Cheap 959 Thread
 

What do you think guys? Should I pull the trigger? I'll have to sell my house and cash in my 401k to get it, but I don't know if I'll find another one in my price range ever again...

Crashed 1987 Porsche 959 heading to auction, could be worth $500,000 | Fox News

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Ask Wayne how hard parts are to find. I'd buy it only if I could afford Bruce Canape to repair it.

Just a little bondo, no biggie.

$500,000 for this? It would make sense if you had another one that had been damaged in the rear.

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I kinda don't get it. If you can afford a million dollar car, can't you afford to fix the million dollar car, too? What's the repair tab on that going to be? Few hundred thou? At least source a wheel to make it a roller. There's some part of the story I'm missing.

I agree. Either someone is so wealthy they don't care or there is another reason they won't or can't fix it. I'd fix it. It's a 959 people! Come on!

I hope you're kidding...

Someone will buy it and fix it, end of story. Salvage title 959.

200k is my best offer. :)

It is a hideous looking car.

It looks like Porsche stuck the back end of an NSX on a 911. Blah, blah blah...

I remember when Wayne bought his. It had some issues, and the price reflected that.
I won't say what he paid, it was lot of money then but compared to todays prices it was the deal of the century.

I'd be curious to read about Wayne's misadventures. Does anyone have a link? The 959 was on my bedroom wall as a kid...

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-technical-forum/370478-pelican-board-please-forgive-my-past-sins-accept-my-penance.html

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-technical-forum/370844-project-car-959-ppi.html


http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-technical-forum/371288-959-ppi-update-re-color-change.html


http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-technical-forum/371518-starting-work-959-project-car.html


Wayne represents the American dream where a person can achieve anything with enough dedication, sacrifice, drive and hard work. And he deserves every reward he gets, I hope they are worth what they cost.
I'm glad he has a 959 and those other special cars. He earned them AFAIC

This is the thread i like the most, where the guy takes the car out and uses it for what it was designed for!!
brass ones.

I had no idea that 959s ran 57 psi in the tires!!! ;)


http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-technical-forum/378438-whoops-wayne-spins-959-willow-3.html#post3600251

That should buff right out! :):):):)

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The one Roarmac is rebuilding in the tech forums looked alot worse than this one. He hasnt updated in a while unfortunately.

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LOL I saw this and I was thinking Roarmac needs to buy this one as a donor car to finish his project.

How much will the top-of-the-line Hammacher-Schlemmer bungee cord bring above the estimate?

LOL you get it, I get it.
others are saying huh?

Sold for 425,000

https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/classic-cars/a22800074/this-porsche-959-was-wrecked-in-a-freak-trailer-accident/?src=nl&mag=rdt&list=nl_rdt_news&date=082218

For days, the nature of this Porsche's damage has remained a mystery, but today, our colleague Alex Stoklosa over at Car and Driver got the scoop. A Mecum representative told Car and Driver that during transit, the trailer that was hauling the 959 detached from its tow vehicle, careened off the road, and collided with a tree.

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Sad story this one is. The good news is that I have a lot of the parts that they need in my "spares" pile that I have acquired over the years. I have some carbon kevlar fenders, the front bumper cover, and a bunch of under trays. Knowing what I know about the cars, this didn't look *too* bad in the grand scheme of things. Still, this probably sold (I think it went up today) for a lot of money...

-Wayne

Sold for 467,500 USD according to Mecum's site. I'm not sure if that includes the buyer's premium or not - I don't think it does, but I can't recall how Mecum posts their numbers on their site.

-Wayne

Wayne, how is your 959 doing? I read some of the old threads from 10 years ago. I'm curious how it's been since then.

Calling Roar - Calling Roar!!

I was watching on mavtv. It hammered for 425000. The 467 includes premium

In other news, I saw a 962 sold at mecum Monterey for $2 mil yesterday.

Interesting auction.
Out of the over 1000 cars on consignment, four of them actually reached the reserve!!!!!!

I was looking to see if I could spot Wayne in the audience ...