Some cars are considered collectables from the word go.

Porsche has sold many such collectable sports cars in its 60-plus years of business.

Their limited-production 911 Speedster, of which only 2,065 were built in 1989, was one of these.

It not only celebrated the end of the first generation of air-cooled 911 production, which dated back to 1963, but evoked the legendary 1954-’57 356 Speedster in name and image, a sure fire hit with Porsche enthusiasts and automobile collectors alike.

Only 139 cars were made in right hand drive.

Despite being an “image” car that was highly recognisable as a special edition, the 911 Speedster brought the goods.

Considered option “M503” and based on the 214hp 3.2 Carrera Cabriolet, it debuted at the 1987 Frankfurt Motor Show.

The production 1989 Speedster wore a unique aluminium framed windscreen that was more than 3 inches lower and raked 5 degrees flatter than that of the standard Cabriolet.

One-piece wind-up side windows, lacking the Cabriole...