930 Turbo LE

[Lost soul]

A good friend of mine who I worked for in 1991 had an original 1989 911 turbo SSE cab was an original factory flat nose he paid £124,000 for her , sold for £46,000 !!!

what would she be worth today then ..............

[fredt]

Mmm tempted to get my turbo out of hibernation now!

Lots of cash for an old turbo that, but I suppose if pristine and low mileage is your thing and it has to be a LE

2yrs ago (just after I bought mine so couldn't bid grrr) an LE on ebay made just 26k, it had some history but looked a good car.

For that sort of budget there must be better options.

Mental

[g7jhp]

coyft said:

I used to own one back in 1991, just dug out some pictures of it. Rather fetching with can can red leather interior! I bought it for £46k, the previous owner paid £170k, a year earlier. Ouch.

Lost soul said:

A good friend of mine who I worked for in 1991 had an original 1989 911 turbo SSE cab was an original factory flat nose he paid £124,000 for her , sold for £46,000 !!!

what would she be worth today then ..............

Sure there are a few people thinking about buying low mileage, limited edition 911's. As the two examples above show it's likely to end badly for speculators at some point.

Go out and drive them and see if you enjoy driving an Impact Bumper, they may be too agricultural for you.

Then if you do find a good one and forget about the investment and if you're lucky you may get free motoring or make a small profit.

[Lost soul]

g7jhp said:

Sure there are a few people thinking about buying low mileage, limited edition 911's. As the two examples above show it's likely to end badly for speculators at some point.

Go out and drive them and see if you enjoy driving an Impact Bumper, they may be too agricultural for you.

Then if you do find a good one and forget about the investment and if you're lucky you may get free motoring or make a small profit.

I did a fair few 1000 miles driving the SSE and it was a tremendous car to drive but that was back then , I do wonder what I would make of the old girl today

[monthefish]

Lost soul said:

A good friend of mine who I worked for in 1991 had an original 1989 911 turbo SSE cab was an original factory flat nose he paid £124,000 for her , sold for £46,000 !!!

what would she be worth today then ..............

The SE wasn't a limited edition, and its looks weren't universally appreciated so I don't know how prices compares with the LE.

I prefer the LE in almost all respects, although the SE had nicer sills... ( )

[Lost soul]

monthefish said:

Lost soul said:

A good friend of mine who I worked for in 1991 had an original 1989 911 turbo SSE cab was an original factory flat nose he paid £124,000 for her , sold for £46,000 !!!

what would she be worth today then ..............

The SE wasn't a limited edition, and its looks weren't universally appreciated so I don't know how prices compares with the LE.

I prefer the LE in almost all respects, although the SE had nicer sills... ( )

This one was a factory flat nose , at the time I preferred that but now I would go for the traditional frog eye look

[mudy]

Do drive it first - very different from an na 32 - I wasn't looking for one and went to look at a black 32 targa at £11,000. Next to it was a white 930 coupe for twice the price. I'd always lusted after a 32 and never really thought about the 911 turbo, but one look and then a test drive and I had to have it - 4 years later and I still do.
They look amazing, cost more to run than a carrera, and have a very on/off acceleration, but when that turbo spools up they are a lot of fun and handle beautifully when well set up - very planted.
Buy the absolute best you can afford - if you buy one for £25-30, you'll easily spend that again sorting it out, and while that can be fun if you have the money, you may as well just spend £50-60,000 in the first place.
PM me if you want to chat about what it's like to own one of these icons

[squirejo]

http://www.thehairpincompany.co.uk/car-Porsche-911...

Was recently sold for substantially less than the Hexagon car. That doesn't make it wrong, just different but I'd certainly have a chat with Hairpin about that car

[rubystone]

Lost soul said:

This one was a factory flat nose , at the time I preferred that but now I would go for the traditional frog eye look

It must've been a turbo then? The SSE was a standard 3.2 with turbo everything other than engine. No production flat noses were built but no doubt Special Wishes will have delivered a few in exchange for suitcases full of Deutschemarks

[monthefish]

squirejo said:

http://www.thehairpincompany.co.uk/car-Porsche-911...

Was recently sold for substantially less than the Hexagon car. That doesn't make it wrong, just different but I'd certainly have a chat with Hairpin about that car

That one has the sills of the SE, but the front lights of the LE.
Is that a 'bitsa'?

