One of "my" cars is at a Sotheby's auction

[iamsuperdan]

Thought this was cool.

 

Sotheby's is auctioning the Taj Ma Garaj collection in a week or so.

And the car I sold them is listed!

https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/tg19/the-taj-ma-garaj-collection/lots/r0009-1988-porsche-rothmans-944-turbo-cup/789635

This Turbo Cup Porsche was on our used lot for a number of years. I used to work for Norden Autohaus, the Porsche dealer mentioned, and the Randy mentioned was my boss. I ran the detail shop from 91 through 97, then was the Porsche sales guy from 2001 through 2005.I spend many hours detailing this one, and then years later got the chance to take it out to PCA autocross events and actually race it. This thing was a monster and an absolute blast.

They got a couple of details wrong in the article, but it's overall pretty accurate. For one, the doctor did not sell it to Taj Ma Garaj. He traded it back to us, and we sold it. We also provided all the spares mentioned. To be totally accurate, they should not have clearcoated it when repainting. The original Guards Red paint on these was not cleared from factory.

 

Wish I had that kind of dough for a toy.

 

[Rodent]

Not a Porsche fan, but......

I have driven several 944 and 968 cars and find them quite a hoot. I worked as a service advisor at a Ford dealership when the Explorer was first dumped upon the world. Folks were trading in all kinds of things just to be cool and drive an Eddie Bauer Explorer to their cabin in Tahoe. Nephew of the owner was a famous (short term) baseball player and he traded or consigned some interesting stuff as well. We had his 928 on the lot for nearly a year. Drove it a couple of times and hated it. Drove like a 5000 lb Camaro at low speed, but I never got the chance to stretch its legs.

[89AKurt]

That's cool you have a connection with such a car.  I shoulda woulda coulda worked at a dealership..... but I don't live in a big city.  I thought the Turbo 924s had extra grill slots above the bumper, perhaps the first ones?  I have a Monogram 924 in my junkyard.

[GeeBee]

5 hours ago, 89AKurt said:

That's cool you have a connection with such a car.  I shoulda woulda coulda worked at a dealership..... but I don't live in a big city.  I thought the Turbo 924s had extra grill slots above the bumper, perhaps the first ones?  I have a Monogram 924 in my junkyard.

It's a 944 not the 924

[afx]

5 hours ago, 89AKurt said:

That's cool you have a connection with such a car.  I shoulda woulda coulda worked at a dealership..... but I don't live in a big city.  I thought the Turbo 924s had extra grill slots above the bumper, perhaps the first ones?  I have a Monogram 924 in my junkyard.

These are 924 Turbo with the (4) air intakes above the bumper for the intercooler.

Edited September 18, 2019 by afx

[89AKurt]

Thanks for the clarification!

[iamsuperdan]

On 9/18/2019 at 4:25 AM, afx said:

These are 924 Turbo with the (4) air intakes above the bumper for the intercooler.

 

Well, not to pick at nits...

 

Those are the original Carrera GT. 924 Carrera GT. well, the red one looks like a real Carrera GT. The bue one looks like a Turbo that has been made to look like the CGT.

 

The 924 Turbo was a lot more subtle and mundane looking.