1988 PORSCHE 930 S FACTORY "FLACHBAU" SLANTNOSE COUPE

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1988 PORSCHE 930 S TURBO FACTORY "FLACHBAU" SLANTNOSE COUPE

WE ARE VERY PROUD TO ADD ANOTHER MILESTONE "DREAMCAR" TO OUR MUSEUM COLLECTION .

DURING THE LATE EIGHTIES, HAND-IN-HAND WITH HAIRSPRAY AND ROW'S OF GOLD NECKLACES ACROSS YOUR HAIRY CHEST, WAS THE EPITOMY DREAM CAR , MUCH LIKE THE 935 PORSCHE FACTORY RACE CAR, "THE SLANTNOSE PORSCHE"... I HAD PURCHASED, A CAR LIKE THIS ONE BUT, IN "PLATINUM", 'NEW '...19 YEARS AGO. TO THIS DAY, MY FAMILY STILL TALKS ABOUT THIS GREAT CAR AS THEY ALWAYS REGRETTED SEEING IT TRADED ON A NEW SPEEDSTER WHEN IT WAS REVEALED IN 1989. SADLY, THAT CAR WAS A "M506 ROW" FACTORY SLANTNOSE , ONE OF THE 37 BUILT 'R.O.W.'... FOR THE "REST OF THE WORLD" (NON-USA). THIS CAR IS THE "DREAMCAR" REPLACEMENT...A FACTORY 911 TURBO OR '930S' M505 VERSION SPECIFICALLY MEANT FOR U.S. SHIPMENT ONLY. IT IS ONE OF 625 SLANTNOSES MADE BETWEEN 1987-1989* (BOTH COUPE & CABRIOLET), AND IS ONE OF THE LAST CHASSIS AS PORSCHE DECIDED TO DISCONTINUE THE 930 AS THE 'G-SERIES" PLATFORM REPLACED IT WITH THE 'NEW' "964" SERIES. STAT'S SHOW THEY ONLY BUILT "278" OF THESE CARS IN 1988* AND THIS WOULD BE THE SECOND YEAR OF THE U.S.A. VERSION.

