We purchased this car from Daniel Schmidt & Co., a St. Louis area dealer known to the early-Porsche community as grossly misrepresenting cars. I would not recommend them unless you know 100% what you are looking at or for. This is a '79 US car, which is what I wanted. It too was misrepresented, but I went to the dealer and did my own PPI before buying. I traded in a '71T that I had converted to a Flaubach (flatnose) while in college ( you can see it here! and here!. I know, I know but hey, I didn't know any better then! Above is how the car looked when picked up in St. Louis. Pretty much stock except for the Ruf wheels, Carbon Fiber door panels, and a trunk full of amps and speakers. Note: All stereo junk was removed asap!

Dad still works on cars with me today.
Below, Brooklynn gets a lesson on turbocharging! Good times!

I once read that "owning a Porsche 930 is a lot like owning a tiger.... you're pretty sure it's not going to kill you"! These cars are certainly a handful to drive at speed. They have a surplus of power, and if the turbo spools up at the wrong time, for an "unknowing" driver it can mean serious trouble. Warp speed comes so quickly that there is almost no time for driver adjustment once the scenery starts to blur. This was a contributing factor as to why these cars left the US soil in '79 and did not return until '86. The state of California (and their witty lawyers) decided that Porsche had made a car that was too powerful and too difficult for mere mortals to handle, so Porsche withdrew this model from the US after a lawsuit involving deaths/injuries to a number of doctors and lawyers in that state and due to increasing emission standards that were too difficult for these early turbos to pass. Too bad for everyone else of the time as these particular handmade models were just great cars. 3.3 liters of intercooled power! 300hp, 300 ft. lbs. of torque, full-floating rotors, and brakes from the famous 917 race car. For more pics, click here.