One to Buy: Venetian Blue Metallic 1988 Porsche 911 3.3 Turbo Flachbau (930)
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Although Porsche was initially reluctant to offer a 935-style Flachbau front end on the 911 Turbo, the brisk conversion business being done outside official corridors convinced them to make such a machine available through the Sonderwunsch department towards the end of 1980.
Five years later, the Flachbau became an officially recognised option and it continued to be a lucrative sideline until production of the 930-based 911 Turbo came to an end in mid 1989.
The most popular Flachbau markets were the United States and UK. Demand surged following the October 1987 Black Monday stock market crash after which speculators began to search out alternative asset classes. Towards the end of production, the Flachbau was selling at a significant premium over list as demand massively outstripped supply.
Set to go under the hammer at Bonhams’ Miami sale on May 3rd is a Flachbau Coupe configured in an unusual colour scheme for the period: Venetian Blue Metallic with Silver Grey leather upholstery and Grey carpet.
In addition to the extremely expensive M505 Flachbau conversion (which included deep running board-style side skirts and rear fender intakes), chassis WP0JB0935JS050247 was further optioned with a limited-slip differential, an electric sunroof and Blaupunkt Reno SQR46 audio system.
Supplied to its first owner via Camelback Porsche of Phoenix, Arizona, the car is today showing 36,555 miles. It remains in excellent original condition and comes complete with the all-important original book pack.
