Introducing: RS Exclusive Reproduction Parts

This weekend we’ll be at two shows in the LA area — the LA Literature & Toy show and the SoCal All-Porsche Swap and Car Display.

Stop by either show to learn more about our latest trick — factory quality reproductions.

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The LA Lit & Toy Show

Now in its 27th year, over 1,250 people attend the annual Porsche and Vintage V-W Literature, Toy/Model, & Memorabilia Swap Meet at the Los Angeles Airport Hilton Hotel. The meet has over 225 tables with tens of thousands of collectibles – posters, sales literature, toys, models, factory gift items, press kits, technical literature, small trim items, and accessories for Porsches and vintage VW’s.

The meet is held in two huge ballrooms on the main floor of the Airport Hilton, 5711 W. Century Blvd., Los Angeles – very close by Los Angeles International Airport. The public is admitted at 9:00 a.m. for $10 each at the door. “Earlybird” shoppers are admitted with the vendors at 7:00 a.m. for $30 at the door.

Special discounted room rates are available from the LA Airport Hilton directly at 310-410-4000. Please ask for the special room rates under the “group code PVW.”

SoCal All-Porsche Swap and Car Display March 7th, 2010

The Southern California All-Porsche Swap & Car Display will again be held on the day after the Lit Meet on Sunday, March 7th at the Phoenix Club, 1340 South Sanderson, Anaheim, CA 92806, about a mile from the old Dunkel Brothers site. See http://www.thephoenixclub.com for details on this German American Club.

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Here is a rare opportunity to acquire a 1959 fully documented Carrera 1600 GS. This is nicely documented car and features its numbers matching Four Cam engine (692/2 plain bearing motor# 93017). This special 1959 Carrera GS came from the factory painted silver metallic and has been featured in two prominent US Porsche Collections. This is a chance to own a ultra-rare A body Carrera that has been fully sorted and ready to be enjoyed.

Model:  1958 Porsche Typ 541 “356A Speedster”

Serial Number:  84678

Colors:   Fjord Green, tan interior with green piping      

Engine: Typ 616/1 1600 Normal, s. n. 69097   

Gearbox: Typ 644 

 B.  Features/options/equipment:

-         U.S. bumper and over-riders; U.S. lights.

  Concours History:

-         Jack and Elaine Gale, Ft Pierce FL – People’s Choice Award, 1992 PCA Parade, Boston MA;             Division 1 Winner 1993 PCA Parade Cincinnati OH.

History not traceable before the Gales’ ownership.

Here is an opportunity to own a stunning 1958 Speedster with a proven pedigree.

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This D’leteren roadster is absolutely stunning!  Porsche records indicate 248 T-6 bodied Roadsters were built in Belgium by D’Ieteren Freres during late 1961 for the 1962 model year, and they were the last of the 356 Roadsters. It would mark the final evolution of the Speedster.

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VIN: 84763

This 1958 Speedster came to us from sunny Florida where it has resided for over 10 years and has been enjoyed. Our Speedster has the distinction of being painted one of the rarest colors to leave the factory, Orange! Available from 1954 to 1959 this factory “Special” color was only placed on 27 Speedsters to leave the Reutter Factory.

Late in the 1994 model production year, during one of the worst years ever for Porsche (only 1800 cars sold in North America) a new option package for the 3.6 Turbo appeared on the fax machines of dealers all over the world.  It was called the Turbo S Flachbau Package.  The world economy was just starting to see daylight from a recession and Porsche enthusiasts were awaiting the all new 993 when Rolf Springer in the Wunderwunsch “special wishes” Department was given one last mandate: go build the ultimate Turbo.  Thus the Turbo “S” Flachbau was born, a slantnose featuring exposed headlights.  It went on to become one of the rarest production Porsches ever built.  This Flachbau is one of only 39 of these models to reach our shores and one of only 79 sold worldwide.  Our Turbo “S”  Flachbau was originally sold On May 31st, 1994 in Barrington, IL.  It had a stunning MSRP of $166,022, including the $60,179 Flachbau option, quite a sum over 15 years ago.  Having traveled only 2,200 miles since new, this Turbo has scored 294 points (out of 300) in national concours competition.  It is well optioned with carbon fiber dash, shift knob and e-brake handle, as well as having had red seat belts added.  We get calls and emails everyday asking for us to find a really rare Porsche that seldom come on the market.  Well, here we are!

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This 930 is one of the rarest production Turbos in existance, a 1975 homologation 930 with only 16,000 kilometers.  The Turbos produced in 1975 were available to only a few well-connected Porsche enthusiasts.  The car was introduced the October 1974 Paris Auto Show – and it created quite a stir.  Porsche’s legendary turbocharged racecar prowess was coming to street cars.  The Turbos were packed with standard features (and a long option list supplemented them), helping Porsche justify the princely (for 1975) price of $26,500.

The car we present here is one of only 282 930 Turbos built in 1975 and undoubtedly one of the very few 100% original examples left.  The paint, interior and engine have traveled only 16,000kms since new and “Wow!” does the car show it.  The original paint is essentially flawless; the 35 year-old leather is incredible; and the engine is beautifully detailed.  This 930 comes to us from one of the world’s premiere Porsche collections.  The 1975 Turbos were not available in North America but two of them were exported to Mexico.  This 930 was discovered in Mexico and driven accross the border by a well-known Porsche enthusiast from Houston.  He had the car for many years before selling it to a professer in the area who displayed the car at Rennsport Reunion II at Daytona, where a good freind told us about the car.  We went to see it – and the rest is history, as they say.  We believe we are presenting the only opportunity a Porsche enthusiast will ever have to purchase a 100% original 1975 Turbo.  Naturally you would expect our price to be reflective the car’s scarcity and outstanding condition – but try us.

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In January 1989 Porsche unveiled the new Type 964 Carrera 4 to the world, featuring Porsche’s new all-wheel-drive system. With eight years of intensive development and with fewer than twenty percent of the parts carried over from the previous-generation 911, the Carrera 4 was hailed by Road and Track as the ”best handling Porsche road car ever built.” Can one ever forget Porsche’s first painted and integrated bumpers and rocker panels?  And that 3.6-liter engine with 247 horsepower was almost irresistible as I stared through the window of the Porsche showroom, fresh out of college and without a job. That $69,500 price tag was already insurmountable and when you added special paint, leather interior, a CD player, you soon approached $80,000.  “Holly cow! I would never be able to afford a C4.” That was then and this is now. Here is the only chance you will ever have to buy a BRAND NEW 101-mile 1989 Carrera 4, complete with a 1989-only special paint in Forest Green.  We believe this car is truly the rarest C4 on the planet. This car is virtually brand new, “still in the wrapper,” and as flawless as the day Porsche built it. You may not be 25 all over again but you will surely feel it behind the wheel. The good news is that the price has not changed much from the original MSRP, so you saved a ton of inflation losses by waiting 20 years to purchase your new Carrera 4.