Harold996tt Posted 4July, 2013 Report Share Posted 4July, 2013 Wondering if anyone has any stats as to how many 89 speedsters roughly were imported into Australia. Have been watching carsales for some time and amazingly have seen almost none come up for sale with the exception of a very low mileage example currently there that has sadly had its body work modified from original. Are these cars really that rare here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smule Posted 4July, 2013 Report Share Posted 4July, 2013 Someone might be able to jump in with a number but I'd be guessing that number would be in single digitis... I know of two that have sold through Shannons in the last 5 years and another one in the private market that has been in a panel shop for quite some time.... That one on carsales has been there quite some time and the price seems to keep creeping up every year .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simonoz Posted 4July, 2013 Report Share Posted 4July, 2013 Harold On another forum, it was stated that Porsche Cars Australia list 9 cars as delivered. On another forum the black car in question has been queried as to originality. Happy hunting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzieman Posted 4July, 2013 Report Share Posted 4July, 2013 Black one down here, not sure if it was Oz delivered...or come to think of it , even an '89! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold996tt Posted 5July, 2013 Author Report Share Posted 5July, 2013 Thanks very much guys. Looks like its going to be a fun game trying to find one.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Posted 5July, 2013 Report Share Posted 5July, 2013 there was a black one at Lexus of Brisbane for a few years about 7-8 years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simonoz Posted 5July, 2013 Report Share Posted 5July, 2013 Harold Lindsay Fox had/has a red one in his museum in Melbourne. Very low kms. Shannons auctioned a red one in 2008 it was, I think? You could give Rob Raymer at RSR Garage a call. If anyone knows where they are hiding, he will. From what I can work out the narrow bodied one is the one to have, if only because its even rarer again, and looks lovely. I could go one of those, but I've never seen one in Australia. I'm off to the UK in September and you've got me thinking. Been trying to work out what a good holiday car would be to bring home, and it has to be 1989 or earlier............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simonk Posted 5July, 2013 Report Share Posted 5July, 2013 I saw a black narrow bodied one in Brighton a couple years ago. Only one I've ever seen in the flesh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold996tt Posted 5July, 2013 Author Report Share Posted 5July, 2013 Harold Lindsay Fox had/has a red one in his museum in Melbourne. Very low kms. Shannons auctioned a red one in 2008 it was, I think? You could give Rob Raymer at RSR Garage a call. If anyone knows where they are hiding, he will. From what I can work out the narrow bodied one is the one to have, if only because its even rarer again, and looks lovely. I could go one of those, but I've never seen one in Australia. I'm off to the UK in September and you've got me thinking. Been trying to work out what a good holiday car would be to bring home, and it has to be 1989 or earlier............. Ah yes, rob. I bought my 993 from him years back mate. Will contact him. The narrow body was indeed far rarer, but I love the wide body and I remember seeing one in Perth many many years ago in peppermint grove- a white wide body.... Exactly what I want. Simon, would make a ton of sense to bring one of those back as they are so much more common in the Uk and given that they were fair weather cars would never have been open to salt laid roads in the UK and I imagine as a result not be laden with rust. The red narrow body 964 speedster I was tracking for a period of time on carsales was actually the rarest of the speedsters in rhd. I should really have bitten the bullet on that one.....I hate my slowness sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevepGT3 Posted 5July, 2013 Report Share Posted 5July, 2013 My first real P car experience other than looking at, was thrashing a mates 89 widebody speedster (in White) around calder ,It was THE car that made me realise that I did indeed need a porsche of my own. I had the opportunity to and would have purchased that car, but after driving it to Shepparton and back to do a DECA day in it decided that the buffeting at speed far outweighed the attraction (high on the list of Steve`s stupidest financial decisions) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold996tt Posted 6July, 2013 Author Report Share Posted 6July, 2013 My first real P car experience other than looking at, was thrashing a mates 89 widebody speedster (in White) around calder ,It was THE car that made me realise that I did indeed need a porsche of my own. I had the opportunity to and would have purchased that car, but after driving it to Shepparton and back to do a DECA day in it decided that the buffeting at speed far outweighed the attraction (high on the list of Steve`s stupidest financial decisions) Hi steve, would you happen to know what happened to that car that your friend had? Yes a real pity you didn't pick up that car.. You wouldn't have lost a cent on it I believe. Agree that the speedster is not a car for the track or fast long distance sprints but boy it is perfect for a Sunday morning drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevepGT3 Posted 6July, 2013 Report Share Posted 6July, 2013 Hi steve, would you happen to know what happened to that car that your friend had? Yes a real pity you didn't pick up that car.. You wouldn't have lost a cent on it I believe. Agree that the speedster is not a car for the track or fast long distance sprints but boy it is perfect for a Sunday morning drive. Nope,it disappeared into the ether.we were talking about that car just last week, him saying that he should have kept it and me that I should have bought it off him. Shit happens. At the time it was probably worth three and a half longbonnets, I don`t think it would be worth that now or, ever again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold996tt Posted 6July, 2013 Author Report Share Posted 6July, 2013 Nope,it disappeared into the ether.we were talking about that car just last week, him saying that he should have kept it and me that I should have bought it off him. Shit happens. At the time it was probably worth three and a half longbonnets, I don`t think it would be worth that now or, ever again Haha. Yep but think that was a function of the massive appreciation of the long bonnets as opposed to the massive depreciation of the speedster... Or maybe a bit of both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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