Porsche 924 GTS Clubsport - `Komfort` - Maxted-Page

The only one of its kind
1982 Porsche 924 Carrera GTS - Clubsport ‘Komfort’
Chassis#710 057
• One of the 15 factory built - 924 GTS Clubsport
• Unique ‘Komfort Variante’ - Only one of its kind built to ‘comfort spec’ at studio Weissach
• GTR - Lightweight bodyshell with fiberglass panels and plexiglas
• Clubsport - 280bhp plus - 2.0 liter turbocharged engine
• Comfort spec included: Interior leather trimmed panels, dashboard and sports seats. Deletion
of the roll cage. Special carpets. Radio. Unique body decals and many other special features.
• Only 20,000 kms (approx. 13,000 miles) from new.
• All original books and documents from new including the original order, invoices and spec
sheets, etc. Plus all original tools, tyre pump and gauge.
1982 Porsche 924 Carrera GTS - Clubsport ‘Komfort’ Chassis # 710 057
Not to be confused with a standard
road-going Porsche 924. After
completion in 1980 of 400 units of the
924 Carrera GT, required for
homologation into Group 4, Porsche
produced a small, evolution series,
further developed within Group 4
regulations - the 924 Carrera GTS.
Just 59 Carrera GTS were produced
and of these, 15 were built to
Clubsport specification.
All 59 GTS examples were finished
in Red to LHD specification and
were built with performance features
such as lightweight fibreglass wings,
doors and bonnet; a thinner, bonded
windscreen with plexiglass sidewindows and rear hatch; Porsche 935
racing seats; a 120 litre capacity fuel
tank; 40% limited-slip differential;
aluminium semi-trailing arm with
coil sprung rear suspension and 911
Turbo brakes with cross-drilled
vented discs.
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The GTS featured a turbocharged
2.0-litre engine, which developed 245
bhp at 6,250 rpm, using 1 bar of
boost. Maximum torque of 335 Nm
was obtained as low as 3,000 rpm
and the GTS accelerated from 0-100
1982 Porsche 924 Carrera GTS - Clubsport ‘Komfort’ Chassis # 710 057
kph (62mph) in just 6.2 seconds with
a maximum speed of 250 kph
(155mph).
In Clubsport specification, the engine
performance was boosted still further
to 280 bhp at 1.1 bar (with the aid of
a larger, front mounted intercooler.)
0-100 kph (62mph) was achieved in
just 5.2 seconds with a maximum
speed of just over 160 mph. To save
further weight, Clubsport body shells
were the same as the GTR,
constructed from thinner gauge steel
with no under-body protection and
were fitted with a factory-built,
aluminium roll cage, Halon fire
extinguisher and Porsche 935 race
seats
with
4-point
Autoflug
harnesses.
924 GTS Clubsport Comfort
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This car was built in the factory race
department, retaining all the usual
CS / GTR LWT body shell and glass
fibre outer panels and Plexiglass
windows etc, and then hand finished
to 'komfort variante' in the Studio
Weissach (special wish studio) for a
discerning factory customer.
1982 Porsche 924 Carrera GTS - Clubsport ‘Komfort’ Chassis # 710 057
This unique comfort-spec order
included: leather sport seats, leathertrimmed Clubsport doors and dash
panel, leather trim panels, sports
seats and specially ordered carpets all of which were unique and handmade for this car alone, not stock
items from another model - also
applied are unique GTS body decals
to front, side and rear together with
black-painted sill and bumper trims.
Complete with the Clubsport 280bhp engine and a host of other ‘special-wish’ items, this car
was by far the most expensive 'road spec' Porsche of its era, costing 148,350 DM - approx 30%
more expensive still than a standard Clubsport at 110,000 DM (if you could call any Clubsport
standard!).
This one-registered-owner car is in original, un-restored condition throughout having covered
only 20,000 kms (approx 13,000 miles) from new. Complete with a history-file which has every
document from new including the original order, invoices and spec sheets, hand and service
books, title and even the radio handbook. All original tools, tyre pump, etc are also with the car
and are similarly ‘as-new’.
An opportunity to acquire a really unique Porsche in completely original condition - stunning to
drive and highly desirable to any serious Porsche collector.
Price £ POA