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Join Date: Feb 2004
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Ebay Gem: The bastard son of a 959 & 356!
Saw this on the 959 replica thread in the tech forum.
I saw ads for these back in the 80s and wondered if anyone ever actually had one built. Evidently so. The levels of human ingenuity and bad taste never cease to amaze me. What is it they say about a train wreck? |
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03-23-2006, 10:24 AM
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LMFAO!!!! Look at the picture with the top up.
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03-23-2006, 10:50 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2004
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Ugly, heavy, and underpowered.
This kind of car goes with a mullet.
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03-23-2006, 10:53 AM
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What a POS...
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03-23-2006, 11:03 AM
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Even funnier are the questions asked:
"I have a real 959, there were only 17 made in 1987 four of which are convertibioles[sic] I have a convertioble" what freakin' morons.............
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03-23-2006, 11:09 AM
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the engine compartment (i hesitate to sound so technical) looks like it's framed in particle board and with a household a/c filter metal screen mounted..lol. looks like something best used to sell ice cream from..
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To the memory of Warren Hall (Early S Man), 1950 - 2008 www.friendsofwarren.com 1990 964 C4 Cabriolet (current) 1974 911 2.7 Coupe w/sunroof 9114102267 (sold) 1974 914 2.0 (sold) |
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03-23-2006, 03:23 PM
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It is worth it just for the 1600 cc VW engine.
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03-23-2006, 03:28 PM
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If I had real money, I'd buy the thing and burn it out of mercy...
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03-23-2006, 08:48 PM
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Pretty car, but needs a different interior for sure. Funny how he says "own a 959". I find it rediculous how someone with a poor Porsche replica say things like that. While back, there was a CGT replica based on a Boxter, big front wing, would only take me a few moments to know it wasn't real, and yet he stated"Couldn't tell it from a real one". Advertise it as what it is please, isntead of saying how it will make you look like you drive a $500,000 car.
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03-24-2006, 04:37 AM
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Wow, I really don't know what to say.
Another good one: Q: Does the rearend lift like my 959? A: i don't know what yours lifts like but you have to add air for this suspention to lift.
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03-24-2006, 04:58 AM
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I don't know whats worse...This car or the fact that it has 14 bids.
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03-24-2006, 05:23 AM
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This car has *nothing* to do with a 356....
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03-24-2006, 05:29 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
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>This car has *nothing* to do with a 356....
Not a real one maybe, but this car has "replica" 356 speedster windshield, interior, doors, and engine cover complete with split grille. What a horror. Sheez!!! It's up to $8,000 with 14 bids? For an old poorly made kit car? There really is an a$$ for every seat. |
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03-24-2006, 12:43 PM
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Re: Ebay Gem: The bastard son of a 959 & 356!
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Re: Re: Ebay Gem: The bastard son of a 959 & 356!
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 There's a comprehensive list of VW kit car abortions here: http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/4570/
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03-24-2006, 01:31 PM
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brubaker box looks interesting enough that i would walk over and look through it. i'll bet i would have loved playing 'spaceship' in it when i was a kid..
 ryan
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To the memory of Warren Hall (Early S Man), 1950 - 2008 www.friendsofwarren.com 1990 964 C4 Cabriolet (current) 1974 911 2.7 Coupe w/sunroof 9114102267 (sold) 1974 914 2.0 (sold) |
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03-24-2006, 01:36 PM
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if that was mine i would park it around the corner from my house and only come and go in it after dark.
or there's this- that thing is like a fat chick, it might be fun to drive, but you would not want to be seen in it. |
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To the memory of Warren Hall (Early S Man), 1950 - 2008 www.friendsofwarren.com 1990 964 C4 Cabriolet (current) 1974 911 2.7 Coupe w/sunroof 9114102267 (sold) 1974 914 2.0 (sold) |
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03-24-2006, 02:53 PM
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03-24-2006, 03:05 PM
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Now, Imagine that car with a 3.0 SC motor, SC interior, wider rims and tires...Its got potential ! (but not at $8,000...).
Aurel
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1974 Porsche 911 2.7
1970 Porsche 911 S 
Copenhagen Blue
1975 Porsche 911S
