1988 Porsche 930 Coupe

Time for something that’s a bit rare, but doesn’t necessarily seem like it. As I have said in the past, I’ve noticed that dark blues, especially of the non-metallic variety, seem pretty uncommon on late-80s 911s. I rarely see them, even though the color itself seems common enough in general that I feel like I should see more of them. Why that might be, I’m not sure, but I’d guess it just comes down to the popularity of certain colors at certain periods of time, kind of similar to how we don’t see Guards Red nearly as often once we reach the ’90s and later. Here we have one such beast, a 1988 Porsche 930 Coupe, located in Dallas, with 69,217 miles on it, and that the color is worn by a 930 makes it all the more special. We aren’t told the specific names of the exterior and interior colors, but given what was available at the time my guess is that this 930 sports a fairly ubiquitous sounding Dark Blue (Dunkelblau) exterior and a Linen interior. Assuming those colors can be verified as original that will make it a fairly rare thing amongst 930s.

CLICK FOR DETAILS: 1988 Porsche 930 Coupe on eBay

Year: 1988
Model: 911 Turbo
Engine: 3.3 liter turbocharged flat-6
Transmission: 4-speed manual
Mileage: 69,217 mi
Price: Reserve Auction ($129,000 Buy It Now)

Phenomenal, 1988 Porsche Turbo – only 69,217 miles and in Spectacular Condition!
This 3.3L (300 hp) 4-speed manual coupe looks almost new! While being driven only about 2,500 miles per year for the last 27 years, this car has been extremely well cared for, plus the car has been fully vetted by Manhattan Motorsports no more than 300 miles back. At 69,151 miles the car had over $26,513 of work performed by, plus approximately $4,000 of parts supplied by the owner were installed for a total of over $30k of improvements. Included was:

· Complete engine rebuild, including head rebuild, all new bearings, gaskets and belts.

· Transmission inspection

· Brake job

· New Tires

The car includes full power equipment – windows, locks, mirrors and sunroof. Drive and passenger lumbar seating, alarm system, limited slip differential, forged Fuchs allow wheels, and Blaupunkt cassette player and radio.

The pictures don’t do this car justice. The car looks even better in person that our photos. Some paint touch-ups on the hood from previous rock chips, are visible but otherwise the original paint and the body are nearly perfect. The interior looks like that of a one year old car, not a 27 year old car.

We encourage inspections of this fine car. Call Fred at 214-704-0200 with questions.6

While 930s aren’t anything close to cheap these days (and this one certainly isn’t priced as such) the ’88 MY can sometimes come in as a nice value given that it’s the most modern and refined example prior to the one-year-only 5-speed manual-transmission equipped 930 for 1989. It is between those two years that we see the biggest jump, though admittedly there is good reason for that. Anyway, back to this 930: it’s a great looking color combination and the stark contrast between exterior and interior really allows for both to showcase their best features. Its basic appearance aside we then step into a few areas of uncertainly. As noted above, we do need to verify the originality of these colors if this 930 ever stands a chance at a six-figure price. It has also had a good deal of recent work completed and ideally those receipts will be available, but we have little background on its remaining history. The full engine rebuild seems early for the mileage, if not the age, so an assessment of its early history might help us understand its level of care. That the interior and exterior are said to be original suggests it hasn’t been abused, but confirmation goes a long way. Much of this helps explain why I’m not entirely surprised that bidding remains quite low on this 930, which has seen a single bid at the $50K opening. It certainly won’t sell at that price, nor do I expect it to sell at its $129K ask. Where it sells will depend on its level of documentation, but at the end of the day fans of dark blue in search of a 930 would probably find it worthwhile to at least do some digging. There certainly don’t appear to be many of these out there.

-Rob