Porsche 930 Turbo Is This Year’s Winner Of Porsche Classic U.S. Restoration Challenge

Florida’s Champion Porsche and its K5 Dark Blue 1989 911 Turbo have been selected as the winners of the 2022 Porsche Classic Restoration Challenge. Brought back to its original spec, this was the dealership’s first time ever entering the competition.

“We saw some of the restorations from the previous year and knew that we had to do our best to step things up this year with our restoration,” said a representative from Champion Porsche. “Not a single bolt was left unturned, and every single part was either replaced with new genuine parts from Porsche Classic or restored. Our mission was to restore our 1989 911 Turbo to exactly what the original factory build sheet called for, resulting in a true factory restoration.”

The car was selected for its historic significance as the last year of the G-body 911 and because of its G50 five-speed manual transmission. When it started the project, though, the model had seen better days.

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In addition to a few aftermarket parts that had been added over the years, Champion Porsche discovered that the engine had been modified to displace 3.4-liters, instead of the original 3.3-liters. Like everything else, then, the engine was completely stripped down and brought back to factory spec.

The nut and bold restoration saw every painted component sanded down and reworked, then repainted in the color it had originally been specced in: K5 Dark Blue. Any part that couldn’t be fixed, polished, or restored was replaced with a genuine Porsche Classic part to get it as close to factory as possible.

“Taking a vehicle missing parts when the project began, Champion Porsche’s efforts to restore a well-appreciated and worn 930 Turbo exemplify our goal at Porsche Classic – keeping all classic Porsche models on the road,” said Jonathan Sieber, Manager Porsche Classic with PCNA. “The margins were incredibly thin.”

The car was ultimately selected over a yellow 1996 Porsche 911 Carrera 4S Type 993 restored by Chicago’s Porsche Exchange and a Platinum Metallic 1982 Porsche 911 SC Type 930 that was worked on by Porsche Palm Springs. The winners were selected at the Sports Car Together Fest in Indianapolis, Indiana, this weekend.

“The competition this year was definitely stiff and there were some amazing builds out there. The cars that made it to Sports Car Together Fest was proof of that,” said a representative from Champion Porsche. “It was great to talk Porsche with all the fellow competitors and to even feel a comradery amongst everyone.”