Porsche. 959?

[Zydeco]

Ok yester day I was driveing around and I though I saw a porsche 959. From what I have been told there arent't even here? So was what I saw a 911 w/a 959 body kit? or mightit of been the real thing, I got a couple of pic but I dont ahve hosteing to post. Please let me know if im totlay crazy or just one lucky bastard. P.S. It had dealer plates on.

[skydragoness]

I'm sure you probably saw a replica/kit car. I couldn't imagine making a 911 look like a 959, the 959 is just so elongated. Bill Gates owns one out of 4 959's in the country. I don't know if there are 4 or more in the country. But they're ultra rare.

[Zydeco]

OK i got the pics hosted. http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/575633

[szh]

I saw a Porsche 959 in the Bay Area some years ago - the owner is in upper management at Cadence Design (i.e., he can afford it, lucky guy!).

Apparently, a few people went through the painful process of putting it through the Federal testing requirement for emissions, etc.

Z

[Bubba1]

I believe Sky is correct. I don't think there are any street legal 959's in the US. If you saw one on the street, it was probably a 911 with a body kit. Bear in mind 959's sell used for a $500K+, so I kinda doubt you're gonna see one around town. However you might run into one at a race track.

[szh]

You may be right, but this guy who was driving it, is way capable of affording it and the cost of testing. So, I figured it was real. But, I am not really hundred percent sure, of course!

Z

[Zydeco]

And the bay area is kind of a wealthy place too, the one that i saw in upper napa valley so its totlay poeable.

[EZcheese15]

I saw one that I could swear was real around here once (northside of Atlanta--east cobb/roswell area to be exact). Ofcourse, it coulda been a body kit, but it looked damn authentic if it was.

That was like 3 or 4 years ago...and I've only seen it once. But it really wouldn't suprise me if it *was* real. I mean, this area is a wealthy area as well. After all, I am the one that posted a picture of a Vector M12 I saw a couple months ago

[krazy skwerel]

I swear man you be livin' in the ATL. With all the rappers.

[EZcheese15]

Well, all the rappers are from the southside and westside. Northside is a bunch of snobs who drive BMW's, Lexus's, Ferrari's, Porsche's, etc. Then there's me....who should be on welfare, but instead trapped in the middle of a bunch of wealthy people, begging for money.

[skydragoness]

It's got to be a kit-carHere's a pic of a kit-car off some site i found (for sale too):

911 converted to insane supercar. i have to say, that's one way to confuse the hell out of people! It looks like the real thing.

[Megaseth]

wow, HeavyHips, that really does look like a 959. i dunno, its hard to tell if its not real. if you can go back and get mroe pics, do it.

[I30T]

Well, all the rappers are from the southside and westside. Northside is a bunch of snobs who drive BMW's, Lexus's, Ferrari's, Porsche's, etc. Then there's me....who should be on welfare, but instead trapped in the middle of a bunch of wealthy people, begging for money.

BUCKHEAD!

Tell me you eat at Huey's or Fellini's on a daily basis.

[EZcheese15]

BUCKHEAD!

Tell me you eat at Huey's or Fellini's on a daily basis.

Um...can't say I do. Actually, I don't even know what you are talking about. And as far as buckhead....I can only afford to go there once, maybe twice a year.

[nismodave]

Looks very real from a distance.....unlike the red kit car.

MORE pics.

[szh]

Looks very real from a distance.....unlike the red kit car.

I agree!! The left side rear is much more smoothly blended in - no funny lines. It sure looks like the real McCoy.

Z

[DAEDALUS]

Man, if you have a 911, and you feel you need to turn it into a kit car project and slap some fiberglass on it to make it look like a 959, you have issues. I noticed the car is RHD and the plate foreign.

[Mr1der]

I agree it looks real too, but then again, with those lame pics it's like trying to tell if it's really big foot:D

[Repo Man]

I agree it looks real too, but then again, with those lame pics it's like trying to tell if it's really big foot:D

The red car is obviously a body kit, but the car in question looks like the real deal. And like 1der said, it's kinda like spotting Bigfoot. Of course, he IS freakin' Bigfoot, ya damned Yeti...

[Mr1der]

oh I know who's so going to "disappear" on his next ski trip...

[SmithSR]

Look at the main difference between the car domain pic, and this:



...look under the bumper...

from "The 36th Annual Palo Alto Conccours d'Elegance"

[Zydeco]

if i ever see it again, it was just park in some drive way, but i always keep looking for stuff like that.

[Megaseth]

there looks like a lot of shadow on the cardomain one, hard to tell if its the right bumper.

[I30T]

Um...can't say I do. Actually, I don't even know what you are talking about. And as far as buckhead....I can only afford to go there once, maybe twice a year.

haha.

Hueys is a beat-up place, probably the cheapest-looking building in buckhead. If you ever end up there, go.

[SmithSR]

there looks like a lot of shadow on the cardomain one, hard to tell if its the right bumper.

It would be body-colored, to be a true replica body kit, or an original car.

Meaning, it should be visible, even in a shadow at mid-day, being that the paint scheme is a brilliant silver metallic.

It's absence makes me think it's a kit car.

[Mr1der]

nah, it's the same color, look real real close at the bottom outer edge of the bumper, it's darker, but it's the same color silver, just in the shade.

[UncleBen]

Tough call. Looks real, but, man the chances are slim.

Ok after more looks, I think that is the real deal. The lines are very smooth, well rounded, etc. Doesnt look like a body kit to me.

[Megaseth]

lets steal it!

[andrave]

Big pockets make nice cars.

[Zydeco]

lets steal it. first we have to refind it and what if its not even a real 959, we'd be stealing just a 911.