Nice Australian-delivered 930 Kremer

[Merv]

One of our regular Monday morning group turned up with this nice 500+HP Kremer 930. Strong car. 315 rears and Singer rims

[9er]

I almost bought one myself recently,
a very undervalued car in my opinion.

[e72phil]

Years ago in Adelaide, I was taken for a ride out along the freeway towards Murray Bridge in a Kremer 930. We had 3 people in the car but it was still blindingly fast. We touched 290 kph at one stage. I remember as we entered the freeway again down the on ramp, we were doing around 160 kph as we merged onto the freeway and built up more speed. I was looking out the back window at the faces of drivers as we passed them at nearly 3 times their speed. It was scary how much power this car had. There was a turbo boost adjustment knob on the centre tunnel. I noted to the driver it was set at its lower setting. "Do you ever turn it right up" - I asked. "Only when I want to win" was his reply.

[mrar]

Nice one Phil, was it after that that you decided to get into speed camera tech?

[Merv]

Good one Phil. I like the sticker "get in, sit down, shut up and hang on!"
This is nice car with a strong 5 speed gearbox well restored interior and I would think being less common as Aust-delivered? The waste gate noise is addictive. His 18 year old son was keen to drive it home ... it didn't happen.

[klasikcis]

Merv you talk about it being less common as Australian-delivered. Having a September 78 build Aussie delivered 930 I can quote the numbers sold according to Porsche Cars Australia. There were 23 Turbos for 1978 and 20 for 1979.
Anything with a Kremer 930 is a rare beast but so are Australian delivered pre 1980 930 Turbos, it was only after the "petrol crisis" that sales increased to higher levels.
Nev

[epilot]

The one that sold via eBay from up here in Medowie was at Autowerks when I dropped in the other day.
The Kremer rear lid strangely elongates the car to my eye but by all accounts a phenomenal machine.

[Bremith]

The Ducks.

[e72phil]

Nice one Phil, was it after that that you decided to get into speed camera tech?

Hi Sean, that ride was at a time I was in the sporting goods wholesale business. it was many years later I changed industries.
Interestingly the car belonged to a guy who owned a mercantile company. He was always running into people in financial trouble who more often than not, had some very exotic cars on lease - which he always managed to pick up for a song. The 930 was one of them.

[klasikcis]

Slightly different angle on Aussie Delivered 930 turbos. I see that Classic Throttle shop just sold the low km (22,000) 1985 Aussie delivered 930 with an asking price of $388K. It was only recently listed

[9er]

The one that sold via eBay from up here in Medowie was at Autowerks when I dropped in the other day.
The Kremer rear lid strangely elongates the car to my eye but by all accounts a phenomenal machine.

That was the car that I was negotiating on, I knew its history as it was an Adelaide car that I also looked buying previously in about 2009.
They are a bit of an acquired taste, visually.

[mrar]

Hi Sean, that ride was at a time I was in the sporting goods wholesale business. it was many years later I changed industries.
Interestingly the car belonged to a guy who owned a mercantile company. He was always running into people in financial trouble who more often than not, had some very exotic cars on lease - which he always managed to pick up for a song. The 930 was one of them.

It's a good story Phil.
I remember a time when I was young kid sitting in the back of my stepbrother's stockbrocker father's 2dr Merc driving up to thier farm of a friday night. I could see he had a stubby of beer in his hand while looking over his shoulder as we were cruising up the hill, could make out 225km/h, that wasn't near at the top. My stepbrother next to me was oblivious to all this as he had his brand new original model walkman cranking.
How times have changed.

[mrar]

Slightly different angle on Aussie Delivered 930 turbos. I see that Classic Throttle shop just sold the low km (22,000) 1985 Aussie delivered 930 with an asking price of $388K. It was only recently listed

I just had a look on cts sold, nice.
Finally fitted a new altenator to my 77 today and drove it again (unlike the one above mine has a bit over 200k/ kms),loved it.

[mrar]

Just watched this.

"What a temper!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Otqy1y2v1kQ

He made made me smile.

[klasikcis]

Thx Shaun. Well worth viewing and does a good job explaining what the attraction with the 930's is.