The Porsche 911 Speedster was a very long time coming: conceived as a nod to the iconic 1954 356 Speedster, it appeared first as a series of prototypes in the mid-1980s before the production version finally debuted for the 1989 model year.

All Speedsters share the contemporaneous Carrera 3.2 powerplant--a naturally aspirated, air-cooled 3.2-liter ‘flat’ six-cylinder engine producing 215 hp-- paired to a five-speed Getrag manual transaxle.

If the Speedster’s heritage and purist focus made it instantly appealing, its limited, single-year production run made nigh impossible to acquire.

Just 2,104 were built for the world market, with a scant 171 examples leaving Zuffenhausen clad in the ‘narrow’ body style—foregoing the more popular ‘turbo-look’ package and its requisite widened bodywork.

This Guards Red over Black leather example offered here is one of roughly ten recorded right-hand drive examples produced wearing a ‘narrow body’ configuration.

Completed on June 30, 1989, it was sp...