944 or 968

lindsayhbrown · **Posted:** Wed Aug 27, 2008 10:50 pm

found this confused car on ebay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1986-PORSCHE-944- ... 286.c0.m14 looks like quite a good conversion

tr7v8 · **Posted:** Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:37 am

A few bits don't add up though. It has no power steering I thought by 86 it was standard? Also has a fuel consumption gauge which I thought had been binned by 86? Or is it a boost gauge? Lodge sport did loads of conversions at one point so the rest could be kosher.

J.J. · **Posted:** Thu Aug 28, 2008 5:43 pm

Not my cup of tea. Could be interesting to insure! Prefer the look of the stock 44 anyday.

tr7v8 · **Posted:** Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:16 pm

J.J. wrote:

Not my cup of tea. Could be interesting to insure! Prefer the look of the stock 44 anyday.

Shouldn't be a problem to insure on a classic policy TBH. I must admit I prefer the 944 on balance.

Gazza944 · **Posted:** Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:15 pm

tr7v8 wrote:

A few bits don't add up though. It has no power steering I thought by 86 it was standard? Also has a fuel consumption gauge which I thought had been binned by 86? Or is it a boost gauge? Lodge sport did loads of conversions at one point so the rest could be kosher.

Agh now Neil and I were wondering about the consuption Gauge - I thought my 86 was a December model but his has the extra gauage but is also 86 so I assumed his was newer?

cococola · **Joined:** Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:09 pm **Posts:** 840

If I had the money would buy a proper 968...so it looks like I will be sticking with my 944 :wink:

colt45_gto · **Posted:** Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:50 pm

its been done well. looks tidy enough apart from the bubbled wing.

ahh lodge sports....those where the days. i remember getting all my bits from there back in the day of owning a shed of a 924 with a 44 body kit on. they don't do spares now

they was bloody good on price too!

random-hero · **Posted:** Fri Aug 29, 2008 4:30 pm

The reason its a good 968 replica is because i think it is a 968 or at least the shell is !!. look at the rear quarter windows they look like the bonded in type and are at a different angle at the bottom and do not fit the 944,the boot lock is in the bumper not on the back panel and the front under the bonnet looks like genuine and nothing like any conversion ive seen (ive done one myself),unless of course it had a 968 front/back end stitched onto a 944 shell. My april 86 lux has the mpf gauge as well !! PS is it my eyes or is the o/s rear quarter window at a different angle to the n/s ??

colt45_gto · **Posted:** Fri Aug 29, 2008 10:06 pm

random-hero wrote:

PS is it my eyes or is the o/s rear quarter window at a different angle to the n/s ??

its just the light. they are the same

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