1987 Porsche 911

Carrera Cab Convertible

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1967 Porsche 911 Carrera Cabriolet 28,000 Original Miles! offered with a reserve This extremely nice, low mileage, Carrera Cabriolet is just the thing for long distance cruising or spirited driving on or off the track. Featuring the desirable G50 gearbox, this car will blow away just about anything else that pulls up beside you at a stoplight. Finished in Grand Prix White with Marine Blue leather interior, this Carrera is not one to let get by. The car feaures a Power top, A/C, Turbo Fin and upgraded 18" Turbo Wheels, and a New Stereo (original still with car). The car has its original Window Sticker, and all books, tools, and records from new. We have many more photographs of this car, please click on any image to be taken to our full-size image list! The 911 can trace its roots back to sketches drawn by Ferdinand "Butzi" Porsche in 1959. The Porsche 911 classic was developed as a much more powerful, larger, more comfortable replacement for the Porsche 356, the company's first model, and thus essentially a sporting evolution of the Volkswagen Beetle. The new car made its public debut at the 1963 Frankfurt Motor ShowThe car presented at the auto show had a non-operational mockup of the 901 engine, receiving a working one in February 1964. It originally was designated as the "Porsche 901" (901 being its internal project number). 82 cars were built as 901s. However, Peugeot protested on the grounds that in France it had exclusive rights to car names formed by three numbers with a zero in the middle. So, instead of selling the new model with another name in France, Porsche changed the name to 911. Internally, the car's part numbers carried on the prefix 901 for years. Production began in September 1964, the first 911s reached the US in February 1965 with a price tag of US$6,500. The famous, distinctive, and durable design is notable for being rear engined like the Porsche-designed Volkswagen Beetle it had been based on. It was also air-cooled until the introduction of the all-new Type 996 in 1998. Since its introduction in autumn 1963, it has undergone continuous development. The basic concept remained throughout its evolution. Since its inception the 911 has been modified, both by private teams and by the factory itself, for racing, rallying and other types of automotive competition. It is often cited as the most successful competition car ever, as the normally aspirated 911 Carrera RSR in the mid 1970s has won major world championship sports car races such as Targa Florio, Daytona, Sebring or Nürburgring outright even against prototypes. The 935 turbo also added the coveted 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1979. In the 1999 international poll for the award of Car of the Century, the 911 came fifth after the Ford Model T, the Mini, the Citroën DS and the Volkswagen Beetle. It is the only one in the top five that remained continuously in production. It is the most successful surviving application of the air- (now water-) cooled opposed rear engine layout pioneered by its original ancestor, the Volkswagen Beetle, having increased its origina 25 hp more than tenfold, or 30fold in turbocharged race cars. It is the third-oldest sports car nameplate still in production, behind the Chevrolet Corvette, and the Nissan Skyline. With the 911's future ensured, 1983 saw the launch of a replacement for the successful SC series. It was the model year 1984 911 3.2 Carrera, reviving the Carrera name for the first time since 1975. The 911 3.2 Carrera was the last iteration in the original 911 series, with all subsequent models featuring new body styling with new brake, electronic and suspension technologies. A new higher displacement motor, a 3.2 liter horizontally opposed flat 6 cylinder, was utilized. At the time Porsche claimed it was 80% new. The new swept volume of 3164 cc was achieved using the 95 mm bore (from the previous SC model) combined with the 1978 Turbo 3.3 crankshaft's 74.4 mm stroke. In addition, higher domed pistons increased the compression ratio from 9.8 to 10.3:1 (although only 9.5:1 for the US market). New inlet manifold and exhaust systems were fitted. The 915 transmission was carried over from the SC series for the first three model years. In 1987, the Carrera got a new five-speed gearbox sourced from Getrag, model number G50 with proven Borg-Warner synchronizers. This slightly heavier version also featured a hydraulically-operated clutch. With the new engine, power was increased to 207 bhp@ 5900 rpm for North American-delivered cars and to 231 bhp@ 5900 rpm for most other markets. This version of the 911 accelerated 0–60 mph in 5.4 seconds and had a top speed of 150 mph (242 km/h) as measured by Autocar. Factory times were more modest: 0-60 mph time of 6.3 seconds for the US version and 6.1 seconds for cars outside the American market. The brake discs were increased in size to aid in more effective heat dissipation and improved oil-fed chain tensioners were fitted to the engine. To improve oil cooling, a finned cooler replaced the serpentine lines in the front passenger fender well. This was further improved in 1987, with the addition of a thermostatically controlled fan. Driving refinement and motor reliability were improved with an upgrade of the fuel and ignition control components to a L-Jetronic with Bosch Motronics 2 DME (Digital Motor Electronics system). An improvement in fuel-efficiency was due to the DME providing a petrol cut-off on the overrun. Changes in the fuel map & chip programming from October 1986, further improved the power to 217 bhp@ 5900 rpm for North American delivered cars as well as for other markets requesting low emissions, like Germany. Custom-mapped chips remain a popular upgrade. The fuel relay that is mounted externally on the DME is known to be a weak point of the system. Three basic models were available throughout the Carrera years – coupe, targa and cabriolet. When launched in 1984 in the United States, the prices of the 911 Carrera lineup were $31,950 for the coupe, $33,450 for the targa and $36,450 for the cabriolet. Almost indistinguishable from the SC, external clues are the front fog lights, which were integrated into the front valance in the Carrera. Very modest cosmetic changes were made throughout the lifespan of the Carrera, with a redesigned dash featuring larger air conditioning vents appearing in 1986. Our Ebay Policies. We will not divulge our reserve price so please don’t call and ask that question. We are happy to answer any other question you may have and are more than willing to arrange personal inspections at anytime. Should the car not meet its reserve we will make a second chance offer to the high bidder before entertaining any other offers. We figure he took the time and effort to be the high bidder and he should get first shot at the car. Description images and copy © 2010 Significant Cars, Inc. Pierce-Arrow Pierce Arrow Pirce Arrow Classic Car Full Classic Marmon Cadilac Cadillac Porsche Porsh Porsch 911 Carerra Lincoln Lincon Packard Packrd Chevy Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Sting Ray Plymouth Plymoth Mustang Ford Mustng Frd Boss 351 Coupe Frazer Frasier Fraser Manhattan Kaiser Daimler Jaguar Collector Significant Cars SignificantCars.com Signfiicant Significant Powered by eBay Turbo ListerThe free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items. On Jun-01-11 at 07:51:55 PDT, seller added the following information: Please note this car has 29,700 miles not 28k