Claus Vanderborg took delivery of his unique Turbo — the last Type 993 to leave the factory in-period — on September 5, 1998, from Porsche Centre Altötting. Twenty years later, Porsche would make the “Project Gold” 993 Turbo from OEM parts, but that one-off was built for a charity auction and could not be road-registered, making “The Last Waltz” the final true customer car to leave Zuffenhausen in the “air-cooled” era. Altötting marked the occasion’s significance with a secondary plaque of its own, fitted to the door reveal, reading: “Claus Vanderborg today received the last classic Porsche 911 (993 Turbo) with an air-cooled Boxer engine. The beat is yours forever!” “The Last Waltz” also comes with a copy of Porsche’s letter confirming that it is the last air-cooled 911 to leave the factory.
Less than a year later, Vanderborg sold the Porsche, which was then exported to Japan, remaining there for the next 16 years. In 2015, “The Last Waltz” was bought by Belgian dealers Nijsmans Classic Cars, who exhibited the Porsche in Europe for two years before selling it on. The car’s next owner was based in the U.K., and it is currently owned by an enthusiast in Belgium. Even now, some 26 years after “The Last Waltz” was built, the odometer reading is only a little over 11,000 kilometers.
(Introductory description courtesy of Bonhams Cars.)