OUR CAR IS FINISHED IN IT'S ORIGINAL "GRAN PRIX WHITE" PAINT WITH FULL BURGUNDY LEATHER. STANDARD EQUIPMENT FOR THIS CAR WOULD HAVE BEEN THE 3.3 TURBO CHARGED SIX-CYLINDER 'BOXER" MOTOR, FOUR SPEED TRANSMISSION (THE G-50 5-SPEED CAME IN 1989). THEY WERE EQUIPPED WITH THE 7 X 16" ALLOY 'FUCH' WHEELS, 205/50 VR 16 FRONT TIRES AND 245/45 VR 16 IN THE REAR. IT ALSO CARRIED AS 'STANDARD EQUIPMENT' : ANTI-THEFT DEVICE WHEELS, POWER WINDOWS, TINTED GLASS WITH GRADUATED FRONT WINDOW TINT, 2- STAGE REAR WINDOW HEATER, HEATED WINDOW SPRAY NOZZLES, WINDSHIELD ANTENNA, 'RENO" AM/FM/ CASSETTE RADIO W/ 4 SPEAKERS, PAINTED AND POLISHED WHEELS, LEATHER INTERIOR, LEATHER COVERED STEERING WHEEL W/ PORSCHE CLOISENNIE' BADGE, STABILIZER BARS FRONT/ REAR, BRAKE WEAR INDICATOR, AIR COOLING CHARGER, 1.0 BAR TURBO BOOST GAUGE, FRONT & REAR SPOILERS / AIR DAM, HEATED ELECTRIC MIRRORS BOTH SIDES, 88 AMP BATTERY, CENTRAL LOCKING, CLEAR FOGLAMPS, HEADLIGHT WASHERS, AUTO. HEATER CONTROL, REAR WINDOW WIPER, ELECTRIC HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT BOTH L/R SEATS, FACTORY ALARM SYSTEM AND FACTORY AIR CONDITIONING. OUR CAR HAS THE ADDITIONAL ' OPTIONAL' EQUIPMENT OF FULL LEATHER, ELECTRIC SUNROOF, RAISED HUB STEERING WHEEL, LIMITED SLIP DIFFERENTIAL, ELECTRIC SEATS LEFT/ RIGHT, POLISHED FUCH WHEELS, LARGER TURBO CHARGER AND, OF COURSE, THE FACTORY SLANTNOSE PACKAGE . AMAZINGLY THIS 'SLANTNOSE' PACKAGE COST BETWEEN $23,833 AND $29,500 OVER THE 3 YEAR PERIOD. WITH THIS OPTION YOU GOT AIR INLET DUCTS WITH CONNECTORS (WOOD SLATS- YES, WOOD! ) IN THE REAR FENDERS WITH A OIL COOLER BLOWER IN THE RIGHT REAR INLET, METAL 'CUSTOM' SLANTNOSE FENDERS (FLACHBAU" IN GERMAN) BUILT WITH ELECTRIC 'POP-UP' ROUND HEADLAMPS (NOT SQUARE AS SEEN ON AFTERMARKET VERSIONS) AND DIE-CUT FENDER LOUVERS (NOT WELDED-IN), LOWER FRONT VALANCE MADE OF FIBERGLASS, FLUSH MOUNTED DRIVING LIGHTS, AND LOWER VALANCE W/ OIL COOLER BUILT-IN, PLUS, BOXED ROCKERS. THE 'REAL' FACTORY VERSIONS HAD THE JACK SUPPORTS WELDED AND EXTENDED INSIDE THE ROCKERS (ALL THE WAY TO THE FRAME) AND CARRIED THE "M505" DESIGNATION ON A FACTORY 'BUILD SHEET' STICKER UNDER THE HOOD. SO FEW WERE BUILT THAT THEY ACTUALLY DEMAND A BIG PREMIUM OVER ANY OTHER MODEL AS THEY WERE, LITERALLY, "HAND MADE" IN THE WERKS 1 BODY FABRICATION BUILDING, ON THE FACTORY GROUNDS, UNDER THE HEADING "SONDERWUNSCHOPROGRAMM" ( SPECIAL ORDER PROGRAM). EACH "FLACHBAU", SOMETIMES INAPPROPRIATELY CALLED 'SLOPENOSE' UNIT, WAS HANDCRAFTED AND EACH WAS TOTALLY UNIQUE, THOUGH IT IS SAID; "YOU COULD HAVE ANY COLOR YOU WANTED AS LONG AS IT WAS....." : GUARDS RED, GRAN PRIX WHITE OR A-1 BLACK. CONVERSELY, THE EUROPEAN "506"VERSIONS WERE OFFERED IN ANY COLOR. THE TRUE SLANTNOSE VERSIONS ARE VERY RARE, HARD TO FIND 'REAL' AND CONSIDERED BY MOST TO BE ONE OF THE WORLDS GREATEST EXOTIC SPORTSCARS SINCE THEY WERE NOT ONLY 'COVETED' BUT, OFTEN COPIED AND 'CREATED' IN BOTH FIBERGLAS (BY DP IN GERMANY = DER PLASTIQUE) AND IN METAL BY OOLEY & BLACKBURN - USA).

THIS SERIES OF PORSCHE CARS MARKED THE FIRST TIME THE FACTORY - EVER MODIFIED CARS MADE AVAILABLE TO UNITED STATES CUSTOMERS THROUGH DEALERSHIPS AND THE P.C.N.A.

THIS CAR CARRIES ORIG., LOW MILES (3,400 PER YEAR) AND IS COMPLETE WITH FULL DOCUMENTATION FROM PORSCHE, , ALL SHOWROOM BROCHURES AND ALL THE BOOKS AND RECORDS. A "DREAM CAR" BY ANYONE'S STANDARDS. THE COVETED PORSCHE 930S 'SLANTNOSE' COUPE.

* www.930s.com CLAIMS 40-60 BUILT PER YEAR... (7)OF WHICH WERE TARGA'S. HOWEVER, MOST BOOKS AGREE 625 TOTAL PRODUCTION 1987-1989 FOR U.S.A. CONSUMPTION. SEE PETER MORGAN'S BOOK "ORIGINAL PORSCHE 911", "PORSCHE 911" BY PATRICK PATERNIE, & THE THE PCNA WEBSITE.

