• ‘Home market’, German-supplied example
• Comprehensively restored in current ownership (since 2017) to the expense of over £40,000
• Much of the restoration work completed by Porsche specialists GCR Central
• Finished in the factory colour scheme of Special Order (9999) Mocha Brown Pearl with Pasha interior upholstery
• Just 10,000 kilometres (c.6,200 miles) covered since the restoration’s completion

Boosted by its continual dominance of international sports car racing, Porsche began to target a new breed of buyer in the mid-1970s. As well as introducing its first front-engined designs, the 924 and 928, it set about broadening the 911’s appeal. The first major step in this process, the SC, was launched in 1978. Intended to be more reliable, durable and refined than its predecessors, it was built around a fully galvanised bodyshell and re-engineered drivetrain. Using the same type-930 2,994cc flat-six engine as its fearsome Turbo sibling (but in normally aspirated form), it benefited from a die-cast aluminium crankcase instead of the troublesome magnesium-alloy version used by the previous generation 2.7-litre cars, and Nikasil-coated cylinder barrels. Developing 180bhp and 195lb ft of torque (204bhp and 197lb ft from 1981), the reworked unit proved notably tractable thanks to its reprofiled camshafts. Equipped with a revised version of the well-proven type 915 five-speed gearbox containing higher gear ratios, the new model was reputedly capable of 141mph and 0-60mph in 6.5 seconds. With such performance on tap, few but the purists quibbled at the introduction of servo assistance for its powerful disc brakes.

Originally built for the German market but a resident of Britain since 2000, this supremely well looked-after, matching-numbers 911 SC stands out for its excellent condition and desirable special-order paint scheme. Completed on 20th January, 1983, the Porsche was well-specified from new, with a host of options including two-point seatbelts, a locking differential, an electrically-adjustable and heatable passenger door mirror, a tinted windscreen and side windows with the windscreen electrically heated, a rear windscreen wiper, sports seats, automatic speed control, front and rear spoilers, an anti-theft device and an electric sliding roof.

Perhaps the car’s most desirable feature is its special-order (code 9999) paint colour of Mocha Brown Pearl, which appears almost as black but with a subtle bronze lustre. As built, the Porsche was equipped with the desirable ‘racy’ interior upholstered with black leatherette and Pasha velour inserts, but the vendor changed the leatherette for real leather when he had the interior retrimmed.

Appropriately maintained while a resident of Germany, with 12 services being completed up to 1999, when it had covered 157,773km (98,036 miles). When it was imported into Britain the following year, it remained in use up to 2009, after which it languished until the vendor purchased it in 2017 and subjected it to an extensive and very sympathetic restoration which was completed in 2018. The work was primarily entrusted to GCR Central, the respected Leicester Porsche specialist, which issued invoices for the overhaul exceeding £30,000. It firstly consisted of mechanical work, with both the engine and gearbox being stripped and fully overhauled with many new parts. The gearbox received new sliders and first- and fourth-gear dogs, while the engine received especially great attention. The head was refaced, the valve seats were recut, the crankcase was acid-cleaned and the crankshaft was polished. New parts used included the piston rings, big-end bearings, clutch assembly and assorted engine consumables. At the end of the mechanical overhaul, the gearbox work came to £1,436.42 and the engine work to £9,102.70.

The second stage of the renovation concerned the bodywork and cosmetics, with GCR supplying some new panels and weather seals, though the panel repairs themselves were entrusted to the vendor’s preferred body shop. The Porsche subsequently received a full repaint in its original Mocha Brown Pearl, while Southbound Porsche trim specialists took responsibility for reupholstering the interior in materials, which included new carpets and headlining in addition to the retrimming of the seats and doors, with the vendor specifying leather to be used in place of the original leatherette. After also refurbishing the wheels and equipping them with new Continental tyres, GCR issued an invoice for £20,004.99 for the supply of body components and the interior work, which does not include the paintwork, bodywork repairs, or the supply of interior materials. The renovation also included a speedometer repair and the fitment of an FM transmitter to the radio. With invoices on file for some £35,000, the total cost of restoration is understood to far surpass £40,000.

Still with matching chassis, engine and gearbox numbers, the Porsche has proven itself to be a very reliable and enjoyable machine since it has been back on the road, with the vendor taking it on a number of brisk long-distance touring drives, including to Guernsey, Jersey and the south of France, with some 10,000 kilometres (c.6,200 miles) covered since the restoration’s completion. It is offered for sale now having been freshly serviced and subject to an overhaul of the rear brakes, which has included new discs, pads and backplates, and rescaled calipers. It represents a truly outstanding machine which has had so much care lavished on it by a truly enthusiastic owner, and its large paperwork file contains technical documents and a German wiring diagram, twelve German service invoices from 1983 to 1999, import documents, MOTs from 2000 to 2023 (when it became exempt), a Porsche-issued Certificate of Authenticity, plus a list of the options with which it was specified.

PLEASE NOTE: The registration number showing in the images is not included in the sale.

For more information, please contact:
Paul Cheetham
paul.cheetham@handh.co.uk
07538 667452