I already shared the adventures of finding my 75 airbox, but that is just the start of securing all of the period correct bits and pieces for this restoration. My goal with this car has always been to restore it as close to how it left the Porsche factory as possible, or at least with period correct options that were available in 75.
This is not a one-owner all original car, but I don’t care. When the car arrived it didn’t come with anything that wasn’t bolted down. I’m having fun giving this car a fresh start, a complete reboot. My mid-life crisis is the rebirth of this legendary machine that started Porsche on the Turbo journey and I get to write my own Porsche story with it now. How’s that for justifying a series of financially reckless decisions 🙂
Introducing the most expensive book I’ve ever purchased. Top of the list for things my car didn’t come with was the owners manual / maintenance book. I must have told myself a hundred times that I didn’t care. I’m not into these esoteric details that collectors and concours junkies obsess over…or so I thought. When an all original, like new, unmarked manual popped up on eBay I couldn’t stop going back to it. The manual was originally a part of a vast Porsche car and memorabilia collection, the White Collection, that was recently auctioned off. The asking price was crazy, and I made a series of offers to the seller until we agreed on a slightly less crazy price. I will take that price to my grave!
eBay has been a great source for completing the list of needed parts and accessories. Here are a few other recent finds.
According to Ryan’s book, I seem to have found the correct gray toolkit, which Porsche began delivering with the 930 in April of 75. Prior to April the kit would have been black. My toolkit has the gray basketweave exterior, gray interior and gray buttons. This was a lucky find for sure.
Another big score was the air compressor. There are tons of early Porsche air compressors out there for 78 and up cars, the “Webster Inflator” model with the beige case. Once again, according to Ryan’s bible on these early Turbos, Porsche was supplying BDW compressors for ROW Turbos in 1975 that came in a blue, vinyl covered cardboard box. I came across one example in two years of searching, and scooped it up. I haven’t seen another sense.
Much easier to find was the period correct Bilstein “Green Dot” car jack. This one is like new and appears to never have been used given the lack of scratches/scuff marks on the bottom. It’s well lubricated and moves freely.
I even found the optional Hepp first-aid kit that was often supplied with these early Turbos.
Topping the list of things I didn’t need to buy, but couldn’t help myself, is this period correct vintage MotoMeter tire pressure gauge and leather case.
