jaa1

anyone seen this before??

goofballdeluxe

Yup. That was a pricey factory option. Rare.

mongrelcat

And with good reason.

gonzilla

Yeah. On my sticker it says:

CELLULAR PHONE-MARBLE CONSOLE $3134.00

The "marble" is marble grey. Amazing how much crappy cell technology cost back then.

goofballdeluxe

They might be good if you could gut it out and add a navigation screen if you were into that sorta thing. But I don't think you can.

It DOES look a little dated...

gonzilla

You can totally gut it. It's just a piece of wood or something that the phone is mounted to and there's not much behind it.

And that thing looks totally state of the art... sitting in a box in my attic. And before anyone asks, no, it stays with the car.

Paul K

AKA bat wing, correct?

goofballdeluxe

Known as the "Bat Phone".

Wow, over $3K for a little extra leather, stitching and wood backing. Porsche really knows how to print money.

MarinS4

I got a black leather one that I will be putting up for sale in the classifieds. Perfect for NAV etc. Very well made piece. The hand stitching is beautiful.

jaa1

gonzilla, marins4,

do you guys have the part #.., it would be interesting to see what the dealer is selling them for these days..

gonzilla

I agree. There's slightly more to it than that though. It's a whole new fiberglass center console underneath. Not that THAT makes it worth 3 large.

Unfortunately no I don't. It looks pretty "bespoke" to me. I'd venture to guess there AREN'T any lying around anywhere. That being said, I think that Yuji (Warpman) found one in a Porsche parts warehouse a number of years ago and snagged it up for $100 or something ridiculous like that. So you never know.

Coleman

damn.. throw a CB radio in that thing..

David in LA

Extra gauges and Beartracker/scanner

Falcondrivr

You guys are rookies.....beer tap.

ble2011

I like the idea of gutting it and converting it to Nav. Could look nice if done properly. I think the OEM look's like someone made it anyway.