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959 car bodies still produced?


awaken1973
02-20-2002, 02:48 PM
I read Porsche still produces 959 car BODIES! Maybe not anymore but bodies were built in greater numbers than cars itself.
For what purposes? For replicar builders?

Tom_S8
02-20-2002, 04:03 PM
Hmm that's interesting and i've never heard about it... Please gives a more info/w source if you find something , i'll try to find something myself too...

crayzayjay
02-21-2002, 04:40 AM
For spares is the only reason i can think of. Its a beast of a car, im sure there are off's here and there. Porsche wouldnt want to run out of spares for one of its all time greats. Makes sense, no?

cheers,
jay

awaken1973
02-21-2002, 06:20 AM
I was mistaken. There is an article and mention about only 2 Porsches built in 1996

http://erntheburn.tripod.com/autos/959/95911.htm

I also gather links concerning 959

959 body kits
http://www.paulsexotics.com/conv959.html

Converting 959 to US emission spec (lot of pics)
http://audiport.com/959/index.htm

gerd
06-21-2003, 09:28 AM
Porsche never built the 959 body panels, the supplier Bauer did. And they are able to make new panels.
Gate's 959 legally reentered in Oct. 2001. The final bill was around $150,000. of which $32,000. was paid by taxpayers for damage while in storage in Oakland.

Meeyatch1
12-11-2003, 10:28 PM
What kind of "damage"?

joshspeed
12-14-2009, 06:37 PM
Nice to see our money being put to good use lol...

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