options other than partial leather. It was one of the last 94s, #712 of 718.

Nice looking car.

docmirror

So, I have to pay $120k for a base 968 that a shop in the US thrashed at for a year.

fuggedaboudit

biosurfer1

How much would it cost to convert an existing car to these specs? I would think $15k buys a very nice 968, then you have $105,000 to spend converting

RajDatta

If this car has some of the original parts, then thats worth some serious $$. Most of the parts are NLA, which makes it almost impossible to build one with factory correct parts now. They have not shared much details as to what is factory and what is not. Looks like a decent conversion. I would atleast have thrown a turbo S splitter to make it look right.

BTW $15k does not buy a nice 968 with such low miles. Car itself has to be worth close to $25k.

travisgreen

I was going to say the same thing, a car with under 15k miles, I wouldn't be surprised if a base model went for over 25k in that condition

Thom

Without even considering the asking price, the main let down on this car for me would be the sunroof. It doesn't belong to such a car.

Otherwise I quite like it.

MGW-Fla

After the 1st sentence, they only tell you about 968s in general. The lack of specifics would either mean they don't know, don't want you to know, figure you should already know, or are lazy perhaps thinking it will sell without any details of the build based upon the name of the original owner.

Only the hood & wheels indicate any thing different from a stock 968 externally. And without any info on the engine, you'd have to really want it to spend anywhere near their asking price. Perhaps double the already mentioned $25k if it were stock value, might be max they could hope for. Unless it being part of a known PO's collection adds any value. Looks very nice though.

PorscheDude1

The factory 968 turbos used an 8v head.

RajDatta

Thom, all North American cars came spec'ed with sunroof, pwr windows and a few other options. Jeff would be able to elaborate.

jeff968

True, that said, there a a handful of North American 968s with a sunroof delete. I know of 2 of them but I have to go through all 2,234 in my database to see if there are any others.