Porsche 911 Carrera, Red, for sale in Pleasanton, California, for $22,990.

The Porsche 911 is a sports car icon. Keeping essentially the same shape for almost 60 years, Porsche has been content to make only incremental, progressive changes from year to year, preferring to keep buyers interested by constantly refining the performance envelope of the car. The 1987 Porsche 911 Carrera represented the last version of the 911 to still be based upon the original design that dated back to the mid 1960’s. In the mind of many Porsche enthusiast, this is the 911 in it’s most pure form. I think all of us can remember having a poster of a 911 on our wall at some point growing up. In the base model a 3.2 liter 6 cylinder engine was mounted in the rear of the car (as with all 911’s), and it produced 214 horsepower and 195 lb-feet of torque. This was an improvement of 12 horsepower and 10 lb-feet of torque over the previous year. This amount of power might not seem very impressive from today’s perspective, but in the late 1980’s it was close to the top of the heap, and the lightweight construction of the 911, combined with its finely-tuned driving dynamics contributed to a very quick car that was solid through the corners. This Guard’s Red 911 Carrera comes to us from a local owner who has made numerous, subtle improvements to the car over the 10 years that he has owned the car. Going through the numerous service records provided, it is obvious that it has been well maintained and documented. The odometer reads just over 144k which averages out to roughly 6,000 miles a year. Here is a list of the performance upgrades that have been added to this gorgeous 911: ENGINE - Complete top-end rebuild done at 80k miles - Twin Spark Plug/Ignition Upgrade - 993 Ignition Wires - K&N Air filter system - High performance muffler w/ stainless steel tips - G50 Transmission, rebuilt at 70K miles BRAKES & SUSPENSION - Bilstein Sport Shocks - Classic Fuchs Turbo Wheels - Weltmeister anti-sway bar and strut braces - Suspension lowered 1” - High Performance Brakes w/ cross-drilled rotors, 964 calipers, stainless steel brake lines BODY/EXTERIOR - Recent Paint (Guard’s Red) - All rubber trim replaced - Alpine Stereo & Speakers - Correct Front and Rear Spoliers with OEM rubber - DuPont chip protection - Custom Cover