Porsche Classic builds a classic 911 using genuine parts

It references the 2018 911 Turbo S Exclusive Series and is painted in a Golden Yellow Metallic tone – black wheels in Golden Yellow accent highlights with Golden Yellow seats and interior trims on the inside. The bodyshell of the vehicle also features the characteristic side air intakes of the 933 Turbo S that were also available as an option for the regular 911 Turbo in 1998.

Developing 450 horsepower, the classic sports car will celebrate its world premiere at the Porsche Rennsport Reunion in Laguna Seca (USA) on September 27, 2018. This collector’s item that will be limited to use on private tracks, will be auctioned off by RM Sotheby’s at the Porsche Experience Center in Atlanta on the 27 October 2018. The proceeds of the sale will be donated to the Ferry Porsche Foundation, a non-profit organisation established earlier this year to mark the “70 years of Porsche sports cars” celebrations.

“Project Gold” showcases the comprehensive skill of Porsche Classic in fascinating fashion”, says Detlev von Platen, Member of the Executive Board responsible for Sales and Marketing at Porsche AG. “This project clearly demonstrates our strategic approach. Although we are starting a new chapter in our sports car history with the Porsche Taycan, the story of how the company evolved is no less significant. On the contrary, this Golden Yellow 993 demonstrates how incredibly passionate we are about the tradition of our brand.”

With the 70th anniversary of Porsche sports cars celebrations as well as the forthcoming market launch of the Taycan as the first fully electric Porsche sports car, the experts at Porsche Classic had the idea of building a completely new vehicle based on existing genuine type 993 bodyshell, showcasing both innovation and tradition. Experts relied on a selection of over 6,500 genuine parts that Porsche Classic offers exclusively for 993 generation models. All in all, the Classic division currently stocks 52,000 parts that can be sourced via Porsche Classic Partners and Porsche Centres all around the world to repair and restore classic Porsche cars.

A total of one and a half years were spent to construct this unique vehicle. The bodyshell was first placed through corrosion protection and the painting process was applied to today’s series-production vehicles. Porsche Classic specialists at the Porsche restoration workshop in Stuttgart then assembled and tuned the vehicle. The brand new 3.6 litre twin-turbo flat-six engine developing 450 hp was installed and it delivered the performance the vehicle once had when it was in production. Besides sourcing its manual transmission and all-wheel drive from the Porsche Classic range of genuine parts, the hand-stamped chassis number also follows the last series-production model of the 993 Turbo which rolled off the production line in 1998.

The exterior and interior design features were coordinated with the workshop’s dedicated Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur experts who were responsible for constructing the 2018 911 Turbo S Exclusive series, which was limited to just 500 units globally. To complement these features, the designers at Style Porsche worked on the color gradients and positioning of badges and to coordinate all the other interior details.

Till this day, the 933 still remains as a sought-after collector’s item and is considered a highly sophisticated and reliable vehicle. Being the first 911 to feature a redesigned aluminium chassis, it provides exceptional agility at that time. The 911 Turbo version of the 993 was also the first to have a twin-turbo engine, becoming the lowest-emission standard automotive powertrain in the world in 1995. Thanks to a switch from round to poly ellipsoidal headlights, the front section of the vehicle is lower-slung than on the earlier 911 models. Its hollow-spoke aluminium wheels, a first for cars with aluminimium wheels, were another innovation of the all-wheel drive 911 Turbo version. Only 345 units of the 911 Turbo S with its 450 hp performance-enhanced engine were constructed.

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