1976 Porsche Kremer 935 K1 Street Car Is Cool as Ice

The owner of this Ice Green Metallic slant nose 930 Turbo isn’t afraid to drive it.  

The original Porsche 911 Turbo was introduced in 1975 in Europe, 1976 here in the U.S. It sported a 3-liter monster that offered a more intense driving experience than anything Porsche had sold to date. The Turbo Carrera did not have an intercooler, made do with just four forward speeds, and produced just 260 horsepower. That doesn’t sound like much power in today’s world of 840-horsepower Dodges, but each one of those 260 horses kicked like it’d just been startled. The relatively lightweight coupe managed a sprint to 60 in just 5.2 seconds, which was absolutely blistering for its day. And it remains pretty damn quick today.

In 1976, Porsche also introduced the 935 variant of motorsport 911 for the Group 5 category of international racing. Group 5 required the body shell of the car to remain stock, but aerodynamic changes were allowed. With a wild rear wing and long sloping fenders matched to the angle of the hood, the 935 facilitated the beginning of the “slant nose” tradition for Porsche.

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At the time, Kremer recognized a desire for some non-factory backed teams to run similar aerodynamic kits on their racing cars, to try to keep up with Porsche factory-supported teams on the race track. They’d tuned a lot of Porsche racing cars in the past, but in working with a local fiberglass company, Kremer was able to create a 935-style kit of body components. Some of those kits were used on street cars, like the car you see here.

We’ve long said that there’s no point in owning a car if you aren’t going to drive it. And that’s exactly what the owner of this Porsche does. As you can see in the video above, this car was purchased because of its imperfections, with the intent of driving it. And we can’t applaud him more.

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