The time has come ... sadly, my personal circumstances have changed such that I cannot justify running two 944s and whilst this magnificent example of a 951 never fails to put a smile on my face it makes sense to let this one go and keep the Lux.
This car is the ex-Nick Appleton car known to many of you and it was the car I brought along to the Rutland Water unnofficial Meet/TyreKick/PubLunch. I have use Nick's original sales pitch and updated it as appropriate. The mileage when I bought it in July 2009 was 137K and it is now on 142K (mainly due to an annual 5,000 mile limit with my insurer) - it is still in the same condition as it was when I bought it off Nick and has been garaged since and nver raced or rallied or trackdayed ... however, it has - of course - been driven spiritedly!
I have not decided on a price - I do not expect to get what I paid for it (£8K); however, I think £7K is a fair price (last service alone was £800) and I may take an offer (very) close to this. Whilst I do need to sell this car - I am not going to sell it "for sweeties" as my brother would put it ... and I can (may have to!) wait for a sale.
It will be advertised with the 'usual suspects' ... but, as I bought it through the pages of this forum, I wanted to give you guys first dibs.
Within the last 2 years, it has had lower front wings and sills stripped, repaired as required and repainted with stonechip etc. The windscreen was removed to repair slight bubbling under the rubber trim on the leading edge of the roof and the roof and sunroof panel were then repainted in entirety.
Just before I bought it, Nick had the headlamp covers and the front badge panel stripped and repainted to remove the stonechipping. The results are a very clean, smart and shiny red (ie not pink!) 944 Turbo that has none of the endemic rust issues now affecting many of these cars.
Mechanically, she is in still in excellent health with very healthy compressions on all cylinders (150psi) and decent oil consumption (ave 1/2 litre per 1000 miles, well within Porsche specs); basically, Nick replaced or upgraded anything worn or otherwise below par.
I have a huge file of invoices and receipts, dating back to 1993.
Oh, and both the clock and the Air condition work - yes, really!!
In the last 30 months (10,000 miles) the car has had the following (deep breath):
New disks and pads all round - pads are Porterfield fast road/track pads
Steel braided flexible brake hoses all round
ATE SUperBlue brake fluid
New handbrake shoes both sides plus 2x rear handbrake cables
New sunroof seals x 2
Rear hatch seal
Brand new Bilstein Cup suspension with new springs - rear torsion bars reindexed to suit (VERY IMPORTANT!)
New rear axle mounts
New 3" exhaust
Lindsey Racing 300hp kit fitted - chips, Manual Boost controller, Bosch 3 bar fuel pressure regulator, Bailey DV30 BOV etc
New neoprene vacuum pipes throughout - no more boost leaks!
Full suspension geometry alignment & corner weighting.
Rear cam carrier gasket
New cam, balance, PAS & alternator belts
New gearbox linkage bushes and all greased - nice slick gearchange!
Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta road tyres (plenty of grip left) - 225/40 & 265/35
18" RH GT3 replica rims
New caliper hard pipes
Calipers checked for plate lift and cleaned.
New rear load compartment light/switch
New Bosch wiper blades!
New Osram headlight bulbs - much better than the standard 'candles'!
New Lucas reconditioned alternator
New ignition leads
New rotor arm
New distributor cap
New DME relay!
New steering shaft
New 968 front castor mounts
New fuel filter and 2 connecting fuel pipes
Cambox removed to replace broken exhaust manifold stud - new studs throughout plus new gaskets, oil, antifreeze etc
New rubber door window scraper seals on both sides
New drivers door seal
New A/C condenser - did I mention that the A/C actually works?!!
Separate VDO boost gauge fitted
Gearbox oil changed - fully synthetic Sylkolene
Racers Edge top mounts fitted to front struts.
Recent Service History "¦ Sept 08 and again (<6000 miles later) in April 2010 ... each time with new plugs, Mobil1 oil and filters
Dec 2009 Blaupunkt Bluetooth/USB head unit fitted (not too glitzy (!) in otherwords, in keeping with the era of the car).
Jan 2010 "" new Bosch battery fitted
Apr 2010 - power steering pump refurbished, and MOT.
