Stop crime in style, with an authentic Dutch Highway Patrol 1980 Porsche 911 Targa

Purchasing for condition-sponsored Police autos will have to be a enjoyment career.

In 1967 the Dutch Freeway patrol upgraded their fleet of Porsche 356 Cabriolets to the new 911 Targa. Why, you may well talk to, would a nation with a land sizing fewer than Tasmania and a penchant for biking, have to have an open up-major, athletics auto for site visitors obligations?

At the time, highways in The Netherlands carried no speed limits and the police essential cars with a little bit of tempo, that ended up also responsible, functional and handled perfectly.

The good news is, Porsche experienced an remedy that ticked all these containers, furthermore dealt with one particular essential further requirement. The car or truck wanted to have an open up roof.

The two-as well as-two structure of the 911 intended there was place to hold all the police devices, and the targa roof permitted a person of the officers to stand on the seat to see around the site visitors and problem directions.

Amongst 1962 and 1996, the Dutch Rijkspolitie (Freeway Patrol) serviced 507 Porsche cars, such as the 356 Cabriolet, 911 Targa and convertible, 914, 924, and 964.

Listed here is your possibility to personal a single of them, a 1980 3.-litre 911 SC Targa, codenamed ‘Alex 82’.

The 148kW 3.-litre flat six is mated to a 5-velocity handbook transmission, and the auto is mechanically identical to any other that left the manufacturing unit.

The white left-hand-generate targa features factory fog lamps front and rear, 15-inch cookie-cutter ATS wheels, and all the period-correct Rijkspolitie devices, which includes a blue flashing mild mounted to the targa bar, sirens, radios and brilliant orange freeway patrol livery.

In area of the rear seats are a established of tailor made shelves and tools lockers, total with all the goodies required for criminal offense-preventing and targeted traffic management in Holland, which include crisis lighting, a professional medical kit and fireplace-battling equipment.

To finish the look, the sale also involves a shiny orange helmet and replica police uniform, additionally a scale model of the 911 to preserve on your desk!

This car, available for sale in Belgium, has 305,845km on the clock and official Dutch police papers confirming its authenticity. At €99,950 ($AU150,000) the price tag is affordable for any 911 of this era, let by yourself just one with this kind of a storied and uncommon record as this!