1997 Porsche 911 Carrera
The last air-cooled 911, 68,359 miles, no accidents reported
Overview
A 1997 911 Carrera in blue over blue with a six-speed manual, showing 68,359 miles. The Carfax runs fifty-eight records across twenty-eight years and seven owners, with no accident or claim ever reported.
The 993 was the last of the air-cooled 911s, and the Carrera is its purest form: a 3.6-liter Varioram flat-six, rear-wheel drive, and six speeds. This one has the electric sunroof, Cup-design hollow-spoke wheels over cross-drilled rotors with black-script calipers, and twin polished tailpipes under the rear valance.
The interior is a combination that has become genuinely hard to find: blue leather instead of the usual black, the Porsche crest on the airbag wheel, factory embroidered mats, and the original CR-210 radio still in the dash. The cabin is documented in eighteen frames, because on a car of this age the interior is what tells you how it was treated.
The car wears paint protection film, and XPEL window tint was added in 2026. The engine bay, undercarriage, and tire tread are all photographed in the gallery below. Paint meter readings are the one thing missing, for a simple reason: a gauge cannot measure through film.
Specifications
Highlights
- No accidents or damage reported to Carfax, with a clean, guaranteed title
- 993 Carrera: the final air-cooled 911, and the one collectors chase
- 20 service records across its life, including Porsche and marque specialists
- A slow, careful life, never averaging more than about 2,400 miles a year
- Recently inspected and aligned, with XPEL window tint fitted in 2026
The Photos
The Provenance
- 1998First titled in Delaware
Registered in Wilmington in May 1998 with just 315 miles.
- 1999–2001Pennsylvania and Delaware
Early servicing at Wyoming Valley Motors; roughly 10,500 miles by 2000.
- 2001–2008Southern California
To San Diego at 21,000 miles, where it stayed through 2008.
- 2008–2017Colorado, nine years, one specialist
Longmont ownership with a steady record at Gunbarrel Import Motors: fluids, brakes, alternator and annual service from 35,800 to roughly 47,000 miles.
- 2017–2022Back to California
Los Angeles ownership, with a maintenance inspection at Beverly Hills Porsche in 2021 at 54,865 miles and new tires in 2022.
- 2022East to New Jersey
Titled in Warren at 58,843 miles; serviced and aligned at RSW Euro in 2023.
- 2026Inspected and detailed
Recorded at 63,500 miles in January, inspected and aligned that month, with XPEL window tint installed in May.
- NowOffered by Hidden Roads Project
Showing 68,359 miles. Stock C025. By appointment, New Jersey.
The Documentation
Compiled here is everything you need to make an informed decision, and to keep this transaction as transparent as possible.
The History
The end of the air-cooled line
The 993 is the last 911 Porsche built around an air-cooled flat-six, and the last shaped by hand rather than by wind tunnel alone. Produced from 1995 to 1998, it married the classic silhouette (the wide hips, the low nose, the unmistakable profile) to a genuinely modern chassis with a multi-link rear end. Enthusiasts had long argued over which 911 was the best; the 993 quietly settled it, and the market has agreed ever since.
This example
A 1997 Carrera finished in blue, first titled in Delaware in the spring of 1998 with 315 miles on the clock. Its Carfax runs 58 records deep with no accidents, no damage, and no odometer irregularities across seven owners, a car that has been passed carefully from hand to hand rather than run hard. It has never averaged more than a few thousand miles a year, and it arrived in New Jersey in 2022.
The Market
The 993 has spent the last decade as the blue-chip air-cooled 911, and the market rewards exactly what this car has: an honest accident-free history, documented service, and mileage that reads as used-but-cherished rather than stored away. Manual Carreras in original colors set the pace.
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