944 Turbo at auction

[kingston12]

I was interested to see this come up for auction after following the build when it was done:

https://www.silverstoneauctions.com/1991-porsche-9...

I have coveted the idea of a decent 944 Turbo for ages, but after missing out on them at £6k and then seeing the prices balloon, I went cold on the idea.

I doubt I'll go for this one either, but it certainly looks like a pretty perfect example.

Edited by kingston12 on Wednesday 14th February 15:07

[kingston12]

blade7 said:

400 hours to paint it was it done by a 90 year old and his dad? Pity they couldn't mask off the chassis number straight. If I was spending £20-30k on a car to actually drive my money would go on a 997 C4S or modified TT-RS.

I didn't understand the 400 hours part either - I know this was done as a showpiece, but how can it possibly take that long? At normal bodyshop rates that alone would have cost more than the guide price of the car!

I also didn't quite understand why the current owner had to spend another £7k to get it up to scratch if it had just recently won a restoration prize against other cars that had also been through a no-expense-spared restore by OPCs.

Still, I assume that it has to be one of the best there is, and I have seen lesser examples sell for over £20k. That still doesn't make it a good investment if 944 Turbo prices have gone as far as they are going to go.