Center seat, 3-seater Porsche 911

3-seater Porsche 911 (997)

Deep in the Texas forest ...
At first glance, 997 Porsche is nothing strange ...
(No, in the first place, "at first glance nothing strange" is a lie (laughs))

But this 997 type Porsche 911.

From the outside, I think it feels like a car that has changed so much.

2008 997 type Carrera S.

It has wings and the taillights have changed, but that's not all.

What's amazing about this Porsche 911? Really amazing.

Because, surprisingly, this Porsche 911 is a "three-seater".

It's a 3-seater Porsche 911.

What?

Wow, there really isn't a passenger seat! !!

This Porsche 911, a three-seater specification that is a center seating that brought the driver's seat to the center of the car.

A three-seater is a rare item no matter which manufacturer you look at.

The McLaren F1 in the 1990s, followed by the recently announced McLaren "Speedtail" is new to my memory.

Second center seat 911 by Trinity Motors

This is Trinity Motors, which has modified it to make this center seat, and it seems that this is the second time to make 911 for the center seat.

The first one is a convertible Carrera S manual transmission car, which was completed in 2013 and then hit the market in 2016 and was sold.

Inside the car, one racing bucket seat is installed in the center of the front row, and its position is shifted to the right side (that is, it is in the center) from the driver's seat with the original counterclockwise steering wheel. ..

It seems that all the dashboards have been removed and remade into completely new ones for the center driving position.

It was the most difficult task to bring the shift cable and clutch to the center (to the right of the original position).

Even so, from the experience of working hard with the first remodeled unit, it took 14 months for this remodeling for the first one, but it was completed in 7 weeks for the second one this time. It seems that it was done.

Well, that's amazing ...

Even so, why did you make such a modification again?

Oh yeah, and since this car and seat are in the center, it looks a little difficult when getting in.

However, it is also considered properly, and when it comes to the driver's seat here, it first slides to the left door, which is the entrance (you can see the movement in the video below).

So, I got into the car as if it were a normal left-hand drive car, and then the seat and myself slid back to the center and settled in place.

Sold at auction

It seems that this Porsche was a car of about 110,055 dollars (about 11.9 million yen) at the time of sale (before remodeling), but it is currently auctioned and the current price (2020, 4 days before the end of the auction) As of March 28), it is 20,500 dollars (about 2.2 million yen).

By the way, the owner of this Porsche 911, he said he really wanted to convert the Lamborghini into a car in the center position.

However, when I looked it up, I found that it would be too expensive to modify the Lamborghini, so I decided to convince myself with Porsche.

Even so, I would like to ask "Why did you dare to make it a center drive 3-seater in the first place" whether it is Lamborghini or Porsche ^ ^

Here is an introduction video of this car.

Details of the car, additional photos, etc. can be found on this auction site.Click here for the auction siteFrom. * You may not be able to see it after the auction ends.

★ Addition (2020.3.31) ★
The current price is "$ 22,300" with about 10 and a half hours left until the end of the auction. Will it end without rising so much, or will the price rise at once at the end ... ^^?

★ Addition (2020.4.5) ★
After all, it seems that there are quite a few people who are looking for the Porsche 911 of the center seat (?), The final price did not rise so much and it was sold for "33,000 dollars"!

Source:
◆ There's a Porsche 911 With a Center-Seat Conversion for Sale on Bring a Trailer Right Now　
◆ This “Centro 911” Three-Seat Porsche 911 Carrera S Is Looking for a New Owner