---
title: "The Porsche 911 Classic Club Coupe Is a Restored 996 With a Bubble Roof"
description: "Based on a mashup of a Porsche 1998 911 Carrera and Type 996, this 911 Classic Club Coupe restoration is a stunner."
date: "2022-03-21"
modified: "2022-03-21"
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  - name: "Kristin V. Shaw"
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url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/44852/the-porsche-911-classic-club-coupe-is-a-restored-996-with-a-bubble-roof"
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  - "sports car"
---

# The Porsche 911 Classic Club Coupe Is a Restored 996 With a Bubble Roof

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Through its Sorderwunsch program, which “special wish” in German and sounds kinda like fairy tale magic, Porsche Classic has whipped up another one-of-one project. This time, it’s the [911 Classic Club Coupe](<https://newsroom.porsche.com/en_US/2022/products/porsche-classic-911-classic-club-coupe-unique-porsche-club-of-america-27771.html>), a restoration car completed in conjunction with the Porsche Club of America. Based on a 1998 911 Carrera, the chassis, brakes, and engine are borrowed from the [996.2 911 GT3](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/44628/this-996-porsche-911-slantnose-is-a-perfect-retro-modern-tribute-build>) for an unusual combination. This is no ordinary Porsche...if there was such a thing.

This restoration project sports a No. 001/001 badge on the dash to prove its rarity, and a one-off paint job with a Sport Grey Metallic exterior with lighter Sport Grey Metallic stripes and Club Blue outlines that stand out. Porsche Classic also gifted the car with a double-bubble roof, a ducktail spoiler evocative of the 1972 [911 Carrera](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/44706/heres-how-sally-the-porsche-911-carrera-in-pixars-cars-was-made>) RS 2.7, and 18-inch forged aluminum Fuchs wheels. The total cost of this restoration wasn't shared, so think of a high number and then double it.

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Porsche Club of America Executive Director Vu Nguyen found the donor car in Virginia in poor shape. He shipped it off to the Porsche Classic workshop in [Stuttgart](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/41682/theres-a-hotel-in-germany-full-of-car-beds-for-adults>)-Zuffenhausen, where it was originally built for its disassembly and workover. Over the course of two and a half years, the Porsche was given a full rework.

The spoiler was hand-built with glass-fiber-reinforced plastic and the body-in-white was reinforced for strength. Its custom bubble roof hearkens back to the days when race drivers had to figure out a way to accommodate their helmets and domed the roof. With that in mind, the modification required a new back window, as well.

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Extensively tested at [Weissach](<https://www.thedrive.com/porsche/7039/take-a-lap-around-porsches-test-track-in-weissach>) in Germany, Nardò in Italy, and Idiada in Spain, a test version of the old/new Porsche endured top speed runs and wind tunnel time. Only then did Porsche greenlight the build. In its final form, the coupe is powered by a naturally aspirated, 3.6-liter flat-six making 381 horsepower.

If you were at the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance this year, which is now just called The Amelia, you probably caught a glimpse of it in a sneak peek display. [This is the way to modify a 996 to make it work](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/31101/shop-fixes-996-gen-porsche-911-carrera-with-bizarre-retro-bodykit>), and it deserves all the accolades.

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## Author
Kristin Shaw is the former Weekend Editor for The Drive and a current freelancer in both the automotive and aviation worlds. She’s a big fan of anything car-related and calls on her technology background on the corporate side to explain engineering and high-tech concepts. Now living in her sixth state (New Jersey, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Georgia, and now Texas), she is thrilled that working from home is now mainstream.

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