THE STORY:

1988 WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS A "A YEAR OF RECKONING" FROM THE FAST AND LOOSE TIMES OF THE MID-EIGHTIES. THE UNITED STATES BECAME THE LAND OF "THIRTY-SOMETHINGS" AS THE MEDIAN AGE OF AMERICAN CITIZENS BECAME THIRTY-ONE+ AND A RECORD 3.8 MILLION BIRTHS OCCURED IN 1988. TIMES WERE CHANGING: OVER 50 PERCENT OF ALL NEW MOTHERS WERE REMAINING IN THE WORK FORCE. ON THE HOME FRONT; MORE AMERICAN'S WERE ABANDONING THEIR FARMS (OR LOOSING THEM TO FORECLOSURE) AND THE COUNTRY'S FARM POPULATION WAS AT IT'S LOWEST POINT IN 125 YEARS. YET, STILL ANOTHER SIGN OF THE TIMES; PLAYBOY CLOSED IT'S LAST BUNNY "KEY CLUB" IN LANSING, MICHIGAN. PERHAPS, AN ANACHRONISM, AS HUGH HEFNER FELT, NOT ONLY THE EFFECT OF THE GROWING WOMENS RIGHTS MOVEMENT, BUT, THE MEESE COMMISSION'S WAR ON PORNOGRAPHY. WHEN HUSTLER MAGAZINE LOST IT'S BATTLE WITH JERRY FALWELL OVER PUBLISHING AN INSULTING PARODY, THE U.S. SUPREME COURT DECIDED THE LINE WAS DRAWN IN THE SAND RE: "FREE SPEECH". THEY AWARDED OVER $200,000 TO THE MORAL MAJORITY LEADER. RONALD REAGAN , HIGHLY REGARDED AS A TWO TERM PRESIDENT, DIVULGED THE FACT IN HIS BOOK, "FOR THE RECORD", THAT MOST OF HIS PRESIDENCY WAS BASED ON HIS WIFE'S INPUT AND THAT HE MADE MANY OF HIS DECISIONS, ON PUBLIC MOVES, BASED ON THE READING'S OF HIS WIFE'S ASTROLOGER! AT THE MOVIES: "RAIN MAN" MADE TOM CRUISE A MAJOR STAR AND JODIE FOSTER WON BEST ACTRESS FOR HER BETRAYAL OF A RAPED PATRON AT A SPORTS BAR IN "THE ACCUSED". YET, DESPITE ALL THAT TALENT, ONE OF THE MOST MEMORABLE MOVIES OF THAT YEAR WOULD BE "WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT?". CRANK UP THE RADIO AND REMEMBER THE TOP HITS OF 1988 BEING STEVE WINDWOOD SINGING "ROLL WITH IT", POISON AND "EVERY ROSE HAS IT'S THORN", GEORGE MICHAEL IN "ONE MORE TRY" AND GUNS AND ROSES WITH "SWEET CHILD OF MINE". YOU MIGHT ALSO REMEMBER GENERAL MANUAL NOREIGA BEING INDICTED IN MIAMI FOR ALLOWING DOPE DEALERS TO USE PANAMANIAN AIRSTRIPS TO MOVE DOPE, GEORGE BUSH (SR.) BEING ELECTED PRESIDENT BY NEARLY 7 MILLION VOTES OR, ONE OF THE FIRST TERRORIST ACTS: THE EXPLOSION BY LIBYAN EXTREMISTS OF A BOEING 747 OVER LOCKERBIE, SCOTLAND.... KILLING 270 PEOPLE. OR, IF GENITALIA WAS ON HAND, PERHAPS YOU REMEMBER "JOE CAMEL'S AMERICAN DEBUT AS THE MASCOT FOR CAMEL CIGARETTES' CAMEL LIGHTS. THERE WAS LITTLE DOUBT, THE CARTOON CHARACTER FACE CLEARLY RESEMBLED MALE GENITALIA, ALL THIS JUST IN TIME FOR A BAN ON SMOKING ON ALL AIRPLANE FLIGHTS (TWO HOURS OR LESS) IN THE U.S.A. TODAY, "JOE'S" A CULT COLLECTOR'S ITEM SEEN AT EVERY FLEA MARKET. ONCE AGAIN, THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY, ( ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD LUNG CANCER) GOT THE LAST LAUGH ON THE GULLIBLE AMERICAN PUBLIC. WHO COULD FORGET RUSHING HOME TO SEE YET ANOTHER EDITION OF "CHEERS", "THE COSBY SHOW" OR THE DESPICABLE QUEEN OF TRAILER TRASH; "ROSEANNE". YET, ONE MOVE BY PRES. REAGAN CHANGED MANY LIVES IN 1988. IN NOVEMBER18TH HE PASSED AN ANTI-DRUG BILL CALLING FOR THE DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG RELATED MURDERS AND A $10,000 FINE FOR EVEN SMALL AMOUNTS OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. HE APPOINTED A 'DRUG CZAR" TO OVERSEE HIS "WAR ON DRUGS" AND FOR THE FIRST TIME THE FED'S COULD SEIZE YOUR HOUSE, YOUR CARS AND EVERYTHING YOU OWNED UNDER THE HEADING OF "PURCHASED WITH DRUG PROFITS" : "FEDERAL DRUG SEIZURE" WAS A REALITY CHECK FOR MANY YOUNG AMERICANS' THAT "THE PARTIES OVER".

