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1977 Porsche 911 Turbo Type 930

9307700268roadGermany
Engine
3.0L air-cooled flat-six, single turbocharger, Bosch K-Jetronic fuel injection, SOHC, 245 bhp
Colour
Copper brown metallic

A 1977 Porsche 911 Turbo (Type 930) finished in Copper Brown Metallic over tan leather, this first-generation example is powered by the 3.0-litre turbocharged flat-six mated to a four-speed manual gearbox. Showing just over 83,000 original kilometres, it has been in single ownership since 1996 and retains its original service booklet documenting continuous maintenance from new, along with its original manuals and spare wheel.

Ownership

  1. Auction sale
    Sold £140,000 (≈ $175K)

    RM Sotheby's catalogue lot →

  2. 1977 → 1996-03-29
    Previous owner (identity unstated)
    partial documentation

    Maintained the car on a routine basis throughout the period; service records documented from 1977 through mid-2016, suggesting possible overlap with or continuation by subsequent owner.

  3. 1996-03-29 →Private sale
    Current consignor
    full documentation

    Acquired with 78,000 km showing; dispatched the car to Porsche Zentrum Stuttgart for a full service shortly after purchase and drove approximately 5,000 km over roughly two decades of ownership.

Competition

No competition history extracted from the catalogue.

Maintenance & restoration

  1. 1996Service
    Porsche Zentrum Stuttgart

    Comprehensive service carried out shortly after the current owner's acquisition; an invoice for this work is retained in the car's documentation file.

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