sjuliani

I posted this on the general discussion forum and they told me to post here.

I'm interested in getting what the owner says is a 1997 911 Cabrio Turbo S. however i didnt know that Porsche ever made a cabrio turbo s? the owner claims it was imported from germany by a private collector. Anyone have any info on the production numbers on these if any and the actual market value (realistic, i've seen some turbo s coupe being listed for 170K with no real bidders for over 2 years)

Parnelli

never did one in the U.S,

Dont know about ROW, but I would doubt it

ca993twin

I'm no expert, but I've never heard of a Turbo S Cab from the factory.

Basal Skull

seem to remember 993 turbo bodied cab from the factory was actually a 964 drive train with the 993 body. will see if I can find anything in Streather.

Basal Skull

According to Adrian Streather, there is no cab turbo 's' (or real 993 tt engined cabs) from the factory. There were 6 wide bodied speedsters (not turbo). There were 14 - 993 bodied cab turbo built in 1995 - but with the 964 turbo engine, apparently the cab 993 body is not stiff enough for the 993 twin turbo engine.

if the car you are looking at is a cab turbo from the factory it should have a 964 turbo engine, it should be easy to figure out when you open the engine lid - 964 is single turbo and has a single core intercooler.

Turbodan

didn't someone post a car here recently that looked like a turbo s cab but was not factory...car had a half cage if I recall and guy said it was a race car. Be careful as others have said a 993 turbo S cab has not been recorded in any of the literature I am familair with. If it is priced right and what you are looking for then go for it after ppi. but do not pay "S" money for it. you could post a link if you want our opinion...not many of us on here would want a 993 turbo cab, as we like the stiff roof and less weight. The 993 cabs were a different heavier chassis that was shared with the Targa.

ca993twin

Turbodan is referring to this car recently discussed on the 993 Forum by 993TurboCab:

911PERVY

No such beast as people above have said. 993 turbo cab was only in Ca in 95 and was the old 965 bits.

sjuliani

i see let me get the vin# of the car and run it by porsche. Some people were talking about the Special Wishes program? you guys know what that is all about?

911PERVY

They built the 993 turbo cabs for Ca. There wasnt an S though. I would sum these cars up as 993 cabs with a 965 engine in! I think they even had the 965 rear spoiler, not the melted cheese 993 turbo version. Were they even turbo body? The black one above isnt

911PERVY

Is this it;

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Porsc...item27caead5b3

pirahna

That car has been for sale forever, at least a year or two.

Basal Skull

Sounds like someone's spent a lot of money building it. The description is a little misleading since they've cut and pasted (probably) some Porsche literature. It's lighter than it should be so would be worried that it started out as a coup or older car with a 993 kit body (has gemballa roof/parts), sounds like a na engine that's had turbo conversion if you read between the lines. Forget about the special wishes claim. It looks like they've done a good job but not something most of us would be interested in...

mausone46

Porsche dind't build 993 Biturbo cabrio
but made for special wish of Porsche Zentrum Munich only 14 piece of 993 Turbo cab with 964 turbo specification
that'is all!!!!

ciao

DJF1

That is correct. Check this out:

http://www.sportauto.ee/porsche/911/...rbo/index.html

http://www.autosalon-singen.de/de/ar...454_0001_02_04

and this: http://www.supercars.net/Pics?viewPi...522&first=true