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If you're a fan of Top Gear, then you likely know that both Richard Hammond and James May are huge fans of vintage motorcycles and vintage Porsche 911s. While Jeremy Clarkson tends to call them Volkswagen Beetles, it's clear the other two do not feel the same.

We know this because not only have they voiced this, but they're also owners of vintage Porsches.

Turns out though that May is parting ways with one of his Porsche 911s. A Guards Red 930 Turbo, he acquired the car while working on one of his own projects. This particular car has been featured on a couple programs and as one would expect from May's Top Gear character, the records are in tact and organized to a "t."

With only 55,000 miles on the odometer, it is expected to fetch a higher price but only time will tell. According to one of the world's most famous presenters he lent it to his father for the past few years as he had never owned a proper sports car.

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The property of James May
1984 Porsche 911 3.2-Litre Carrera Coupé
Registration no. A677 KLH
Chassis no. WPOZZZ91ZES102350
Engine no. 63E04283

*Supplied new in the UK
*Extensive service history
*Only 55,000 miles from new
*Television appearances

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James May bought this Porsche 911 Carrera in 2007 during recording of the Radio 4 documentary 'Speed, Greed and the M25'. He visited Paul Devyea's workshop and showroom to borrow the car to record its engine sound, it being properly representative of the 'Thatcher's Britain' yuppies' favourite, the Porsche 911. The car was in excellent condition and for sale, so James bought it on the spot. It has appeared on screen too, notably in the 'Airfix' episode of 'James May's Toy Stories' and in the widely acclaimed Top-Gear online film, 'James drives to work'. Paul Devyea's sales invoice is on file together with detailed service history recording mileage totals.

?James tells us that the 911 has only been used as a 'hobby' car, in good weather. The recorded mileage of 55,000 is almost certainly correct and the history file is comprehensive, to say the least. In 2011, 'A677 KLH' was displayed at Top Gear Live as part of the Autoglym concours competition. It won a runner-up prize: a pack of car-cleaning products.

?'It was donated to my dad to use for the past four years, as he never owned a proper sports car,' James revealed. 'Recently he decided that he was getting on a bit to be seen in a retro stockbroker's car, and my mother hated it.

'As a 911, it's significant for being near the tail-end of the development of the original 1963 car. As a piece of social history, since it's Guards Red and has the sports pack, it stands as a monument to everything 1980s Britain was about. It's the 911 that Denis Thatcher would have driven, if he'd had one.'

The car is currently fitted with a CD player but James has a broadly period radio/cassette to go with it, if wanted. 'It has the cassette storage rack fitted, after all,' says James. 'The ideal environment for listening to Duran Duran, etc.' Also included in the sale is a Haynes workshop manual; Porsche GB correspondence; service booklet; sundry service invoices; old and current V5 documents (the latter in James May's name); and quantity of expired tax discs and MoTs dating back to 1984.



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