Description
This rare Porsche 968 Sport is now for sale. It is wonderfully unmolested, and has not had the exciting, but wearing, track use that so many have. The Polar Silver paintwork shows off the design and shape particularly well, and in itself seems a rare colour for the marque. The driving experience is excellent, and reminds one of how good the cars of the era were, when handling was prized as opposed to pure horsepower. The simplicity of the cabin is a joy, and a reminder of the days when in a Porsche, less was more.
Rare Porsches are valuable assets, and the 968 Sport is a rare car. Think of the 993 Turbo S, with 345 built? If you could find one for sale, you’d be looking at at least a quarter of a million quid. 997 Sport classic with 250 built? Same story.
In between those two sought after unicorns, in terms of numbers produced, lies the Porsche 968 Sport, with just 306 leaving the factory. Of these only 278 seem to have been registered in the UK. And to add to the rarity, just heading for the UK market. Today, nearly 30 years after the brief 1994 to 1995 production window there are a remarkable 243 still registered, a sign of how well respected they are by a very small circle of Porsche cognoscenti.
As it stands this car is an ideal candidate to tuck away for the future, or to continue to improve to enjoy now. A very original example of the rare, UK only, 968 Sport in Polar Silver. Great history and MOT record, well looked after, very original and unmolested.
No track use - probably closest this has been to a 'ring is Angmering . . . where it lived for many years.
6 owners - long term ownership from 1999 to 2018 by South Coast Dentist, subsequent 2 owners both collectors. MOT to 18 May 2024
From 2007 to 2015 the MOT record shows steady use of around 2000 miles per year, and then just 1000 miles to early 2018 when a new custodian in Oxfordshire took over, adding the car to a collection of 1990’s rarities, correcting a list of minor issues and carrying out a service. The following year, 2019, saw some attention to the brakes by Hillcrest in Henley, but having moved house and inadvertently filled the new garages with a fresh collection, the car moved into the ownership of another collector, this time based in Hampshire. As the car was on the ramp in his garage at home when the enforced hiatus of 2020 came around, a number of small details were attended to, such as renewing the fixings for the front undertrays. The car was also sent to GTR Motorsport in Andover for a freshening of some paintwork, replacement of failing spoiler fixings and a retrim of the driver’s seat in the correct Porsche material. The climate control panel was also replaced at this stage.
Service History
16 Delivered 30/ 5/ 94 service HR Owen St Albans
2500 11/ 7/ 94 service HR Owen St Albans
14471 21/ 11/ 94 service HR Owen St Albans
24135 30/ 5/ 95 service HR Owen St Albans
35601 11/ 9/ 95 service HR Owen St Albans
42899 25/ 10/ 96 service Lancaster Porsche Colchester
47543 21/ 8/ 97 cam & balance belt Merlin Porsche Nottingham
49019 28/ 10/ 97 service Merlin Porsche Nottingham
58260 12/ 2/ 99 service Northway Porsche
59807 21/ 6/ 99 service 12000 mile, brake fluid and coolant change Rivervale Brighton
67580 11/ 6/ 01 service 24000 mile, brake fluid and coolant change Rivervale Brighton
72882 10/ 10/ 02 service Rivervale Brighton
77167 18/ 05/ 04 service 12000 mile, brake fluid and coolant change Porsche Centre Mid-Sussex
85014 30/ 5/ 07 service 12000 mile Porsche Centre Mid-Sussex
85014 11/ 06/ 07 Replace 2 x camshaft, 2 x balance shaft, cam & balance
belts, variocam unit & chain. Brake fluid and coolant
change £3867. 52 Porsche Centre Mid-Sussex
100559 24/ 7/ 14 service oil/ plugs/ filters Mike Hammond Motors Littlehampton
101840 21/ 8/ 15 Replace oil pressure sender Mike Hammond Motors Littlehampton
Littlehampton
102806 14/ 4/ 18 oil service, brake fluid change, clutch pipe replacement Hillcrest Henley-on-Thames
11/ 10/ 19 Rear pads/ discs, rear caliper refresh, new brake master cylinder, new starter motor £1917. 95 Hillcrest Henley-on-Thames
Last Service was 500 miles ago in 2018, so a new owner can choose to have that done by their favoured garage if required. Currently on the long term 'to do' list are an intermittent rattle from a heat shield, LCD clock display and central door locking.
