It seems the early 930s from 76 to 79 are under appreciated by the market at this point. These cars should be $150,000 to $200,000 not $100,000 to $125,000.. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
1979 Porsche 930, 9309800959, yellow with light red leather. Stunning and very rare color combination. Not sure of the production date but not late-enough 1979 for the adjustable sugar scoop headlight bezels and Nippondenso A/C compressor. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Nice example but some odd things about the car. I believe it should have snorkel headlight washers and with it being so close to the 85mph speedo transition, it would have been nice to see the VDO date stamp (extremely rare for anyone to do this simple 5-mintue task on BAT). It also has updated dash center A/C vents and Blaupunkt radio knobs that I thought happened about 100 chassis #’s later.
I believe 9309800720 to be the most correct 1979 MY North American Type 1 Porsche 930 I've seen to date on BaT. Not withstanding the rear hit, scattered paint readings, engine mods, and the strange black painted sugar scoops, this one ticked all the boxes in my book. I believe this '79 930 to be amongst the first if not the very first introduction of the flat tear drop headlight washers. . It has the correct; Tear Drop Headlight Washer Nozzles Sugar Scoops Center Dashboard Air Vent Correct Faced Left and Right Steering Column Stalks Correct style 150 MPH Speedometer Correct Inner Circle CR Radio Knobs Correct old style Seat Belt Receivers and Mounts Correct York A/C Compressor Nice example.
You might be right that this is the first chassis # with the flush headlight washers. Even more reason to think they may have refitted the wrong snorkel headlight washers to 9309800724 (also July 1979 VIN decal). 1979 Porsche 930 (...and 78's too!) Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Seems like a pretty nice example for BHCC. No affiliation. https://www.beverlyhillscarclub.com/1979-porsche-930-turbo-coupe-c-12574.htm
9309800724 was a very nice example of a 1979 930 when it appeared online between 2013-2016. However, sometime during that time the headlight washers were changed. I found this note in my records; "LATEST pictures (Hemmings, Gooding), February/March 2016, of 9309800724 show the Front Bumper with "Snorkel type" Headlight Washer Jets Without Base Gaskets. EARLIER pictures from late 2013 of this car at Indigo and Canapa show it with Flat "Tear-Drop type" Headlight Washer Jets which are appropriate to this VIN." I enlarged the photo of 9309800724 from Rich's previous post to show the incorrectly installed Washer Jets without their Base Gaskets. Image Unavailable, Please Login .
I had an error in my previous list as chassis #9309801171 is mocha brown/tan vs. silver/black. Chassis #, exterior color/interior color/notes 93098011xx, light blue metallic/blue (Feb 1980 Panorama) 93098011xx, black metallic/light red (1984 Robb Report) 9309801155, PTS ivory/brown 9309801156, PTS yellow/cork (12/79 VIN decal) 9309801157, PTS gulf blue (12/79 VIN decal, factory variable boost & gauge) 9309801158, PTS anthracite grey/black (turbo graphics, replaced speedo) 9309801161, sienna metallic/black 9309801163, silver, repainted guards red/black 9309801164, silver metallic/two-tone light red/black 9309801166, silver metallic/black 9309801169, silver metallic/black (80 miles) 9309801170, talbot yellow/black 9309801171, mocha brown/tan leather (replaced w/ 180mph speedo) 9309801172, black/tan 9309801173, anniversary color 9309801175, guards red/tan 9309801176, guards red/tan 9309801177, guards red/black (no sunroof) 9309801179, guards red/black (2200 miles on replaced 150 mph speedo) 9309801180, guards red/cork 9309801181, black/black 9309801185, black/black 9309801187, black/black (34 miles) 9309801189, black/black (black headliner) 9309801190, black/black 9309801194, black/tan 9309801195, black metallic/black 9309801196, anthracite grey/black 9309801197, black/tan (110 miles) 9309801198, black/tan 9309801199, black/tan 9309801200, black metallic/two-tone brown & tan Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
1979 930 Turbo, chassis #9309801157, Gulf Blue and black leather. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
. I apologize. In my previous post seen above, I neglected to credit Mang's former 9309800696 as the first "most correct 1979 MY North American Type 1 Porsche 930 I've seen to date on BaT. While 9309800720 was quite correct, I should have noted it as the 2nd most correct I viewed on BaT at the time. . 9309800696 is back on the market (no affiliation), https://www.pcarmarket.com/auction/1979-porsche-930-turbo-6/ . Note that Mang's former 9309800696 still has the correct earlier tall "Snorkel type" Headlight Washer Jets, while 9309800720 is likely the first 1979 North American VIN 930 to be delivered with the later flat "Tear-Drop type" Headlight Washer Jets. .
Too bad they didn’t spend a few bucks to verify the interior color. The missing brown dye around the vents looks like light red as well. Either way, lobster or light red with this exterior color is likely 1 of 1 for 930 production.
Replaced speedo (180 mph installed). Even if it had a 150 mph speedo, I would never trust a BAT Porsche without seeing the VDO date stamp...so many are dubious. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Agreed. Truly a problem with pre-1981 cars and especially Porsches. Caveat emptor! There is an exorbitant number of early 930's that were repainted, with rebuilt engines, and updated interiors that are being sold with 40,000 miles or less.
