Chassis No. 9309800848
Engine No. 6890617
Transmission No. 7791736
Using lessons learned from motorsport, Porsche employed turbocharging for the first time on a serial road model with the Type 930. Introduced at the 1974 Paris Motor Show, the 911 Turbo featured a 3.0-liter flat-six engine fitted with a single turbocharger, flared fenders to accommodate wider wheels and tires, upgraded suspension, and a “whale tail” rear spoiler. Zero to 60 mph occurred in less than six seconds on the way to a 155 mph top speed—figures few other cars of the period could match.
While early 1975-1977 models were fitted with a 3.0-liter engine, significant upgrades arrived in 1978. The most substantial development was a gain in displacement to 3.3-liters and the addition of an air-to-air intercooler which yielded 265 horsepower at 5,550 rpm and 282 lb-ft of torque at 4,000 rpm in cars exported to the United States. Other changes included a redesigned rear spoiler and further uprated braking and suspension systems. Porsche claimed improved performance figures with a zero-to-60 mph time of 5.4 seconds, a 13.5-second quarter mile, and a 162-mph top speed.
This time-capsule U.S.-market example, finished in Silver Metallic over a Black leather interior, has covered just 772 miles from new—a figure so improbably low as to suggest it has spent the best part of five decades in careful, climate-controlled storage. Factory options include a limited-slip differential, driver and passenger sports seats, an electrically operated sliding sunroof, and an electrically adjustable passenger-side mirror. The interior, having been subjected to virtually no wear, retains its original leather upholstery and plastics in exceptional condition, while the factory-applied Silver Metallic presents with a luster that belies its nearly 50-year age. Mechanically, the car retains its original 3.3-liter turbocharged flat-six and four-speed transmission, confirmed by a copy of its Porsche-issued Certificate of Authenticity.
With its extraordinarily low mileage and wonderful originality, this 911 Turbo is surely among the most original survivors known to exist—even extending to the correct Pirelli P7 Cinturato tires—making it ideally suited for Preservation Group judging at PCA concours events, where originality of this caliber is exactly what judges reward.
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