Description
*** Car has a new MOT until February 2027 ***
Highlights
• Subject to over £36, 000 expenditure during current ownership (since July 2020) including a partial top end and full bottom end rebuild
• Accompanied by a substantial history file, detailing the extent of work and servicing
• Five-speed manual gearbox
The History and Paperwork
• UK-supplied right-hand drive example
• Ten registered keepers
• Acquired by the vendor in July 2020
• A large number of invoices show the extent of past work and servicing
• V5C present
• Original book pack in good condition
• Collection of old MOT certificates
• 190, 000 miles indicated (however engine and body were extensively rebuilt at 185, 567 miles)
Details of rebuild below:
The Condition
• The blue body and paint look in handsome order for a car of this vintage. Nautic Blue Metallic- only produced for 1 year
• The 'teledial' alloys display a few marks but otherwise are in good shape
• Underneath, all appears sound and clean
• The interior is very original and well-preserved
• There’s some wear to the upholstery - the driver’s seat bolster is ripped although it remains eminently usable
• Besides a few marks, the carpets appear in good shape, as does the headlining
• The vendor demonstrates that the sunroof and pop-up headlamps are in working order
• The car has an original Porsche Club Sport steering wheel, which is desirable.
At 185, 567 miles:
• Repaired corrosion on nearside and offside, front and rear lower sills
• Prepared and painted nearside, offside, roof, bonnet and front and rear lower panel of the car
• New door mirror seals
• New boot motor and linkage and adjusted catches
• New Stabilus gas struts from Porsche
• Glass was rebonded to aluminium frame
• Boot hinges were re-painted
• New 4x Hankook tyres 195/ 65R15 - original size as specified by Porsche
The Mechanics
• 2. 5-litre NA four-cylinder petrol engine
• Five-speed manual gearbox
• Smart and original-looking engine compartment
• The vendor reports that the Porsche is in good driving order
• MOT until 23 February 2027
At 185, 567 miles:
• New Offside and nearside front brake callipers and hoses, new front pads and rotors
• New offside rear brake calliper, rebuilt nearside rear brake calliper. Renewed parking brake shoes
• Stripped down and removed steering rack/ front subframe to replace big end bearings
• Steering pump pulley and crank pulley stripped down
• Renewed worn oil pump drive gear, renewed oil pump compression o-ring, renewed thrust washer and oil pump seal (at crank)
• Installed new oil level sender in sump with new sump gaskets
• New camshaft front seal and O-ring
• New balance shaft belt, cam belt, guides and tensioners
• New auxiliary drive belts
• Installed K&N high-performance air filter, cleaned distributor cap and rotor, removed spark plugs to compression test cylinders Cyl 1=165, Cyl 2= 165, Cyl 3= 165, Cyl 4= 170
• Airflow meter internally adjusted
• New gapped spark plugs
• Pressure tested coolant system
• Coolant pump renewed
• Oil cooler housing gaskets renewed
• Flushed coolant system and oil system and replaced filters and fluids
• New Clutch master and slave cylinders and hydraulic clutch pipes and hoses installed
• Odometer internals rebuilt and new set of illumination bulbs installed
At 186, 193 miles
• Refurbished steering shaft installed
• New throttle body installed
At 186, 579 miles
• Head gasket replaced
• Engine block pressure tested and skimmed
• New cam belt, balance shaft belt
• New water pump and gasket, tensioners, rollers
• New thermostat
At 189, 032 miles
• New offside and nearside rear wheel bearings
• New power steering pump and belts
• New passenger side window motor
• New DME engine relayThis car has been extensively rebuilt 944 over the last 5, 000 miles.
The engine has been rebuilt, new sills welded in, car resprayed in the original Nautic Blue (used only for 1 year). Full details of rebuild and specs in description
