touareg

How common are these? Anyone on here have one?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Porsche-968-...vip=true&rt=nc

jeff968

That is a great piece. I wish i grabbed it.

touareg

I got it and would be more than glad to share any info gleaned from it for your registry! I thought I read somewhere they were only sent to people who were invited to purchase the cars, since the Turbo S was made only to appease racing rules? Back of the knapkin math, 1.75 DM was worth 1 dollars back then, so a 20,000 DM deposit for the car would be $11,500 US in 1993, so nearly $19k today! List price was 87k US in 1993, so $143k, not too shabby

Still feel I paid too much, but I thought it was kinda rare!

jeff968

And they only produced 14 of them! (11 93s, 3 94s)

odurandina

I thought the DM/Dollar conversion translated to about $104 k back then (but i'm far from sure).

Joel8005

I have that same package but mine came with a letter from Dr. Porsche's desk. The letter was written to a few "select" customers prior to actual release date.

Jay Wellwood

Very nice!

rude944

Please please please post that here. You can have the original, but let us see what is in that!

Our replica car dreams are benefitted by the authenticity this can help generate in our aspirations.

touareg

Will do, that was my intention, to share with the group any extra info that might not be out there.

Will also put out a 968 CS brochure, but I assume those are more common.

rude944

Today, you are my hero.

biosurfer1

Great piece and I don't think you paid too much at all. The seller on the other hand, I'm not sure if "rare" brochures are a much better investment than the actual cars. 22 years holding onto it to sell it for $52?

jeff968

Easier to store. I'm still waiting for my 85 Dodge Aries K brochure to go through the roof!

touareg

I started a new thread, for both the Turbo S and the 968 CS brochure I got, ogle all you will.

I wonder if the Jurgen Barth signature is worth anything, too bad he didn't race any 968s.

Jürgen Barth at Le Mans[edit]
1971: Porsche 911 S − with René Mazzia (8th)
1972: Porsche 911 S − with Sylvain Garant and Michael Keyser (13th)
1973: Porsche Carrera RSR − with Georg Loos (10th)
1974: Porsche Carrera RSR − with Franz Pesch (not finished, engine failure)
1975: Porsche 908/03 − with Reinhold Jöst and Mario Casoni (4th)
1976: Porsche 936 Spider − with Reinhold Jöst and Mario Casoni (not finished, engine failure)
1977: Porsche 936/77 − with Jacky Ickx and Hurley Haywood (1st)[1]
1978: Porsche 936/78 − with Jacky Ickx And Bob Wollek (2nd)[2]
1979: Porsche 936 − with Jacky Ickx and Brian Redman (disqualified)
1980: Porsche 924 Carrera Turbo − with Manfred Schurti (6th)
1981: Porsche 924 Carrera GTP 944 LM − with Walter Röhrl (7th)
1982: Porsche 956 − with Hurley Haywood and Al Holbert (3rd)[3]
1993: Porsche Carrera RSR − with Joël Gouhier and Dominique Dupuy (15th)

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Barth