New 959 S on Ebay?!?

[cliyde]

If only I could afford it.

Ebay Listing
Vehicle Description:


1989 PORSCHE 959 S US RACING VERSION One of only ( 29 ) 959 S US Racing version built by Porsche and this is still brand new,with only delivery Mil. This may be the only brand new 959 in the World This is an extremely rare brand new Porsche with only delivery Mil.Total 959 / and 959 S build by Porsche aprox. 200 ( 959 ) and 29 ( 959 S )Car Sold Fob : Germany , the 959 is not street legal in the US .May be imported to the US with exemptions .For more information on this very rear collectible investment Car please contact:Heinz Meis at Gemballa North America ( 310 ) 457 1709 e-mail gemballana@msn.com ) ( Web www.gemballausa.com )

[raj911]

This same car has been on and off ebay for almost a year ...... how come no takers? There are loads of guys with CGT money who could pick this up, better future prospect than a CGT.

[competentone]

"For more information on this very rear collectible investment Car please contact:"

Pretty unprofessional to be making errors like that when trying to sell a $400,000 item! (Might explain why they've had difficulties selling it, if it's true it's been offered for sale for almost a year.)

[FenderGuy]

It's red that's the reason it hasn't sold

[aigel]

The three pictures don't help either. I wouldn't sell a regular 911 with that little pictures and text.

I think what really hurts the car is the fact that it is not street legal. Who will want to only track this car?

Cheers, George

[raj911]

True ..... in addition, the car has not been driven in 17 years ... must need some work before it can be driven. Is being sold by Gemballa USA, pretty reputable. If only I had that kind of money .....

[k9handler]

Originally posted by aigel
The three pictures don't help either. I wouldn't sell a regular 911 with that little pictures and text.

I think what really hurts the car is the fact that it is not street legal. Who will want to only track this car?

Cheers, George

I would be happy with that.

[Eric Coffey]

It's the more-desirable (IMO) Sport model, but I wouldn't go so far as to call it the "racing version". Still way cool though!

Although, for about $30k more, you could have one of these Bruce Canepa-tweaked US-legal 959's that would blow the doors off that eBay car.


Oh, and the real racing version of the 959, was known as the 961:

[Carl Bauer]

I believe this variant of the 959 also raced

[Eric Coffey]

Originally posted by EJ11HHF
I believe this variant of the 959 also raced

No, that version rally'd.

[Bothari]

Originally posted by Eric Coffey
No, that version rally'd.

...and, unlike the other, this one actually won...

Small detail i didn't know: it seems the support vehicle for the 86 race as a g-wagon... with a 928 engine shoehorned in.

[Eric Coffey]

Yeah, those rally-spec 959's were incredible.
Even 20 years later, I bet they would still prove to be competitive in today's Dakar Rally.

[jdm61]

Originally posted by Bothari
...and, unlike the other, this one actually won...

Small detail i didn't know: it seems the support vehicle for the 86 race as a g-wagon... with a 928 engine shoehorned in.

What you may be thinking of are the Range Rovers that were fitted with modified 928 engines. That same Paris-Dakar Rally alos saw the entry of at least one of the little Russian Lada SUV's that had been fitted with a small block Chevy. and both of these were race vehicles, not support trucks

[Carl Bauer]

When the 928 came out tuners of the late 70's and early 80's went crazy. I've seen pictures where Sbarro stuffed 928 V8's into golfs and vanagons.