Porsche 959

Ok I’m working on a model of A Porsche 959. I love this car, my uncle has one (the only convertible) but I don’t think Ill do well working on that yet. But I’m looking for 2 things. First what color to make it? Next some different rims for the car then what’s on it? If you all haven’t seen the car ill post a pic soon. Any help is always welcome.

Hey Samurai,

show us the car from your uncle.
I´m working on a 959 Convertible.

Regards, Bernd.

You didnt say what color your uncle's car is. Here's a pic of my model.
Maybe you can get an idea of what a red one looks like.


http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/502/95779Porsche_959-med.JPG

Im looking for the pics, and it is red... any idea of other rims for the model that will fit?

Im looking for the pics, and it is red... any idea of other rims for the model that will fit?

here are my 959.
http://www.kunta-ripley.com/m_cars/1_euro/porsche/p959/me_p959.htm

I cant figure it out I think the pic is under my gallery... its red

No offense, but I seriuosly doubt that's a real 959... Looks more like a glassfibre kitcar or a customized 911. Atleast I hope it isn't customized from an original 959.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/109016jack1-med.jpg

-Mikko

I didnt tell you that this car was run under a semi going well over 60. you couldent have made out the car when he got it...

No offense, but I seriuosly doubt that's a real 959... Looks more like a glassfibre kitcar or a customized 911. Atleast I hope it isn't customized from an original 959.
-Mikko

Yeah, nice try. That's a 959 replica built onto a VW pan. The mold has been exchanged through a few different kit car manufacturers. Do a search for 959 kit car, or 959 VW, I'm sure something will turn up.

Like this, on the ever-so-reliable Geocities server so if it doesn't come up, try again later.
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/4570/

you can think what you might but I know what it is...

i think the german tuner "koenig" opened real 959s in the eighties but there might exist only a few!
But hey, until you post any pics no-one, including me, will believe you!

I was only 5 when he got this so I dont have any...

:banghead: of course!
your uncle had a car worth 100.000$ or something, one of twenty, or even less ever built and no one made any pics of it :screwy:

what's your uncle's actual car? murcielago barchetta? :lol2:

There are only 20 in the US... And this is a pic of it... again the car was unrecognizable when he got it...

Sorry, but only ONE 959 was (officially) exported to the United States. And this one (red btw) has to stay in a museum cause the engine has higher emissions then the american laws allow

(sorry for my bad english, hope you understand what i mean)

and, hmm, sorry, but i cant see the pic :(

No there were 20 that were sold to people all over the USA after the 20 they wanted to test crash test the cars. Porsche said no but the first 20 were already in the hands of the new owners and weren’t going to give them back. USA said that they couldn’t be used on the street so most of them were used as track cars only. The man my uncle got his from was the manager of Porsche USA based in Chicago Illinois 5 min away from my uncles European car shop...

maybe maybe
but then were all my books and the tv reports i've watched about the porsche 959 wrong :(

It could joust be a big mess of miss communication but I got that info from my uncle... I found this" Porsche built about 30 'US Spec' Sport 959s for US sale in 1987. The first 8 of them were shipped to Al Holbert's in Pennsylvania, where the EPA and DOT struck down hard and refused to let them in. 7 of the 8 were sent back to Germany with the other 22 to be held for the US owner to come drive in Europe. Most of the owners just put them up for sale in Germany." But that doesn’t mean that they couldn’t keep them for track only. I know this car was before he took it out one day and ran it under a semi truck.

I have a sports car magazine that isn't but maybe a few months old max and it talks about the FIRST U.S. legal 959 ever. Talking about a place that is finally making them street legal. Until now none have been legal for public road use. Your uncle might have done it but it wasn't legal when it was done.

William

okee,
let's say it was a big misunderstandig, but no matter how much 959 have been shipped to US and why and why not, Porsche himself never built an open 959. so it must have been a selfmade or an aftermarket roadster

No it wasn’t legal, it was a racecar that the guy drove on the street the first time. And went under a semi. Then he sold it to my uncle.

i also have that issue of the legal 959s and its true. i believe it was road and track, if im not mistaken. a few months back, some importer finally got them to pass emissions and all that dot junk. it had new cats mufflers, ecu and turbos which reuslted in more power too. so if you want them street legal, you gotta order them from this one importer only.

I found more pics... I also have that issue
http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/109016Picture4-med.jpg
http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/109016Picture3-med.jpg

Car looks pretty cool but i think it's self made. Still be fun to drive.

William

I belive Excellence has a good article about the guy, who ligalized quite many 959s, and they're for sale for about $800,000, I think.

>samurai75007
Could that be a 911, which went under a semi by any chance? And got it restored with some 959 panels?
Looking at the wheels of the red Porsche, the offset seems a bit too deep for the 959. The air intake behind the door sits way too high, and there is a huge space between the door and the rear wheel arch. That's definitely not a real 959.
But, if you are going to make a model, it doesn't matter. You can use Tamiya kit, and make your own 959 cabriolet.

Ill talk to him this thanks giving...

Sorry, but that red one on the picture is not a real 959.
The mirrors are wrong, the air-intakes are not open, the doorhandle is wrong, the wing is not round enough, the seats a.s.o.
Looks like a replica on a 964.

Regards, Bernd.

:iagree: Bernd!