Here we have a continuasly growing collection of pictures taken of my 1978 Porsche 911SC - aka Wanda!
The story behind the name comes from when I first got her back in 2005. Knowing that I was looking for a project, I searched out a mechanically sound 911, but did not care much for originality and cleanliness. When I found this car, the interior was ringing wet. And on closer inspection I discovered that every possible location where water could get in it was! And to make matters more fun, I ended up having to remove and reinstall both the front and rear screen several times to stop the water leaking in. During one of the soak tests, the phrase "This car is better suited as a fish tank" was muttered, and with that the name Wanda (from the film A fish called Wanda) was given to the car.
This Porsche 911 rolled of the manufacturing line in early 1978 with the vin number 911 8 30 0758 (making it the 758th ROW designated SC), but was already registered as a German car for delivery to the Fulda Porsche Center (originally named Hans Kahrmann Porsche Direkthändler) on the 21st of October 1977.
The car then spent 21 years in Germany (Fulda) with two owners (Dr. Simon and Mr. Römmelt) before making it's way over to the wet roads of England. Whilst in England, the SC had three registered owners (Mr. Gale, Mr French and Mr Wiltshire). I took over the ownership of the car on the 1st of February 2005 and prepared the car for export and transportation to Sweden, and completed the import on the 19th of September 2005, and started the restoration and track modification project.
Despite showing signs of old age and neglect by the time I found her, the SC did come with a full documented history which was a good sign of sound mechanical health I hoped - something I later discovered was not necessarily true...
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