Apr 2010 - air con system re-gassed
Front splitter fitted in place of original undertray - original available if required.
This car is the ex-Nick Appleton car known to many of you and it was the car I brought along to the Rutland Water unnofficial Meet/TyreKick/PubLunch. I have use Nick's original sales pitch and updated it as appropriate. The mileage when I bought it in July 2009 was 137K and it is now on 142K (mainly due to an annual 5,000 mile limit with my insurer) - it is still in the same condition as it was when I bought it off Nick and has been garaged since and nver raced or rallied or trackdayed ... however, it has - of course - been driven spiritedly!
I have not decided on a price - I do not expect to get what I paid for it (£8K); however, I think £7K is a fair price (last service alone was £800) and I may take an offer (very) close to this. Whilst I do need to sell this car - I am not going to sell it "for sweeties" as my brother would put it ... and I can (may have to!) wait for a sale.
It will be advertised with the 'usual suspects' ... but, as I bought it through the pages of this forum, I wanted to give you guys first dibs.
Within the last 2 years, it has had lower front wings and sills stripped, repaired as required and repainted with stonechip etc. The windscreen was removed to repair slight bubbling under the rubber trim on the leading edge of the roof and the roof and sunroof panel were then repainted in entirety.
Just before I bought it, Nick had the headlamp covers and the front badge panel stripped and repainted to remove the stonechipping. The results are a very clean, smart and shiny red (ie not pink!) 944 Turbo that has none of the endemic rust issues now affecting many of these cars.
Mechanically, she is in still in excellent health with very healthy compressions on all cylinders (150psi) and decent oil consumption (ave 1/2 litre per 1000 miles, well within Porsche specs); basically, Nick replaced or upgraded anything worn or otherwise below par.
I have a huge file of invoices and receipts, dating back to 1993.
Oh, and both the clock and the Air condition work - yes, really!!
In the last 30 months (10,000 miles) the car has had the following (deep breath):
New disks and pads all round - pads are Porterfield fast road/track pads
Steel braided flexible brake hoses all round
ATE SUperBlue brake fluid
New handbrake shoes both sides plus 2x rear handbrake cables
New sunroof seals x 2
Rear hatch seal
Brand new Bilstein Cup suspension with new springs - rear torsion bars reindexed to suit (VERY IMPORTANT!)
New rear axle mounts
New 3" exhaust
Lindsey Racing 300hp kit fitted - chips, Manual Boost controller, Bosch 3 bar fuel pressure regulator, Bailey DV30 BOV etc
New neoprene vacuum pipes throughout - no more boost leaks!
Full suspension geometry alignment & corner weighting.
Rear cam carrier gasket
New cam, balance, PAS & alternator belts
New gearbox linkage bushes and all greased - nice slick gearchange!
Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta road tyres (plenty of grip left) - 225/40 & 265/35
18" RH GT3 replica rims
New caliper hard pipes
Calipers checked for plate lift and cleaned.
New rear load compartment light/switch
New Bosch wiper blades!
New Osram headlight bulbs - much better than the standard 'candles'!
New Lucas reconditioned alternator
New ignition leads
New rotor arm
New distributor cap
New DME relay!
New steering shaft
New 968 front castor mounts
New fuel filter and 2 connecting fuel pipes
Cambox removed to replace broken exhaust manifold stud - new studs throughout plus new gaskets, oil, antifreeze etc
New rubber door window scraper seals on both sides
New drivers door seal
New A/C condenser - did I mention that the A/C actually works?!!
Separate VDO boost gauge fitted
Gearbox oil changed - fully synthetic Sylkolene
Racers Edge top mounts fitted to front struts.
Recent Service History "¦ Sept 08 and again (<6000 miles later) in April 2010 ... each time with new plugs, Mobil1 oil and filters
Dec 2009 Blaupunkt Bluetooth/USB head unit fitted (not too glitzy (!) in otherwords, in keeping with the era of the car).
Jan 2010 "" new Bosch battery fitted
Apr 2010 - power steering pump refurbished, and MOT.
Apr 2010 - air con system re-gassed
Front splitter fitted in place of original undertray - original available if required.
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