How recent is this photo? 2 GOO was featured in a number of 1980's Porsche books but I believe they were reprints of early UK press photos.
Porsche Centre Glasgow, 1977 930 Turbo Restoration Time-Lapse. This does appear to be a 3-liter 930 with a 3.3 liter tail. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RvN2h0sTCM
I'm not sure when the photo was taken. I saw it in a book that was published in 2002, but you are right, the picture could be a lot older. The time lapse restoration is interesting. I looked at Porsche Restoration Competition 2014 and looks like it now has the correct spoiler.
Good catch - it does look like they found a correct 3-liter spoiler (blue color). I wonder about 2 GOO’s fate. Being such a famous press demonstrator, I’m surprised it did not surface for the Turbo’s 40th anniversary.
The registration 2 GOO does not appear to be registered to a Porsche at present so if the car does still exist it would be under a different registration. I got to see Turbo No1 a couple of days ago but unfortunately it is fitted with a 1976 3.0 Turbo engine at the moment rather than it's original. Also there was the first RHD Turbo. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Tried to go after this one, thought I was acting quick, a day or two after it was advertised. But to late, sold for the full asking price! So back to the almost impossible search fo a nice unmolested 3.0 turbo. Anyone have any ideas?
Great photos thanks for posting. Could 2 GOO actually be 2 G, Zero Zero? Does the registration plate stay on a car in the UK indefinitely?
I tried 2 G00 as well as 2 GDD / 2 GDO / 2 GOD. The registration 2 GOO would be classed as a 'personal plate' and they can be swapped between cars.
Could this car be '2 GOO' which is now with a new registration? Gmund Cars - Porsche Specialist in Harrogate - 911 3.0 Turbo
2 GOO had a tartan-dress interior (vs. black leather of the Gmund car that sold). I've noticed before that the Gmund car has an engine number of #0159 - just one away from the chassis number of my '75 Turbo even though the Gmund chassis number is much earlier at #0054. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Few figures back from a dyno test of my 3.0. Stock car without any known change. except a k27 turbo vs 3LDZ. Final result after tuning : 290ch at 5487tr/mn. 393,4Nm at 4807. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Do we know the chassis number of 2 GOO? Is it 930 570 0015 the UK show car? Image Unavailable, Please Login
Chassis number 0015 is GLP 870N, preproduction RHD turbo (perforated brake discs, variable boost, no Euro bumper tail markers, and rear wiper on the right side) - recent photo in Guy’s #2731 post directly above. Ryan's site info from your post has both #0012 and #0015 listed but they are actually the same car - #0015 (Car Magazine's red Turbo was the British show car without the GLP 870N plate). I’ve never seen the chassis number listed for 2 GOO but it's probably a very late production 1975 model year since it appeared in late-75 British publications and was equipped with rear stone guards (shark fins) from the factory.
To be clear I believe there are two Paris show cars: 1973 Paris Motor Show - the silver Turbo mock-up (chassis #911 330 0157) 1974 Paris Motor Show - metallic green 1975 Turbo Is that correct?
GLP 870N is alive and well in the UK today with chassis number is 930 570 0012. In fact, it was just seen last weekend at the Porsche Classics at the Castle Hedingham. The red 930 on the cover of Car appears to be the same #0012 that appeared in Christophorus, WHEELS, and the PCGB advertisements. It would be strange to have two RHD red press cars both with tartan interior. Plus the cover of Car has the front plate stating "30 PORSCHE TURBO" that also appears on the WHEELS article of 0012/GLP 870N (which shows the red 930 both with the registration plate AND the "30 PORSCHE TURBO" in the same article). I'm curious, how did we arrive at the thought that Car magazine 930 was chassis number 930 570 0015? I don't have any other info on 0015 besides what was speculated in this thread and I'm wondering if we have more data on that chassis. Do we have photos of it at the British Motor Show?
Ryan great to know that GLP 870N is chassis number 9305700012. Chassis number 9305700015 came from my post sourced from John Starkeys 930 to 935 The Turbo Porsches (page 141). Starkeys book list 9305700014 and 9305700015 as the first two prototypes (Sep 27, 1974: Announced to the public and October 3-13: Paris Auto Show). Perhaps the chassis numbers in his book are in error and these were production (vs. prototype '75 930s). John Starkeys book is a must have for anyone interested in the history of the 930 and it lists all the chassis numbers (sourced from Jurgen Barth) and chassis # histories for the Turbo Carrera RSRs, 1976-1979 934s and 935s (almost all with "930" at the beginning of their chassis numbers). Image Unavailable, Please Login
This looks like a nice example, has anyone seen it in the flesh? Can someone with more knowledge than me point out any problems or issues? Many thanks. 1976 930 Turbo...Ice Green Metallic - Pelican Parts Technical BBS
The owner of GLP 870N confirmed to me last week that it was chassis number 12. This was the same car that was on the PCGB stand at the 1974 Motor Show in London. 2 GOO was I believe the AFN demonstrator, I don't know if this was perhaps chassis number 15 but I would have thought it would have been a very early one. The owner of GLP 870N reckoned the 1974 Paris Show car was #11.
It is interesting that chassis #0012 was a preproduction/prototype and like the Carrera RS 2.7, 1975 Turbo models available for normal sale did not start with #0011. The 930 homologation documents confirm that Porsche did start their 400 number count with 9305700001.
Tanya Tucker with her brand new 1977 Porsche Turbo Carrera she purchased near her farm in Ashland City, Tennessee. Tanya referred to the Porsche Turbo in an interview after she won a Cutting Horse Competition 2007 so perhaps she still has her 3-liter Turbo: "Being on a cutting horse is like driving a Porsche Turbo," Tanya said. "Being on top of all that horsepower is the most exciting experience. I love speed, and being in control of all that speed and agility is so incredibly empowering...once you ride a cutting horse it's hard to go back to anything else!" News : Headlines : Tanya Tucker Wins Cutting Horse Competition : Great American Country Image Unavailable, Please Login
