One of only twenty lightweight 964 Carrera 4s built by Porsche, Mike Amalfitano’s pristine example is abundant testimony to Porsche’s sensitivity to the desires of its clients.

The Stuttgart manufacturer’s willingness to build small runs of specialized high performance variants is the stuff of legends, but the Carrera 4 Lightweights may be one of the shortest and most specialized ever, more rare and exotic even than the fabled 959.

It is so specialized, in fact, that Porsche didn’t even bother to give it a 17-digit vehicle identification number.

The Carrera 4 Lightweight makes do with just its model designation, 964, and a three-digit sequence number.

Porsche never homologated the Carrera 4 Lightweight for any racing series.

That is not surprising given its short run quantity, which never would have met a rational sanctioning body’s definition of “production”.

The Carrera 4 Lightweights’ purpose is obscure … but Mike Amalfitano’s intent with his may shed some light on it.

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