[Lost soul]

rubystone said:

Lost soul said:

This one was a factory flat nose , at the time I preferred that but now I would go for the traditional frog eye look

It must've been a turbo then? The SSE was a standard 3.2 with turbo everything other than engine. No production flat noses were built but no doubt Special Wishes will have delivered a few in exchange for suitcases full of Deutschemarks

sure it was a Turbo , they made 7 RHD turbo flat noses according to Paul Frere

[rubystone]

Lost soul said:

sure it was a Turbo , they made 7 RHD turbo flat noses according to Paul Frere

It wasn't named the SSE - which is the term you used. There are more then 7 RHD factory slant noses in existence. I actually prefer the non slant LE...much more of a 934 look about it than the 935 that the slant apes.

[tali1]

monthefish said:

Lost soul said:

A good friend of mine who I worked for in 1991 had an original 1989 911 turbo SSE cab was an original factory flat nose he paid £124,000 for her , sold for £46,000 !!!

what would she be worth today then ..............

The SE wasn't a limited edition, and its looks weren't universally appreciated so I don't know how prices compares with the LE.

I prefer the LE in almost all respects, although the SE had nicer sills... ( )

SE and LE were both only 50rhd cars

£124,000 - was that brand new (as they were only 74k )?

rubystone said:

Lost soul said:

sure it was a Turbo , they made 7 RHD turbo flat noses according to Paul Frere

It wasn't named the SSE - which is the term you used. There are more then 7 RHD factory slant noses in existence. I actually prefer the non slant LE...much more of a 934 look about it than the 935 that the slant apes.

Yeh, Turbo SE -and 50 rhd
SSE was standard 911 with Turbo look

[monthefish]

tali1 said:

monthefish said:

Lost soul said:

A good friend of mine who I worked for in 1991 had an original 1989 911 turbo SSE cab was an original factory flat nose he paid £124,000 for her , sold for £46,000 !!!

what would she be worth today then ..............

The SE wasn't a limited edition, and its looks weren't universally appreciated so I don't know how prices compares with the LE.

I prefer the LE in almost all respects, although the SE had nicer sills... ( )

SE and LE were both only 50rhd cars

According to Total911, SE wasn't a limited edition and they would make as many as were required to satisfy demand. If that happened to be 50 in the UK (was it?), it doesn't make it a limited edition.

[Lost soul]

rubystone said:

Lost soul said:

sure it was a Turbo , they made 7 RHD turbo flat noses according to Paul Frere

It wasn't named the SSE - which is the term you used. There are more then 7 RHD factory slant noses in existence. I actually prefer the non slant LE...much more of a 934 look about it than the 935 that the slant apes.

so you are saying Paul Frere is wrong

[tali1]

Lost soul said:

rubystone said:

Lost soul said:

sure it was a Turbo , they made 7 RHD turbo flat noses according to Paul Frere

It wasn't named the SSE - which is the term you used. There are more then 7 RHD factory slant noses in existence. I actually prefer the non slant LE...much more of a 934 look about it than the 935 that the slant apes.

so you are saying Paul Frere is wrong

With those low numbers he is using the Cabriolet figures- hence the confusion.

[Rednose330]

Between 1986 /89 porsche special orders built 40 Rhd SE s
all taken from the 3.3 production line
30 coupes
1 targa
9 cabrios [ maybe 10]

all the above had engines upgraded to 330bhp
3 only to 350bhp
front mounted oil cooler
special exhaust with 4 narrow outlets
Body kit with slope front /side sills/rear wing air vents
interior modified with much extra leather but lots were individual

Before 1986 there were several ' prototypes with headlights in front spoiler, unfortunately illegal in most Eu countries

[tali1]

Some say 39 coupe and 2 targa?

[Lost soul]

tali1 said:

Lost soul said:

rubystone said:

Lost soul said:

sure it was a Turbo , they made 7 RHD turbo flat noses according to Paul Frere

It wasn't named the SSE - which is the term you used. There are more then 7 RHD factory slant noses in existence. I actually prefer the non slant LE...much more of a 934 look about it than the 935 that the slant apes.

so you are saying Paul Frere is wrong

With those low numbers he is using the Cabriolet figures- hence the confusion.

Yes it was a cab , it was also an SSE

[rubystone]

Lost soul said:

so you are saying Paul Frere is wrong

You'd have to read my postings again to see why both Paul and I are correct