The letters “DP” represent a powerful combination in the air-cooled Porsche world. DP Motorsports is known for building some absolutely wildly powerful air-cooled models, accentuated by the variety of air dams and scoops that made real-deal DP cars so slippery in motorsports settings. Of course, these enhancements made their way to the masses in production cars, typically with just the aerodynamic upgrades versus the bodywork and a modified engine. This 1982 911 cabriolet has the rare DP body kit but retains a naturally-aspirated flat-six. Find it here on craigslist in the Bay Area for $59,000.

Now, while most of us don’t give a hoot about a body kit, there’s some real provenance here if the aero enhancements are truly real-deal DP parts. The seller claims this 911 was a demonstrator, of sorts, brought into the U.S. with all of the DP goodies already installed to show dealers what it could be like to sell a customer all of those pricey upgrades they didn’t really need. In this photo, you can see just how deeply flared the rear haunces are, and how the elaborate rear spoiler helps to accentuate those lines. The wheels appear to be real-deal Fuchs, but I can’t quite decide how well they work in this application.

The interior is in fair condition and offers some pretty solid clues about what we’re dealing with. The “935” nomenclature is clearly not accurate, but I have a feeling DP was just using the same side sills no matter the model and trying to avoid the cost of manufacturing a completely different set of body kit components just to have it say “911” versus “935.” Or, alternatively, if the seller’s story holds water that this was a demo car, DP likely didn’t care what it said inside the door frame – they just wanted dealers to stop dead in their tracks when they saw the wide stance, Slantnose front end, and gigantic whale tail. This model appears to have factory sport seats as well, along with a fire extinguisher that is a common fixture in vintage European cars.

The engine is run-of-the-mill SC, which is hardly a bad thing but may be disappointing if you were holding out hope that this would be a cheap turbo swap project car. Well, it’s not cheap, and if the engine is original, it’s even more desirable. I’m not sure whether the price should drop at all, as the seller claims it runs and drives. There’s no rust and it has a clean title, so combined with its intriguing provenance, this DP Motorsports 911 convertible checks many of the right boxes for the seasoned air-cooled collector. Do you think the DP / body kit connection should drive a better price?