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[Helios59]

Wonder what ol' Frank did to this car to send it to the shop?

1989 930 Factory Slantnose

[CountD]

Who the h is Frank Beard? Just kidding.

Anyways now looking at this car in all its '80s glory, it's no wonder why '89 is an end of an era for this style Porsche and why they stopped making them, and why only 58 were made. But back in '89 this disco sled was serious $$$. An '80s rock star car for sure.

[Nachtfalter]

I never understood the rocker boxes.

[trader220]

How long ago was it wrecked? How long did it sit around? I am guessing its a salvage title.

[christiandk]

Even though I am a child of the 70 and 80's I will never get the slant, That front and those ducts in the flares. It is just a mess....who designed it anyway?

[ClassyCarrera]

The Slant nose option was a $22K option Not $30k. Still a lot of money for a look.

[matt930s]

I think that's a nice car.

An acquired taste to be sure, but why all the slant hate? Guess if it's not a "backdate" it ain't cool.

MattR

[Matt Monson]

Loved them then (as a teenager) and still love them now. I have an aunt with a triple white '87 slant nose cabriolet. I'm hoping I'm her favorite nephew since her daughters have no interest in cars.

[jsoderbe]

I think they are good looking cars, clearly from the same era as the other 80:ies sports cars. Would I like to own one? Sure! But not for being a 911, since the original head lights are too much of the 911's charachter. And in my mind there are too much Ferrari 328 and Testarossa in this design. Not that these are ugly cars, quite the opposite, but an original 930 have a unique look that no other car is even close to resemble. Why change it?

The slant nose concept have also suffered severely from all the cheap, poorly made copies.


Johan

[Helios59]

Originally Posted by Matt Monson

Loved them then (as a teenager) and still love them now. I have an aunt with a triple white '87 slant nose cabriolet. I'm hoping I'm her favorite nephew since her daughters have no interest in cars.

She must be quite a lady if she drives around in a car like that!

[xbrumossalesman]

Originally Posted by Nachtfalter

I never understood the rocker boxes.

Originally Posted by christiandk

Even though I am a child of the 70 and 80's I will never get the slant, That front and those ducts in the flares. It is just a mess....who designed it anyway?

Originally Posted by Matt Monson

Loved them then (as a teenager) and still love them now. I have an aunt with a triple white '87 slant nose cabriolet. I'm hoping I'm her favorite nephew since her daughters have no interest in cars.

Since the Slant Nose option on a street car was fashioned to be in the style of the 935 track car the boxed rockers were part of the aero package that led to the ground effects of the later cars and the rear ducts (passenger side) of a real 505 factory car contained an oil cooler so it probably came out of Weissach.

Matt- I sold a triple white car to Al Copeland from Popeye's Chicken in New Orleans- was he the original owner of your aunt's car by chance ?

[Matt Monson]

I just looked up a picture of the car. I was confused. Her '87 targa is the triple white one. The slant nose is a light metallic blue.

The cars originally belonged to my aunt's life partner's father. I don't know his name but he was quite a collector with about half a dozen 911s, as well as some Mustangs, and older 40s and 50s American cars. Most of the cars have been sold.

[wgwollet]

Sad look....it's like a after thought, oh we have a 911, now let's see if we can add a bunch of crap to sell more to the Disco Lovers.

[dienstuhr]

The Slant nose option was a $22K option Not $30k. Still a lot of money for a look.

My old copy of Automobile, June 1987 includes the window sticker showing the charge for "slant nose" as $23,244. Presumably the cost only went up by '89.

The full sticker on the Automobile slant nose turbo was $105,086!

Cheers

d.

[Matt Monson]

Sad look....it's like a after thought, oh we have a 911, now let's see if we can add a bunch of crap to sell more to the Disco Lovers.

Except that the look is actually based on the 935...

[christiandk]

Originally Posted by Matt Monson

Except that the look is actually based on the 935...

Hmmm... 935 and some bad Gypsy styling!?

[Matt Monson]

Opinions are like a...

The 935 was the inspiration. It's not a direct copy of the look. Plus there were about half a dozen different renditions of the 935 from the 935/76 up to and beyond the K3s.

However, I always will prefer the 934's look to that of the 935s.

[Dan J]

If you stand in frt of a slant and look at it you'll get it
If you take the fenders off any 911 you'll know how they got there
it was all done for aero

[matt930s]

It absolutely cracks me up every time I read about people absolutely hating one version of a car or another from the same maker.

Here is great link to the M505 thread. Great history and photos including from the factory.

Slantnose, Slant nose,Slope, M505 factory 930S documents, registry, ultimate,flachbau


MattR

[6300 RPMs]

Originally Posted by ClassyCarrera

The Slant nose option was a $22K option Not $30k. Still a lot of money for a look.

Expert? Dealers..LOL