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1988 PORSCHE 930 'SLANTNOSE' RUF CABRIOLET

THIS ULTRA-RARE CLASSIC IS 'ONE OF TWO' RUF TURBO FACTORY 'SLANTNOSE' CABRIOLET PORSCHE'S BUILT IN 1988. IT IS COMPLETE WITH THE PORSCHE CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION AND ALL OF IT'S ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT INCLUDING THE ORIGINAL FACTORY SLANTNOSE OPTION. ACCORDING TO THE PORSCHE CLUB IT IS ONE OF 305 FACTORY SLANTNOSE CAB'S INCLUDING EUROPEAN AND U.S. PRODUCTION! THE FACTORY M.S.R.P. WAS $117,350 BEFORE IT WAS DELIVERED TO THE RUF WERKS SHOP. WHERE IT THEN HAD ANOTHER $24,900 SPENT ON PERFORMANCE & VISERAL MODIFICATIONS. IT CARRIED THE M505 'FLACHBAU' SLANTNOSE OPTION WHICH RAN BETWEEN $24,000 AND $29,000. IT ALSO RECVD. POWER LUMBAR SEATS, LIMITED SLIP DIFFERENTIAL, POWER OPERATED SOFT TOP, AM/FM/ RADIO AND MORE. RUF ADDED THE ROLLBAR, TURBO BOOST CONTROL, DUAL 4-PIPE EXHAUST, TURBO UPGRADE, RUF BADGING, 17 X 8" AND 17 X 10" CHROME WHEELS, RUF FRONT AIRDAM AND MORE. FINISHED IN 'GRANPRIX WHITE' THIS CAR HAS THE PARTIAL LEATHER BLACK BUCKET SEATS. IT WAS KEPT IN A CLIMATE CONTROLLED GARAGE ALL IT'S LIFE AND HAS ONLY SEEN 2,010 MILES PER YEAR. ACCOMPANIED BY IT'S RECORDS, RECENT SERVICE TO INCLUDE NEW FUEL HEAD, FULL TUNE-UP, NEW GASKETS, INTERCOOLER RESTO. AND MORE.  IT EVEN HAS DOCUMENTATION: INCLUDING THE PORSCHE CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY TO PROVE IT'S LINEAGE. 'STIMULUS' PRICED FOR RARITY, RUF HISTORY AND UNIQUENESS AT $69,000

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-SOMETHING'S" AS THE MEDIAN AGE OF AMERICAN CITIZENS BECAME THIRTY-ONE+ AND A RECORD 3.8 MILLION BIRTHS OCCURRED 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 WOMEN'S 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 WINWOOD 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 NOW 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".

THERE ARE FEW CARS THAT CONJURE UP WETDREAMS LIKE THE SLANTNOSE PORSCHE. EVERY KID IN AMERICA HAD A POSTER OF THE LAMBORGHINI COUNTCAH OR 930 PORSCHE SLANTNOSE ON HIS WALL IN THE MID EIGHTIES. IT WAS 'THE CONSUMATE 'DREAMCAR'. PRODUCTION OF THIS UNIQUE CAR FOR THE USA FOLLOWED THE 935 PORSCHE RACE CARS AND THE EUROPEAN "ROW" (REST-OF-WORLD) SLANTNOSE PORSCHES BUILT STARTING IN 1981- 1986 BY PORSCHES 'SPECIAL WISH PROGRAM' CALLED "SONDERWUNSCH". YOU COULD SPECIAL ORDER ANY TURBO SLANTNOSE BODY (TARGA-COUPE OR CAB) WITH A FRONT CLIP MODIFICATION FOR A MEASLY $24,000 TO $29,000, DEPENDING ON WHAT YEAR YOU ARE SPEAKING OF. IT COMPRIZED OF THE "FLAT PROFILE" (FLACHBAU) NOSE WITH FLIP-UP HEADLIGHTS, WASHBOARD LOUVERS ON THE HOOD, 935 WIDEBACK WHEEL ARCHES (BORROWED FROM THE TURBO-BODIED RACE CAR), GRILLED RECTANGULAR AIR SCOOPS ON EACH SIDE AND EXTENDED ROCKER PANELS. BASICALLY IT WAS PORSCHES OWN IN-HOUSE CUSTOMIZING OPERATION. THIS YEAR, 1988, WAS CONSIDERED SPECIAL BECAUSE IT WAS PORSCHE'S 25TH ANNIVERSARY SO, THEY EVEN ISSUED AN 'ANNIVERSARY EDITION' PORSCHE TO COMMEMORATE PRODUCTION FROM 1963 (THE YEAR OF THEIR FRANKFURT PREMIER, 1963) TO PRESENT. ONCE YOU DECIDE YOU HAVE TO HAVE ONE OF THESE- FINDING A REAL ONE' IS A CHORE. THEY WERE SO POPULAR, MANY FAKES WERE CREATED IN FIBERGLASS AND EVEN METAL. IT ALMOST TAKES AN EXPERT TO FERET OUT THE HALLMARKS OF THE REAL "FLACHBAU" PORSCHES AGAINST THE RECREATIONS. START BY ASKING FOR THE "PORSCHE AUTHENTICATION CERTIFICATE". IT WON'T BE ISSUED ON STANDARD BODY CARS WITH MENTION OF 'SLANTNOSE "BODY MODIFICATION". SOONER OR LATER SOMEONE WILL PRINT THESE BUT, THE ORIGINAL IS SGNED BY PORSCHE'S PRESIDENT AND NOTARIZED AT THE BOTTOM. THE TUE COLLECTIBILITY OF THESE GREAT OLD CARS RELIES ON LIMITED PRODUCTION AND WITH THIS CAR, THERE'S NO QUESTION OF IT'S RARITY.