Although the most famous Buchmann Porsche 930 is without any doubt the Polaroid rainbow Turbo Targa from 1977, it wasn't the only highly extravagant 911 Porsche to come out of Rainer Buchmann's book.... A black and gold one might even be more extreme when it came to colour-choices.

1977 was the year Buchmann (B+B Auto) made big noise with their Porsche 911 Turbo Targa, that famous silver metallic car with it's rainbow interior; very likely one of tuning's most famous cars of all time.

1978; A year down the line and with Buchmann now well established saw customer's ordering their 911 Turbo Targa. One of those customers was a 26 year-old multi-millionaire from Caribean Curaçao and his name was Ortega Ramirez. The car was mechanically similar to the 1977 Rainbow Turbo-Targa but it had some very interesting new features as well. One the most notable things Buchmann did to the 911 was the nose. Instead of the standing headlights Buchmann installed pop-up headlights from the 928 in the nose making the nose of the 911 much more aerodynamically pleasing (up until the headlamps pop up that is....). Now it might be interesting to note that the idea of fitting 928 headlamps on a 911 actually was an idea dreamt up by the Porsche Factory and was introduced in 1977. However in Porsche production it never came to be, so it was up to the tuners to do so. Buchmann was one of the first to do it, but afterwards AIR (American International Racing), Rinspeed and various others adopted the idea as well.

Back to the black and gold 930 BB Turbo Targa. Because the besides the 928-nose treatment there was of course the conversion to Turbo, starting from a 911SC Targa; custom made widened (930 Turbo style) fenders, strengthening of the body to handle all the extra power from the Turbo-engine, etc. Then there were things very specific to this very car:

• BBS RA wheels with gold metallic centres
• Special front "bumper" an intake for a bigger oil cooler. The mesh to cover this intake was gold-plated.
• The centre reflector reading "Porsche" on the back end of the car was modified to function as a full width brake light.
• Early photos of the car don't show this, but at one point the car was fitted with a boomerang antenna for the TV
•  A complete custom interior which included
  •  Recaro C-Ideal Seats in gold-coloured velour with the owner's initials "OR" in the head rests
  •  A dash with turbo boost-knob, custom stereo and a Sony TV.
  • In the rear one of seats was replaced by a mini bar and the remaining rear-seat was cladded in the same gold-leather as the dashboard... also a taller rear parcelshelf was installed that integrated speakers.

Extravagance never comes cheap and this most certainly was the case with this very custom Buchmann 930 Turbo Targa. The complete car would have cost 215.000DM in '78.

The Black 'n Gold Buchmann 930 Turbo Targa in a press-photo, back in 1978. With it's roof closed.

On the road with Rainer's brother Dieter Buchmann behind the wheel of the car.

An interesting photo showing the car in probably a later stage, when a TV-aerial was installed on the Porsche's Turbo-wing. An odd looking detail that was very uncommon for any Porsche. But at that point in time probably the only way to get good TV-reception.

Gold grille and a nose that used parts of the then very new Porsche 928.

The rear-end of the Porsche 911 Turbo Targa remained mostly stock with the exception of the rear reflector; though it looks standard, with the big "Porsche" written on it, the lower photo in the Jensen ad actually shows its trick, which was that it had been converted to a full-width brakelight. Totally cool.

The interior shows a gold-leathered dashboard with entertainment extras that include an elaborate stereo system (a mix of Blaupunkt and Uher components), partially in a custom centre console, a Sony TV and spaces to store the cassettes everywhere (those black boxes with red square on them). Some of them are even placed beneath the guage cluster.

Speaking of the gauge cluster: Buchmann replaced the standard clock, on the right-hand-side, with a gold-plated Turbo-boostknob, also known as the wheel of death.

OR: Ortega Ramirez, the then very young owner of the Black 911 Turbo Targa.

Text: copyright Bram Corts

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