In January of 1992, Porsche Exclusive (formerly the Sonderwünsche, or Special Wishes Department) manager Rolf Sprenger composed a three-page internal memo to the board of directors suggesting a small run of 964-chassis 3.3-liter 911 Turbo coupes that would be much lighter than the production version, and thus capable of even more impressive performance.

They would essentially be a road-legal version of the 964 Turbo that had captured the 1992 IMSA Supercar Championship.

On 22 May 1992, management authorized the project, with examples completed between July and November to be designated 1993 models.

The Turbo S Lightweight, or Leichtbau, would be the first model built and developed entirely by Porsche’s customizing department, with each example assigned a discrete VIN.

Porsche built 86 examples, including the car offered here.

Visually similar to the 964 Carrera RS 3.8, the Turbo S Lightweight in fully stripped trim weighed a svelte 2,850 pounds, more than 400 pounds less than a st...