Safari Style: 1984 Porsche 944
The Porsche 944 was never supposed to go off-road—so of course someone created this beast. Today’s feature car has been transformed into a lifted, rally-ready, lightbar-sporting, CB-radio-equipped Safari 944, complete with a roof basket to haul all your questionable life choices. Underneath the Mad Max cosplay is a meticulously maintained transaxle Porsche with a binder full of receipts, a drawer full of spare parts, and a decently preserved interior. Find this 1984 Porsche 944 offered for $12,850 in Burbank, CA via Craigslist. Tip from Rock On!
From the seller:
1984 porsche 944
condition: excellent
cylinders: 4 cylinders
drive: rwd
fuel: gas
odometer: 24,904
paint color: red
title status: clean
transmission: manual
type: coupe
OBO – Cash only no trades please!
Clean title and currently registered
Up for sale is a Safari style Porsche 944 with a lot of work done on it.Timing belt and rollers
ZIMS waterpump and gaskets
Oil cooler gaskets and seals
Ball joints and control arms
Control arm and sway bar bushings
Front and rear KYB shocks
Front main seals
All essential vacuum lines replaced
Auxiliary air valve and supplementary air valve
Coolant lines
Differential output shaft seals
Fuel pump and filters
F9Tech DME Relay
Reupholsted dashboardAs for the mods:
MOMO steering wheel
Auxiliary lights and light bar
Exhaust cutout switch 🤫
Only944 short shifter kit
Rennline fire extinguisher mount
Front and rear tow hooks
Braided brake lines
Custom gauge pod
Lifted suspension (40mm of lift and reversible if you don’t like it)
Front skidplate
Yakima roof rack and Maxxhaul basket
Uniden CB Radio
KLA Strut bar
Mesh grille coverYou will also get: trackpads, a fullsize spare, all the specialty tools needed for this car AND a FREE cassette tape of your own choosing (just tell me a genre or artists you prefer)
Runs and drives great! AC Blows cold – no mechanical issues, that being said there are some cons:
Power steering and oil pan gasket are slightly leaking
Cosmetic issues like the paint, faded rubber/plastics, a crack in the windshield, etc.Been a daily for a 2 years now – never left me stranded and made the drive from Denver to LA when I first got it without any issue.
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Love it. Do what you want and don’t look back. I see more old Cayenne rally builds which probably make more sense. But L.A. is a tough town – even a 944 needs to be able to handle hard duty.
Burbank at night – not a place for the faint of heart. As my rally lights illuminated the entrance to Flappers, I wondered to myself,
“What was I so afraid of? Pauly Shore was going to be funny, wasn’t he? It surely wouldn’t be like last time.”
The other patrons waiting to get in were getting annoyed by the sheer coolness of my rallymobile, flipping the bird into the blinding lights. High-profile tires were reason enough to park on the sidewalk, I reckoned.