THE 1988 PORSCHE SHOWROOM BROCHURE (SEE BELOW) SAID IT BEST: "THE CLASSIC TAKEN TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE...THE PORSCHE 911 TURBO WITH SLANTNOSE OPTION". IT GOES ON TO STATE: "THE PORSCHE TYPE 935 RACE CAR WAS AN ULTRA-LIGHT 911 RACING TURBO READIED BY THE FACTORY FOR THE 1976 SEASON. THROUGH CAREFUL INTERPETATION OF THE GROUP 5 RULES PORSCHE'S RACING DEPARTMENT REALIZED THAT THEY WERE FREE TO SHAPE THE FRONT FENDER AS THEY PLEASED SO LONG AS THE BASIC SHAPE OF THE ORIGINAL BODYWORK WAS RETAINED. IN A MOMENT OF INSPIRED INSIGHT, THE PORSCHE PEOPLE REALIZED THEY COULD REDUCE AERODYANMIC DRAG BY CUTTING OFF THE TOPS OF THE HEADLIGHTS TO THE BUMPER REGION. THE FIRST 935 SO SHAPED CUT .04 SEC FROM THE LAP RECORD OF PAUL RICARD TRACK IN FRANCE AND HE WENT ON TO WIN THE 24 HOURS OF LEMANS. IN RECENT YEARS A UNIQUE BODY SHOP AT "WERK I" IN ZUFFENHAUSEN HAS MODIFIED SPECIAL CUSTOMERS 911 TURBO'S (KNOWN IN GERMANY AS TYPE 930) TO RESEMBLE THIS VERY SPECIAL RACING MODEL. FOR THE MODEL YEAR 1987 THE 935 LOOK WAS MADE AVAILABLE IN VERY LIMITED PRODUCTION FOR SALE IN THE UNITED STATES AS THE SLANT NOSE OPTION 911 TURBO. ...ALL DETAILS ARE PAINTSTAKEDLY HAND FORMED IN THE FINEST OLD WORLD TRADITION REMINESCENT OF THE FIRST 356 PORSCHES" .

OUR CAR IS ACCOMPANIED BY THE "PORSCHE CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY" VERIFYING IT'S BUILD TO INCLUDE. ORIGINAL MANUF. RETAIL PRICE OF $98,294 ; BUILT 12/21/87. ENGINE NUMBER 68J00782, TRANSMISSION # 1J00688 IN GRAN PRIX WHITE 'P5P5' AND BURGUNDY LEATHER 'LN'. SIGNED AND NOTARIZED BY PETER SCHWARZENBAUER, PRES. PCNA.

DESPITE THE FACT, WE ARE FERRARI LOVERS AT OUR HOUSE: IT IS SAID THAT: ENZO FERRARI HAD A DREAM BUT, IT WAS FERDINAND PORSCHE WHO CRUSHED IT BY FLATTENING HIS NOSE.