Three-seat cars are rare, indeed. The McLaren F1 set the tone in the 1990s, and the British brand followed up on the modern classic with the Speedtail for 2020. The thing is, did you know the 911 can be had with a central driving position as well?
Enter Trinity Motorsports of Ohio, the company behind the Centro 911 conversion package. As you can tell from the main photo and the rest of the gallery, the 2008 model year Carrera S looks exactly as you’d expect from a three-seat 911 from the 997 series.
Priced at $110,055 when new, the fixed-head coupe with a good ol’ six-speed manual and an aspirated boxer is listed on Bring a Trailer at $20,500 at the time of writing this story. With four days of auctioning to go, it’s safe to expect a few more bids.
Speaking of stories, an enthusiast approached Trinity to convert his Lamborghini into a center-driving supercar but he then decided on the Porsche because hacking into an Italian exotic is a little bit expensive. The first example of the breed took 4,000-something hours to finish, which shows just how complex this conversion is.
Turning our attention back to chassis number WP0AB299X8S732082, the car has a little more than 33,000 miles on the odometer. The current seller drove approximately 3,000 miles since he acquired the Centro 911 in mid-2019, and as you can tell, there are a few aftermarket mods that help the Neunelfer develop a few more ponies and torques.
The titanium exhaust system opens the list, joined by the Evolution Motorsports v-flow intake system. Backed up by a March 2020 report from Auto Check, the car’s history doesn’t include any accidents or issues whatsoever. As if these weren’t good enough, the current owner is also willing to throw in an oil change kit for the 3.8-liter engine.
The 997 generation of the 911 Carrera S in pre-facelift flavor is good for 385 PS out of the box, translating to 380 horsepower and 4.5 seconds to 60 mph. Top speed? Make that 303 kph (180 mph), thank you!
After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well. Full profile
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