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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.
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Just a little bondo, no biggie.
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$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.
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Chris 1974 Porsche 911 Targa w/935 flat fan twin turbo motor, not really "DTW" Dave W. "There is really not any such thing as a rebuild 'on the cheap' on a 2.7 motor. You'll either pay now, or you'll pay later, but you'll pay." |
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I hope you're kidding...
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Someone will buy it and fix it, end of story. Salvage title 959.
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200k is my best offer.
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It is a hideous looking car.
It looks like Porsche stuck the back end of an NSX on a 911. Blah, blah blah...
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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. Quote:
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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...
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Project Car: 959 - The PPI...
959 PPI Update, RE: Color Change... Starting work on the 959 Project Car... 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 |
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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!!!  Quote:
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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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^^^ That's a 962, not a 959. You're off by 3 numbers.
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1987 Porsche 930 3.3T
