Whaaaaaa?....get off my fender! Guy is pretty casual sittin there, hope he doesn't have rivets on those jeans!
Regularly checking the market, I found this on offer in Germany: Porsche 911 930 Turbo als Sportwagen/Coupé in Rheinbach Same Speedo, but seller claims its a 77!?
Interesting - I believe Porsche equipped Japanese market 930s with these unusual speedometers from 1976 to 1979.
Autosports 10 July 1975 issue had a road impression test of the '75 930 - S-CH 8158. The issue's cover featured Niki Laudas Ferrari 312T and also included a Pirelli CN36 ad starring the 1975 Carrera 2.7 (vs. the new 930). Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
A few additional scans (in addition to Joe’s post #188 and #192) from the January 1976 issue of Car Magazine. The issue featured “2 GOO”, a Porsche Cars Great Britain RHD ’75 Turbo demonstrator for the supercars face-to-face test. There were no Porsche 930 sales advertisements in the issue but there was a nice Ferrari Boxer and Porsche 911 ad included. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
A nice attribute for 1975 930s collector plates and no U.S. emissions testing required Image Unavailable, Please Login
35mm Kodachrome slide of my 1975 Porsche 930 Turbo taken in June 1975 at the Colorado Alpine Porsche club event. Already registered with Colorado license plates (1976 Colorado Centennial plates were issued in 1975) and CB antenna installed. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Here's another 35mm slide scan of my 930 at the same event in 1975... Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aByBH22I8x8]magnus walker drives his 76 turbo carrera over 6 th street bridge in DTLA - YouTube[/ame]
Looks correct to me... there's some reflection from the red shirt. Note the "Eagle County Sheriff" plaque on the plate.
I really have to take a moment to thank you for the value & wealth of information you have brought to this thread. Thank you! Perhaps only you can help with the following: 1. Can you do a compilation of all the test plates (such as S-CD 1337 as noted above) as we have seen photographed as used on all the 1974 & 1975 press/pre-production/early cars? Might be cool way to archive all those cars and later on match them up with chassis numbers as that info becomes available. 2. Can you confirm how many 930s were produced in 1975? Thanks in advance!
My pleasure Joe - I have only seen the same early ’75 930 plates that are posted on this thread: Preproduction S-AZ 3030 – Black with RSR front spoiler and oil cooler S-CD 1337 – Green S-CH 8158 – Gold S-CE 1919 – Black (Karajan) – this may not be a preproduction 930 John Starkey’s, “930 to 935, The Turbo Porsches”, has an appendix with an excellent compilation of 934/935 chassis numbers (very cool that most start with 930) that was sourced by Jurgen Barth. There’s not much on production 930 chassis numbers except mention of the Paris and British motor show (Sep/Oct 74) 930’s that were preproduction cars with chassis numbers 9305700014 and 9305700015. If this is the case, then Car Magazine’s Dec ’74 red RHD 930 with plate GLP 870N was probably a preproduction car (perhaps 9305700015). All the preproduction ’75 930’s probably had Carrera RSR brake calipers and perforated discs. 1975 preproduction 930’s ran through 9305700015, so total “production” would have been 269 (9305700016 to 9305700284).
I forgot to list this preproduction 930 that appeared in factory press literature. Although a black and white photo, it appears to be painted silver metallic but is not S-CH 8158 as it has a sunroof. This '75 930 is optioned the same as mine - non-optioned air conditioning and optional sunroof. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Here is another 1975 930 that appeared in press literature, it has a red interior and matching red Fuchs wheel-centers! You just about make out a plate of S-CL 9XXX. Very cool. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Factory Press images for the incoming 2014 Turbo feature Ferry Porsche's 3.0 930! Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Nice color combination; love the red anodized Fuchs. This is not a 1975 930 based on the power flag mirror but is interesting as it doesnt have the rear fender gravel guards (shark fins). The timeframe for when Porsche introduced 930 gravel guards is an interesting question as factory photos and vintage magazine road tests Ive seen that depict 75 930s without them were all preproduction cars. The RHD 1975 930 2 GOO had gravel guards and it was not a preproduction car so perhaps production 75s had gravel guards unless they had the optional Porsche script on the doors (like the Road Scholars 75 #242 - your post #1494).
My 930 was in good company this day a 911 RSR rounding the same corner and later out of commission. The racing harness eyebolts behind my drivers seat were probably installed by this 1975 event. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
