RE: Porsche 959 Speedster

[XJSJohn]

I have a horrible feeling that this poor thing was once a VW Karman Ghia ...

If so, what a criminal thing to do to the poor thing ....

[Neil964]

Arrrrgh!! My eyes are bleeding !!!

[Miffy964RS]

That's actually pretty tasteful for Oklahoma...

[alexpa]

Karl Heinz Feustel did a 959 speedster/convertible/coupe I recall. The separate modules were stored in their own custom built lined boxes. The car is (was?) white.

The story is that a 959 was crashed very early in it’s life. The owner moved it on quickly. The new owner approached Karl re a rebuild and voila the 3 in 1 was born.

I think Feustel has (had) three of the five original 911SR’s. Lighter, earlier, more powerful than the well known ’73 911RS

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FFS

[v6passat]

kieronj said:

ep thats the magazine. A house Ymove this year led me to clearing out a load of old magazines but I kept that one with the 959 Speedster/Convertible. Also had a great article in another issue on the Lister Le Man Jaguar XJS in bright red - ahh the 80/90's!

I remember the convertible came about because the original 959s owner wrote off the car on the way home from picking it up from Porsche after just an hour or so ownership. I think Porsche were unwilling to rebuild the car so it was taken to a coach builder who built the hardtop,convertible, speedster.

I have an old norwegian or swedish magazine that featured this car. Of the top of my head this car was never recognized from porsche, but it was rebuilt by only genuine porsche parts, so it was as close to the real thing as possible. It was a geunine porsche 959 to start with. I can see if i find the article and scan it if there is interest in it.

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Strawman said:

Hmmm, real 959 = 450BHP turbocharged 195mph screamer, replica = wheezy 4 cylinder producing ? 60-80 BHP

Less than that. The engine pictured has a dynamo (not the alternator of the later 50hp VW flatfour) so that's 40-45bhp max, not 450.

It'll still be overpowered for the chassis design though...